Every business sometimes need to reassess their marketing intelligence spends and look at the ways that can be cost effective. The motto of businesses should be to stand out of the crowd and generate more success stories. According to the author, Warren Knight, there are hundreds of cost effective ways you can market your business but shares the top seven. They are: Infographics, Active on Social Media, Influencer Marketing, updating the email database, Webinar, Video Marketing and Loyalty or referral program. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/marketing/7-cost-effective-and-powerful-ways-to-market-your-business-02051313

Web technology has greatly impacted education. Following are the ways in which technology can benefit the students. One of the most effective tools students can use to communicate is an infographic which helps to present dense information through graphics. Students might need to create surveys to strengthen the point of a paper they are working on. Here polling comes in handy which helps share to thousands of people throughout the country. Then comes spell check which helps the students concentrate on the important things. Technology now plays an important role in communication, making it a lot easier. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/understanding-crm/the-role-of-information-technology-in-education-76589

Visual content is more effective and interesting than text article. In a research, it was found that colored and eye-catching visuals increase people's willingness to read a piece of content by 80% and 40% of people respond better to visual information than plain text. Infographics and videos are also powerful, and interesting platform to represent a message. Research shows that infographics are liked and shared 3 times more than other any other content on social media. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/content-marketing/20-infographic-video-facts-feel-power-visual-content-01544708#Cr0SLgpyZOmoqY49.97

Social media has become an integral part of any business. It allows a business to promote and market its own brand and is a key element in assisting consumers in their decision making process. Social media pages increase recognition and companies can advertise to potential customers and clients by posting relevant content.  It was found that 71% of all internet users are now active on social media sites.  Companies nowadays are developing content marketing strategies, sharing blogs, infographics, and whitepapers. Customers and clients also interact directly with businesses via social media. It helps businesses to build customer loyalty and strengthen their brand image. Katie Alyward and Chloe Hutchinson-Brown (Northstar Research Partners) in their article link writes about the ways to track the reputation of any business and performance on social media sites:  http://digitalmarketingmagazine.co.uk/social-media-marketing/the-importance-of-social-media-within-a-business/1274