With the upcoming 4th of July holiday coming up, it made me think of the parades and fanfare that goes on around this terrific holiday. But it also made me start thinking about the “noise” level that accompanies these events. Then it hit me… With all the companies I talk to about social media, by…
Back in the early days, business was done eyeball to eyeball and with a handshake. If you looked away too early you couldn’t be trusted. If you dressed wrong, you couldn’t be trusted. It was a very visual experience in many cases because you always did business looking at the person, their body language and…
We just finished a weekend where there is tremendous hype about all the “Superbowl ads” and how awesome they are going to be and how we should almost watch the game for the ads. What about the game? Have we gotten to a point where the ads become more important to a larger and larger…
Sales are down, the product isn’t moving, we need more customers/clients, we have a new product/service to launch, and a host of other issues face business leaders every day. When these happen, many decide it is time to do something about it and will say, “We need to get some “Word-of-Mouth” going out there to…
I have to admit – I”M SHOCKED! This past week I was talking to a lady in charge of social media marketing for a software company about who they were using/hiring to be in charge of their social media strategy and planning. With my background in corporate strategy, naive Blaine thought they were actually talking…
Today I just wanted to thank Michelle Bomberger for allowing me to “guest post” on her blog, Equinox Business Law Group. She had asked me to put together a post talking about why having a STRATEGY is so important in this fast moving revolution we call Social Media. The post I wrote, “Social Media Strategy:…
We’ve been announcing the social media-driven business communications revolution for nearly a year, and we’re pleased that the New York Times has finally noticed it’s arrival. For nearly a year, we’ve touted the combination of Twitter and a blog as the most effective and affordable marketing tools for small-to-medium businesses. Let’s face it, when the…
As we repeatedly say in our seminars for business executives, social media is much faster, cheaper, and deeper than traditional media. These changes create game-changing opportunities for business. These same attributes give mis-guided people the opening to totally trash their brand in minutes. For example this article on a well known UK company, Habitat, demonstrates…