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 854 – Profitable Virtual and Hybrid Events with Julie Migliacci

Julie Migliacci has over 17 years of high-touch customer service and event planning under her belt. There isn’t an event type she hasn’t planned before, from large celebrity fundraisers, virtual conferences and premier cooking shows. She is always up for a new challenge and creating unique experiences for clients and their guests. Hailing from France,…

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 851 – Don’t Become An Expense – Become Invaluable

I luckily learned a lesson back in the 1980s when I worked at AT&T. During a performance review, my supervisor said, “Son, you are an expense. I can hire two people for what you are asking for and I would do better with that than with you alone. So the answer is NO!” Let me…

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 839 – Half Baked Cookies – How To Cook Your B2b Marketing to Perfection

Tis The Season… for holiday parties. There are cookies everywhere. There are cookie exchanges because you can’t get enough. You can’t eat all your own cookies (well I guess you could if you tried hard enough). Marketing is a lot like cookies. It can be unique and tasty, or it can be just junk food.…

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 819 – Consistent Communication… Are You Picking Up What I Am Putting Down?

Sitcoms and dramas often have two or three storylines that follow their own formulas, but then meet at the end to form a cohesive plot or storyline. But, if one of those threads ventures off to fat from the other, the show as a whole can becoming become confusing and disjointed. I’ve mentioned Home Depot…

Episode 811 – How To Exceed Expectations? Find Someone Who Cares!

When it comes to exceeding expectations, you have to first set them, then exceed them. If you set expectations too high, you can often disappoint. If you set them too low, people tend to misinterpret them. Finding that middle ground, and exceeding expectations require someone who believes in your capabilities, and is overjoyed with the…

Episode 809 – It Pays to Follow The Instructions and Sometimes You Have To Write Your Own

It’s been over 22 years since we built and bought our last home. Over that time, technology was whizzing along while our home and appliances lived in the early years of the 20th century. This was pre… Amazon, Google, Facebook, iPhone and so much more. Change is hard and wonderful at the same time. There…