Episode 865 – What’s for Dessert? How to Simplify Your Website to Increase Sales

The first thing that happens when you get to a restaurant is you are guided to your table and handed a menu. Menus are generally organized into appetizers, meals, and desserts. Could you imagine if the menu included articles about how each meal is prepared, where the ingredients were sourced from, and what cooking ware…

Episode 863 – How Can a Golf Swing Help You Build a Marketing SYS-TEM?

Construction background How often do you find yourself getting ads for something that you just searched for? It can be both creepy and annoying. I went to a local golf shop to have some clubs regripped. While I was waiting I was shown an area where they will evaluate your swing and give you a…

Episode 857 – What’s Your Marketing Mousetrap? – Part 3

In this final part of the series, I wanted to show how and why following traditional marketing thinking can hamper your success in B2b marketing. B2b marketing differs from consumer marketing because it’s more relational than transactional, and it often takes longer to go from awareness to trust. That means that there are more steps,…

Episode 855 – What’s Your Marketing Mousetrap? – Part 2

In part 1 of this series, I hinted that in this post I was going to outline a system we are working on that helps capture data from visitors in a way that traditional methods are either missing or lacking. I decided that before I devolve the system, I should add a little context as to…

Episode 853 – What’s Your Marketing Mousetrap? – Part 1

In our last house, we had a small problem. Mice! If you think about it, your business is like my garage. Specifically your website. It has food for thought and attracts creatures who sneak in and out. You may be able to see them scurry, but it’s hard to trap them (and you certainly don’t…

Episode 848 – Drive Growth Through The Customer Experience with Chip Royce

  Chip’s first experience with the tech sector started in 1994 after downloading the first Netscape browser (now Firefox) and led him to join his first startup a year later. He’s worked for and advised high-growth ventures and Fortune 500 companies in online media, internet infrastructure, PCs (Dell & Lenovo), and most recently, Fintech &…

Episode 837 – 4 Signs Your Marketing Strategy is Not For B2b Sales

Tis The Season… The end of the year is always interesting. It’s a time to reflect on the past, while we look toward the future, and many of us are giving and getting presents!  having moved to a new city, many of our presents are coming and going via Secret Santa Trucks (White = FedEx,…

Episode 829 – The 5 Keys To Successful B2b Marketing

Consumers are fickle. How do I know? I am one. Consumers change loyalties in an instant, while B2b customers are more complex. Switching brands or companies is easy for B2c. Not so much for B2b. One of the Baconisms I post every month is, “When you contact a prospect… you are a salesperson. When a…

Episode 789 – You Can’t Always Get What You Want? But If You Try Sometimes…

Do you know that Rolling Stones song? “You Can’t Always Get What You Want?” It goes on to say, “But if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.” I think that “Want” is a term that talks about the future. I WANT (desire to obtain) a cool new computer and desk…

Episode 783 – When is 10 Greater Than 1000? (Hint It’s All About Relationships)

You never realize how much STUFF you have until you have to move it. We all have closets, drawers, and other hiding places that keep our stuff organized and out of sight, Simply go to any closet or dresser and lay out all the stuff on the floor and you will see what I mean.…