Posts Tagged ‘content development’
Product Publicity Leads Directly to Sales
A funny thing happened the other day after walking into my regularly scheduled meeting with Ray Secour at Alliance Scale, Inc. and showing him the January 2018 cover of “New Equipment Digest” featuring publicity we created for a wireless crane scale that he distributes. I love showing clients this kind of valuable exposure! Just as…
Read MoreDebunking the Myth About Publicity Requiring Paid Advertising: Esco Tool Hits Another Grand Slam
Perhaps the greatest misunderstanding with respect to product publicity is that it is free and you have to be an advertiser or pay for it to get it. The fact is, that press releases are a respected, time honored way in which editors from all types of media outlets learn about different products and services…
Read MoreProduct News Produces Maximum Marketing Leverage
If you’re in the market for a new car, “Motor Trend Car of the Year” carries a lot of weight. The influence of editorial is universal and applies equally for those of us involved with industry and technology. “The Research & Development Top 100” awards and similar editorial “product reviews” have a great deal of…
Read MoreEntrepreneurship and Product Publicity
Peter Drucker, recognized as the dean of America’s business and management philosophers by The Wall Street Journal, wrote “Entrepreneurship is ‘risky’ because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing. They lack the methodology. They violate elementary and well-known rules. This is particularly true of high-tech entrepreneurs.” I believe this assertion…
Read MoreBiggest Reason B2B Content Fails
According to an article in “Sales & Marketing Management” magazine, “a Forrester Research review of 30 business-to-business websites in six industries revealed that the majority fail to engage users with content. Interesting enough, the review revealed that the biggest problem with these websites is the majority of content talks about the company, what its products…
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