John Foley is the founder of Grow Socially (www.GrowSocially.com) which was founded in 2010 to help companies with their online marketing efforts, with a focus on social media. These services include discussing and creating marketing plans, strategies, tactics, and goals that align with each company’s needs.

In addition to his role at Grow Socially, Mr. Foley serves a CEO for interlinkONE, an integrated multi-channel marketing web solutions company serving the print and fulfillment industries and marketing departments. As Chief Executive for the company, he is responsible for corporate vision, strategic alliances, and technical leadership. He is widely recognized for his visionary approach in designing internet marketing business applications that meet the changing needs of dynamic print and fulfillment service provider organizations.

Mr. Foley holds a B.A. in Business Management and Computer Science from Lesley College. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Mailing Fulfillment and Services Association (MFSA), National Association of Printing Leadership (NAPL), Printing Industries of America/Graphics Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), Printing Industries of New England (PINE), Boston Business Marketing Association (BMA), and was recently inducted into NAPL’s Soderstrom Society.

What is NFC? NFC stands for Near Field Communication and the short answer would be that NFC identifies us. It allows smartphones to be identified and it establishes a radio communication. Think short range wireless RFID technology. You may have heard of NFC and its ability to make mobile payments easy. Account information is stored…

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Taking stock of your fulfillment company is an important part of achieving and maintaining success. You rely on your fulfillment company to fill orders, and to do so with a high degree of speed and accuracy. Even if things seem to be going well, it’s always a good idea to take some time to assess…

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The term “multi-channel marketing” is a mouthful, but the actual reality of what it is and what it can do for your business is certainly far from intimidating. The concept is not new, but as technology evolves, the meaning of multi-channel marketing and all that it embraces also evolves. Multi-channel marketing is all about using…

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Thanks to my VP of Sales, Karen DeWolfe, for helping on this one!  Fulfillment is a process. Not one specific task. It involves everything from warehousing materials, to filling an order, to packaging and shipping it in a timely manner. The materials may go directly to the end user, or it may go to the…

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It’s natural to avoid asking for help. You worry that it makes you appear weak. That it makes you appear ignorant or uninformed. Like you can’t do your job, or are just plain unable to get the job done. Asking for help doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, it can lead to…

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Spring is the perfect time to make a proverbial clean sweep of your marketing efforts and see what needs to be cleaned up, decluttered or re-vamped. (Of course, scheduling something like this once a year, no matter what time of the year, can be a great thing). By springtime, all those resolutions you made at New…

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Your online image is a huge component of your business reputation. Just because you haven’t (hopefully) been embroiled in any controversy or involved in a major business showdown that made you come out smelling anything but roses, it doesn’t mean you don’t have a bit of polishing to do. Let’s face it, we all need…

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Did you know that you have a marketing voice? Your marketing voice is what makes your business resonate with your prospects and customers. It’s distinctly “you.” (Of course, the “you” here is a business “you.”) It’s all about your tone in all your marketing materials. The style in which your materials are written. From your…

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Traditionally, web-to-print has been all about helping customers retain brand control, get their collateral faster, get better return on investment for marketing campaigns and realize savings on printing budgets. This was done by providing a system that encompassed online ordering, tracking and collaboration of materials. Web to print is still all about those things, but…

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Selling marketing services may seem like one of those “pie in the sky” endeavors at times. There is more of an emotional component to selling services (versus products), because the intangible is involved. And the results desired (after your awesome services have been utilized) may mean different things to different people. You aren’t selling an…

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When you are in the thick of all things marketing, staying on top of the latest in mobile marketing and how to interconnect your print and online media, it’s easy to forget that your average consumer does not stay on top of such things. Here are some tips on how to teach your target market…

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You should plan your content, all your content, for mobile. Sound crazy? Maybe it is. But here’s the thing – you know you need to keep your mobile content relevant. Mobile users don’t want the fluff. They want what they want, when they want it…on their various mobile devices. So when you are planning your…

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When it comes to mobile marketing content and distribution, you want to provide a coherent and consistent experience. No matter what the delivery format – be it texts, emails, apps or a mobile website, you want to make sure that you take advantage of the various capabilities that can be found on mobile devices. However,…

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Responsive web development and design is the idea that the development of a website should actually respond to the environment that a user is in, and the user’s actions. This involves the platform, orientation and screen size. Ideally, when a user switches devices, the website itself should switch seamlessly, accommodating for the difference in screen…

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Picture your customer. You may think this is a simple task. Your customer is who you want to sell to. Surely, you have an idea of what kind of person needs your product or service. But then, take a step back. How intricate and splintered have our lives become outside of the office? We consume…

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