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The 6 Marketing Metrics Your Boss Actually Cares About

The 6 Marketing Metrics Your Boss Actually Cares About

As marketers, we work tirelessly to move the needle on what often seems like a laundry list of metrics. We look at website visits, conversion rates, generated leads…

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…

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…

5 Things We Learned About Export Marketing at Engage 2013

At the beginning of this week I spent two days at the “Engage 2013: Succeeding in Export Marketing and Sales” conference in Saint John, NB. Over 100 business…

5 Big Ways to Market Your Business in a Small Town

If you own a business in a small town you might have discovered that getting the word out and enticing people through your doors isn’t exactly easy. In…

Marketing vs Sales | Why Marketing is Just As Important as Sales

Marketing is as important as sales because marketing is sales, and marketing supports sales. Let me explain. There’s a saying that sometimes goes around in companies that have…

Marketing to Millennials; What Business Owners Need to Know

Also known as “Generation  Y”, Millennials are those 9 million Canadians who were born between 1980 and 2000 (13 – 33 year olds). They represent the largest generation…

Is Your Competitor Wooing Your Customers?

My cousin Chris is a huge snowboarding enthusiast. So much so that he spent many years working on the ski hills in British Columbia. So let’s say, for…

How to Stop Competing on Price & Differentiate Your Brand from the Competition

Last week I went to the new Second Cup in Saint John. I paid $3.95 and here’s what I received in return: A chance to catch up with…

What Business Owners Need to Know About Video Marketing

Have you ever watched an online video that talked about a product or service? If you have, you’re in the overwhelming majority – a whopping 92% of Canadian…