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919 Marketing Leads Local Effort to Fight Hunger in Holly Springs
Agency Unites Community in Effort to Collect 919 Food Items for Holly Springs Food Cupboard Holly Springs, N.C. (September 2019) – The Town of Holly Springs, North Carolina tops many lists as one of the best and safest places to live. But with the rising cost of living, more and more families are struggling to survive and put dinner on the table. That’s why this Thursday, September 19, the community will band together for a crusade called Feed Holly Springs’ Hungry. Local businesses, led by 919 Marketing, participated in a food drive to collect 919 items of food. The donations […]
Do Your Franchisees Hate You?
As a franchise marketing agency, working with more than 20,000 franchisees in the U.S. and worldwide, we often find ourselves in the position of being phone psychologists. In many instances, we hear franchisees speak in glowing terms about the franchisor, but more often than not we hear about their growing frustrations as a franchisee. Fortunately, you can turn things around. But to do that, you need to know why your franchisees hate you. My article outlines six situational examples and how to overcome them. DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE
Why Your Franchisor Hates You
I recently wrote an article for Forbes, giving insight into some of the frustrations that many franchisees have with their franchisors. Well, there’s a flip side to that coin. Your franchisor knows that without you – and the other franchisees – the business would at best consist of a few company owned locations, that you’re the backbone of the business and whatever else you’d like to hear that would massage your ego. But the truth is, while you may hate your franchisor, your franchisor hates you, too. Fortunately, you can turn things around. Read my follow up article to learn […]
Why Franchisors Whiff on Using SEO to Drive Leads
Why most franchise brands whiff at using organic search to drive online leads. The good news – there are only two major ways to impact your brand’s online search results: organic search and paid search. The bad news – driving real results can be tricky. Just ask the long line of franchise marketing vendors and in-house digital marketing gurus that have been vaporized by impatient franchise execs over the years. The two primary methods for driving online leads are known as search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) and respectively. PAID SEARCH: SEMFranchise marketers have plowed tons of […]
Hook the Media: How To Tell Franchisee Stories
Your business is booming; revenues are up, employees are happy, but there’s still something missing. Or maybe things are a little slow right now and you’re struggling to get people engaged with your brand’s concept. Whichever boat you are in, keeping an eye toward a solid PR strategy is key, so it may be time to take the next step toward long term success. We’re talking about increased brand visibility and presence in the media. You may think sending out a couple press releases about your business will do the trick – talking about the best your business has to […]
The Press Release is (Almost) Dead
We continue to churn out press releases every day here. But, I can promise you this: We do not need a press release to get coverage. In fact, the press release doesn’t have anything to do with the placements our clients receive. I think the press release is on its deathbed, actually. I am by no means the first person to make this statement: Peter Shankman, Ad Age and many other really smart PR pros have long ago bid their farewell to the traditional press release. I don’t think I’m going to be attending the funeral of the press release any time this […]
919 Marketing Honored in Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500/5000 List
919 Marketing Company, a full-service marketing and PR agency, was recently featured as a top 200 marketing and PR firm on Inc. Magazine’s 2010 Inc. 500/5000 List of the nation’s fastest growing private companies. 919 Marketing was highlighted as number 189 among other national firms and number 5 among other NC-based firms in the advertising and marketing industry with a three year revenue growth of 131%. 919 Marketing, similar to other companies in the Inc. 500/5000 list, has faced brutal economic challenges from 2006-2009. Despite those challenges, 919 Marketing was able to rapidly grow because companies took notice of its […]
PR Technologist: Why You Need One
(And for up-and-coming PR Pros, why you need to be one) Image courtesy of: http://authenticblogging.wordpress.com/ Many of the biggest stories in the last year broke on Twitter first – Whitney Houston’s death, the raid on Bin Laden’s tomb and the verdict in the Amanda Knox trial. Press releases aren’t just for journalists anymore – they help keep your website fresh with content. Many journalists respond better to pitches via Twitter and/or Facebook than email. A story on television is nice, but it’s even better when there’s an online story to go with it. Why? For search engine purposes, of course! The list […]