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Everybody Thinks They Are a Marketer and It’s Killing You
There are very few certainties in life, but one thing that is certain is that in every marketing project, someone who can influence a marketing project will believe they have the answers despite having no real marketing experience.
Avoiding the Inherent Conflict of Interest Between Marketing Agencies and Your Business
The rarely discussed but often destructive conflict of interest between marketers and businesses that buy marketing services is probably the biggest culprit for inefficiency and wasted money. Marketing companies can sell only the services they offer.
Get Faster Results From Your Marketing
How many times have you thought you had the magic bullet in your marketing gun, but after taking the shot, it turned out the bullet was less magic and more ho-hum?
How to Reduce Marketing Costs and Get Better Results
There’s a lot at stake when it comes to marketing. It can be expensive, tough to manage, make or break your reputation, and even impact staff in good and bad ways.
Clarifying Objectives to Guarantee Marketing Success
One of the primary reasons marketing projects fail is because of miscommunicated or misunderstood objectives. Learn to solve this problem.
Improve Marketing Success Rates by 87%
Over 3,000 marketers were surveyed, and a whopping 87% said they did NOT think their results were very successful. I dire view of an avoidable issue.
Customer Experience with Ashton Henry
In marketing, like much of life, success is in who you know. If design and brand management across all consumer touchpoints is on your to-do list, you should know Ashton Henry. I have worked closely with Ashton for the last several years and can attest to her skill, intelligence and creativity.
Does My Company Need a Blog?
Do I really need a blog? The short answer is, it would be ideal if you did have a blog. However, there may be other things you can do and spend your time or money on that would be more beneficial.
Website Analytics with Andy Crestodina
Today’s guest is one of those marketers that is both an undisputed expert and an authentic, approachable provider. His name is Andy Crestodina. A co-founder of Orbit Media Studios. Today we’re going to discuss website analytics and what to pay most attention to in your website analytics.
Happy April Fools Day
The Original War of the Worlds radio broadcast I wish I could have experienced War of the Worlds in 1938. I would have been fooled and probably peeved that I bought in, but something like this will probably never happen again. There was a lot of backlash for this...
Marketing On a Shoestring Budget
it is impossible to meet your goals or grow or even maintain your business if you don’t get the word out. Getting the word out – which requires both marketing and advertising – costs something.
Should My Company Be On Social Media?
Should I really be on social media? Now, this is a question that gets asked all the time. First of all, I want to make sure that I preface this answer by saying, if you do it on your own, it’s one thing, if you hire someone else to do it, there are other things to take into consideration.
The Best B2B Advertising Solution with AJ Wilcox
Regarding B2B advertising – If I were to borrow an analogy from my guest, AJ Wilcox, LinkedIn advertising is a sniper shot, where other digital advertising platforms are shotgun blasts. If you want to target specific types of businesspeople or even people at a specific company, you’re going to want to get to know this episode’s guest.
How Can We Improve Advertising Performance
When we ask, “How can we improve our marketing and advertising performance?” It is important to understand that Marketing and advertising and doing it well – and doing it well consistently requires a lot more time and effort than people want to imagine.
Why Your Digital Marketing Efforts Fail
There are all kinds of articles about poor performance in digital marketing and all kinds of marketing firms trying to debunk this random 90%+ fail rate. Why is it so tough to win the digital game? Hear how you can solve the problem in this episode.
How Often Should Our Website be Redesigned
I am often asked how often a website should be redesigned. Of course, it depends on your situation but in this episode, I tell you how often and why your website should be redesigned, in general.
Market Research with Kathy Steinberg of Harris Poll
My guest, Kathy Steinberg, is Vice President specializing in research for public release at Harris Poll. She brings a ton of information in an easy-to-understand manner.
My Life-Altering Data Analytics Story
This is the story of how I ended up in a wheelchair and the resulting life-altering lessons I have had to learn about the value of being data-driven. Whether you think you are effectively gathering and using data, you think you don’t need to, or you’re not really sure you have the time or energy to wrap your head around the complexities – I implore you to listen to my story.
Robert Rose on Content Marketing
Today, my guest is a legitimate expert on Content Marketing who has worked with some of the world’s most recognizable brands. He agreed to sit down with me and discuss content marketing related to small businesses’ realities and challenges. Robert Rose is an executive at the Content Marketing Institute and an author of three books on Content marketing.
LinkedIn Expert Wayne Breitbarth
It’s always fun to talk with Wayne Breitbarth. There’s nothing like being entertained while you learn how to improve your business. We talk recruitment, job searches, how to target and connect with your most desirable prospects.
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