Why I Moved To Downtown Greenfield, Indiana
On January 4, 2010 I made a strategic move to relocate my office from my home to the heart of historic downtown Greenfield, IN. Perhaps more strategic than moving to our new dowtown location, which I am absolutely loving, was to co-share the space with Rocky Walls and Zach Downs of 12 Stars Media Productions. We are calling our new downtown office The Marketing Loft. We have great plans to use the space strategically to serve clients and prospective clients. The move to create The Marketing Loft was three-fold ... 1. To serve our respective clients better 2. To lower our overhead by sharing the expense of office space 3. To be part of the Historic Downtown Greenfield Business District (Cross Creative and 12 Stars are proud
Social Media ROI Facts
Watch this video to learn some simple Social Media ROI facts from Erik Qualman of Socialnomics.net You Cannot Afford To Do Nothing Whether you are a microbusiness with only 1 or 2 employees, a nonprofit looking to increase donations or a church seeking ways to be more relevant in the community where you serve, social media is something you cannot afford to overlook. You cannot afford to do nothing. The social media tidal wave is here. Are you swimming with the current or against it?
Confession: I Judge a Business By Their Business Card
On average I attend 5-7 networking events a month (I really believe in networking). One of the hallmark disciplines that occurs at these networking events is the exchanging of business cards. I estimate that at the end of every month I collect 150-200+ business cards. That’s close to 2,400+ business cards a year (some of you collect way more than that I’m sure). What continues to amaze me as I exchange business cards with people is how many bad, I mean really crappy business cards there are out there. If you grew up where I grew up you were told since you were a little tot “don’t judge a book by its cover.” I have a confession to make: I judge a business by its business card. When another business person hands me their
25 Tips To Improve Your Website
1. Use .htaccess to redirect the non-www version of your website to the www version. 2. If you think your font is too small, make it bigger! 3. Include an easy to find contact link, e-mail address or phone number on every page of your website. 4. Use a CSS stylesheet to make your website printer friendly and to keep your fonts, colors and links consistent. 5. Fix or remove broken links (external and internal). 6. Add ALT tags to all of your images. 7. Provide the same basic navigation menu on every page of your website. 8. Use the same color for links throughout your website. 9. Spell check your content. 10. If you don’t have an About page, create one. 11. Use your About page to show your brand’s
How to Avoid the “Do-it-Yourself” Trap in Marketing
As a small business owner, we all know that we must wear many different hats — the from the president to the human resources officer to the salesman to the accountant. When it comes to marketing, however, many business owners fall short of time to do the necessary activities to move their businesess forward. Why? Here are a few of my theories: Back Burnered: Marketing is often seen as a “nice to have” – but takes a back seat to other activities which are mandatory (such as payroll or paying taxes). Overwork: Business owners are so overwhelmed with running the business that they leave no time for marketing their business No Direction: The business has no marketing plan to know which marketing activities will
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Cross Creative Marketing is a professional marketing company located in Greenfield, Indiana that supplies services of website design, branding, email marketing, social media, and marketing consulting.
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I began working for the New Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce in September, 2010. Greg had created the website for the Chamber prior to me being hired. When I started, Greg offered to help me get started and show me a few things so that I could keep our website up to date. I keep coming back to him for guidance because he is always teaching me new things to do and ways to keep my website fresh and interesting. Currently, I participate in the monthly support group that Greg has for the Stratum website users. This has been extremely helpful for me because I can bring my questions to Greg & know that I will get clear instructions on how to accomplish what I want to create. He does a great job of explaining what I need to do when I'm working on my website on my own.Caralee Griffith