How to Make Social Media Marketing More Effective:10 Do’s and Don’t Tips
Social media and its marketing are very important and how you execute can mean the difference between fair and great results. We all try to formulate best practices.
A recent article by Ashley Zeckman,20 social media markeitng Do’s and Don’ts sparked some thoughts on my end of what we need to do and avoid in theworld of social media.
4 Reasons Why B-to-B Email Newsletters Should be a Part of Your Marketing Plan for 2012
Are you using email newsletters to keep in touch with customers aand prospects? If not, you should be considering it. They are relatively easy to do especially if you do a blog.
Have You Used Social Media to Enhance Your Events?
Everybody does some sort of events in their businesses. Open houses, counter days, new product launches to name a few. Have you ever considered using social media to help create buzz?
Rachel Kerstetter Joins Sonnhalter as Public Relations Engineer
BEREA, Ohio – January 2012 – Sonnhalter, a communications firm marketing to the professional tradesman in the construction, industrial and MRO markets, recently announced the appointment of Rachel Kerstetter as public relations engineer. As public relations engineer,...
What Are You Doing to Drive Traffic to Your Blog?
Your blog should be the centerpiece of your marketing efforts so it stands to reason that you need to promote as much traffic to it as you can. So here are some tips for you to consider.
Educating Tradesmen: What Are You Doing to Play it Forward?
One of the biggest issues all of us have is finding good people. People who know what they are doing and can help contribute to the bottom line. In my travels talking with both manufacturers and contractors, top on their list is finding good help. One contractor told me recently finding work isn’t the problem, finding people to do it is!
5 Tips to Stay on Top of LinkedIn
If you’re not on LinkedIn you should be, and if you are, when was the last time you updated your page?
Did you set goals when you first went on, but as time has passed you kind of let it slip a little? You and 131 million of your possible friends are on this site. How many are you connected with?
Insider’s Guide to Chicago for AHR Expo
For those of you that are planning to attend the AHR Show later this month, we’ve enclosed a link to an Insider’s Guide to restaurants, bars and nightlife in the Windy City. We’ve asked some locals to give us some “GEMS” that might not be on the concierge’s list.
Market Overview: Alternative Energy Market
A lot of our clients know they need to get into the “green” arena but do not know how to approach it or how to bring value to the “green” market. Thus, the following is both an overview of the alternative energy industry (focusing on certain segments within the larger context) to be used as a means of educating, and a list of trends and issues to be used for planning for the types of products and services needed in the future.
Content Marketing: Key to Thought Leadership and Leads
Content is King for more than one reason. One of the reasons we want to put out good-quality content is to become the thought leader in our market segment. Content like white papers, fact sheets, case histories and webinars are just a few examples.