Marketing in a Digital World Reflection

Assignment Reflection The assignments we completed throughout the Marketing in a Digital World course allowed us to analyze and learn how many aspects there are to maintaining a strong digital campaign. We began with an Online Audit that had us reviewing a company’s digital presence (primarily through social networks). Through this assignment we were able … Continue reading

Professionalism on LinkedIn

LinkedIn was released in 2003 and has been growing in popularity quite rapidly, especially over the past few years. However, not everyone uses this tool properly and some treat it as if it were another casual social networking tool. Here are some reasons why LinkedIn should be used strictly professionally and not as another ‘Facebook’ … Continue reading

The ‘No Equipment Necessary – At Home Fat Burning Exercise Routine’

I think the title gives it away, but this is an exercise routine I threw together that just about anyone can do from the comfort of their home. It includes 4 exercises with a variety of difficulty levels you can choose from. From there, you pick how long you rest and how many sets you … Continue reading

The Groupon Paradox – How it can destroy your business!

What is Groupon’s paradox? Groupon’s business is designed to increase consumer purchasing power by bringing companies groups of customers (from deep discounts offered) in order to boost sales. They offer a contradictory sales pattern, a boost in sales transactions, but a decline in sales profitability. Below is an example of how price erosion occurs: “The … Continue reading

Viral Ads – Do they promote sales?

Advertising isn’t always about what you need An ad’s viral effects are rarely correlated with the type of product (i.e. commodity, etc.). The aspect that creates a viral ad is the ad itself, not the product it’s advertising. With this in mind, do you remember the product or the ad better? Because that’s what seperates … Continue reading

CRASH Dieting

Check out my RANT blog on Crash Dieting. I think you’ll catch my standpoint on the topic through the video tone… ENJOY!

5 Tips to Boost your Business Social Media Front

So what’s the big deal? Still think Social Media is just a fad? I would take another real hard look, because your competitors might be capitalizing on these free tools while you’re sitting there in the past… and eventually history. Here are 5 tips to improving your Social Media presence for the New Year. Stock … Continue reading

OMG – Digital Marketing is leading us to ‘Surrogates’!

You might be wondering… what are you talking about Mark? Well, you’ll understand the reasoning behind my title after you’ve read the blog. You also might want to see the movie – Surrogates, in order to appreciate my meaning. If I had not been introduced to OMG What Happened and What Should I Do? I would … Continue reading

Corporate Social Media – It shouldn’t be so boring…

 “Very few people act as if they’re automated social media bots. So why do companies?” There are 5 ways that companies could be using Social Media to be more creative and stay ahead of their competition, but usually don’t. The problem is that they don’t understand how to properly use this tool, because they model … Continue reading

Health & Wellness Poll

Let me know what YOUR concerns are with your personal Health & Wellness plan. I will offer assistance to get you back on track!