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  • Halo Programs Celebrates 40 Years with an Open House on October 24, 2013

    Halo Programs Celebrates 40 Years with an Open House on October 24, 2013

    Halo Programs will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an open house at the company’s new Walled Lake headquarters.

  • 5 Fundamentals of Creating a Strong Marketing Message

    5 Fundamentals of Creating a Strong Marketing Message

    Marketing is critically important to any successful business, and a clear, concise and appealing marketing message is fundamental to promoting your products and services.

  • How to Protect Your Firm’s Online Reputation From Social Media Mayhem

    How to Protect Your Firm’s Online Reputation From Social Media Mayhem

    Current social media outlets provide powerful tools for promoting your company and building a strong online presence. Unfortunately, social media can be equally powerful in the hands of those who want to damage your online reputation.

  • Content Marketing: A Means to an End When It Comes to Lead Generation

    Content Marketing: A Means to an End When It Comes to Lead Generation

    The vital process of lead generation requires using the most effective techniques available, allowing you to get the most return for your efforts. Content marketing is a lead-generation method that can, over time, turn leads into your most dedicated customers.

  • Client Testimonials Can Be a Marketing Gold Mine — How to Use Them Effectively

    Client Testimonials Can Be a Marketing Gold Mine — How to Use Them Effectively

    When customers use your products or services, they will develop an opinion about all aspects of the transaction — the price, customer service, speed of delivery and quality.

  • What Is One-To-One Cross Media Marketing?

    What Is One-To-One Cross Media Marketing?

    Social media, email and websites have firmly taken their place in the marketing mix alongside traditional print, radio and television advertising.

  • Up the Ante With Cross-Selling Strategies That Work

    Up the Ante With Cross-Selling Strategies That Work

    When you cross-sell, you offer an additional product or service that complements or is related to the purchase already being made. The customer’s already in a buying mood and may perceive your cross-selling strategies as a beneficial element of your customer service.

  • 4 Corporate Branding Strategies — Which One’s Most Likely to Hit Your Demographic?

    4 Corporate Branding Strategies — Which One’s Most Likely to Hit Your Demographic?

    In today’s vast international market, focusing attention on your company, products and services becomes more difficult as similar offerings emerge from competing companies. The following are four corporate branding strategies that have been proven effective in specific demographic segments.

  • Customer Retention Programs: How to Use Them as a Marketing Tool

    Customer Retention Programs: How to Use Them as a Marketing Tool

    Once you’ve spent effort and resources acquiring a customer, the next step is to make sure that person stays loyal to your company and returns for more of what you have to offer. Customer retention programs are designed to generate and reward repeat purchases and keep interest in your products and services high.

  • Do You Know the Niche You’re Marketing To? How to Define Potential Clients

    Do You Know the Niche You’re Marketing To? How to Define Potential Clients

    Whatever the size and aspirations of your company, you will have a target market that will receive the bulk of your marketing and promotional campaigns. Even larger companies serve one or more niche markets, or narrowly defined segments of the buying public who are more likely to be interested in specific products and services.

  • Social Media Marketing: Tips to Keep Your Plan Fresh and Clickable

    Social Media Marketing: Tips to Keep Your Plan Fresh and Clickable

    Social media marketing continues to be a powerful tool for both online and brick-and-mortar companies.

  • 5 Surefire Ways to Generate Worthwhile Leads

    5 Surefire Ways to Generate Worthwhile Leads

    A basic truth of business: Your company requires a constant stream of leads and new customers. However, a worthwhile lead is more than just a warm body with a wallet.