You send out all sorts of marketing initiatives to reach your targeted audience and your customers. But are they ready for you? If you have their information to […]
Customer Behavior
We regularly send marketing emails Quite frequently touting great sales. We design for quick scanning And skip keyword spamming And when done right response rarely fails. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nursery […]
The Glory of Email
I admit it, I read it. I know, I know …. it annoys me, and you are free to mock me for it. I read the article that […]
The Title Said 20 Things to do ….
Do you listen to your customers? Your clients? Your audience? You probably think you do, but if you’re the “expert” then chances are you are not. You know […]
Marketing from Behind
As a marketer for several decades, I was deeply disappointed by the ads these last few Super Bowls. This is a time to dust off the talent and […]
Mediocrity Wins Big
This is it. THIS will be the year of mobile. I can feel it. Nah, just kidding.
The Year of Mobile Advertising
Did you know that you can adjust your bids continually to improve your CPA? Did you know that you can create awesome landing pages that you can test […]
Did you know….
So now that the holiday shopping season is essentially over (cue the post holiday and new year sales) it’s time to look back and see how everyone did.
Market to People, not to Consumers
So how’d you do? The holiday season is when everyone gets to experience what it’s like to be a marketer. You’ve got a list of tasks to complete, […]
Gift Giving is Marketing
This week as parents, as former students, as human beings the stories we are hearing, seeing, reading join us together in a shared mix of disbelief, horror, fear, […]
WTF – When to Ask Why, not What.
Little Bo Retailer Little Bo Retailer was not getting clients And realized she had no retention. She called in the experts and set out her goals And offered […]
Little Bo Retailer
We all do it. It is what Data Analysis is all about. Big companies thrive on it, and small comes strive to make strides in better targeting customers […]
Using Historical Data to Predict Outcomes
North Korea’s top leader named The Onion’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012 It happened again. Content marketing rules. We thought, innocently, perhaps naively, that once the US Presidential […]
China’s Communist Party falls for Party Prank
If All the Audiences Were Simple If all the audiences were simple, And responded to words that were frank. And If all the clients bought all our stuff, […]
If All the Audiences Were Simple
That’s the mantra we heard beginning the day after the election about the outcome of the election. So much of the “blame” for why one party won and […]
Digital Advertising Didn’t Work
Social Media Automation Do you use automated tools to post to your social media sites? I know many people use different third party tools which are very helpful […]
Are You Over-Automating Your Social Media?
It seems pointless to blog about marketing or business after the week we’ve gone through. The area I live in, although inland, was on track to take a […]
Finding Power in the Dark
Of course you know the P’s of marketing (ordered for the 4P’s, 5P’s and 7P’s): Product Price Place Promotion People Packaging Positioning
The P’s of Marketing
The time is coming to an end, the election is almost here. And we all know what that means. Yep, marketers, advertisers and creative folks will be on […]
Is it Real or is it Rote?
So what did you think? The Vice Presidential debate took place last night and social media exploded. It doesn’t matter what side you’re on (ok, it does matter, […]
Was Last Night’s Debate a Marketing Stunt?
Of course you follow your competition, watching how they grow, they’re marketing efforts, their product offerings. But do you track what others say about them? What is the […]
When Gossip and Chatter are Helpful
It takes courage to question what you do, what you believe. Not asking questions, not challenging your own status quo leads to stagnation. You will either slowly deflate […]
Do You Doubt Your Marketing?
You know the saying, perception is reality. If you’ve ever railed against it, you have likely physically harmed your steering wheel by beating it so hard (and then […]
Did You Beat Your Car Today?
Sales is not a marketing strategy. Anyone can get sales, but what happens if your marketing only sells your low margin products? You will loose money and those […]