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roxburynick
Feb 1, 20151 min read
Can a 1.5 Star Review Sink Your Product or Service?
Over the years I’ve used both TurboTax and H&R Block (aka Tax Cut). Both function well and got the job done. To be honest most of the...
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roxburynick
Dec 20, 20142 min read
How to get Consumers to Love You – the hard way
Why is it important to STAND for something? As I learned a young salesperson, people want to buy things from people they like. In fact...
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roxburynick
Nov 22, 20141 min read
What happens to ads when search goes audio?
In the case of Amazon it’s pretty easy to see their hope lies in you using the device to order paper towels with your voice. To quote...
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roxburynick
Aug 1, 20142 min read
Social Reach vs. Engagement, which is better?
There is much talk about social reach vs. engagement on Facebook. Although there is something to be said for both as a goal. At a base...
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roxburynick
Jul 10, 20141 min read
Less Branding, More Filling
Though not the best example of minimal branding I think this is still an excellent example of a lightly branded campaign that does...
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roxburynick
Jun 21, 20141 min read
Amazon’s Fire Phone; Best Feature
What would you say is Amazon’s new phone, Fire Phone’s best feature? Unlimited cloud storage of photographs The ability to scan products...
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roxburynick
May 14, 20141 min read
Whe the Image you Post is Co-Oped
It’s easy to make errors in Social. Even easier to do so when you hand your protagonists a gift as both Michele Obama and Ann Coulter did...
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roxburynick
Mar 29, 20142 min read
Angel Olsen, Young Thug, King Krule & Millennial Marketing
I just finished reading three well written articles in The Fader, </a>a music focused magazine. Fascinating articles really. All paint...
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roxburynick
Jan 8, 20141 min read
Finally, a Good Looking Smart Watch
Related articles #InternationalCES #Smartwatch #Smartwatches
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roxburynick
Jan 5, 20141 min read
2014, The Year of the Cloud, Again
Chromebooks are Google’s attempt at launching a third OS to rival Apple and Microsoft. The key difference is very little of the OS lives...
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roxburynick
Oct 5, 20132 min read
Link Bait Headlines, Do They Work?
Floating Worm Hook (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Everyone has seen them. The headline screams a crazy tune, but the copy does not back it up....
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roxburynick
Sep 27, 20122 min read
Social Media Content Strategy
Udate – 9-16-13. A lot has changed about content since I first wrote this article a couple of years ago. For one, content is no longer a...
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roxburynick
Feb 21, 20122 min read
Pintrest – Blogging Without Words
English: Red Pinterest logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Looking at the success of Pintrest this morning it finally hit me. Pintrest is a...
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roxburynick
Sep 25, 20112 min read
How Not to Use QR Codes for Print
9 Week Holiday Planner QR Codes are quickly gaining popularity. Because of this many companeis are putting them everywhere, often without...
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roxburynick
Sep 20, 20112 min read
6 Lessons about Marketing from 20 Years of Marriage
I’ve had great success on all three and along the way the first two have taught me a bit about the third. Listen – Marriage is about...
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roxburynick
Sep 15, 20112 min read
eCommerce & Digital Marketing 9 Week Holiday Planning Calendar
We’re almost in October and the leaves in the Northeast are already starting to change. That means the holiday season is upon us. My...
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roxburynick
Sep 6, 20112 min read
7 Steps to Building Your New Brand Online
With a very small marketing budget and few resources, we set about to get brand recognization and sales in a crowded field, consumer...
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roxburynick
Aug 29, 20112 min read
If You’re Totally Under Water, Are you Wet?
This was a question asked by my 10 year old daughter this summer while swimming in our pool. Believe it or not this prompted a two week...
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roxburynick
Aug 24, 20111 min read
Social Media – Product Development and Internal Communications
Product Development and Social Media Corporations have spent a great deal of the past century creating products that meet a criteria that...
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roxburynick
Aug 18, 20113 min read
Choosing the Right Digital Marketing Mix
In a recent post I discussed the difficulty in picking a digital marketing strategy without having first looked at your analytics. But...
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