WHY VIDEO MARKETING IS CRITICAL TO LINKEDIN AND SEO
The No. 1 thing to remember about LinkedIn is that it is not a social media site like Facebook. LinkedIn is a search engine disguised as a social media site. With Microsoft acquiring LinkedIn in June 2016 – LinkedIn has become even more efficient and effective PLUS, they still have way ‘friendlier” algorithms than Facebook and …
Continue Reading
NOW YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR TOTAL MARKETING REACH WITH A BOOLEAN STRING
As many of you my recall, LinkedIn used to show everyone their total reach membership to their 3rd Connection Level. (Not just 1st & 2nd connections like today). Access to your 3rd connection level data points disappeared shortly before Microsoft acquired them. BUT, if you are still interested in understanding your …
Continue Reading
HOW TO LOVE YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS & CLIENTS
For the past 30 years, I have always strived to deliver and create innovative, memorable and result-oriented advertising for my clients. Importantly, more than any point in recent history, I believe customers are the new ‘market-makers’, reshaping industries and changing how businesses compete and win. Success today depends on how …
Continue Reading
USING LINKEDIN TO CONNECT WITH YOUR COMPETITORS IS STRATEGIC & SMART
For the past decade on LinkedIn, one of the biggest questions I get asked when training my Advertising & Digital sales and new business teams is, “Should I connect with my competitors?” My typical response is, do you agree with the old SUN TZU adage ‘keep your friends close and …
Continue Reading
HOW TO DELIVER A MADISON AVENUE STYLE PRESENTATION IN 2019
Pitching and Presenting have always been critical in the Advertising Industry and to every marketer. In fact, pitching is just hard work, whether it’s on stage, in a boardroom, on a conference call or over lunch. BUT, in 2019, selling by building engaging relationships, educating, sharing dreams and chemistry is …
Continue Reading
WHY LINKEDIN, B2B, DIRECT MARKETING & SOCIAL SELLING CAN SMOOTH YOUR PATH THROUGH A RECESSION
Having lived and worked through the ‘dot com’ crash in 2001 while living in San Francisco, after living and watching the NASDAQ rise five-fold between 1995-2000 then watching the ‘bubble burst’ and the market dropping almost 77% and losing billions of dollars. THEN, surviving the 2008 Financial crash while living …
Continue Reading
500,000 TWEETS IN THE ‘DIGITAL TOWN SQUARE’
I am writing this article today, to reflect about 11+ years and some 500,000 Tweets I have shared, reflected, outlined, coached, schooled, educated, referenced, promoted or participated in over the past decade plus. YES – Twitter has become today’s super ‘DIGITAL TOWN SQUARE’. Now approaching 500,000 Tweets – I have …
Continue Reading
Why Direct Marketing continues to GROW
Today more than ever, direct marketing is a thriving, dynamic industry and field that just continues to explode and consistently adjusts to fit the ever changing need of Americans (and everyone globally) to the changing lifestyles of consumers and businesses. Always offering convenience, selection and value! WHAT IS DIRECT MARKETING? …
Continue Reading
WANT TO GET A 10X LIFT ON YOUR SALES & PITCHES?
If you are looking for a smarter, better and more effective way or method to picture your products, campaigns or services in 2019 – this article outlines the best ‘Educational Marketing’ approach to maximize your success and sales today. Having been practicing, refining and using this approach for the last …
Continue Reading
Moving from Awareness to Loyalty for maximum impact
Having grown up in a family of Direct Marketers while in New York in the 1970s/80s, I have always found that the keys to marketing and advertising success always included an integrated marketing approach across all ‘touchpoints’ available. (digital and physical) In the early days, up until the early 1990’s …
Continue Reading