http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm Fixation Blog en-us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:02:25 -0400 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:59:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss leo@fixation.com leo@fixation.com http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/15/10-for-10 Fixation proudly continues with our sponsorship of Sam Lippman's Large Show Roundtable (LSR). The latest event was held in St. Louis and included cocktails with the Budweiser Clydesdales. As promised, we're sharing the second installment of our 10 fo... Marketing Tradeshows Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:59:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/15/10-for-10 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/6/An-Atta-Boy-from-BtoB From time to time, business owners are asked to throw their proverbial hat into the ring for various graphic design awards, Best Places to Work lists, Smart CEO honors and the like. So, it was no big deal when earlier this year we received a Top Agen... Social Media Fixation in the Community Marketing E-mailing Tradeshows Communications Design Communication Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:26:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/4/6/An-Atta-Boy-from-BtoB http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/24/10-for-10 Fixation Marketing was a sponsor of Sam Lippman's Large Show Roundtable (LSR) in Anaheim, California on January 22, 2010. Not content just slapping our name on this industry-leading executive forum and sitting on the sidelines, we produced an informa... Marketing Tradeshows Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:05:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/24/10-for-10 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/1/Interview-with-a-Social-Media-Star-Your-Questions-Answered Maddie Grant is the chief social media strategist and co-founder of SocialFish, a consultancy firm that teaches association professionals how to effectively use social media. Maddie and her SocialFish business partner, Lindy Dreyer provide social med... Social Media Marketing Communication Tradeshows Communications Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:32:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/3/1/Interview-with-a-Social-Media-Star-Your-Questions-Answered http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/14/Connect-the-Right-Dots Recently, Fixation’s Megan Campbell contributed to an article by Biotechnology Industry Organization’s Tracy Krughoff  called “Listen to Members for Meeting Success” in ASAE’s publication Association Now. The a... Marketing Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:32:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/1/14/Connect-the-Right-Dots http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/29/Resolution-Listen-in-Dont-be-silent If an application was invented that would allow you to listen in on what your customers are saying about you and respond to their needs, wouldn’t you want it right now? Imagine how this insight would help you frame your company’s growth o... Social Media Communication Marketing Communications Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/29/Resolution-Listen-in-Dont-be-silent http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/6/Namaste Let’s talk about the success story of my friend and fashionista extraordinaire, Kimberly Wilson, who has employed some excellent social and viral marketing tactics over the years to build her businesses. Kimberly is a self-described teache... Fixation in the Community Communication Marketing Communications Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:57:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/11/6/Namaste http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/22/What-Was-That-You-Said Tell ‘em what you’re gonna say. Say it. Then tell ‘em what you just said. I’ve always heard that’s the key to structuring an effective presentation. Why? Because audiences aren’t paying that much attention. So the ... Marketing Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:10:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/22/What-Was-That-You-Said http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/13/Putting-Text-in-Context As a working parent, managing childcare is a top priority--and stressor. Something so critical should require constant interface, phone conversations and documentation. Right? Not anymore. I've been through five sitters in the past few years (that's ... Marketing Wed, 13 May 2009 18:54:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/13/Putting-Text-in-Context http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/16/Grab-the-Spotlight In times like these (i.e. the world has flipped into cost-cutting mode), the pressure is on to slash the marketing budget. After all, it's a no-brainer. You want to hold onto valued employees. Overhead costs have already been cut to bare bones. The m... Marketing Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:06:00 -0400 http://www.fixation.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/16/Grab-the-Spotlight