The word “Blog” strikes fear into the heart of many potential bloggers because they don’t know what a blog is or how write one. Yet, one of the most effective tools for driving website traffic is to blog on a consistent basis. To alleviate some of that fear it is important to know that a blog is simply a short article about a subject that your potential client or customer has questions. Questions that many of you probably answer on a daily basis. The second point of how to do it effectively … [Read more...]
Denton County Cowboy Icon Weldon Burgoon Retiring
Weldon’s Western Wear Store’s Founder Leaving Retail After 60 Years Weldon Burgoon, who began riding in rodeos in the 1940’s as a teenager and later founded Weldon’s Western Wear and Saddle Shop, is retiring from the store after more than 60 years. Burgoon has also been a dominant figure in promoting and helping the youth in the North Texas area over the decades. He is a prominent player in the annual Denton County Livestock Youth Fair and Rodeo, the Blue Ribbon Club (a youth-oriented … [Read more...]
New Marketing: Focused Target Markets
Marketing today means that you have to thoroughly know your audience Social media largely allows us to tailor what we see every day. Facebook allows you to block people or posts that are irrelevant or offensive to you. If you are a big fan of a of McDonalds you can see more and more from them. If you detest McDonald’s food, it can be tailored so you never see an “I’m lovin’ it” campaign again. So, what does this mean for business marketing? In simple terms for a business, you have to be … [Read more...]
5 Facebook things that may have confused you
Clarifying items on Facebook Does using social media, especially Facebook, for a small business baffle or even scare you? Whether you like it or not, social media is here to stay. The good news is that social media can be a very powerful business tool, if you use it correctly. Hopefully, this blog series will eliminate some of your apprehension about using social media as a business tool. Facebook is by far, the largest social media platform. The best descriptor is that Facebook is … [Read more...]
Was Aristotle a Master Marketer?
3 ways Aristotle outlined the best marketing practices in the 4th Century BCE Was Aristotle the original Social Media marketer? Or for that matter any other type of marketing master? To answer that question, we need to begin with what is the intention of marketing? Whether it’s marketing a product, a service, or marketing yourself, marketing attempts to gain buy-in to the idea of whatever it is you are offering. The goal, regardless of trying to sell the latest product or trying to get … [Read more...]
Meet the Crouch Group’s Intern Shelby Richardson
The Crouch Group is happy to welcome our returning intern, Shelby Richardson. Shelby first worked with us last fall with the Oklahoma United Methodist Home for Christmas Campaign. The Home for Christmas Campaign was designed to unite people in Oklahoma with a church near them for the holiday season. Shelby worked directly with 500 churches to communicate the campaign as well as help those churches through the process. Shelby’s new responsibility will be creating content for clients in their … [Read more...]
Rebranding Divorce
The Crouch Group Works With Collaborative Divorce Texas To Enhance Branding and Awareness At the end of February, The Crouch Group was a participant in the 9th annual meeting of Collaborative Divorce Texas held at The Highland Hotel and Conference Center in Dallas. The statewide organization’s mission is to help couples navigate the difficult and emotionally straining experience of divorce by incorporating a collaborative process of mutual mediation. Spanning two days, the annual meeting was … [Read more...]
Photography in the West Texas Plains
Creating a web site for a client sometimes takes far more than working in the comfort of the office in front of a computer screen. When The Crouch Group recently took on the task of designing a new web site for Kyle Erwin Construction Company, it became clear that custom photography illustrating their services “out in the field” was needed. In this case, that meant a trip to the wind blown West Texas oil fields, where the company was engaged in several major projects. The job was assigned to … [Read more...]
Scholarship Opportunities from the North Texas State Fair Association!
Are you involved with 4-H, FHA, FFA or other areas of leadership and applying for college and looking for scholarship opportunities? The North Texas State Fair Association, as part of its mission to “Invest in the Future of Our Youth,” is accepting applications for two $2,000 scholarships through April 1 from graduating North Texas students who are applying to a junior college or university. The scholarships include the North Texas State Fair Association Scholarship and the Bob C. Powers … [Read more...]
A Key Crouch Group Client Wins In Marketing Competition AGAIN!
North Texas Fair and Rodeo Earns Highest Award in Marketing Competition The Crouch Group has been the agency of record for the North Texas Fair and Rodeo for over ten years, designing theme graphics, creating printed material, producing videos and television commercials and radio campaigns for each of the Fair’s annual regional events. All of these categories are submitted for marketing competition each January at the Texas Association of Fairs and Events. The Texas Association of Fairs and … [Read more...]