Be Where YOU Need to Be, Not Where “They” Say You Should

Social media needs

A friend of mine went to a Social Media for Small Business conference recently. He’s a small business owner, and has been thinking about using social media for a while. He enjoyed the conference and made some great connections while there. Yet something he said worries me, and that’s the need to be everywhere. According to… [Continue Reading]

State of Independence

independence

Years ago I worked in retail on both sides. I started out working for an electrical goods chain store, then moved onto a smaller local one. Both jobs were great (at least for me), because they satisfied the tech geek in me. Surrounded by home theater kits and massive TV’s? Sign me up! But as… [Continue Reading]

Building Catapults

Catapults are a great piece of engineering. They can be small and simple enough for a child to use. They can be intricate and building-sized for an army to use. They can hit a target a few feet away. They can zone in on a target hundreds of feet way. Catapults are built to hit… [Continue Reading]

The Art of Doing

I’ve been looking at a lot of businesses lately and watching with interest as they adapt (or don’t) to today’s business world. Some are managing the transfer (Coca Cola, Ford, Four Seasons), while others seem to be struggling (BP, Nissan, Nestle). And these are the big boys that should be able to provide the budgets… [Continue Reading]

Is Your Marketing the PITS?

When I took my marketing degree back in 2001, part of the course was learning about the Four P’s of Marketing – Product, Price, Place and Promotion. These terms have been the mainstay of marketing since the 1950′s, when Neil H. Borden published an article called The Concept of the Marketing Mix , although the… [Continue Reading]

The Real Cost of Social Media

Social media is free. Social media is inexpensive. You don’t have to outspend your competition. Social media saves time. Social media will save your business thousands, if not millions. These are all quotes I’ve seen from various voices recently. Each one pretty much agrees with the other – that social media is a great tool… [Continue Reading]

One Size Fits All

Marketing to a law firm is very different to marketing to a butcher’s shop. Implementing social media strategy for a school is not the same as implementing social media strategy for a school for spine surgeons. Flying a kite is not the same as flying a three hundred passenger Boeing. One size fits all solutions?… [Continue Reading]

Old and New

Old often equates to age, and wisdom. Old shows staying power and stamina, and hard battles fought and won. New often equates to eagerness, and a willingness to experiment. New shows paths yet to be journeyed and successes to come. Mix old and new and you have the wisdom to journey the right paths. The… [Continue Reading]