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Active Marketing: Why Set-It-and-Forget-It Marketing Doesn’t Work

There a lot of options when it comes to marketing your company, from the necessary (having a website) to the advanced (proper brand reputation management). There are many ways you can do this marketing, depending on how much time and money you have. One thing we’ve seen that universally fails (and can in fact even […]
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Marketing Your New Restaurant Hospitality Group

You’ve established multiple restaurants, built brands and opened new locations. Now it’s time to take it one step further. Expanding into a hospitality group is an exciting adventure for any entrepreneur. This can be a hectic time for the owner, as these events often happen in conjunction with launches of new brands and locations. With […]

In The News: How to create a marketing plan

This article originally appeared in the Worcester Business Journal on November 27th, 2017. Houses are built with blueprints; businesses are built with plans. Plans make the difference. Creating a winning marketing plan is to work within realistic goals, resources and options. This drives results. The best, most user-friendly plans contain: • A spreadsheet listing each […]
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Top Three Reasons Why New Businesses Fail and What To Do About It

Starting a business? Good – keep reading. This is information every soon-to-be-entrepreneur needs to know, EVEN IF, you’ve already owned a business.  Since 1999, I’ve consulted for hundreds of entrepreneurs, and taught lectures for literally thousands.  In that time, I’ve certainly observed a few things about why and how people succeed, and why and how […]