Entries by Rhoda Israelov

Blog Readers Want A Hole, Not A Drill!

Three marketing mavens, one message: Marketing expert Theodore Levitt told his MBA class at Harvard something bloggers for business would do well to heed: "People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill; they want a quarter-inch hole." "Truly successful marketers use reverse branding," blogger Ryan Karpeles emphasizes.  "People rarely think of your actual brand first.  […]

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Leitmotifs For Blogs

Blog posts tend to be more effective when they focus on just one idea, I’ve found.  That idea might be: Busting one myth common among consumers                     One testimonial from a user of your product or service  On special application for your product  One common problem your service helps solve  One new development in your […]

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But What Does It DO In Your Blog?

Develop Indy expects its rebranding effort to offer real results, says CEO Scott Miller.  Under the old name, Indianapolis Economic Development Corporation, he explains, the organization was often confused with the state’s IEDC, frustrating staffers and customers alike. Freshbooks CEO Michael McDerment lists five characteristics he thinks good company names need:   It’s easy to […]

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Un-mixing Them Up In Your Blog

If you think the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis is a branch at the IU campus in Bloomington, or that it’s IUPUI’s law school, you’re not alone – just about everyone confuses the two law schools, explains Norm Heiken of the Indianapolis Business Journal in "The Other Law School". Law school dean Gary Roberts has […]

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