Linkedin is a great networking tool that grew as a way for business individuals to connect. Individuals is the key word there. These connections were used to develop […]
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Classical Mythology, Reality TV, and Marketing Three concepts that are not typically thought of together. Marketing and Reality TV definitely go hand and hand, but where does Classical […]
What Mythology and Reality TV bring to Marketing
You broke me. I’ve gone ahead and done it, written a “by the numbers” post. I want to see how many of you read it based on the […]
3 Habits of Highly Effective Marketers
How many times have we heard someone say, “Failure is not an option in this case?” It amuses me, at first. Every time I hear that my first […]
Is Failure Really Not an Option?
I read a blog recently that noted at a basic level, inbound marketing is unpaid, outbound marketing is paid. I understand that it was a high level statement, […]
Inbound vs Outbound marketing
I was recently talking to someone about marketing and the woman asked a very interesting and obvious question. “If you were the one managing and overseeing the inbound […]
Tracking Success with Inbound Marketing
This has been a fleetingly pensive week. Do you realize how difficult it is to actually stop for a moment and think? We drive and we talk to […]
Next Steps …
This is not a story about open rates or conversions. It is not a story about subject lines. This is a real life story of how marketing worked. […]
An Email Marketing Success Story
Does Your Company Stand for Something? Of course it does. You are likely saying you stand for value, customer service, quality, and integrity. Yep, and thousands, even millions […]
Does Your Company Stand for Something?
Once upon a time I had a client who needed help. They had a great business and loyal customers, but their sales were failing. They blamed it on […]
Blame it on the Rain – Are You Making Excuses ...
You heard the rally call to collect information about your customers. Through loyalty programs, purchase patterns, inventory and marketing efforts you have managed to gain volumes of data […]
You’ve Got Data
Esurance has launched a contest over social media. It didn’t require an app. It didn’t require extensive design and production. It isn’t even related to their core business. […]
Social Media Contests: Keep It Simple
How many times have you heard, or said, that radio doesn’t work for marketing? It seems to always be followed with “as far as we can tell”. Similarly […]
What are you tracking?
You can’t please all of the people all of the time. Companies are always trying to walk the fine line of balanced approach, not expressing opinions that might […]
Is Your Company a Wallflower?
Marketers everywhere are touting the rise of mobile marketing, and it’s drowning out the other channels. The truth is, other channels are still getting the budget increases, including […]
Mobile Schmobile
Many years ago, before her Las Vegas stint, I went to a Bette Midler concert for the first time. Having been a fan of her comedy and true […]
No Guts, No Glory
I was at lunch with several co-workers a while ago. The company we all worked at at the time was one specializing in helping companies with their business […]
Knowing your audience is only half the battle
B2B on Pinterest The statistics, the metrics, the audience … Pinterest is enticing for marketers, it’s got us foaming at the mouth for conversions and engagement and reach. […]
B2B Marketing on Pinterest: What works, what doesn’t?
What is the proper length for a blog? I hear this a lot. It’s a good question. The answer of course, varies. Many people are blogging now. It’s […]
How Long Should My Blog Be?
Every self-respecting marketer knows that ideally, strategy comes before tactics. The confusion over this isn’t really about which comes first … the confusion stems from innocent ignorance, over […]
Strategy vs. Tactics
As I was going through my morning routine of sifting through news stories, industry blurbs and tidbits of stats that are driving the minds of the world today, […]
Are you really connecting with your audience?
(Originally posted October 2011, contributing blogger) The digital world is evolving at a rapid pace, and as many businesses are jumping right into setting up a Facebook page […]
Building Your Digital Marketing Strategy
(originally posted March 2012, contributing blogger) Quick Response codes, more commonly known as QR codes, were first developed by the automobile industry to help track and identify parts. […]