Online Marketing – Yes or No

Posted in: Business of Golf, Direct Response Marketing, Offline Marketing, Online Marketing- Nov 04, 2010 No Comments

Now this information makes you think….: 70% of the U.S. population regularly use the Internet Over 1 billion people in the world are online The average adult spends 3 hours more a day online than watching T.V. These are all encouraging statistics for small business owners. It means you have a very large target market, [...]

Would this Marketing Strategy work for you?

Posted in: Direct Response Marketing, Offline Marketing, Online Marketing- Sep 07, 2010 No Comments

Everything you read below is from Dan Kennedy.  If you have no idea who he is (have you been living under a rock).  He is probably the premier copy writers in North America.  The story below is an excellent example. Create Marketing Fireworks by “SUCKERING EM IN” “Sex. Ok, now that I have your attention, let me talk to [...]

Stories Sell and Facts Tell

Posted in: Direct Response Marketing, Offline Marketing, Online Marketing, Social Media- Aug 31, 2010 7 Comments

I took this line from Clayton Makepeace, but we truly believe in his words.  I was taught something similar a long long time ago – STORIES SELL and FACTS TELL. “Nothing sells better than a GREAT story your customers can share on your behalf. And your job as the marketer is to find a signature [...]

Marketing Ideas can come from anywhere

Posted in: Offline Marketing, Online Marketing- Aug 17, 2010 21 Comments

Marketing lessons can be learned from anything and anywhere. http://www.m-travel.com/news/2010/08/few-marketing-lessons-to-be-learned-from-jetblue-flight-attendants-recent-act.html

Who the Hell are We Targeting?

Posted in: Direct Response Marketing, Offline Marketing- Aug 11, 2010 No Comments

Was just reading a post from one of my favorite blogs.  They had a guest writer on you did a post on basically ‘Who the hell are you targeting with your marketing’.  He did an awesome job.  Great nuggets in the story! With what we have seen in the golf market across North America a [...]

You don’t have to believe us

Posted in: Direct Response Marketing, Offline Marketing- Aug 03, 2010 No Comments

Was reading an old post today by Troy White.  I will include the link below.  It is an older post but very relevant.  We definitely come across small, medium and large companies that have a misconstrued understanding of investing in marketing.  So don’t take our word for it (even though we hae been saying this all along). [...]

Words of Wisdom – Not mine

Posted in: Offline Marketing, Online Marketing- Jul 30, 2010 2 Comments

Was reading a blog post this morning and came across this quote.  It is weird especially in a few niche markets we are working in.  Some people just don’t follow this principal. “Just About Anybody Can Figure Out How To Sell Things. But There’s Genius In Creating Customers For Life. And, While There’s Terrific Income To Be Had From [...]

Weird Advertising BUT Great Press

Posted in: Offline Marketing- Jul 29, 2010 No Comments

This is taking getting your brand out there a little too far, BUT the press is awesome. Our lawyer has told us no way this will fly out here, but…. http://blog.hostgator.com/2009/05/22/billy-the-human-billboard/

Big Business Just Doesn’t Get It!

Posted in: Offline Marketing- Jul 22, 2010 No Comments

It’s not just small businesses that are trying to wrap their heads around the convergence of offline and online marketing. Even large publicly traded corporations don’t fully understand it yet. I was driving behind a city bus the other day that had a billboard ad on the back of it for Husky Energy.  The ad [...]