There are a few statistics that are used to torment marketers. We’ve all had some chief something or other office sneer that 50 percent of advertising is wasted. We’ve all had that business of how much more it costs to acquire a customer than to retain one and, since June of 2012, we’ve been dealing […]
Conversations Matter
Oh dear, poor Radio Shack has bought the farm. To be honest, I thought they’d gone to Retail Heaven years ago, but apparently they struggled on far longer than I would have thought likely. Smarter people than me are going to analyze this one to bits, and I don’t doubt there are dozens of reasons […]
The Distance Between Decision-Makers and End Users is Key
One of my favourite business writers, Geoffrey James, once wrote that B2B selling is “not only different from B2C selling, it’s massively more difficult …” . Here’s the whole article. When we look at the marketing side of B2B, I’m not sure it’s any more difficult than B2C, but I suggest it is considerably more […]
Why Content is Social Media Dietary Fibre
I like to start my Monday mornings with a visit to LinkedIn. It’s a lazy sort of way to shake off the Netflix hangover and ease into the week with a nice view of what my network has been up to. I think it’s because a lot of people realize on Sunday afternoon that they […]
Social Media is Not the Telex Machine
About a thousand years ago, when I took my first job in the corporate world, my boss’s secretary gave me a little tour. We saw the Corporate Overlord floor , we saw the typing pool (yes, those were real). There was a switchboard with crusty operators, a well-medicated tea lady and Dolores. “Dolores”, the secretary […]
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