Episode 923 – Looking Into the Future… By LISTENING the Past

We recently watched a documentary about the Webb Space Telescope. If you are unfamiliar, the Hubble Space Telescope increased the range we could see into space versus land-based observatories. It has circled the earth at 360 miles up since 1990. The Webb Space Telescope was conceived in 1996 and launched on December 25, 2021. It…

Episode 921 – Is it Time to Get New Business Cards?

The business card’s origin can be traced back to around the time of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock. Visiting Cards were used in the 17th century. Although they were standardized in size to fit in business card holders and Rolodexes, people have been trying to improve on them or make them stand out with odd…

Episode 919 – Who is More Useful to Your Business? A CMO or a CRO?

I think I can safely say that you don’t go into business to lose money… unless you intentionally do so for a tax write-off. Yet making money is not as easy as it’s often characterized. It takes a great idea mixed with execution. It takes hard work mixed with luck. And, it takes money mixed…

Episode 913 – Seconds… Chance Interactions

If you manage your own or other business websites, I imagine you are using Google Analytics or another data manager to explore the traffic to your website. Generally, you measure how much traffic you get, how long people stay, and which pages or posts get the most traffic. Another key indicator is where the traffic…

Episode 909 – Is Your Marketing an Investment or an Expense? Good Questions!

Speaking of communications, I’ve had a few Zoom meetings this week that stood out and I wanted to share. I understand that recapping Zoom meetings may not be the most exciting thing you read all week, but bear with me. There is a point I am trying to make (that I hope will pay off…

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 906 – The Power of Personalized Short Form Video with Austin Armstrong

Austin Armstrong is a lifelong digital marketer, public speaker, host of the TikTok podcast BusinessTok, CEO of Socialty Pro, an organic SEO & Vertical Video marketing agency, and CEO of Syllaby, a brand new marketing tool that helps business owners create a social media content strategy in minutes. Austin has posted over 2500 videos on…

Episode 905 – Making Connections… Where are the Wires?

I grew up with wires, LOTS OF WIRES. Being a musician and an audio-video and computer geek, I still have bins filled with wires. I don’t know about you, but I still find wired connections more reliable. Wireless can be affected by distance and environmental factors. Also, wireless signals can be intercepted or hacked. Just…

Episode 901 – Focusing on the 5 A-Holes of Marketing

A salesman and a marketing guy walk into a bar… This really happened. Well, the bar was at a country club. I had the pleasure of spending a Fore-Hour Nature Meeting with Larry Long Jr 🎤 where we spent hours trying to hit a little white ball into a hole. If you’re wondering, sales beat marketing. This…

Episode 899 – Dropping Knowledge Bombs And Hitting Targets

I have mentioned before, I am a fan of Malcolm Gladwell and his podcast “Revisionist History”. His last book “The Bomber Mafia” was about the race to use strategic bombing to end World War II. This was before the “Manhattan Project” which yielded the first atomic bomb that was built and used to change the…