Welcome, small business owners! Hard to believe it’s Small Business Week again! Come in, sit down, enjoy your eggs. We’ve got a great morning planned for you! We’ll start off with an address about how important you are from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Bingo Halls, Hosiery and Small Business. Then […]
Shouting Into Empty Barrels: Coping with the Decline of Associations
One of the great things about B2B marketing is that the world is fairly easily divided up into handy verticals. Pick a few industries your product seems to suit and then find the watering holes where your market congregates. We used to call these watering holes professional associations, and when the dermatologists, sprinkler head testers, […]
Five Dumb Things That Unrock Trade Shows
Last week we talked about how to rock your trade shows. This week let’s follow that up with a glimpse into trade show stupidity with some stuff that just shouldn’t happen, but sadly does (and I have proof).
Ten Ways to Rock Your Trade Shows
Here it is, only the middle of February and already I have one trade show under my belt. It was a great show and I have nothing but respect for anyone who bets the farm on a show in January in Canada. But sadly I don’t see hopeful signs that marketers and sales people are […]
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 […]