Mom was right, appearances do matter. She couldn’t have anticipated a world with social media when she said it. But it applies there too. Each tweet in your Twitter stream is a 140-character snapshot of your brand. There are other important factors to your Twitter success like sharing great content, optimizing your profile and engaging […]
11 digital marketing principles for earning the trust of skeptical customers
November 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
The Web enables you to create interactive dialogs with customers and prospects. But they don’t want to be rushed into a relationship. You still have to earn it. The age of skepticism has been with us for years. It began well before social media and all the other digital marketing channels we have today. You […]
Content marketing: What is more important than strategy?
October 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In content marketing, your ability to execute strategy is as important – if not more important – than the strategy itself. I had a marketing strategy professor who used to say, “A mediocre strategy with good execution beats a great strategy with poor execution every time.” He wasn’t promoting mediocre strategies. He was emphasizing the […]
The surprising rewards of going the extra mile
October 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Going the extra mile is most-commonly associated with the merits of hard work and extra effort. That’s only a partial understanding of the original idea. Like many expressions, “going the extra mile” originates from a bible story. In Matthew, Jesus teaches his disciples the principles of humility and a servant heart when he says, “Whoever […]
