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Marketing Mistakes

6 Top Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make and What to Do Instead
Learning From Mistakes

6 Top Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make and What to Do Instead

Every entrepreneurial journey is unique, but the mistakes entrepreneurs make are not.
John Boitnott | 6 min read
A Marketing Disaster Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: 3 Lessons From Recent Big Brand Fails

A Marketing Disaster Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: 3 Lessons From Recent Big Brand Fails

Through watching the stumbles of national brands, smaller businesses can learn what to do -- and not do -- to move up to the next level.
Jennifer Kem | 5 min read
3 Marketing Mistakes That Kill Tech Startups

3 Marketing Mistakes That Kill Tech Startups

You'll never reach unicorn status if you make one of these mistakes.
Inna Semenyuk | 5 min read
5 Marketing Missteps That Make Cash Flow and Business Growth Stumble

5 Marketing Missteps That Make Cash Flow and Business Growth Stumble

If you don't want your cash flow to turn into a drip, you'll want to take a look at these mistakes you might be guilty of.
Shaun Buck | 8 min read
The 5 Biggest Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

The 5 Biggest Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Are you making these mistakes without realizing?
Ben Angel | 2 min read

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The Bodega Effect: Lessons In Branding From the Rise and Fall of a Startup
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When you set out to disrupt the status quo, don't pick a status quo people love.
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Marketing Mistakes

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After that Pepsi ad, a Twitter user joked, darkly, that Kendall Jenner was on a charter flight to Syria, with a can of Pepsi in hand.
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Ikea displayed a photograph of a young boy with his finger under his nose as a "pretend mustache" -- reminding customers of Adolf Hitler.
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4 Top Mistakes Your Brand May Be Making When It Markets to Small Businesses
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4 Top Mistakes Your Brand May Be Making When It Markets to Small Businesses

Remember what day-to-day concerns your target small company customer has, and fit your product to that concern.
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Are You Making Any of These 6 Marketing Mistakes?
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Are You Making Any of These 6 Marketing Mistakes?

For instance, ever realize how ineffective broadcasting your message is these days?
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Marketing Addiction Is the Struggling Entrepreneur's Pitfall
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Focus on your own business strategy. Don't waste time and money keeping up with everyone else.
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6 'Tone-Deaf' Ads That Got Companies in Trouble and Damaged Their Brands
Marketing Mistakes

6 'Tone-Deaf' Ads That Got Companies in Trouble and Damaged Their Brands

In London, a series of Match.com subway ads rubbed consumers the wrong way, and the ads were pulled. Here are some other companies that made some questionable marketing choices.
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Leveraging Your Small Sales Campaign for Long-Term Success
Marketing Mistakes

Leveraging Your Small Sales Campaign for Long-Term Success

The best players know: baseball is a game of singles and doubles. The teams that finish on top have more of those than they do home runs. Guaranteed.
Shaun Buck | 5 min read
8 Common Ways Small Businesses Waste Money Marketing
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8 Common Ways Small Businesses Waste Money Marketing

Nobody sets out to waste the marketing budget but that's the result of unknowingly using ineffective tactics.
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You Can Use Vicarious Experiences That Never Happened to Make Real Deals Happen
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You Can Use Vicarious Experiences That Never Happened to Make Real Deals Happen

The two important steps between where your client stands now -- and getting that deal closed, pronto!
Issamar Ginzberg | 7 min read