There’s a guy at my gym who annoys me. His name is Mike or Mark or something like that. He really, really likes to talk even when I have my headphones on and I’m staring intently at Dr. Phil’s Family Disaster du Jour on the monitors. That isn’t what bothers me, though. He never wipes […]
It’s Time to Get Your Pricing House in Order
It all seemed so lovely about a month and a half ago, didn’t it? Your strategic plan was pretty and perfect and covered with Corporate Overlord lipstick. Your operating plan was mostly finished, except for those murky bits in the fourth quarter. Your battered and bruised budget, was finally locked down, and the holidays beckoned. […]
Ten Things to Make You Less Sad About Q4
Has it started where you are? Are your pretty marketing planters all dug up by frantic Sales Squirrels trying to remember where they left their nuts? Are the Keebler Elves laying a trapline in the forest? Has the Productivity Prevention Department declared its code freeze yet (that’s the memo you didn’t really understand because they […]
Feeling Undervalued as a Marketer? It's Probably Your Fault.
In our final look at RAOMs (random acts of marketing), let’s consider this freshly minted bunch of stats from Forrester. 86% of marketers agreed that the link between marketing activities and business goals is well-defined at their organizations 72% said their company’s leadership clearly sees marketing’s impact on the business. 45% of marketers said they […]
Resentful Client, Cringing Agency: Six Ways to Mess Up the Relationship
I knew it wouldn’t last. I gave Linda six months in the relationship before she cracked. Theresa, grumpily dealing with her own recently terminated relationship, gave it three weeks. The rest of the Women Who Market Too Much were more charitable and suggested Linda and her new knight in shining armor might see the one-year […]