“We understand this is a difficult time….” “In these challenging times…” “It’s impossible to overstate how difficult these times can be for many…” If you’re like Danny and the team here, you’ve probably seen so many variations on those exact messages through the pandemic. We’re not knocking the message itself. It’s an important message….
Category: Client Of The Day
Client of the Day: Soshin Trade Corporation
What They Do: They carry premium quality used JDM engines and transmissions. Imported directly from Japan, these engines and transmissions can be used in practically any kind of vehicle, domestic or imported. Many of these engines and transmissions are difficult to find in America. The customer base for these engines and transmissions includes retail…
Flexibility for you and Your Clients
The following is the first few hundred words from Danny’s most recent Forbes article, which you can read in its entirety here. What must it have been like to be at the top of the horse and buggy industry when the automobile was invented? In popular culture, there’s this idea that one day the horse…
Marketing Has Increased During COVID: How to Keep Pace
It may be difficult to believe, but marketing budgets have actually increased during the pandemic. According to this survey, 41% of companies said that their marketing budget went up. This can seem surprising for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that many companies have struggled financially during this time. This makes…
The Transition from “Difficult Times” to Helpfulness in Marketing
When the pandemic began, so many companies had an ad which said something to the effect of: “these are difficult times.” “These are challenging times,” “these are uncertain times,” and so forth – they said some version of the times we’re in, they sure are bad. This showed empathy, it connected to consumers where they…
Maximizing New Marketing Tools
Are you looking for new ways to connect to your potential customers, but aren’t sure the right way to go about it? Have you checked out all of the many ways to get your company out there, but just don’t know how to harness them best? That’s one more area that Danny can help with….
Client of the Day: Lavaa Lashes
What They Do: Simply put, the best eyelashes anywhere. Lavaa Lashes has some of the most iconic eyelash looks anywhere. You don’t have to take our word for it, you can look at the several, several (and we mean, several) famous people who have used their eyelashes. From stars of stage, screen, and more…
Posting is Not a Marketing Plan
These blogs are meant to be inspirational, but every now and then, a little tough love is required. Posting on social media is, in and of itself, not a marketing plan. Even combining that with posting blogs regularly, that does not a cohesive digital marketing plan make. Sure, those are important elements of a…
Using the Tools at Hand
In marketing, as well as in just about everything else, you have to use the tools that are available to you, not the ones that you wish were available to you. There’s an old joke, told in many different ways, about people who are hungry and isolated in some way, but they have a can…
Don’t Forget to Have Fun
That may sound strange or even ridiculous to say during a time such as this. In the midst of this pandemic, as so many are facing loss and hardship, it’s natural, human, and completely understandable to focus only on what needs to be done. However, if you only focus on that, particularly in your marketing,…