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Plant Magazine Manufacturers' Outlook 2014

Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey 2014, by PLANT Magazine

Each year, PLANT Magazine surveys Senior Executives from Canada’s manufacturing industry for their annual Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey. For the 2014 survey (sponsored by Grant Thornton), 450 senior executives across Canada were…

How Canadian Manufacturers Can Grow Awareness of Their Products in the United States

How Canadian Manufacturers Can Grow Awareness of Their Products in the United States. Two Steps.

For some Canadian companies, opening their doors to American customers is an absolute necessity from the get-go. For others, expanding into the US market happens during a growth…

Why Outsourcing Can Be a Good Idea

Why Hiring a Marketing Consultant Can Cost Less than Hiring a Marketing Employee

Does it cost less, or more, to hire a consultant than an employee? Think about your response for a moment. I’m going to take a stab in the…

The Truth about Search Engine Optimization

The Truth About Search Engine Optimization

The truth is – there are no secret tricks to SEO once you understand this: The goal of search providers (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) is to return the…

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Marketing

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Marketing

When it comes to marketing, any company really has three options to get it done: Hire an in-house marketing person/team Make marketing the responsibility of someone already on…

Stand Out From Your Competitors

Do This to Stand Out from Your Competitors

This blog post is not about being different for the sake of being different, it’s about being different for the sake of being better. When you do the…

Your Ideal Customers

Know Who Your Ideal Customers Are

“Your Ideal Customers” If you’re a regular reader of this blog that phrase isn’t new to you. I use it often. Why? Because I want to distinguish between…

Pudding Parfaits

How to Get More Traffic to Your Website

Who doesn’t wish their website received more traffic? Not just any visitors I hope! Visitors who are interested in, and ideally in the market to buy, your products…

Gift

The Little Things that Increase Sales

Why do companies invest in marketing? Usually it all boils down to increasing sales. There are other reasons, such as increasing customer loyalty, market share, frequency, etc….but even…

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

What Social Media and Boxing Have in Common

Last week one of my favorite entrepreneurs, Marie Forleo, interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk on her TV show – Marie TV. Gary Vaynerchuk was there to talk about the ideas…