by Full Spectrum Marketing | Apr 5, 2017 | content strategy
During the week of February 6, 2017, Huffington Post – one of the most successful online-first publications in our still short history of the Internet – posted content on 10 media platforms over seven days. In total, HuffPo added 1,665 posts to the Internet over that...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Mar 22, 2017 | Brand
In 2013 Cadillac sold 182,543 cars. That’s 15,211 cars per month, and 507 per day. That seems like a lot. And, in many ways, it is. In fact, those numbers sound like a healthy company. At an average price of $62,352.50, that’s $11.3 billion (with a “B”). Which is...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Jan 19, 2017 | Business
Ferrari. What do you think about when you hear that name? The name conjures beautiful images to mind, right? The first few things I think of are the color red, the prancing horse, that sound, and decades of Formula One racing success. But, there’s another reality,...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Dec 30, 2016 | Marketing
Sure seems like this year flew by, didn’t it? We have covered a lot of territory this year in On Marketing. As we enter the final couple of weeks in 2016, let’s shift our focus more on the future and plan our efforts for 2017. Because I’m a student of marketing and...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Nov 30, 2016 | Website
Today is the final piece in a series where we have explored website building from a variety of useful angles. First we examined how we should set and enforce our expectations of a website. Then we explored the common traits that all effective websites have before...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Nov 16, 2016 | Website
If you want a persuasive and effective website that is easily found online, you need a lot of pages of content that are well optimized for search engines. The content must also be readable and convincing to humans. Search engine rules are constantly changing, and...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Nov 3, 2016 | Website
Today’s column is the first in a series I’m doing specifically on websites. Why websites? Despite the fact that technology is advancing rapidly, the website remains the single most important marketing material you have. If your website stinks – meaning it doesn’t tell...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Oct 20, 2016 | Marketing
If you see your marketing as an expense, it’s just a line item on your budget. That’s about it. You know you need to do marketing, so you pay for some. It’s not a daily thought, it’s not something you check up on a lot, it’s just something that gets done. A task to...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Oct 6, 2016 | content marketing
Let’s talk about autopilot advertising, and advertising equity. Autopilot Advertising Earlier this week the guy who handles our pest control came through the office. The office was abuzz with our usual chatter and meetings and whatnot. In our focused state, it was...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Sep 7, 2016 | Audience, Marketing
A recent study published by the Pew Research Center reported that the number of Americans who read a physical book in the past year is 65 percent. That number is largely unchanged from the last time this study was conducted four years ago. Perhaps more surprisingly,...