Once you’ve decided to “dip your toe” into social media, it can quickly become overwhelming. With so many platforms – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ (to name just a few) – it can be difficult to keep everything straight. Where do you start? How much time do you dedicate? A day? A week? How do […]
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Telling the success story behind your building project makes all the difference to your customers. Last week in my Mastermind group, I heard a phrase that resonated with me: “The Story Behind the Product.” In this instance, the phrase was used in reference to marketing locally-produced products, but the same can be said for just
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Last week I the pleasure of working with a builder/remodeler to discuss their newsletter strategy. When I met with them, they were well aware that they were allowing their leads to dribble out of their businesses simply because they didn’t have a mechanism in place to “stay in touch” with their customers. They knew that
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Note from Tess: I am beyond thrilled to welcome back a favorite guest to this blog, Darren Slaughter! Darren is a construction marketing consultant who works with contractors large and small to sell more, advertise better, and market to buyers. He has been featured several times as a marketing expert on daily5Remodel.com and is also a contributing
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Note: This is the final installment of this 3-part series on how to publish your newsletter in 2012. You’ve heard this phrase many times in your life: It all starts with an idea. A business, a new service offering … and yes, even a newsletter article. That little idea is an “inspirational spark” that helps
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Although part of any smart marketing mix, case studies aren’t seen by consumers as “marketing materials,” like a company brochure or direct mail postcard is viewed. Instead, case studies are seen as informational – a way to better understand the company with a “behind the scenes look” from the perspective of one of your customers.
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One of the hardest parts about blogging regularly is coming up with ideas. It doesn’t matter if you are a contractor, a freelance copywriter or a social media director for a large corporation, sometimes the inspiration for blog ideas simply don’t flow. Earlier this morning I ran across a few blog ideas that I thought
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Yesterday I talked about the bigger bang – identifying good content and finding ways to repurpose it. Today I am going to show you – using one of my own examples. Back in August 2009, I wrote a blog post called 7 Reasons Why Newsletters Rock. Here is the mileage I’ve gotten out of that
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Builders and remodelers who’ve worked with me can attest to the fact that I am a big proponent for repurposing content. My motto is to create the content once and figure out how to use it over and over and over again. Hell, you’ve paid for it! Let’s find ways to get your compelling content
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Remodelers, you wouldn’t go into a remodeling project without the blueprints and plan in place for reconstructing the home, would you? Of course not! So why would you consider approaching your newsletter program any differently? There are many elements that go into a successful newsletter program, and one is the “framework” of your newsletter. You
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