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NOW is the time to…BUILD YOUR BRAND

"NOW is the time..." SeriesGiven our current set of circumstances in business, this NOW ...

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Could Your Business Survive WITHOUT Marketing?

?What if... ?You didn't have a website ?You couldn’t mail out your brochures ?You ...

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The “Plunge” of Newspaper Advertising…it’s a CUSTOMER Issue

Image created by and courtesy of Wall Street Journal I’ve talked about this issue ...

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Why Marketing, Agencies, and other Models Don’t Work Today

TRUST…let me be a bit more specific…LACK OF TRUST. “Trust” has always been a ...

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Is “Content Marketing” the new “Promised Land”?

Content, Content, Content…it’s the new buzz word in marketing circles these days. Since Social ...

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3 Reasons Why I hit DELETE instead of READING ON

When I get an e-mail, request, invitation, social media inquiry, or a host of ...

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Social Media doesn’t work in the Industrial Revolution

It’s a given today that Social Media doesn’t work for many companies. Upon further ...

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Forget the “Numbers”…they’re Misleading You

From the beginning of the Internet Revolution and the tidal wave of Social Media, ...

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Change the Direction of YOUR ARROW and Stand Alone in your Market

It’s time to change the way the arrow is pointing…away from YOU TO THEM…to ...

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Think of your CUSTOMER like the NEWSPAPER

Take yourself back 10 years…before Social Media was the mainstream for information. How did ...

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