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.
Today, the U.S. Olympic Committee pulled Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after Boston mayor Marty Walsh said he would not sign the bid documents if they left city taxpayers vulnerable to cost overruns. The fascinating story behind the failed bid is of the importa...
Yesterday morning as I normally do, I checked my Twitter feed first thing while enjoying a cup of black coffee. I noticed the following tweet from @petermccormack: @dmscott would love your thoughts on my article about the failings of online advertising. Peter included a link...
The Grateful Dead used free content to build a social network of fans before Mark Zuckerberg was even born. They pioneered many of the ideas we now use in social media and content marketing. Unlike other bands, the Grateful Dead encouraged concertgoers to record their live s...
Now Now is the best time to market a product, service, or idea!
It’s time to treat content as a valuable asset instead of a monthly expense. I’ve been involved in valuing a number of companies over the years and the assets that get added up include such things as the revenue from customers, real estate, equipment, inventory, and the like...
Rich Jurek, my co-author on Marketing the Moon, sends us to this awesome video from Hyundai. Stephanie from Houston misses her astronaut father working at the International Space Station. So she and Hyundai cooked up a fantastic message created using 11 Hyundai Genesis cars ...
We’re officially into the 2016 US presidential election season with three major candidates officially declaring so far. I love this time! There is so much to learn from the campaigns.
Most business-to-business marketing is dreadfully boring. Why is that? I think marketers get hung up on that “business” word and forget that they should be communicating to people. But it doesn’t have to be that way!