Episode 937 – Fail Forward

I have failed. When I wrote my book, It’s Not About You, It’s About Bacon, I thought I would finally find fantastic success. I had dreams of speaking worldwide, pontificating about the virtues of Relationship Marketing. In short, I thought I was going to be rich and famous. Then it hit me, that’s what Relationship…

Episode 931 – How Well Do You Vet Your Prospective Clients?

Dog daycares have to vet their potential customers before they can become customers. First, they are required to have the right vaccinations to prevent doggie flu, kennel cough, and more. Next, they have to pass a temperament test. They put your dog in the play area with one to two other dogs that have been…

Episode 929 – What do Your Leads… LEAD to?

If you are on LinkedIn, I am sure you have fallen victim to the connect and pitch. Chances are they got your name using Sales Navigator, a tool like ZoomInfo, or by looking at their connections and simply reaching out to their connections. You know how it works. Someone connects with you and says, “I am not trying…

Episode 927 – Falling for the Forest from the Trees

The phrase, “can’t see the forest for the trees,” means that someone is so focused on small details or individual parts of a situation that they fail to see or understand the larger picture or the overall context. In other words, it suggests that a person is too preoccupied with minor, irrelevant, or unimportant aspects…

Episode 910 – Best Of – Who Is Gen Z and How Do They Spend $600 Billion a Year with Kathleen Hessert and Krista Jasso

When the marketplace was still fixated on the peculiarities of Millennials, Kathleen migrated to what’s NEXT- Generation Z. Used to working with young athletes, she turned to teens to build WeRGenZ from the grassroots up. Today she helps brands understand the future through today’s youth and amplifying voices of the generation. She’s a much sought-after public speaker, and consultant wowing audiences with insights derived from her original research and thousands of members of the WeRGenZ Teen Think Tank.

Episode 907 – Making An Argument For Better Marketing

Is your marketing working for or against you? In any case, you are the judge. I recently took a college course on “The Art of Debate.” It was by A Wake Forest Professor named Dr. Jarrod Atchinson. It contains over 24 half-hour lectures and digs deep into the history, purpose, and strategy of debate. In…

Episode 902 – Best Of – Generate Better Sales By Communicating Through Authenticity with Ridgely Goldsborough

Author and International Speaker, Ridgely Goldsborough, believes in solving problems and taking complex topics, and making sense out of them. He started his first business at 16 and since graduating from Law School has founded 45 companies. Ridgely is the founder of Mind Types and The Customer Conversion Formula, a cutting program to attract ideal…

Episode 888 – Best Of – Knowing Your Personality Why with Lisa Schermerhorn

Lisa has over 20 years of experience as a transformational leader, award-winning speaker, and expert in the fields of human behavior, leadership, and personal development.  She also trained in the “Winners Mindset” with Bob Reese, the former head trainer for the NY Jets, and helped a professional golfer win Golfer of the Year! Lisa was…

Episode 886 – Best Of – Why “FREE” Is A Four Letter Word That’s Bad For B2b Businesses? with Mark S.A. Smith

Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed. He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best…

Episode 871 – The Dollars Are In The Data

There is a famous saying, “What gets measured gets managed”, or “What gets measured, gets done”. It’s often attributed to Peter Drucker (but his organizations said it was not him initially). But when it comes to measurement… what happens when you are measuring the wrong things? Does that lead to doing the wrong things and…