The smart, sassy folks at
Velocity make an excellent point about B2B buying behavior in their
new ebook, The New B2B Marketing
Manifesto.
The Big Idea: People don't
buy What You Do. They buy Why You Do It.
Let's' think about ...READ»
Big-name consulting companies like McKinsey and Accenture position themselves as global leaders so you'd think they'd be ahead of the pack in social media. Wrong.READ»
Why do so many giant companies like BP and Hewlett Packard
forget Rule Number 1 and Rule Number 2?
I'm referring to the two legendary rules that confront
anyone entering a Stew Leonard's food store in Connecticut
or New York: ...READ»
Mark Twain once said, “The report of
my death is an exaggeration.”
The same can be said about the PR
business.
The latest death knell can be heard
in a great discussion going on in Linked started by ...READ»
I wrote recently about my beef with the social media release. I since had a conversation with Todd Defren, who invented the social media release, and while Todd didn’t get me to be a convert to the release, he did open my eyes ...READ»
Does anyone like their bank? Fess up now. Don’t be shy. If you’re like me and I expect I’m not alone I have a love-hate relationship with mine. Well, in my case lately it’s more like hate. Now, I’m not a normally fierce ...READ»
So many companies give lip service to customer service not realizing that it is as important to their branding and bottom line as advertising. Today I want to give a shout out to a company that doesn’t just talk the talk but ...READ»
How can a self-proclaimed geeky company with no knowledge of public relations go from virtual anonymity to media darling with just one tweet?
This is the story of how social media is changing how companies make news and how the new ...READ»
Don’t call in the pallbearers yet. In a year characterized by the death of publications and publishers struggling to monetize assets, it’s not all death and gloom. Indeed, one side of the news business is thriving. And, we’re ...READ»
People love to set up dichotomies and the latest one circulating around the web is that age old duel: Advertising vs. PR. It sort of reminds me of the war between the sexes. Sure there are certain things men can do better than ...READ»
There's an interesting discussion going on online about “Is the PR Business Extinct?”
The talk was precipitated by one of these pseudo scientific pieces that throws around statistics, i.e., “70% of today's PR firms ...READ»
I've written before about the Young Turks of Personal Branding these amazing Millenials who seem to emerge from the cocoon fully formed and ready to rule the world.
Take Dan Schawbel, all of 25, who last month released his ...READ»
I had the privilege this week to enter the media future – or at least a very smart person’s view of it – and learn that the future is all about personalization.
“The future of local TV (and seemingly ...READ»
If you’re over 35, more than likely you’re a geezer digitally speaking. Or in the inimitable words of media wunderkind Shelly Palmer, you’re a “digital immigrant.”
Counting myself among the endangered species, I was ...READ»
Many corporate executives in their eagerness to get on the Web 2.0 bandwagon remind me of waffling politicians. Sure they are beginning to spout the right lingo but when it comes to follow through, beware.
The latest case in ...READ»
Why are so many large companies branding imposters?
On the hand, they spend zillions trying to brand themselves through advertising? On the other hand, they provide far too little oversight or dollars to customer service. They ...READ»
This was posted prevously but because of the vagaries of technology was formatted incorrectly and I thought it was worth reposting correctly.
I'm live blogging today at a BullDog Reporter bootcamp with social media ...READ»
I'm continuing to live blog -- well as I confessed in Part One -- edit my rambling live blogging at last week's BullDog Reporter bootcamp with social media pros Sally Falkow and Doug Hay of Expansion+. As I mentioned, I have no ...READ»
When most of us lose our job, we don’t uncork the champagne. But when Lewis Green was laid off from his VP of marketing job six years ago, he and his wife didn’t waste a moment to start celebrating.
Meet Lewis Green, a ...READ»
At 28, entrepreneur Scott Ginsberg, has the most visible name in the world.
Meet Scott any time, anywhere, day or night and he will be wearing his trademark red and white name tag emblazoned with his name in blue. Since November ...READ»
Ouch.Ouch.Ouch. That’s the sound of my body hurting from the wounds inflicted by Aetna.
Undoubtedly, health insurance companies are the worst personal branders in the world. As a small business owner I have the privilege of ...READ»
Hats off to the Barack Obama campaign. The campaign scored a lot of positive press this week by launching a web site to strike back at “dishonest smears.” In staccato fashion, the new Obama site reels off five rumors and ...READ»
Quick quiz: What do Starbucks and jargon have do with each other?
Starbucks of course taught the world to speak its language; whoever asked for a Grande or Venti bfore the coffee giant made coffee a 24/7 obsession? What’s the ...READ»
