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The Squirrel is always out scouring the WWW for nuts of information to share with his followers on the web.  Today, he ran across this article from our friends at HubSpot.  It dives into why marketing is moving online, not only because it can be measured, but also because it produces results.  The squirrel likes results. This continues with the age old question, what is better, cold calls, being found on the internet, or customers finding your company. The squirrel is a big component of customers calling on him. What Is Inbound Marketing? Inbound Marketing is marketing focused on...

I've heard it, you've heard it, we've all heard it, but what does "I like you mean?"  In the "real world" as those people who live outside the online world call it, if you "like" someone it means that you want to spend more time with them.  Of course the "spending more time" with someone is where things get a little cloudier and I'll leave this up to you to define. In the online world, "liking" has taken off.  On my personal page the other day, I was told that eight of my friends "liked" ...

Do you see the brand yet? Wait for it! Kudos yesterday went out to Old Spice and today I'm giving the nunchucks to Levis.  Have you seen "their" new YouTube video "Guy Walks Across America?"  I think it's been up almost 3 days and has almost 1.5 million hits.  Guy Walks Across America, was created with 2770 still frames and produced in only 14 days. That's one fast walker!  Also,...

So, I hit the gym today.  I hit it hard.  Like real hard.  And, I put on some old spice deodorant and body wash.  Why?  Because it covers up my usual smell of man?  Not quite, but probably a good idea.  According to an article in Brandweek, as a result of their OLD SPICE guy YouTube video campaign, sales have increased 100% since the launch of their YouTube video campaign. He works out I'm going to take this a step further and assume that a chiseled chest increases your sales. In all seriousness, I...

Social media has opened a new can of worms for many companies.  No longer can a company ignore the masses and believe that the masses will no longer be able to connect to others and spread their both good and bad experiences.  Check out what happened when a musician had a terrible experience with United! United, United....Broke my guitar