David Meerman Scott Blog
David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, bestselling author of ten books including three international bestsellers, and a professional speaker on topics including marketing, sales, and social media.
Marketing | Newsjacking | Personal branding | Public Speaking
Recently, I delivered a main stage keynote presentation at Influence 2018, the National Speakers Association annual conference. In my talk with 1,500 in the audience, I shared how professionals can use newsjacking to get noticed, to generate media attention, to book speaking gigs, and to grow business. With thanks to NSA, I’m thrilled to share the full video of my 20-minute talk.
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Best Practices | Brand Journalism | Case Studies | Marketing | Thought Leadership | ebooks
Last week I posted about the value of free content vs putting a gate that requires an email address and other personal information to get the content. Many people commented about my strategy of totally free content on my post Really, Truly, Actually Free Content and on social media. Today, I am sharing the results of one free content offer, an ebook that has generated millions of dollars in new business for the author.
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Best Practices | Marketing | white papers
I frequently talk about the value of free content as way to reach buyers. Offering valuable information at the moment that people are looking is a great way to showcase your expertise. But most “free” offers are not free at all.
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Advertising | Best Practices | Marketing | New Rules of Marketing and PR | Worst Practices
Many people have asked me to sum up the ideas of my international bestseller The New Rules of Marketing and PR into just a few words.
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Advertising | Marketing | Worst Practices | copywriting | writing
I love cheese of all kinds except the Pasteurized, Processed yellowish Cheese Food gunk that we here in the USA call “American Cheese”. In my country this stuff, which is mass-produced in a factory, is often sold in individually packaged slices and is what McDonald’s puts on their Big Mac sandwiches. It’s as far from delicious natural cheeses like Gruyere and Brie and Cheddar as a my bike is from a 1961 Maserati 3500 GT Spyder by Vignale.
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Case Studies | Marketing | Newsjacking | Worst Practices
Social media exploded with the news, released June 4, that IHOP (International House of Pancakes) was to change their name to “IHOb”. Yesterday they announced they aren’t really changing their name. They were lying. It was just a marketing ploy. Ugh.
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