Seven Ways Restaurants Can Build Traffic With Social Media

Seven Ways Restaurants Can Build Traffic With Social Media

Restaurants have many simple, low-maintenance and inexpensive opportunities for building traffic through online marketing tools.

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How Can BP Better Tell Its Story With Social Media?

How Can BP Better Tell Its Story With Social Media?

BP is making a vigorous social media response to the Gulf Of Mexico spill, but there’s still much more it can do. A few suggestions.

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Marketing Lessons From American Idol

Marketing Lessons From American Idol

Every week, the viewers of American Idol comprise the world’s largest product development focus group.

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Presentation: Using Social Media For Your Small Business

Presentation: Using Social Media For Your Small Business

I had the good fortune last Thursday to have the opportunity to present at a conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Engineers under the auspices of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.  Given the nebulous topic of ‘marketing,’ I decided to talk about how small businesses can think about using the [...]

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Group Coupons: Be Careful What You Ask For

Group Coupons: Be Careful What You Ask For

Group coupons are great for attracting new customers – but if the offer is too sweet, perhaps these new customers are coming at too great a cost. Take for example the recent travails of Mission Minis, a cupcake bakery in San Francisco’s Mission District. When its 50% off coupon went out to Groupon’s subscribers on March 11, all hell broke loose for the tiny business.

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Air Dog

What’s A Doxagle?

In the hyper-connected world, it’s no longer enough just to get your product out there and start shouting about it. You need to make your product a standout. You need to be a DOXAGLE.

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