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.
HubSpot was recently named the #1 Best Place to Work in the USA in 2020 by Glassdoor as rated by employee reviews. What an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations to all my friends at HubSpot (I have been an advisor since 2007).
If you aren’t thinking about how fandom can grow your business, you should be. One of the most powerful things you can do as a business is to build a community of devoted fans that will choose the products or services that you provide no matter the circumstances. The passion...
Trust and honesty are hallmarks of building fans of a company, product, or idea. When a company breaks its customers’ trust, it takes a very long time to earn it back. In early November, I received an email from PayPal telling me that they will be sending me, without my perm...
Over the past year, I’ve had an opportunity to visit over 20 presidential candidate town hall events in New Hampshire and I’ve asked each candidate a simple question: “Outside of your work and family, what are you a passionate fan of?” I was so excited when Kamala Harris tol...
I am super excited that I am a guest on this week’s Tony Robbins Podcast! The episode is titled Cracking the Code on Company Culture: How to Turn Lukewarm Customers into Raving Fans, and Disengaged Employees into High-Performing Teams.
A modification in how you think of your marketing, simply changing your thinking from an expense to an asset, is a powerful reminder to build marketing that will help your business grow. In accounting terms, an asset - such as equipment, furniture, real estate, and inventory...
Cory Booker is a U.S. senator from New Jersey and Democratic candidate for president. He is one of more than 20 presidential candidates I've had an opportunity to visit with in New Hampshire. I’ve asked candidates a simple question: “Outside of your work and family, what are...
On August 15, I attended a Donald Trump MAGA rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. I witnessed massive Trump fandom in action and I wrote about the marketing aspects of the event. Several weeks later, in the exact same venue, I attended the New Hampshire State Democratic Conve...