Why You Should Partner with an Agency
When you partner with our agency, we become an extension of your in-house team. We fill in the gaps in expertise and focus your marketing efforts while steering clear of common—and potentially costly—pitfalls.
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15 Years of Rowing the Boat: Lessons We Live By
Experience is the best teacher. Since beginning Market Mentors 15 years ago, we’ve learned plenty of lessons—some the easy way and some the hard way. These lessons became our guiding principles. In honor of our anniversary, here are 15 lessons we live by.
How To Tell When Your Website Needs a Refresh
Your website often forms the first impression of you and your business––it’s your front door. What does your website say about your business? Is it antiquated? Slow? Clunky? Here are three signs it’s time for a refresh, and how we can help.
Presenting with Success
It has been estimated that 75% of all people experience some degree of anxiety or nervousness when it comes to public speaking, exceeding even the fear of death. Here, we share some tips about how to give a presentation like a pro!
Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing Good Is Good Business
At Market Mentors, we know the value of a worthy cause. Beyond the feel-good factor, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an excellent way to build teamwork, enhance employee engagement, support your community, engage your customers—and yes, even provide benefit from positive public relations.
Get to Know Your Customers
Forming meaningful relationships with your customers will inspire them to continue visiting your business. Plus, having their feedback will help you improve your bottom line.
The Price of PR: Grow Your Business with Earned Media
Marketing is a powerful business development tool, and with the rapid (and costly!) changes occurring in the media landscape, many businesses are struggling to find the budget to keep marketing in the business plan. That’s when public relations becomes even more important than ever.
I Can Do It Myself
Confidence is good. Giving it your all to get the desired end result is admirable. Who needs a professional when you can do it yourself? Well in the case of the desired cake image above, it may have been best left in the hands of the professional.
Pro Tips: Adult Snow Days
Snow day! Music to a child’s ears, but not always to an adult’s. However, if you have the benefit of being able to work from home, here are some great opportunities you can take advantage of.
Don’t Overlook Onboarding!
In doing a bit of digging for this blog post, I found some staggering stats via the Harvard Business Review. Nearly 33% of new hires look for a new job within their first six months on the job and 23% of new hires turn over before their first anniversary. Wait, what?! How might you prevent this from happening within your company? Effective onboarding.