One of the lessons I'm reminded of again and again when marketing is that no one cares about you; it's our job to make them. This is the first in a series of posts I'm doing as I sort through (in my head) issues around inbound. I've called it The Cheeky Guide to Content Marketing…
The rules for social media engagement really haven't changed much in the last 9 years. True, there are different mores and ways to navigate the various social channels, but the basics are pretty much same same. From whence does this mind-bending observation cometh? I was weeding through some old notebooks before tossing them (for those…
Fingernails on a blackboard. That sound foam makes when it's just creaking and on the edge of snapping. Gum smackers. And anytime someone says "Let's think outside of the box." These are all things that make my ears want to bleed. Why people in business continue to use this idiotic expression eludes me. Maybe it's…
Typos (and grammar concerns) terrify folks into paralysis when it comes to writing. What if I make a mistake? Use the wrong word? I don't know where the commas go. Semi-colons?!?!? OMFG, kill me. This fear keeps many folks who would otherwise be fantastic contributors to blogs, social media sites, and elsewhere from sharing insights…
One of my favorite explanations of old school, interruption marketing is when Gary Vaynerchuk talks about buying someone a drink in a bar and then asking them to go to bed with you immediately after. A little more seduction is in order. So when I heard George Strait’s “The Chair” while bringing teenage daughter number…
Marketing can become a self-consuming and navel-gazing perpetual motion machine. If you aren’t tying your marketing to achieve direct sales results, then I have a hard time figuring out why you’re marketing. Grabbing attention, engagement, personality, aren’t ends in and of themselves, they’re stepping stones to get to someone buying something from you. But that…
Nearly every piece of advice you read about content and inbound marketing includes the words “great” and “content” in sequence or at least in close proximity. I am all for great content – great content whether whimsical or serious or funny or informative or entertaining or whatever is, well, great. And great is good. It’s…
I’ve spent my fair share of time at trade shows and conferences over the years – attending, covering, and staffing. I’ve read, and written, a fair number of reports from these events. As I was thinking about personas for a client yesterday, I recalled a sponsor wrap up that had struck me as clueless at…
Extremely happy to have had an article published in DOCUMENT (the first of 4 for this year). Focused on what to focus on when you're trying to determine engagement in content marketing efforts, it has a few tips (I hope) that'll get you thinking about metrics that are important versus those that just feel good.…
The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies. As Peter Faulk’s Grandpa says, it’s got it all: fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles . . . And what fan of the movie doesn’t utter the best revenge line of all now and then (Preferably said with a horrible Spanish…
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