Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:00hostmaster@webolutions.comhttp://www.webolutions.com/bloghostmaster@webolutions.comenUnderstanding Human Trends - Driving Business Decisions http://www.webolutions.com/blog/webolutions-participates-in-2nd-annual-grocery-cart-race-for-charity http://www.webolutions.com/blog/webolutions-participates-in-2nd-annual-grocery-cart-race-for-charity/comments 2012-02-01T17:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/webolutions-participates-in-2nd-annual-grocery-cart-race-for-charity <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysSh http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-agency-tip---incorporating-traditions-into-your-experiential-marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-agency-tip---incorporating-traditions-into-your-experiential-marketing/comments 2012-01-09T08:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-agency-tip---incorporating-traditions-into-your-experiential-marketing <p>Experiential marketing, if done effectively, should deeply engage a business&rsquo;s community in a very emotional and meaningful way.&nbsp;</p> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Over the holidays, I was thinking a lot about all the traditions we have as a culture and what th http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example-customizing-the-experience http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example-customizing-the-experience/comments 2011-12-12T15:30:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example-customizing-the-experience <p>Experience marketing involves taking your product or service, and turning it into a unique experience for your customers.&nbsp; In order to be&nbsp;successful, it is important to allow customers to truly &ldquo;experience&rdquo; your brand.&nbsp; Taking this a step further, rather than creating a http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example-step-around-the-corner http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example-step-around-the-corner/comments 2011-11-14T14:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example-step-around-the-corner <p>Experiential marketing agencies and a lot of other people may think that experiential marketing has to be difficult and cumbersome in order to be effective. The fact of the matter is that effective experiential marketing can be achieved through the combination of many very simple, intentional pro http://www.webolutions.com/blog/relationships--a-timeless-marketing-trend http://www.webolutions.com/blog/relationships--a-timeless-marketing-trend/comments 2011-11-05T22:30:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/relationships--a-timeless-marketing-trend <p>Each year, on the Friday before Halloween, you'll find Webolutions at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce's Annual Business Expo. This year, the &quot;Webolutions Marketing Speakeasy&quot; was voted Most Creative Booth. Visitors to the &quot;Bootleg Candy Bar&quot; took a quiz that asked, http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example-the-webolutions-experience http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example-the-webolutions-experience/comments 2011-10-14T16:25:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example-the-webolutions-experience <p>Experiential marketing is a creative approach to the marketing world. Creating exceptional experiences and evoking positive emotions is at the heart of experience marketing. Webolutions promotes Experiential Marketing to our clients, but do we practice what we preach? We sure do!<br /> That&rsqu http://www.webolutions.com/blog/creating-a-great-internal-experience-webolutions-lunch-club http://www.webolutions.com/blog/creating-a-great-internal-experience-webolutions-lunch-club/comments 2011-10-06T11:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/creating-a-great-internal-experience-webolutions-lunch-club <p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><! http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example---continued-glenwood-canyon-brewpub-case-study http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example---continued-glenwood-canyon-brewpub-case-study/comments 2011-09-19T10:57:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example---continued-glenwood-canyon-brewpub-case-study <p>Experiential Marketing and the impact it has on your social media (thus your overall reputation) is replacing the attention most businesses paid to their conventional advertising strategies.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt">This series of posts will ser http://www.webolutions.com/blog/denver-social-media--webolutions-klout-nets-metromint-perk-experience http://www.webolutions.com/blog/denver-social-media--webolutions-klout-nets-metromint-perk-experience/comments 2011-07-29T14:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/denver-social-media--webolutions-klout-nets-metromint-perk-experience <p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-family: Arial"><em>Dear Influencer,<br /> A little (bird) told me you've got a ton of Klout! Your audience trusts you to create great content, and you tell it like it is. Your influence has earned you this Klout Perk! Enjoy and let us know if you have http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example---glenwood-canyon-brewpub-an-interactive-case-study http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example---glenwood-canyon-brewpub-an-interactive-case-study/comments 2011-07-26T06:30:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-example---glenwood-canyon-brewpub-an-interactive-case-study <p>Experiential Marketing deals with an overall customer or client experience.&nbsp; It focuses on how the customer feels and what they experience during their entire engagement with your business. This engagement might begin to occur before they actually meet with you via the correspondence you hav http://www.webolutions.com/blog/what-is-experiential-marketing- http://www.webolutions.com/blog/what-is-experiential-marketing-/comments 2011-06-28T01:30:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/what-is-experiential-marketing- <p>Experiential Marketing seems to be on the forefront of minds anymore, as the &quot;way&quot; to market their products.</p> <h1><small>But what IS experiential marketing exactly, and who is doing it well?</small></h1> <p>Experiential Marketing is more than simply &quot;event marketing&quot;, whi http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-examples--the-las-vegas-coca-cola-experience http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-examples--the-las-vegas-coca-cola-experience/comments 2011-04-05T14:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experiential-marketing-examples--the-las-vegas-coca-cola-experience <p><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none">Experiential marketing agencies like <a href="http://www.webolutions.com">Webolutions</a> help clients connect with customers on a more personal basis. We create true engagement between brand and its cus http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--adding-the-wow-factor http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--adding-the-wow-factor/comments 2011-04-05T09:30:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--adding-the-wow-factor <h1><small>Demand for &quot;Experience&quot; is Increasing</small></h1> <p>It's just a fact - consumers are demanding more out of their money; more bang for their buck; more value for their dollar.&nbsp; In order for businesses to keep customers happy, and to not lose these customers alltogether, c http://www.webolutions.com/blog/my-experience-marketing-experience-grease-monkey http://www.webolutions.com/blog/my-experience-marketing-experience-grease-monkey/comments 2011-01-10T15:15:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/my-experience-marketing-experience-grease-monkey <h1>Does a Great Experience ALWAYS Justify the Extra Cost?</h1> <div>For the past 3 years, I have gotten my oil changed at Grease Monkey, mainly due to the fact that it is walking distance from work, and I can just run over on my lunch break for an oil change.&nbsp; Up until this last oil change, I http://www.webolutions.com/blog/marketing-trends-2011--webolutions-at-the-south-metro-denver-business-expo http://www.webolutions.com/blog/marketing-trends-2011--webolutions-at-the-south-metro-denver-business-expo/comments 2010-11-05T08:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/marketing-trends-2011--webolutions-at-the-south-metro-denver-business-expo <p>Webolutions was a proud exhibitor at the <a href="http://bestchamber.com" target="_blank">South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce's</a> annual business expo on October 29, 2010. <br /> <br /> We were proud to receive several awards, including &quot;Best in Show&quot; for our &quot;Planet Webo&qu http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--lego-creating-an-experience-with-intention http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--lego-creating-an-experience-with-intention/comments 2010-09-07T15:15:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--lego-creating-an-experience-with-intention <p><strong>The Lego Experience</strong><br /> LEGO is quickly becoming more and more known for the &ldquo;LEGO Experience.&quot;&nbsp; Hot off of their latest &ldquo;LEGO Experience&rdquo; tour, LEGO set out to let children and adults alike immerse themselves in the experience, and all that the LEG http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--blue-one--the-slug-bug-game http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--blue-one--the-slug-bug-game/comments 2010-07-01T10:15:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example--blue-one--the-slug-bug-game <p><a href="http://www.webolutions.com/branding.cfm">Experience Marketing</a> transforms a product or service into something which engages people&rsquo;s senses and reaches them on an emotional level. It connects people to a product in ways beyond the use of the product itself. The Punch Buggy game http://www.webolutions.com/blog/marketing-trends--experience-marketing-defined http://www.webolutions.com/blog/marketing-trends--experience-marketing-defined/comments 2010-04-12T11:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/marketing-trends--experience-marketing-defined <p>Experience <a href="http://www.webolutions.com">Marketing</a> or Experiential Marketing can be defined as:</p> <p><em>Intentional activities which immerse people within your brand through the stimulation of their senses, which results in a positive, emotional tie to your company.</em><br /> <br http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example-gm-test-track-ride http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example-gm-test-track-ride/comments 2010-03-06T11:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/experience-marketing-example-gm-test-track-ride <p>The GM &ldquo;Test Track&rdquo; ride at Disney World&reg; is a thrilling <a href="http://www.webolutions.com/blog/category/experience-marketing" target="_blank">Experience Marketing</a> example. <br /> <br /> The ride introduces visitors to the world of automotive safety testing. During this GM http://www.webolutions.com/blog/using-experience-marketing-selling-your-bouncy-ball http://www.webolutions.com/blog/using-experience-marketing-selling-your-bouncy-ball/comments 2010-02-08T11:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/using-experience-marketing-selling-your-bouncy-ball <p>During a recent trip to Disney World&reg;, I saw many great examples of experience marketing.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> At Webolutions, while working with our clients, <a href="http://www.webolutions.com/">experience marketing</a> seems to be one of the more difficult concepts for people to truly und http://www.webolutions.com/blog/disney--an-experience-marketing-example http://www.webolutions.com/blog/disney--an-experience-marketing-example/comments 2009-12-23T08:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/disney--an-experience-marketing-example <p>During a recent visit to Disney World, I saw some great examples of <a href="http://www.webolutions.com/">Experience Marketing</a> which I will be covering in this section of our blog over the next few weeks. After all, Disney&rsquo;s theme parks are one the ultimate testaments to the concept of http://www.webolutions.com/blog/your-employees-are-the-brand http://www.webolutions.com/blog/your-employees-are-the-brand/comments 2009-11-03T09:15:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/your-employees-are-the-brand <p>Company heads and CEO's nationwide spend hundreds of millions annually, &quot;<a href="http://www.webolutions.com/branding.cfm">branding</a>&quot; themselves.&nbsp; They collectively sit and decide who they want to be.&nbsp; They come up with this great idea on exactly who they want and need to b http://www.webolutions.com/blog/personalize-your-business-communications-thank-your-clients http://www.webolutions.com/blog/personalize-your-business-communications-thank-your-clients/comments 2009-09-24T12:35:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/personalize-your-business-communications-thank-your-clients <p>&nbsp;</p> <div><strong>Let your clients know you appreciate their business</strong><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div>A few years ago, I moved back to Denver and was looking for a beauty salon that would service all of my beauty needs in one location. It can be challenging to find a full-service salon http://www.webolutions.com/blog/how-much-are-your-bananas-an-experience-based-pricing-model-case-study http://www.webolutions.com/blog/how-much-are-your-bananas-an-experience-based-pricing-model-case-study/comments 2009-09-14T07:17:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/how-much-are-your-bananas-an-experience-based-pricing-model-case-study <p><strong><strong>Whether you are selling bananas, professional services, or manufactured goods, the client experience you create dictates the price that you can charge and your overall level of client satisfaction</strong><br /> </strong></p> <p>About a year or so ago, on my semi-daily visit to http://www.webolutions.com/blog/increase-your-sales-by-caring http://www.webolutions.com/blog/increase-your-sales-by-caring/comments 2009-08-13T09:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/increase-your-sales-by-caring <p>Everybody wants to increase their sales, and is looking for the secret on how to do so.&nbsp; Well, the secret is, there is no such thing.&nbsp; The best way to increase your sales, in my opinion, is really quite simple: CARE; Genuinely Care.<img height="424" align="right" width="283" style="widt http://www.webolutions.com/blog/efficiency-vs-the-experience-increased-profits http://www.webolutions.com/blog/efficiency-vs-the-experience-increased-profits/comments 2009-08-10T12:04:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/efficiency-vs-the-experience-increased-profits <p><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>When evaluating the overall experience you provide to your clients, there is a fine line between the efficiency and speed at which you deliver your products and services vs http://www.webolutions.com/blog/the-internal-experience-has-to-come-first- http://www.webolutions.com/blog/the-internal-experience-has-to-come-first-/comments 2009-04-08T00:00:00-07:00 Experience Marketing http://www.webolutions.com/blog/the-internal-experience-has-to-come-first- <p>Experience Marketing is the act of turning regular, ordinary business operations and events into something stimulating, engaging and immersing for the participant. Every interaction with a client, potential client or employee is an opportunity to create an experience!&nbsp;</p> <p>Branded, inter