Gravity Marketing Article RSS Feed 2/6/2012 5:35:54 AM Why B2B sales is harder than ever! 68 1/12/2012 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/salespeople.png" /></td> <td valign="top">B2B sales has drastically changed. It's easier for prospects to ignore sales people, they research information without ever contacting a sales person and we often don't even realize a prospect was looking before they buy from our competitor. This article helps explain why.</td> </tr> </table> The Year According to Twitter: 2011's Top Tweets 67 12/1/2011 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/Twitter_256x256.png" /></td> <td valign="top">Every year, Twitter compiles a year-in-review to recap what the company believes were the most important tweets. They highlight the "best" according to the level of "impact, resonance, and relevance," and take into account the big stories that first broke on Twitter. "World News with Diane Sawyer" sat down with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey to go over this year's list...</td> </tr> </table> How Apple's Siri Could Destroy Local SEO 66 11/18/2011 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/apple-logo-black-xsan.jpg" /></td> <td valign="top">Have you met Siri yet? If not, it's worth taking the time to learn more about the iPhone 4S's digital ambassador, as she could represent the future direction of local search engine optimization.</td> </tr> </table> B2B Marketers Use Social Media But Do They Get It? 65 11/14/2011 <table> <tr> <td valign="top">We are seeing more and more reports coming out about the involvement of B2B marketers in social media. That’s a very good sign and something that is necessary </td> </tr> </table> How to Create a Google+ Profile Banner in 5 Minutes 64 11/1/2011 <table> <tr> <td valign="top">In addition to setting up a Google+ page for your business and taking advantage of our handy Google+ tips and tricks, check out how to quickly and easily create a profile banner</td> </tr> </table> Be part of Milwaukee Halloween history! 63 10/3/2011 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/OP-logo-black.jpg" /></td> <td valign="top">Come carve a pumpkin and help us build a wall of 500 jack o'lanterns an entire city block long!!!</td> </tr> </table> Congratulations Milwaukee Brewers! NL Central Division Champs! 61 9/23/2011 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/Milwaukee-Brewers-Classic-Logo-1-MN05QXOS5S-1280x1024.jpg" /></td> <td valign="top">29 years, 25 minutes of waiting for division title pay off for Brewers. Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun celebrate with a champagne shower after the Brewers won the NL Central Division title at Miller Park on Friday night</td> </tr> </table> Google Team coming to the Pritzlaff Building! Free Event 60 9/22/2011 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/WOLgoogle.png" /></td> <td valign="top">Google & friends are coming to Milwaukee to help small and medium business owners learn about online marketing and ask their experts advice and tips. Gravity is excited to be the venue for this awesome event!</td> </tr> </table> Bing Launches Daily Deal Aggregator 62 8/19/2011 <table> <tr> <td><img height="125" width="125" alt="" src="../ArticleLogos/Bing-Deals1.jpg" /></td> <td valign="top">Daily deal sites are out of control. They’re like. . . well, you know. . . everybody’s got one. Now Bing has one, but instead of running their own deals, they’re aggregating the ones that are already out there.</td> </tr> </table> Think You Have To Outsource SEO To An Expensive Firm? 5 Things You Can Do In House 59 7/7/2011 <table> <tr> <td valign="top">You might be surprised to find out how easy it is to save money on the “low hanging fruit” of SEO.</td> </tr> </table> FREE - Join us Friday, January 27th for Coffee Connection 38 1/5/2012 9:23:57 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: ChelseyBerg</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Join us on Friday, January 27th&nbsp; for great conversation with business and creative professionals from the Greater Milwaukee ara.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Once per month, the aroma of freshly&nbsp;ground and freshly brewed Stone Creek&nbsp;Coffee, and the sounds of 40+ networking professionals,&nbsp;infiltrate Gravity Connect. It's a casual way to&nbsp;jump-start your day, and meet&nbsp;your future client, referral source, or partner!<br /> <br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="nospacing">Coffee Connections are open events that run from 7:30-9:30am so come when you can and leave when you need to. Gravity Connect is located at&nbsp;305 N Plankinton Avenue, with plenty of street parking. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://form.jotform.com/form/13045325307" target="_blank">Click here to for more info and to register</a>.</p> </td> </tr> </table> How To Optimize For Facebook’s New ‘Like’ Functionality 37 3/3/2011 7:41:26 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: ChelseyBerg</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>News was broken this weekend about new Facebook &quot;like&quot; functionality&nbsp;that will replace the &quot;share&quot; buttons.&nbsp;The change beefed up the visibility of people&rsquo;s &ldquo;likes&rdquo; by adding thumbnails, and meta data form Facebook&rsquo;s Open Graph Protocol.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> This means that getting a page on your website &ldquo;liked&rdquo; will now be featured in the stream of users and now act exactly like a &ldquo;shared link&rdquo; used to, complete with relevant images and descriptions.</p> <p>With this change, Facebook is now giving webmasters control of how their listings show up in the stream. So test what title headlines work the best in driving traffic by implementing these changes on your site.&nbsp;</p> <a target="_blank" href="http://searchengineland.com/how-to-optimize-for-facebooks-new-like-functionality-66318">Read the article</a>. </td> </tr> </table> NEW DATE - Spreenkler Meetup on Design, Technology and Startups MARCH 2nd 24 3/3/2011 7:38:24 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: ChelseyBerg</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p><font size="4"><strong>Spreenkler Meetup on Design, Technology and Startups<br /> </strong><br /> <font size="2">Join the whole RadioMilwaukee crew at Gravity Connect for Spreenkler's February meetup to learn about the current Make Milwaukee campaign.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>Wednesday, MARCH 2nd, 5:30pm</strong>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Learn about what 88.9 does, how they do it, and how YOU can get involved. Make Milwaukee is a 12 week celebration of Milwaukee's creative community. The centerpiece of the campaign is on-air interviews with people who love and are invested in the arts, design, technology and everything else creative. Though the project they will unveil cutting edge work that's flying under the radar while uncovering Milwaukee's creative future.<br /> </font><font size="2"><br /> Free pizza from Transfer Pizzeria and VIA Downer and MORE!</font></font></p> <p><font size="2"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/spreenkler/events/16407150/?a=me1p_grp&amp;rv=me1p"><strong><font size="3">Register &amp; Get More Information</font></strong></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Gravity Connect:</strong> Free Stone Creek coffee. Free wifi. Free membership-based coffeehouse for the creative and business communities. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gravitym.com/SignUp.aspx">Become a member</a> and start meeting with clients and crossing some tasks off that to-do list!&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <v:shape style="z-index: 251658240; position: absolute; margin-top: 0px; width: 106.5pt; height: 42pt; margin-left: 66.5pt; mso-wrap-distance-left: 0; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-distance-right: 0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-position-horizontal: right; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical-relative: line" id="_x0000_s1026" o:allowoverlap="f" alt="GravityM" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/1/7/b/17b81e37bf/941c944143/1609d00f32/library/GravityM.jpg?__nocache__=1"></v:imagedata><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap></v:shape><span><strong>Why do we do it?</strong> Because at Gravity Marketing we belive in creating a community around our and our client's brands.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> Gravity Connect<br /> 305 N Plankinton Ave<br /> Milwaukee, WI 53203<br /> </font></p> </td> </tr> </table> Coffee in the NEW YEAR 36 1/4/2011 12:35:29 PM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: Anonymous Author</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> We're at it again, come join Gravity Connect and Stone Creek for some great coffee and connections with members of the creative and business communities.<br /> <br /> <h3><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jotform.com/form/10032415342">Click Here<br /> To Register</a></h3> </td> </tr> </table> It's That Time Again...Get Connected! 35 12/1/2010 5:41:20 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: Anonymous Author</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><font size="5"><strong><img hspace="0" alt="" vspace="5" width="500" height="286" src="/userfiles/Image/cocktail-graphic-web.jpg" /><br /> Gravity's Cocktail Connection<br /> <br /> </strong><font size="4">Tuesday, December 14, 2010<br /> <br /> 5:00 PM&nbsp; - 8:00 PM<br /> <br /> </font>at Gravity Connect<br /> <em><font size="4">located at 305 N. Plankinton Ave.<br /> Milwaukee, WI<br /> </font><br /> </em></font><font size="4"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jotform.com/form/3225318347">Register Here</a><br /> </font></p> </td> </tr> </table> Coffee Connection 32 11/19/2010 2:09:47 PM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: Anonymous Author</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center">Gravity Marketing and Stone Creek Coffee are teaming up to provide a fun opportunity to participate in a formal coffee tasting and networking event in our brand new location.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Steve Hawthorne has worked at Stone Creek Coffee since the age of 16. Since then, he's held several positions within the company, which has helped launch him to this point in his career. We're excited to have Steve share his knowledge and passion for coffee at the tasting.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Also, enjoy the company of Milwaukee's professionals with networking and complimentary coffee and snacks.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Date: Wednesday November 10, 2010<br /> Time: 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM<br /> Location: Gravity Connect</p> </td> </tr> </table> Come see what the buzz is about! 31 10/25/2010 11:19:13 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: Anonymous Author</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><font size="4">WE&rsquo;RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW SPACE AND INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN OUR OPEN HOUSE!</font>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <font size="6"><strong>OPEN HOUSE<br /> </strong></font>&nbsp;<br /> <font size="5">OCTOBER 28, 2010</font>&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <font size="5">4PM - 8PM&nbsp;<br /> </font><br /> <font size="4"><em><font size="5"><font size="4">Free Food &amp; Drink &bull; Networking &bull; Haunted Art Tour&nbsp;<br /> </font><br /> Music by: Tarik Moody &amp; Jordan Lee of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee<br /> <br /> </font></em>Celebrate Halloween with a Haunted Art Tour&nbsp;<br /> featuring Macabre art installations&nbsp;<br /> by Milwaukee Art Reform Syndicate (MARS)</font>&nbsp;<br /> ARTISTS:&nbsp;<a href="http://affinityforthedamned.com/gallery/">Matt Stolzenburg</a>, Daniel Fleming, <a href="http://www.davidschrimpfphotography.com/">David Schrimpf</a>, Paul Gillick, <a href="http://www.thesomagallery.com">Jennifer Espenscheid</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <font size="6"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jotform.com/form/2764352299"><strong>RSVP HERE</strong></a></font></p> </td> </tr> </table> Gravity Releases New Whitepaper 30 9/30/2010 1:31:41 PM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: Anonymous Author</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h1><br /> Strategies for the Effective Use of Promotional Products</h1> <h1><br /> <a href="http://www.jotform.com/form/2722709343">Click Here</a> for an instant download.</h1> </td> </tr> </table> Gravity produces IGC Technologies Video 29 7/28/2010 8:35:05 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: Anonymous Author</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gravity Marketing along with Smart Interactive Media created a video highlighting the innovation of this local manufacturer of high-tech consumables for the foundry industry.<br /> <object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bb5elQl5l28&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bb5elQl5l28&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01&amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object> </td> </tr> </table> GRAVITY'S NEW HOME! 26 5/22/2010 8:44:36 AM <table> <tr> <td>Written By: MikeKuharske</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h2>Gravity Marketing is moving.</h2> <br /> The Virtual Marketing Officer (VMO) model has quickly been embraced by business-to-business organizations in SE Wisconsin.<br /> <br /> We're adding staff and have outgrown our current space.<br /> <br /> We're excited to announce effective August 15, 2010 we'll be relocating to the historic Pritzlaff Building on the corner of Plankinton (2nd Street) and St. Paul Avenue.&nbsp; This wonderful building is being redeveloped by Sunset Investors and sits as the entrance to the exciting Historic Third Ward AND Walker's Point neighborhoods.<br /> <br /> <strong>Gravity Connect - </strong>the free coffee house and gathering space for the creative and business communities will get bigger and better with more convenient parking and located within walking distance of downtown and the Third Ward.<br /> <br /> <div align="center"><img height="708" width="400" alt="" src="http://www.gravitym.com/PDF/pritzlaff_spread_small38.jpg " /></div> </td> </tr> </table>