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.
In our years of research on fandom, we've heard again and again that people are starving for true human connection. Fanocracy is the future of business, because the relationship companies build with their customers is often more important than the products and services they ...
Since I announced my new book several weeks ago, many people have reached out to ask me how my co-author (and daughter) Reiko and I came up with the idea for our new book Fanocracy: How to Turn Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans which releases on January 7, 2020. We...
I’m having a blast continuing my research into the marketing aspects of the US Presidential election cycle. I live only 20 miles from the New Hampshire border and drive to events in this first in the nation primary state. In this post we’ll take a look at how the candidates ...
I’m super excited to announce that my new book Fanocracy: How to Turn Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans will release January 7, 2020 from Portfolio, the business book division of Penguin Random House. The book is about Fandom culture and how any business can grow b...
Long-time readers of my blog may recall that each US Presidential election cycle, I love to analyze the marketing strategies and tactics used by the various candidates. I look at the Primaries and the General Election and I have done so since the 2004 cycle. I’m fortunate to...
I was poking around a clothing company site this morning, checking out a few cool looking items, but I didn’t buy anything. Soon after, I received an email “Exclusive 10% off for you” with an image of one of the products I looked at and a coupon to get that item at a special...
Music artist Lil Dicky released a music video on Friday featuring Leonardo DiCaprio together with 30 music artists including Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Bad Bunny, PSY, Zac Brown, Miley Cyrus, Sia, Ed Sheeran, Snoop Dogg and more, all to send a message about saving...
In the old days, salespeople were the experts we relied on to educate us about products and services. In a world where we didn’t have the ability to go online to conduct independent research, buyers were at the mercy of sellers. Of course, that’s not true anymore. Yet many s...