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Fathom Core Value Stories: May 2013 Edition
Every month at company meetings, a handful of Fathomers are recognized in front of the group for extraordinary manifestations of our four core values (“everyone a leader,” “be the consigliere,” “make order from chaos,” “the gun will be there”). This space immortalizes their accomplishments for the world to see. I hereby present the 18th edition of Core Value Stories:
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Everyone a Leader, Melissa Mathews (pictured, right) — For organizing Fathom’s first-ever Nonprofit Marketing Summit.
Online Reputation Management: What Amy’s Baking Company's Online Disaster Proves
Warren Buffet said it best, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” And unfortunately, 5 minutes on the Internet is even more damaging when negativity can go viral in a matter of seconds. Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro, a restaurant in Arizona, did not consider how its online reputation can seriously affect its offline reputation. When the company was featured on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsey, the show’s host, stopped working with them because they were considered too difficult to work with.… Read the rest
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Category: Buzz/Viral Marketing, Facebook, Reputation Management, Social Media
Fathom’s Bold Chat Journey: Prepping for Implementation
Live chat is a widely adopted customer service tool used on tens of thousands of websites, both Ecommerce & Lead-gen. We’ve helped quite a few of our clients implement this functionality on their websites, and have finally decided it’s time to do so on our own! Rather than just implementing this cool tool and reaping the benefits, we wanted to blog about our experience and openly share our successes, opinions & takeaways with you.
Welcome to Part I: Pre-Chat Jitters.… Read the rest
Marketing Automation Tips for Healthcare Systems
One of the most powerful attributes of marketing automation software is its ability to segment your audience into highly specific categories based on demographic and behavioral characteristics. As a healthcare organization (say, a hospital system), you can appreciate the diversity in your audience and how in your messaging, one size usually doesn’t fit all. Imagine being able to segment with exact precision (e.g., women over 50 who live in Cuyahoga County who have attended one of your health fairs in the last year) and then set up delivery of messages that apply to this specific audience once they click on a link in your standard health newsletters.… Read the rest
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Category: Healthcare Industry, Marketing Automation/Email Marketing
4 Quick, Effective Ways to Market Your Nonprofit Online Today
By now, you’ve heard a lot about how Fathom gives back to the community, including through May 3rd’s first annual Nonprofit Marketing Summit. I was incredibly proud of my fellow Fathomites that day for putting in tremendous thought and effort into their presentations, and the way we made online marketing accessible to the non-technical Marketing Directors and Development Directors in attendance. If you haven’t flipped through the slides yet, never fear – I’m going to give you some tangible, quick ways to make a big impact, based on what we reviewed on Friday.… Read the rest
