Podcast: Effective Email Marketing – The Marketing Menu

Effective email marketing is a topic we could talk about every month and applies to 99% of our clients and prospective clients.  Recent research states that open rates for promotional email still averages 22-25%. This is, of course, good news

Reaching Your Destination…

April 2018 Thoughts That Count: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” — {Winston Churchill}

3 Easy April Fool’s Pranks for Easter

Do you realize that Easter falls on April 1st this year?  2018 provides an interesting opportunity for all of us to have a little Easter themed April Fool’s fun with the children (or adults) in our lives. We’re

Thoughts That Count: March Madness

9 Trends That Will Define Marketing in 2018

MarketingDive put together a great list of trends they believe will define marketing in 2018.  It will be interesting to see how their thoughts play out over the coming year. 1. Transparency opens a ‘can of worms’ 2. Quality content

7 Tips for Mastering Instagram for Business

Are you using Instagram to grow your business?   If not, you may want to consider integrating it into your 2018 strategy.   Instagram has over 700 million monthly active users. It’s a great platform to use your

Working Remote: Our Perspective

At NextLevel Thinking, we consider ourselves to be part of a virtual firm.  What exactly does that mean?  NLT does not have a brick and mortar store front, instead we operate from our homes or satellite offices.  With

See the Possibilities!!!

February 2018 Thoughts That Count: “When you focus on problems, you’ll have more problems.  When you focus on possibilities, you’ll have more opportunities.”

The “Winning Formula” for Content Creation

Do you struggle each month to identify content to share with your customers and clients? If you answered yes, you are in the majority. “How do small businesses stand out and get others to take notice of them?

Facebook is Making BIG Changes (again)!

You may have heard the news, but Facebook has recently changed its algorithm which is having a BIG effect on businesses. It is more important now than ever that your content is relevant and engaging. The more comments,

Robly: Working Remote

At this point most of our clients have moved to Robly Email Marketing for their email needs at our recommendation. We love their customer service, they are constantly improving their platform and offer unique features to boost open

Don’t You Just Love a New Year!

January 2018 Thoughts That Count: “Although no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending.” — {Carl Bard}

Merry Christmas!

We hope your holidays are happy and blessed.  Merry Christmas from our families to yours! -Eric, Kristen, Kristin, Tara, Tanner, Debbie, Sharon, Alison, Shiara, & Ivonne

Be Grateful!

“As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth

3 Ways Market Research Drives Revenue

  Vikas Mittal is a Professor of Management at the J. Hugh Liedtke Business School at Rice University.  His recent article, 3 Ways Market Research Drives Revenue, published by the American Marketing Association is worth reading.  He details the three different