Visibility, brand awareness, lead generation: these may all sound like corporate buzzwords, but each of them is an essential component to a business’s success. If potential customers don’t know your business, if they’ve never heard of it, and if they can’t find it, then it is doomed to failure. Especially if you are a small…
Fall Marketing Ideas The summer lull is almost over and everybody is getting back to town while kids prepare for school. Therefore, making fall the perfect season to ramp up your marketing strategy and promotions. It is the only way to keep your Austin area business fresh and reel in prospective customers. However, how do…
Google Analytics Defined Google Analytics (GA) is a free web platform from Google where one can track virtually every user action taken on their website simply by installing a piece of code in their site’s code. We’re living in the 2020s, and the days of a simple “brochure” website are over. This free product from…
A marketing strategy for predictable and sustainable business growth. Imagine you are taking a road trip to Disney World. You buy your tickets online, pack the car, and hit the road. Map? GPS? Smartphone? Who needs them, right? You know Disney is in that general direction, and you’re headed that way – you’ll get there eventually. Does…
Our newest car model is “best in class!” These scissors are 70% titanium! We provide internet with speeds up to 100Mbps! So, what? What is Customer-Centric Marketing? Customer-centric marketing has been around for a long time, but many businesses and business owners don’t use it and have no idea what it is. This is severely…
Does a SaaS marketing strategy differ from traditional product and service marketing plans? The short answer is: yes. SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) companies use and even require a different approach to marketing than most traditional businesses. Why? Because the traditional marketing approach is based on a one-time interaction with the customer. The idea is to get them…
Knowing the key strategies for business growth is incredibly valuable. These strategies are helpful for planning growth in an innovative, sustainable way. Why Choose a Growth Strategy? Some believe that growth simply means more of what they currently do. However, nearly every product, business model, and economy are more diverse and complex than just doing…
What does your company look like when you’ve “made it?” How can you set marketing goals to get you there? Growth companies often look at marketing as a necessary “cost of doing business,” rather than using it strategically to accomplish their overall business goals. The assumption being that their SaaS product or service will “sell…
“It’s just easier to buy from someone you’ve heard of.” What is brand equity? It’s best explained through a simple exercise. What are the brands that come to mind when you see this list of needs? I need to… blow my nose. make a paper copy. overnight this package. catch a ride. When you have…
I’m a corporate marketing drop out. I understand what gets cut first in hard times – marketing. One of my previous roles was significantly downsized, which led to me working independently on the side for many years before running an agency full-time. That downsize was the birth of Hot Dog Marketing, and guess what year…