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 been fired three times, most recently in 2002. Each time, I did what nearly everyone does to get a new job: Outbound marketing.
The term big data has gotten a lot of press.
I’m a huge Google News geek.
The idea of newsjacking is quite simple: it is the art and science of injecting your ideas into breaking news, in real-time, in order to generate media coverage and social attention for yourself or your business.
Last week I presented a Masterclass in Cairo and had an opportunity to meet with many marketers who are using real-time engagement and social media effectively to reach customers in the Egypt market.
With my friend Larry McGlynn, I went to the Nantucket Demolition Derby recently. It was a great day watching car crashes in beautiful autumn weather.
Most music artists use the usual route to launch a record – try to get radio airplay and try to get the media to write a review. That’s not what Ronnie Dunn did to launch three new songs. Instead he performed a guerrilla gig from the roof of a restaurant, playing as the CMT ...
In the many hundreds of live music venues I’ve visited, getting a drink is the worst experience.