Could You Improve a Customer’s Journey with Artificial Intelligence Marketing?

Last week, I made a mistake. I grabbed a soda out of a cooler, and it was a Diet Pepsi. I’m living in Pepsi Country. Pepsi was founded in nearby New Bern, North Carolina. But I gave up diet drinks a while ago because I don’t like the taste of artificial sweeteners. Artificial is generally…

Is Your Marketing an Investment or an Expense? Good Questions!

It’s been an interesting week. We are in the dog days of summer. People are vacationing, getting their kids back to school, or just soaking up (or avoiding) the sunny days and warm weather. Speaking of dogs. Our dog Layla picked up a case of the dog flu from doggie daycare. The daycare was incredibly…

Focusing on the 5 A-Holes of Marketing

A salesman and a marketing guy walk into a bar… This really happened. Well, the bar was at a country club. I had the pleasure of spending a Fore-Hour Nature Meeting with Larry Long Jr 🎤 where we spent hours trying to hit a little white ball into a hole. I love this kind of…

Dropping Knowledge Bombs And Hitting Targets

I have mentioned before, I am a fan of Malcolm Gladwell and his podcast, Revisionist History. His last book The Bomber Mafia was about the race to use strategic bombing to end World War II. This was before the Manhattan Project which yielded the first atomic bomb that was built and used to change the…

How Can A Junk Drawer Help You Build A Healthy Business?

We all have one. Some of us have multiple. You may even have one in every room of your house. It’s the junk drawer. True Story: I was looking for a piece of wood in my garage to prop up my desk for a project. It was not until I took and posted the image…

The Grass May Be Greener on the Other Side of the Fence (But You Still Have to Mow It)

It’s been years since I mowed my own lawn. Why? I have been blessed enough to afford to pay people to pick up dog poop and mow my lawn. Common business logic tells us to focus on what’s important. If you make $50 per hour and you can pay someone $40 to mow your lawn,…

Passengers… Prepare For Landing – Guiding Website Visitors to Their Destination

In the old days, you never had to take off your shoes and go through electronic monitors to get from the ticket counter to your airport gate. I don’t travel as much as I did a few years ago, but the few times I have, the lines are long, and the process is stressful. Because…

How Can a Golf Swing Help You Build a Marketing SYS-TEM?

How often do you find yourself getting ads for something that you just searched for? It can be both creepy and annoying. Since the weather is so much better here in North Carolina than in Chicago, I have been lucky enough to play 20+ rounds of golf since January 1st. The golf here, especially in…

The 5 Keys To Successful B2b Marketing

Consumers are fickle. How do I know? I am one. I have chronicled my love-hate relationship with Home Depot. I was in love with them after my first experience with them buying a washer, dryer, and fridge. The salesperson was so educated and informative. When I went to Lowes (first) the salesperson took a while…

The Distraction Attraction

I have no idea how old you are, but I am this old… Do you remember TV Magic Cards? Marshall Brodine was a famous magician (and he was the clown Wizzo on the Bozo Circus Show) who lived in Geneva, Illinois (close to where we lived in Aurora). I was enamored with those cards and…