6 Ways Poor Communication Kills Customer Value

The way you communicate with your audience either creates or destroys value. And communicating doesn’t mean that you’re successfully connecting with people. When marketing communication is brief, focused, and simple, it can add value by challenging your prospects’ status quo, expanding their options, and helping them to see [...]

By |2018-01-06T02:29:19+00:00November 18, 2012|

Be a Better Marketer – Stop “Marketing!”

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.” - Dale Carnegie Carnegie’s timeless wisdom is even more important today. The explosion in data and “content,” and the [...]

By |2018-01-06T02:33:08+00:00September 9, 2012|

Be a Better Marketer – Stop Marketing!

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.” - Dale Carnegie Carnegie’s timeless wisdom is even more important today. The explosion in data and “content,” and the [...]

By |2012-09-09T15:16:49+00:00September 9, 2012|

All Marketing Communicates; Great Marketers Connect

Check out my Jargon Be Gone! video intro on this blog topic, and start your jargon-detox program now;-) We live in a world of noise and communications overload. Everyone communicates, and yet few of us actually connect at a meaningful level. This is especially true in marketing. Think [...]

By |2017-02-14T01:51:52+00:00October 12, 2011|

Great Marketing Answers the “Why”

Leaders sell ideas and inspiration, not services. They are adept at answering “the Why” – why they do what they do. It is a fundamental human question. People often buy products and services based on a feeling of connection rather than on some objective, decision-making criteria. Yep. Humans [...]

By |2017-02-14T01:48:52+00:00July 31, 2011|