Email marketing is now undisputedly the most powerful marketing tool in your toolkit. Not only does it provide one of the only sources of reliable reach for the average marketer, your email marketing program is now the most powerful advertising tool you have. For years and even today, connecting your social media accounts to a…
What if you could put together a marketing plan, a strategy, and a budget rooted in reality that gave you the resources you need to succeed? In my Marketing Planning Framework, we do exactly that. Step by step, we’ll look at the data you have, compare it to the model companies in your industry, and…
On September 27, 2015, we got a chance to experience the Super Blood Moon, a full lunar eclipse while the moon was at perigee, its closest point to Earth. This is an event that happens infrequently; prior to 2015, the last occurrence was 1982, and the next occurrence will be 2033. More than a few…
Once upon a time, when I worked in financial services, I checked charts and quotes daily. I watched the world’s markets like a hawk, because macroeconomic issues that could impact my work often had leading indicators days, weeks, or months in advance. Even today, I still check in, though not nearly as frequently because my…
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Want a step by step version of this post? Download the new premium webinar, 2016 Marketing Planning Framework! We’ve now established what the customer journey is not, and what your customer journey currently looks like. Now what? Let’s begin where we left off in the last post. We’ve established our specific customer journey and noted…
Want a step by step version of this post? Download the new premium webinar, 2016 Marketing Planning Framework! In the previous post, we emphasized what the customer journey was not. It’s not just another name for the funnel. It’s understanding how your customers act, not necessarily in a linear fashion, on their way to becoming…
Want a step by step version of this post? Download the new premium webinar, 2016 Marketing Planning Framework! The concept of the customer journey is simple: our customers may not follow a linear path to conversion, but they do have a logical flow. If we can understand the customer journey, we can improve it and…
There’s a quote of mine from a while back that’s become fairly popular: “Find your spirit, and no challenge will keep you from achieving your goals.” What does this mean, exactly? In the Japanese martial arts, we often refer to mind, body, and spirit. We seek to improve each: To sharpen our minds to see…
“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” – Andy Warhol, 1968 These days, your 15 minutes of fame are more likely than ever thanks to social media and the Internet. In just hours, you can go from obscurity to the front page of every news site, from unknown to speaking with national…
