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Blog: 3H Hoopla
Communicating: Don’t Just Speak, Say Something!
The art of communicating, in my opinion, isn’t given enough weight when discussing business success. Being able to formulate questions that deliver useful answers, is a skill that every professional (and people, in general) should hone to ensure a better chance at...
Brand Launch: In Social Media
According to Socialnomics, 40% of Canadians were using Facebook or Twitter by 2010. By 2012, almost half of the population had joined social media sites. In 2013, it is established 2/3 of Canadians now use social media. These are facts to be considered when...
Holiday Advertising from Coca-Cola
As we all know, any retail brand that doesn’t get on board with holiday advertising is missing out. A lagging year of sales can be more than made up for within the last couple of months with a successful holiday campaign. Since the 1920s, The Coca-Cola Company has...
Legendary Star Power: Chanel No 5
It really goes without saying that star power builds awareness. However, utilizing celebrities as part of a brand's advertising campaign can be a double-edged sword. The more obvious reason is that stars themselves, especially in today's landscape, are brands in their...
Productivity: Write This Down
Productivity means making active steps towards accomplishing something -- not thinking about what we have to accomplish. What are we "putting down" when we "put it down on paper": a current of thought, a torrent of emotions, the first incisions of a decision Flannery...
Retail Online Shopping: What’s New and Cool
Over the last 4 years, at Christmas time, retail gurus have been stating that online retail shopping has been increasing exponentially. The fact is, we all do it. At the speed of life and the demands of maintaining that speed, what's easy and quick is what we...
Mobile Marketing Strategy
In today's society of instant gratification, people have short attention spans: They want the news in 140-character snippets, they want to shop with the click of a button — and they want infinite information accessible at their fingertips via smartphones and tablets....
Social Engagement, Simplified
I’ve written several posts before on what to post, when to post, and how to post – but in this article, I want to discuss where to post. Which, admittedly, is just as important to identify as the other Ws of Social Engagement. Like most marketing efforts, there isn’t...
Change: For Better or Worse
As Heraclitus so succinctly put it, “The only constant in life is change”. As people, some of us struggle daily in order to adapt to the changes that life thrusts upon us. As professionals, the same theory applies. The workplace, the marketplace, even the avenues in...
Twitter: 7 Tips For Optimized Engagement
Social media is an ever-changing world; keeping up with the trends and statistics can be a full-time job on its own. I've compiled a list of interesting facts that may help you design a more strategic marketing plan on Twitter: ten tips that will optimize engagement,...