Running a geospatial business of any kind isn’t meant to be easy, but it shouldn’t be terrible either. I see how many of you struggle, busting your balls for minimal profits, working all hours of the day, night, and weekends… It shouldn’t be this hard, guys. And it doesn’t have to be. Let’s make 2024 […]
Welcome to 2024, a year of uncomplicated elegance and pure delight. My word this year: “Simplicity” As we step into 2024, the mantra ‘Embracing Simplicity’ isn’t just a quaint notion; it’s a vital strategy for marketers everywhere who work for geospatial-based businesses. In a world brimming with complexity and constant change, we often find ourselves […]
The objective is to understand the difference between sales and marketing in order to grasp how working together will improve your sales revenue at a profit. Audience: Owners of Survey Firms / Sales and Markeitng Managers of equipment sellers Marketing and sales play a very important role within ANY business. In a nutshell, they […]
What do people really think about geospatial marketing? Let’s find out! (Updated 27th March 2021) But more importantly, why do they care about it? It’s a total no-brainer for me. I totally live and breath marketing and geospatial (and totally unrelatedly, horses). But with a Dad whose passion is geospatial and innovation, you […]
Balancing your Geospatial Life 28th January Snowy Sheep Land (the Yorkshire Dales, England) Welcome to the 8th edition of the Geospatial Marketing Academy Newsletter – a fortnightly newsletter by me, Elaine Ball, on all the stuff that matters – geospatial marketing, life, and maybe horses! A big hello to Petra, Stella and Caio. Welcome to […]
Marketing Articles not to forget A GROWING list of great articles. I come across some amazing reads… and while I post a lot of these on our dedicated Geospatial Sales & Marketing Support Group on LinkedIn I’ve decided to add them to this page…. So keep you eye ball’s peeled…. Strategy & Marketing […]
Remember that time one of your clients bought a complete LiDAR remote sensing system on the spur of the moment? That’s right, they didn’t. BECAUSE NO ONE DOES THAT. Here in the geo-space, people think pretty damn carefully about the technology they’re going to invest in. It takes time to make a decision. A sales […]
A Life as a Geospatial Marketer Another crazy week in the Elaine Ball Camp! The Get Kids into Survey Campaign has taken off and its been great to see how humble the Survey Community has been. I love this Industry and together we can show the world how exciting it is! I […]
What’s This SEO Malarkey REALLY About? You know that sinking feeling when you dash into your local supermarket to pick something up in a hurry, and they’ve changed everything around? All you can think is: great, all I need is a carton of milk and a tin of cat food, but now […]
You’ve seen the Wizard of Oz, right? Well, just in case it’s been a while, here’s a recap: Dorothy finds herself plonked in a strange, unfamiliar land where she picks up some equally clueless friends. They make a long and difficult journey to find a revered and supposedly all-powerful figure who can sort all […]
Okay, I know this sounds crazy, but… (Wait for it…) Sometimes, just having a very limited marketing budget to work with can actually be a godsend. No really, I’m serious! I know what you’re thinking: But Elaine, this is your profession! Aren’t you supposed to be persuading me to hand over as much money as […]
Remember when the I Heart NY design first came out? Way back in the 70s? Yeah, this one: Back then, this simple design was the height of cool. It was sleek, bold and totally iconic. It made designer Milton Glaser a household name. Go to New York today and you’ll still see it plastered over […]