Leadership training focuses a great deal on the idea of using facts to move forward, especially in situations of contention, dissent, or set backs. Focus on the facts, […]
marketing strategy
Blog post written for a client 4 Marketing’s role in business is becoming increasingly important because the sales process has changed. But for many businesses, it’s hard to […]
How a Marketing Agency Can Improve Your Marketing ROI
Blog post written for a client: You Can’t Close a Lead You Can’t Reach Sales used to focus on “Dialing for Dollars”. This mantra meant sales was just […]
Caller ID Has Changed Sales
Over the years I’ve worked with a huge number and variety of writers, many amazing, some stellar, the majority are “good enough”, and a few are frighteningly confident […]
Copywriting and Ego
NOTE: I originally posted this back in July of 2012 on another blog. Sadly, the situation is the same 4 years later. Get out your tissues for […]
Companies Whine over Unfillable Positions
I’ve heard many times that inside every marketer is a frustrated writer. To be fair, we all probably have 5 or 6 partially written novels, several screen plays, […]
How to Hire a Marketing Writer
Most smaller brands and entrepreneurs use social media as one of their main marketing strategies, and rightly so, it’s a very powerful channel. Social Media Marketing by nature […]
Social Media Marketing is Still Marketing
I gave up and slammed down my phone (well, not slammed, I’m too keenly aware of the cost of technology, so I “angrily” hit the button to shut […]
#$@&%* Marketers!
“Sal is a Marketer. And all it took was Constant Contact.” Sal is NOT a Marketer. The ad shows that he’s successful, has a loyal clientele, and is […]
Sal is NOT a Marketer
I’ve seen about 30 posts and articles so far about the varying success or failure of retailers to match the projections of holiday shoppers, about half of which […]
The 2015 Holiday Shopping Frenzy
I recently heard the suggestion of a PPC (pay-per-click) “dark time” to test the impact of paid search on a site, shortly after the new design launches. The […]
When to Pause Paid Search Campaigns
Are You Giving Your Customers what THEY Want or what YOU Want?
Redirecting the River
Understanding Your Customer Lifecycle It costs as much to keep a sick horse as it does a healthy one. I was told that years ago, working for a […]
Best Used By: How Old is your Customer?
It’s here, it’s here, The 2015 Internet Trends Report is here! You’d think it was a major holiday, as marketers nearly lose their sh&! writing about it. If […]
Poor Widdle Miwennials
Adobe and EConsultancy Releases the 2015 Digital Trends Report Adobe just published the 2015 Digital Marketing Trends for 2015, a study based on survey results with Econsultancy. The […]
And the Results are In
The headline called out to me: The Top 7 Online Marketing Trends That Will Dominate 2014 As I eagerly consumed the short summary of the article to find […]
You Had Me at “Marketing Trends”
What does Facebook Advertising tell you? I’m here on Facebook this evening because … because that’s what I do to relax, get ideas, spy on people, and keep […]
Are You Targeted with Facebook Ads
What is Marketing? I get asked that a lot, and being this close to it, it becomes difficult to explain. Each time I’m asked and about to answer […]
What is Marketing?
This is the year of big data, right? Not unlike the use of “aspirational” imagery in fashion magazines making us feel less than, so goes the blubbering on […]
Big Data’s Weakest Link
No nursery rhyme today. Today’s “lesson” will be more direct. No image to promote sharing or to grab your attention. No keywords or tags to catch you in […]
On Being a Marketer
Hark! Hark! The marketer barked, The catalog drops in a week. The copy’s in shambles The cover’s a gamble But without it we’ll be up a creek. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
Deadlines and Inspiration
Well it’s about time. This is why people lose faith in leadership and corporate America. Sure, there’s no question there are smart people in those offices who have […]
Penney for your thoughts?
Facebook is making more changes again. When the feeds change, you’ll be posting in vain. When your updates don’t show, you’ll be sh!t-out-of-luck And you’ll have to decide […]
Rock-a-Bye Facebook
What Color is Your Month? April is Autism Awareness month. If you didn’t know that it only means you don’t pay attention to social media. Everything is blue, […]