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 prime real estate at my local shopping mall, a Yamaha piano dealer is actively discouraging customers. On every piano is a sign reading: “Please Do Not Play Without Permission”.
When I was on my thru hike of the Long Trail in September, I hiked an average of 8 hours a day for 26 days. There was no possible way to carry enough calories, so when I had an opportunity to eat in a restaurant, I went. And I ate a lot!
At a town hall event four years ago, I had an opportunity to ask US presidential candidate Kamala Harris the question, "What are you a fan of?" The answer she gave from the stage, “I love music… I am especially fond of Bob Marley,” was surprising in its honesty.
Applications to syndicate video and audio feeds to multiple social networking destinations have exploded in recent years. Apps such as Restream and StreamYard allow video creators to simultaneously go live to multiple streaming services, including YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn...
Collecting a ton of personal information from customers means application designers have an obligation to use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to make products easier to use. It's the human thing to do. Yet many companies don’t deploy AI and ML.
Seeing my favorite band at the most technologically advanced music venue in the world was an exhilarating, fascinating, exciting, and just a little frustrating experience. Bobby Weir and Mickey Hart are cementing their legacy by continuing to innovate while performing a Grat...
The new film Fly Me to the Moon starring Scarlett Johansson & Channing Tatum is a romantic comedy set in the 1969 race to the moon. Johansson plays a marketing strategist planning a fake moon landing video in a NASA warehouse.
The marketing & PR world has changed significantly in the past two years because of the wide adoption of Generative AI tools like ChatGPT. I’ve been working for months on the newest version of The New Rules of Marketing and PR to include the tools and tactics for how to ...
Marketing and Sales Strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and bestselling author of 10 books including "The New Rules of Marketing & PR".
