As an economic developer, any valuable information you can provide your audiences -- mainly site selectors -- in their search for a new location will help increase the likelihood of your city or county making their short list.
Read MoreFour Elements Your Economic Development Website Needs to Attract Site Selectors
Beautiful land, functional utilities, talented workforce… your community has it all. So why are site selectors and businesses not flocking in? Before blowing all your budget on a one-time advertising campaign, consider that the element your economic development group is missing just might be a high-quality, interactive website.
Read MoreFour Things Small Business Owners Need to Check Before Hiring a Marketing Firm
First scenario. You come up with a brilliant idea for a product or service with a twist, and soon enough your passion project turns into a full-fledged business. You decide to hire a marketing firm to push your organization into the limelight.
Second scenario. Your company’s been running for years, and though you love it, you feel like the business has plateaued recently. You decide to hire a marketing firm to increase engagement.
Read More20 Overused Marketing Words Explained in Plain English
“We can generate more leads by creating gated white-pages primed with SEO elements!”
Sound familiar? It is not uncommon to hear sentences like this in the marketing and public relations world. Given the fast-paced and competitive nature of the business community, more and more marketing theories and strategies pop up; each with their own carefully crafted words or phrases to describe concepts, processes and tools. To business owners, it can be exhausting listening to your marketing director or the firm you hired talk with this lingo.
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