YouTube is the latest up-and-coming social media platform for marketing after Facebook and Instagram. The CPM (Cost-per-mile or cost per thousand impressions) is relatively affordable when compared to TV. According to Pew Research, as much as 81% of Americans use Youtube. YouTube can sometimes be referred to as a web 2.0 A Web 2.0 is the […]
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Increase your audience without losing ROI – Buyer Interest Pyramid
Can you effectively reach 10-20x more interested prospects? It’s not about Branding or Lead-Gen… One of the biggest mistakes businesses make when trying to reach a larger audience is they run branding ads with lead gen calls-to-action and offers. This 8-minute video explains what to do instead! To effectively broaden your reach, Optimized Marketing Team
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“Field of Dreams” Marketing
One of the most memorable lines in cinematic history comes from Field of Dreams. A faint whisper tells Ray (played by Kevin Costner)… “If you build it, they will come…” The traditional way of developing a marketing strategy: Find an Ad Agency Agency asks you about products you want to sell Agency researches other dealers’ […]
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Use A/B split-testing to increase your leads without increasing your budget
In his book, How to Become a Rainmaker, Jeffrey J. Fox points out a study of salespeople who make more than a quarter million dollars per year in commissions. The study found that highly successful salespeople have an interesting common characteristic. They tend to implement new ideas very quickly. If they go to a seminar […]
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My business didn’t use the 60-Minute Annual Marketing RoadMap…
But man do I wish I had. Heck, I wish I had any kind of plan or RoadMap for marketing at my dealerships. It’s not my fault though. I was the Team Leader, Service Leader, Sales Leader, Marketing Leader, Accounting Leader and now and again lead forklift operator. When the salt truck needed unloaded it […]
posted on April 3, 2012 by
Is your Marketing cutting through the traffic by riding the White-Line?
There are a few universal truths of human behavior… One of these is our utter disdain for getting stuck in traffic. Is there anything more consistently frustrating? In 2010 I embarked upon the motorcycle trip that all motorcyclists fantasize about; tight curves, breath-taking vistas, minimal traffic, and slower drivers actually pull over to let you […]
posted on March 23, 2012 by
CDANA 2012 – 60 Minute Annual Marketing RoadMap
At the CDANA 2012 Convention in Kansas City, KS, I will be giving a 20-minute presentation on a simple Annual Marketing RoadMap that will take you just 1-hour to prepare. Here’s the summary… If you look at the average small business, the portion of their budget that is scrutinized the LEAST is marketing. Why? Because […]
