Sep 21, 2012A Rose By Any Other, Well AnythingDo you have marketing days when you just feel like there is so much new and then more new systems to support the ‘new’ that you may never...
Sep 9, 2012Airports Taking Off with New Facilities – and bringing new marketing opportunitiesAre you spending more time in airports these days? And so are your family, friends and business contacts? You are not alone. Not only...
Aug 23, 2012Bennett & Company Expands Through Global AffiliatesAugust 22, 2012 (Orlando, FL) — Marketing and public relations firm Bennett & Company is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month....
Aug 9, 2012The Third Screen – What is it and how to use to your marketing advantage?Its original name was “the cell phone”. Today it’s referred to as “the third screen” and its changing the delivery of marketing and...
Jul 26, 2012The Dream Scenario for a MarketerA look into corporate America finds a an expanding focus on marketing and its many iterations; advertising, branding, public relations,...
Jul 13, 2012If I spend this money … will it sell my product?“I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. When I write an advertisement, I don’t want...
Jul 1, 2012How is Tom Cruise like Carnival Cruise Lines?Recently a major talent agency in Beverly Hills opened a Brand Studio. Their logic is that building a celebrity brand is not unlike...
Jun 17, 2012Too Early For Holiday Publicity? Start Now and Reap Rewards of Thinking AheadJust this week notices were landing in my in-box about opportunities for my clients to be part of Gift Guides and Gift Bags … do I think...
Jun 7, 20126 Steps to Attracting Spiders – and other ways to succeed on the World Wide WebOuch! The Internet is critical to our lives and constantly changing – a powerful combination. The big question here is “who is in...
Jun 1, 2012Naming Your Business – Not as easy as you might thinkThinking of starting a new business venture – either full time or part-time? Start with the fun part, the name … but do so with caution,...
May 18, 2012How News Is Repeated. And Repeated. And …An advanced class I teach at our college is full of bright future leaders – and none of them read a newspaper. As a public relations...
May 7, 2012Just because it’s called Customer Care doesn’t mean it is!Customer care used to be about satisfying the customer. Does it feel like it has become all about companies saving money by not having to...
May 1, 2012A king size version of thinking AROUND the box.When you think of a bus terminal, does the word beautiful come to mind? If I told you it was in New York would that make the image any...
Apr 22, 2012Easy Marketing Tip #10 – and one more!Marketing Tip #10 – Be a Walking Billboard Do you wear a logo shirt? Name tag? Is your email in your car’s back windshield or on a front...
Apr 13, 2012Connections Result in Sales – A trio of Easy Marketing Tips #7, #8 and #9The easy marketing tips below, #7, #8 and #9 hinge on the Tips list I began in this blog March 2012. Marketing Tip #8 – Get and stay...
Apr 3, 2012Reach Out and Touch Your Customers – Easy Marketing Tips #4, #5 and #6In March 2012 I started a series of Easy Marketing Tips to Quick Start Your Business, here are tips #4, #5 and #6. How easy would it have...
Mar 26, 2012KIND OF LIKE KUMBAYA: 1- 2- 3 Easy Marketing Tips to Quick Start your business and impact your salesImportant note: The ideas here are take a commitment of time and focus but are very low cost. They are meant to help you be proactive...
Mar 20, 2012Luxury – Now Found on Websites and Through Smart PartnershipsWhen I go to my car dealership I am treated differently than if I went to the local Firestone mechanic. And though I like my Firestone...
Mar 16, 2012The Getting of the Green – Color BrandingHave you noticed the Scottie dog in the commercial? He’s just one small part of a great advertising campaign to build product...
Mar 15, 2012Marketing Between Hair Appointments – coaching from the salon chairHer current solution was a misspelled and not very enthusiastic note taped to her mirror; black type on white paper and one strip of...