By Ellen Fruchtman, President How do you attract new customers to your store? A new research study conducted by Criteo, an advertising platform for the open internet, called Why We Buy – Consumer Behavior & Loyalty in the Age of Infinite Options included some interesting content. Some of the findings are common sense. Others might surprise you....
In today's segment, we are fielding questions jewelers have about marketing. The question is, "What platform do prefer more, Google or Facebook?" The short answer is that they both serve two different types of consumers; those in-market and those who might not be. As with any marketing, it starts with a plan. [embed]https://youtu.be/hBVbN5hVmuM[/embed]...
By Angie Ash, Executive Vice President Today’s moms don’t fit outdated stereotypes. They are certainly complex. They raise children and lead meetings. They balance checkbooks alongside bags of groceries. They may be moms to one and stepmoms to another. But an overlooked fact is that many are also your self-purchasing female with the means to buy fine jewelry...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing You’re not alone. A lot of people don’t really understand what SEO is, why it’s helpful, and what people are doing when they do it. But if it’s as important as people say it is, feeling clueless about it isn’t good. Let’s fix that right now. What Exactly is SEO again? It’s...
By Ellen Fruchtman, President The double-edged sword rears its head every year. It dangles like a carrot. It moves otherwise brilliant business people to make marketing decisions based on reimbursements, versus the benefits of your own brand awareness. Ahhh. It’s co-op time. Typically, by the end of Q1, many larger brands who dole out the dollars (actually...
By Shane O'Neill, Vice President Just about every business is in the social media game now and most are failing to use their social media channels even in a moderately successful way. If you think you can hand off your social media presence to some service for $195 a month, you’re not even in the game. If...
By Angie Ash, Executive Vice President Years ago, before the Internet, business and product reviews weren’t necessarily relevant to a company’s success or failure. If a company disappointed a customer, a phone call was likely placed, or a letter mailed to voice displeasure. When a customer was extremely thrilled with a product or service, there may also...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing As a marketing agency, we get more than our fair share of suggestions from clients. But some ideas are distractions. Our clients rely on us to sort the wheat from the chaff. And that’s what we’re going to do for you today as well. Don’t get stuck focusing on shiny...
By Ellen Fruchtman, President Yes, it’s the end of February, and for those planners out there, you should already have your 2019 budget finalized. But, I have a sneaky suspicion many of you are still going by the seat of your pants with zero strategies and no rhyme or reason as to what you should do and...
By Shane O'Neill, Vice President Who cares about fine wine and nice cars? We should all be drinking two-buck-Chuck and driving a practical car, right? It would be cheaper and cloth seats are the new leather. And while we’re at it forget about the Jimmy Choo stilettos. You can match a sensible pair of shoes from Payless...