Latest Update for BuzzBlitz business challenge
CommentPlease go to http://www.buzzblitz.com to see the other links I mention in this ..Read More
Break Out of Your Comfort Zone (And Into Your Audience’s)
CommentWhen it comes to social media, there is a difference between being authentic to your message and stubborn to the point of being counterproductive. Many, many clients balk when I go in and rework their message, carefully translating it into the voice of what we’ve identified as their target ..Read More
What Movie Previews can teach us about Social Marketing tactics
1 Commentif you pay close attention to the movie previews, you can learn a lot about life, love and social marketing at the local multiplex. ..Read More
The Audience of One
CommentWhenever your plans get too ambitious, too grand, too eloquent or too elegant, step back and remember just who you’re supposed to be targeting. Never allow yourself to stray from “the audience of ..Read More
The “It Just So Happens” Effect
1 CommentWhat do junk mail and TV commercials have to do with each other? Simple; they are all excellent examples of The Bull’s Eye Effect. But wait. Don’t we usually throw away our junk mail and skip TV commercials? Well, yes we do, but… that doesn’t stop companies from making more ..Read More
How are you targeted? Pt. 2
CommentWhile Amazon.com’s home page may be daunting, with now dozens of products and services to browse in addition to books – including music, exercise equipment, garden tools, furniture, clothes and even food – the more you target your intentions with various keywords, the more Amazon.com targets you.
The more I used ..Read More
How Are You Targeted? Pt.1
1 CommentTo know consumers, you must be a consumer. So, how do you consume? Why do you buy what you buy? Shop where you shop? Eat where and what you eat? How do you decide which movie to take your family to over the weekend? Why did you buy that particular ..Read More
Make Your Message “Sticky” by Identifying Trends
CommentIn his breakthrough bestseller, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Back Bay Books, 2002), author Malcolm Gladwell asserts, “We tend to spend a lot of time thinking about how to make messages more contagious — how to reach as many people as possible with our ..Read More
5 Tips for Effective Social Media and Web site Communication
CommentWhen it comes to communication, no aspect of the dialogue between producer and consumer is more important than this: language. And yet, too often, we are so busy speaking our own personal language – whether it’s inter-office market-speak or fresh from our MBA business-ese – that we alienate our audience ..Read More
