December 15, 2009      By: ajgerritson  
Bookmark and Share
prsucks

There are a lot of pr agencies out there that suck. Don’t get stuck with one! Watch this presentation to discover the tell-tale signs. Enjoy! From the PR team at 451 Marketing…

View on Slideshare.net

June 5, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share

The professional networking site LinkedIn has over 40 million users in more than 200 countries. If you join LinkedIn and create a profile, you can expand your network by connecting with friends, co-workers, and former colleagues. As a professional social networking site, LinkedIn enables individuals to build and extend their “professional brand,” by showcasing their [...]

June 3, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share
cc

If you are an active member of the social media community, particularly here in Boston, then you undoubtedly know the name C.C. Chapman (@cc_chapman). A Co-Founder and Managing Partner of new media consultancy The Advance Guard, and an avid blogger and podcaster, C.C. specializes in helping brands to better understand the social web and how [...]

May 15, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share
240988-120-0-1

Today’s issue of the Boston Business Journal reports how 451 Marketing has repositioned itself for success. Read the full article below:
Taking the lead: Interactive marketing agency bolsters position with new media strategies
Boston Business Journal
by Sean McFadden
May 15, 2009
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/05/18/smallb1.html
A costly error in judgment can cripple a small organization. It can also be a blessing in disguise [...]

May 6, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share
mm_twitter1

Quite often we receive this question from individuals that possess varied amounts of online savvy. Some have a solid grasp of how to utilize sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for personal and professional purposes, but they struggle to understand the benefits (and the “point”) of Twitter. Others are just confused about everything that is going on in [...]

Posted in:

new media
April 27, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share

The Boston Globe’s Scott Kirsner ran a terrific piece in Sunday’s paper about the emergence of the “new” approach to marketing that we continue to embrace– non-interruption based, inbound marketing. The piece specifically mentions how Boston-based companies (and individuals) have pioneered this shift, and will continue to foster it’s progression.

Here is the link to the article [...]

April 8, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share
newspaper1

An article in today’s New York Times examines the “free-versus paid online content” debate that is currently on the minds of all members of the newspaper and magazine publishing industry. Amidst a decline in their subscriber-base, many publications embraced the internet as a channel to help build their audience and increase revenues. But the recession [...]

March 16, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share

Seth Godin, one of my personal marketing Sherpas, opined in one of his recent blog posts on “The difference between PR and publicity”. As with most of his insights, the post elicited plenty of views and comments as he decided to characterize the distinction between publicity as merely end-game media coverage and PR as the [...]

March 13, 2009      By: brie451  
Bookmark and Share

One of the most adverse domino effects of our current economic situation has to be the distressing troubles currently afflicting the advertising and marketing industries. Because of companies’ fiscal obligations and their deteriorating bottom lines, executives have shown little restraint in slashing their ad budgets and downsizing any of their prior plans for monumental, traditional [...]

March 3, 2009      By: jbenanto  
Bookmark and Share

A successful inbound marketing campaign, one that provides a higher ROI for clients than traditional marketing communications plans, has a lot of similarities to a winning baseball club. In order to win consistently in baseball, you need to be able to take the lead by scoring more runs then your opponent. To maintain the lead, [...]

Posted in:

Inbound Marketing