Too many business owners are stuck in the ‘busyness’ trap of working in their business and not making the time (a priority) to intentionally design the business they actually want to be in. If you are in the business of providing a service, in an ideal world you want to spend 60% of your time…
Read MoreI was appalled when I read an article published in BC Business Magazine entitled Fake It to Make It by Niko Bell. I found the fact this was the ‘featured’ article in the Marketing section of the magazine to be somewhat curious. Giving earned media to Gravytrain Marketing, a company whose entire business is built…
Read MoreTo truly engage customers for whom traditional advertising (push marketing) is increasingly irrelevant, companies must engage with customers in a new way. At the end of the day, customers no longer separate marketing from the product—it is the product. They don’t separate marketing from their in-store or online experience—it is the experience. In the era…
Read MoreScenario: I’ve been in professional services for 10 years and based on my experience I am becoming faster at outputting the work I am hired to do. I charge an hourly rate; I am now getting paid less by the hour because I’m faster at getting the work done. Q: How do I set fees…
Read MoreOne of the biggest marketing trends this year is content marketing; future predictions from marketing pundits place content marketing on the trend watch list for 2013 as well. I don’t think it’s as much of a trend as it is one of many examples of the paradigm shift in the way we market. A shift…
Read MoreThis post was provided by our friends at Out-Smarts Marketing Incorporated; a full service Internet marketing company with a strong focus on Social Media Marketing. Thank you to Out-Smarts for the great tips! At Out-Smarts we like to k.i.s.s – now don’t go getting any ideas, we mean keep it simple, stup!d. We like to simplify the internet and social media for…
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