We had such a good response to my last article regarding blogs that I decided to spend a little more time on it. One of the hardest things about writing a blog is coming up with ideas on what to write about. Here are 20 hot blog topics to help fight blogger’s block and get your financial institution started. Getting started is always the hardest part – hopefully this will … [Read more...]
A Bank Blog on Bank Blogs
I’m sure half of you reading this blog are sitting there thinking, “What in the world does a bank need with a blog?” The other half is probably thinking, “What in the world is a blog?” Webster describes a “blog” as a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. That’s exactly what … [Read more...]
7 things Chick-fil-A taught us about marketing
If I were the marketing director for Chick-fil-A, I would be buying full-page ads in the Chicago, Boston and San Francisco papers, thanking their local politicians for increasing sales over 100% in one day. With just a few words from Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee, Chick-fil-A had millions of passionate customers all … [Read more...]
Big banks continue to get creative around fees
Everyone’s still talking about it: bank fees. Just this week, Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank settled a $90 million class-action lawsuit over excessive overdraft fees, joining a growing list of big banks that have already recently done the same thing including JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and TD Bank. The basic tenant of the lawsuits is that these banks improperly … [Read more...]
Sticks and bricks or in the clouds?
Everywhere you look, the internet is changing the way businesses do business. The record stores have long since closed their doors; most movie rental stores, like Blockbuster, have gone or are going out of business; and now book stores like Borders are taking a major hit. At first glance, it might seem that people are no longer listening to music, renting movies, or … [Read more...]