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They call it the Promotional Mix for a reason
It’s good to use a combination of all five promotional mix channels: Advertising, Media Coverage, Website, Social Media and Personal Selling. I know we now have more data than we’ve ever had in the past, and that’s great. But don’t get so wound up in data that you miss opportunities to use channels whose value lies in their ability to persuade the masses
Your product in the news = mass awareness
Most CEOs think their companies and products are best-kept secrets. They feel that if everyone just knew how great their companies and products were, everybody would buy. Extensive media coverage closes the gap between people not knowing about your products and...
Why don’t Google and Facebook take their own medicine?
Take a lesson from Google and Facebook: Use mass marketing (media stories) to brand your company and its products. Don’t you think it’s a bit ironic that two companies that have become behemoths selling advertising to everyone else use very little of it themselves?...
How PR may help you become more like Richard Branson
Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson is undoubtedly one of the top business people of all time. Writing about marketing in his 2013 book, Virgin Rebel: Richard Branson In His Own Words, he said: “Publicity is absolutely critical. You have to get your brand out and...
How can social media be used to increase product publicity?
One of social media’s greatest marketing strengths is that it gives businesses a way to interact with key influencers: people who have large followings and who are excited about educating their audiences about favorite products and services. When you get a really good...
A publicist you should meet
I was chatting with Gail Brandt, a publicist who has been employed with us for 15 years. We did some cowboy math and estimated she has personally contacted the media a quarter million times since she started working with us. No one knows more about how to persuade...
The power is in your story
If you want people to engage with your marketing, go where they connect with the promotional mix. It’s pretty clear where people seek information. They spend hours every day with traditional media, digital media and websites. The image above organizes the promotional...
Tragic story illustrates the importance of how PR is priced
The following tragic story will illustrate why we can get media coverage for your product ... lots of it. One day I noticed a woman in my wife Robin’s office. She was crying. For about three hours. When she left, I asked “What was that about?” Robin said, “I’m...
Why is segmenting your social media so important?
Current research indicates that 72 percent of online adults use social network sites. The number of Twitter users has doubled in the last two years. With so many people now Tweeting, pinning and Facebooking, it’s important to be smart about how you use your marketing...
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