I receive this email solicitation about once a month. And each time I mentally calculate whether the value of 30 minutes of my time is greater than that of an iPod shuffle. It is not. Plus, I think we all know that the time investment on this one is going to include hours of dodging […]
All Together Now: Blame Marketing
Who doesn’t love the end of the quarter? Time to kick back with a nice drink and celebrate a job well done! Pardon me? You didn’t make your numbers? You missed the revenue target? You pooched your opex? The finance people are closing in like Dementors? The Sales Squirrels are running in ever-diminishing circles? You […]
Social Media is the Lighter Fluid, Not the Barbeque
According to a recent article in Ad Age, we’re all (well, most) (well, some) (well a little under 60% of us) are increasing our social spend this year. And that, says Ad Age, means it’s time for those who sell social to put away their SXSW glow sticks, slap on some shoes and get moving. […]
Why Marketing Briefs are a Circle of Hell
A friend asked me recently to review a marketing communications brief he had drafted to help his internal customers, mostly product managers, get something meaningful out of his group. It had all the usual sections: communications goal, target audience, budget, timelines, fries with that, and so on. My friend was also planning a series of […]
Welcome to Our Resolution-Free Zone
What did you expect for the first working day of the year? A quiet bit of time, perhaps, to hide the last of the 2011 bodies and steal that nice chair from the conference room? Had you counted on having to rid your Inbox of 2012 Predictions, 2011 I-Told-You-Sos and Helpful New Year Resolutions for […]