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.
Back in May, 2010 when Boeing embarked on a fledgling brand journalism program, I interviewed Todd Blecher, Communications Director, for a blog post I titled The Plane Truth: Brand journalism and the new Boeing site.
As I evaluate Web marketing such as blogs and websites, one thing I look for is evidence of both left-brain and right-brain thinking in the creation of the content. This obsession might seem trivial, but I guess my right-brain outlook on life causes me to take a holistic vie...
Welcome to 2012.
One of my favorite videos is HP Invent, which was co-created by Tom Wrigglesworth. I've shown this video at many of my speaking gigs because it beautifully captures what HP Workstations are about. The video is not a product pitch. And it is entertaining as heck.
Content marketing as a concept has become better known in the past few years, particularly because of Content Rules by Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman and Content Marketing World, an event produced by Joe Pulizzi.
Last week, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead, which I wrote with HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan was released in the Japanese language. The book is doing great. It's been ranked in the top 20 or so of all books sold on Amazon Japan and most physical bookstores have already...
Today, HubSpot launched the brand new Marketing Grader – a free tool to grade your online marketing. You can read about it on the HubSpot blog. Newsjacking the Republicans
On November 14, 2011 I introduced my new book Newsjacking to the market.