I write about strategies to turn fans into customers and customers into fans. I also share ways to use real-time strategies to spread ideas, influence minds, and build business.
I've enjoyed creating this week of blog posts centering around live music, a passion of mine.
When Grateful Dead spiritual leader Jerry Garcia died in 1995 and the band stopped touring, many long-time fans found themselves suddenly without a reason to gather with the many friends they made on tour. It was a sad time for those people for whom the band was an important...
Music fans are incredibly passionate about the bands that they love. Smart marketers tap into that passion as a way to engage audiences.
In the second installment of my Summer Music Series, (which will run each day this week), I'd like to explore the concept of work.
I'm a huge live music fan.
As content marketing becomes more and more popular these days with books like Content Rules and conferences like Content Marketing World, I'm not hearing much about the incredible value of photographs as a form of marketing.
After my speech at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of university students spending the summer as interns at Microsoft.
The four Ps of marketing -- product, place, price, and promotion – used to describe the marketing mix, was coined way back in the 1960s. Business school curricula still frequently include a discussion of the 4 Ps of marketing and I see the 4 Ps pop up frequently in marketing...
Marketing and Sales Strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and bestselling author of 10 books including "The New Rules of Marketing & PR".
