What I know about pharmaceutical regulation fits snugly in a thimble. But I know a lot about Internet marketing. I started to wonder about how regulation and Internet marketing work…
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Do you present one face to your customer?
This might seem like silly question for a one-person business (“I only have one face”), but as your company gets larger, it becomes critically important. I started thinking about this…
Read MoreWhat do you do for your customers?
Michael Port, in his excellent book, “Book Yourself Solid,” advises consultants to give a great deal of thought to how they answer the cocktail party question, “And so what do…
Read MoreThe battle over search between merchants and affiliates
If you’re an affiliate marketer, you probably know about Amazon’s recent announcement of changes to its affiliate agreement, limiting the commissions paid for paid search advertising. If you’re not an…
Read MoreAre you ready for Me 2.0?
Over a decade ago, Tom Peter’s wrote a visionary article in Fast Company entitled The Brand Called You, where he laid out the then startling proposition that ordinary people could…
Read MoreWhy shouldn’t I do my search work in-house?
Outsource or in-house? Inquiring mind want to know. The answer is–drum roll please–hybrid. Yeah, for most companies, they need some resources in-house and some outsourced. To find out why, check…
Read MoreClick here to bypass this blog post
The very title of his post sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it. I mean, I don’t want you to skip my blog posts–I want you to see them. Geez, if…
Read MoreCookie cutter marketing: Efficient or effective?
I recently needed to use the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Bureau Web site to get some information and was confronted with a strange looking Web navigation that could be explained…
Read MoreIt takes a village idiot
I don’t know about you, but I’ve grown weary of the expression that it takes a village to raise a child. I’m not saying it isn’t true—I just get bored…
Read MoreA Little Guerilla Marketing Among Friends
I am constantly being asked how marketers can take advantage of Facebook. The usual suspects that are trotted out (buy ads or send marketing messages to people) don’t seem to…
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