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.
Last night, President Obama delivered his eighth and final State of the Union address. It was an amazing display of his formidable communications skills. The president quickly touched on partisan issues that he’s championed and then moved to areas that he will focus on durin...
For the New Year, I’m starting a series of blog posts I’m calling Back to the Basics. The first in the series is this post on the importance of buyer personas in any sales and marketing strategy.
There’s no question that Donald Trump has a better command of real-time media than any other candidate for President. And that is a big reason that his poll numbers are high. Trump uses Twitter more often than other candidates and he is faster to respond to what’s in the new...
That device in your pocket? What was science fiction just a few years ago is science fact today!
Early this month I visited the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii to do some surfing (on smaller waves) and watch the pros (on the bigger waves). I had time to think about how content driven the business of surfing is.
Earlier this week I shared an example of how Trent Silver, a young entrepreneur who learned Newsjacking from me, uses the technique to grow his businesses. Just one of Trent’s newsjacking efforts generated $250,000 in new revenue for his young company. Since that post, many ...
Recently I shared that for the past six months I’ve been working on an online course called Master Newsjacking! In that announcement, I asked if you have any questions or advice for me as I finalize the content of the course. Wow! The response was overwhelming. I received we...
Some of your most important assets for securing interest in the media as well as educating your buyers are the experts who work at your organization. As a part of a virtual newsroom or other appropriate place on your site and blog, highlighting your employees is a great way ...
Marketing and Sales Strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and bestselling author of 10 books including "The New Rules of Marketing & PR".
