Many service businesses, especially NEW, and unique SERVICE businesses, have trouble branding and positioning themselves. If the target market doesn’t understand what your business does or offers, it’s a real challenge to grow. Take marketing, for example. Ask 10 people to define or describe “professional marketing services,” and you’ll get …
Are you tired of hearing, reading and seeing political attacks between politicians? Does it seem like it’s getting worse? It’s not. Insults and personal attacks have always been a part of American politics. George Washington, considered the father of our country, was attacked so viciously in some newspapers – with …
The song “Brandy,” by the rock group Looking Glass, was the hit #1 at the time. I was in my first (and only) year of college and also working in the produce department of a local grocery store. My major was Marketing, and I was inspired, so I started conducting …
No one wants to pay more taxes, right? Yet many people voluntarily pay more taxes — by voting for tax levies. In Ohio, you can fund levies by adding to real estate taxes or increasing sales taxes on retail purchases. Levies can be temporary taxes that expire in 4 or …
In theory, marketing your product, service or non-profit should be easy. You really have only two components on which to focus — and no, they are not plain or peanut. The M and Ms of marketing are Message and Media. Finding the right combination of message and media is not …
Farris Marketing is proud to be a part of developing community engagement campaigns for our clients, including the Western Reserve Transit Authority (WRTA). This April marked the third year of putting on the Give Local Small Business a Lift campaign and kick-off event. This year’s campaign proved to be the …
Do you believe your company’s product is better than your competitor’s product? If so, do yourself a favor and don’t say that in your marketing. Woah, relax! Don’t get your blood pressure up. Indignation will only lead to an increase in your health insurance rates, not your sales. Your belief …
In 2003, a Harvard freshman named Mark Zuckerberg became a campus celebrity by creating FaceMash, a website that students could use to vote on which of two randomly selected Harvard women was more attractive. Not surprisingly, it quickly ran afoul of both the administration and several women’s groups. Still, the …
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