Twitter Cards

If you’re tweeting your own links in public (and you know who you are), you should have Twitter Cards enabled on your website. You’ve seen them, even if you don’t know what they’re called. Expanded tweets that have extra text and images, or sometimes video. Some of them probably stand out in your timeline without being expanded. Read More …

Target Your Audience

Once you’ve identified your targets and used effective marketing to reach them and convert a few into sales, you may be tempted to set the whole marketing campaign on repeat. Resist that urge. Ask yourself and your marketing team what you learned from this campaign about your audience. Read More …

What the New York Yankees Can Teach You About Branding

Love him or hate him, George Steinbrenner did a lot for baseball and helped turn the New York Yankees into a brand recognized around the world. Sure you could say that it’s New York and everybody knows New York. But how many NY Mets hats do you see outside of the northeast? The reason Steinbrenner was so recognized (and reviled) by most of the country, was in no small part because he was so successful. You’re just eccentric, until you start winning. Winning still did not keep Steinbrenner from also being legitimately criticized for his abrasive management style. Read More …