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 the early 2000s, I was vice president of marketing and PR for two publicly traded companies. Back in the day, I spent millions of my companies’ dollars and thousands of hours of my teams’ time trying to get mainstream media to pay attention to us. This was pre-social netw...
Today I’m speaking at the Direct Selling Association Be Connected conference. I love presenting ideas of real-time sales and marketing to entrepreneurial groups! I like to sit in on presentations at the events I speak at because I frequently get great ideas for blog posts (l...
Content drives action. Content is the best way to reach buyers. Content is King. (And President and Pope and Queen as well). So how do you create great content? How do you understand your buyers, create compelling content that educates, informs, and entertains them, and then...
Today buyers dictate how they choose companies, products, and services with online content driving action. At the HubSpot Inbound 2014 conference, I delivered a short keynote speech in front of some 10,000 people. My slot was fantastic - between a surprise appearance by the ...
Last month I presented at an event in Winnipeg, Canada for Travel Manitoba. The travel market is crowded and consumers have lots of places to find information about places to visit. Into this environment, the best content can win the day.
One of the challenges with a book that updates every two years is keeping each of the formats current.
Tom Cruise was everywhere on television last week promoting his new mega-budget sci-fi spectacular Edge of Tomorrow which released this weekend.
This afternoon, I delivered a keynote at the Cisco Partner Velocity event which I titled Amplify Your Brand Voice - Turn Up the Volume to "11". I shared ideas for how Cisco’s partners can develop a “super voice” and reach millions. Social media engagement at your event
Marketing and Sales Strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and bestselling author of 10 books including "The New Rules of Marketing & PR".
