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Why Being Organized Helps Increase Sales

Often when business owners brainstorm ways to increase their sales they overthink the solution. A grandiose strategy is rarely what is needed or necessary. More often than not what are really required are simple adjustments to our daily habits. A clean desk each morning. A kept-up filing system. A way for tracking marketing communication efforts. […]

Hitting the Bullseye with Target Marketing

Approach, Business Planning, Marketing

Target marketing is a great way to influence your customer\’s behavior. It can also be an effective strategy for building brand loyalty for long-term success. Unfortunately many businesses find themselves lost in the woods when it comes to hitting the mark. They stray from a good strategy and quickly fall off the path to success. […]

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Online Writers

Business Planning, Evolve, Web Development

In the early years of marketing, writing use to just be writing. You\’d pen a couple sentences, edit your work, and then publish. The online world though has created almost a completely new genre of writing. One that has very specific goals: capture the audience\’s attention quickly, keep the audience engaged, and prompt the audience […]

How Successful is the Wait Game?

Approach, Brand Strategy, Business Planning, Marketing, Social Media Marketing

This past week has been quite exciting as people across the world were at the edge of their seats waiting for the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton\’s second child. Once a girl was born, another waiting game began for the announcement of the baby\’s name. Millions of people checked social media and news […]

5 Different Content Approaches to the Traditional Sidebar

Business Planning, Implement, Marketing, Web Development

There are many parts of a website to consider when determining how and where to include leading content. Although often an afterthought, a site\’s sidebar can be a tremendous resource for featuring information you want read. It\’s important for you to utilize this prime real estate to the best of its ability. Below are 5 […]

What Google’s Mobile-geddon Means for Small Business

Business Planning, Evolve, Mobile Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Development

Big news shook up the online world last week when Google announced that it will now offer higher rankings to sites with a mobile-friendly design. While this change only affects those searches done on smartphones and tablets, the move has many small businesses reeling as they search for a solution. As one of the biggest […]

3 Ways to Convert a Customer\’s Complaint into a Branding Win

Brand Strategy, Business Planning, Evolve

Every business receives customer complaints from time to time. When bad reviews and upset clients disrupt your company\’s image it is important to look past the troubles to see the opportunities that these moments of adversity can present. You will then discover how easily this problem can be converted into a branding win. Convert any […]

3 Ways to Ruin a Great Marketing Strategy

Brand Strategy, Business Planning, Strategize

Are you ruining your company’s marketing strategy? A well-crafted approach to both long-term and short-term advertising efforts is important for small and large companies alike. In fact, marketing has become so vital it is often a key determining factor in the overall success of a business. How you handle this hefty responsibility can make or […]

3 Ways Bing is Becoming BIG

Approach, Business Planning, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Development

According to recent studies, Yahoo and Bing searchers now dominate 29% of the market share – a huge percentage compared to where its business was just a few years back. In fact, Bing is becoming a driving force in today’s online SEO world. While we must continue to cater to those that use the standard […]

5 Things Entrepreneurs and Marketers Have in Common

Brand Strategy, Business Planning, Marketing, Strategize

If you run a small marketing firm, you know how important it is to partner with the right person at each client’s company. That person can often determine how successful or unsuccessful your marketing endeavors can be. Even the best of plans can be foiled if you choose the wrong person as your touchstone and […]

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We are proud to be partners with GMS. As an entrepreneur and small business owner, I value a relationship with a partner who is cut from the same mold. Grand Marketing Solutions understands what it takes to keep our company competitive in a ever changing market. They ask the right questions and treat our business as it was their own. With Grand Marketing Solutions as our partner we can focus on our core business while they execute on our marketing strategy. We have been with a handful of marketing firms over the years. Some were large, some were small, but none of them have had the impact that Grand Marketing Solutions has.

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