Four States Small Business Blog

Another BrandsFormation is in the books, with local businesses now better equipped to foster successful brands and achieve their marketing objectives.

“A goal without a plan is just a wish”. To grow their organizations, brands need a roadmap. Imagine yourself daydreaming of a vacation in Colorado. If you do not have a roadmap in front of you to help you get there, you will make a lot of wrong turns in your effort to get across the country, and end up wasting a lot of time and energy.

Non-profit organizations are committed to serving and improving the local community, but marketing is often a major challenge. To help support their missions, the Zimmer Cares program provides free marketing services to one non-profit organization each quarter that was selected by Four States listeners. This allows the organizations, which often struggle to get their message out, to benefit from the power of the radio group's reach and advertising skill. Such a boost can make it easier for a non-profit to reach a larger group of listeners and increase community awareness.

Your products and services are amazing, and your main goal as a small business is to make sure your potential customers know that too. Getting the word out has become a challenging endeavor as competitors crowd the marketplace, so what can you do to stand out? Rather than resorting to the same tactics that everyone else in your industry is using, why not try these secret small business advertising techniques instead? Here are seven fun and exciting ways to increase your advertising, boost your results, and increase sales:

One of the most effective ways to reach your target audience is through advertising. It should be an integral part of your overall marketing strategy to help connect with current and potential customers. Getting more revenue from your advertising efforts doesn’t always mean you need to spend more money. It’s essential to take a hard look at what you’re currently doing to maximize your advertising budget to its full potential. Here are five different ways you can boost the effectiveness of your ad budget.

Radio is alive and well, and it's an effective advertising medium that offers advantages that others fail to provide. When you choose radio advertising, you can directly engage with your target audience when they are most receptive. And, you can run your ads and achieve excellent results in far less time. The following benefits of radio advertising will help you achieve exceptional results.

When it comes to running a successful business, talent is everything. The people you select to run your operations greatly influences how well you can reach your goals. Finding and attracting the top talent in your industry can prove quite challenging, however. But you can make the hiring process much easier by using the digital and traditional marketing landscape to your advantage. With the right media mix, you can drive talented job candidates to your business with far less effort than ever before. Here’s how to get started.

Is your business using social media influencers to promote your products or services? If not, you are missing an exceptional opportunity to get a better return on your advertising investment.

As a business owner, advertising should be an integral part of your overall marketing strategy. If you’re reading this post, chances are you’re thinking about your first radio marketing campaign. Doing anything for the first time can be scary, but these key steps can help you prepare and decide what you want to accomplish when launching your first radio marketing campaign.

In the online advertising world, the sky’s the limit on what you can do and accomplish. But, you cannot just focus on one thing, like building a website, to achieve your goals. Since consumer preferences vary considerably, you need to hit on several different areas to make the greatest impact.