Tag Archives: Strategy

Death to the dollar symbol: $5.00 vs. 5.00 vs. 5 dollars

Over the past few years, pricing analysis specialists have determined that it’s far more effective to price goods without the iconic dollar symbol. It seems that when a currency sign appears with the price, we automatically connect it to our…

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Only One-Percent of Facebook Fans Engage With Brands*

Bigger Brands See Lower Engagement AdAge recently published a study by the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, showing that ‘only 1% of Facebook fans engage with brands.’ The headline of this article is extremely misleading, because if you read past the first few…

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Strategic Marketing Plans

When we fail to plan, essentially, we are planning to fail. In business, as in life, planning ahead and being prepared are critical for success. As the heading above states, if you don’t plan, you will most likely fail. With…

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