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Marketing Strategy

Positioning, messaging, and campaigns that sound like you and actually move people.
Waiting For Her Lover
Marketing Strategy

Small Business Marketing: The Difference Between Love and Lonely Nights is Seduction

Did you know I met my wife online? As a result, I'm a huge proponent of online dating. So while…
February 26, 2013
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Fire Starter
Marketing Strategy

Protecting the Mavericks: the difference between Firestarting and Arson

"Of 40 women who came together at this Women With Big Ideas conference, not one of them could name another…
February 15, 2013
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Nick Goes To Jail
Marketing Strategy

Are We There Yet? Nick’s Origin Story – Killing Some Dreams To Save Others

This is a bit of a long story - three times longer than I normally post, but I've been hearing…
November 27, 2012
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Row of airline flight attendants in pink uniforms and high heels
Marketing Strategy

How to fix US Politics (well, the ads at least)

This year alone, media stations are estimated to bring in $3 billion for political advertisements. While political candidates themselves have…
September 7, 2012
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Hand-drawn sign: HELP! I need somebody
Marketing Strategy

The Right Way To Ask For Help

Many people have wonderful ideas but no clue how to market them. A few people want to build the next…
August 19, 2012
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Nick At Podcamp
Marketing Strategy

I Got Here With Help

Each and every one of us has had those moments. We fall down - whether from exhaustion, lack of commitment,…
August 1, 2012
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VCR with a Please remember to rewind sticker
Marketing Strategy

Be Kind, Please Rewind

In a world seemingly stuck in perpetual fast-forward, it's time we all take a moment to be kind and rewind.
July 20, 2012
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Graffiti on a brick wall: Stop being so serious
Marketing Strategy

#$%!: a Guide to Profanity in your Messaging

Chances are, you're reading this in your email - through my newsletter. Chances are, unless you're like me, you don't…
June 27, 2012
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Home Depot storefront and parking lot
Marketing Strategy

Your Website and Home Depot: How are your Sidewalks?

If you asked me right now to name my six favorite programming languages, I could. Draw a near-perfect blueprint of…
May 7, 2012
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Love and Hate
Marketing Strategy

I Hate That – How Extreme Niches Connect You with What Your Ideal Customers Really Want

When I develop my own projects, I immediately seek out folks who absolutely hate it and try to find out…
March 28, 2012
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The Bachelor
Marketing Strategy

The Five Things The Bachelor Can Teach Us About Marketing

The Bachelor provides a huge, shallow window into other people's interactions - like people-watching at the mall on steroids. This…
February 28, 2012
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Hand-painted sign reading How to Build Community
Marketing Strategy

When You Do The Right Thing…

The gray area exists for a reason; everybody thinks they're in the right, even if they're not. The only real…
January 28, 2012
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