Building an audience is essential but requires a lot of time and effort, which leads most people to look for shortcuts. Unfortunately, they don’t work. Digital maketing today gives us more ways to get in front of as broad or as focused of an audience as you want, but even that unprecedented power doesn’t enable […]
You probably remember your mother, or perhaps a school teacher, telling you that you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, and while their intentions were good, they were wrong. Sorry mom, you were wrong. The idea is that we’re not supposed to judge based on appearances, however, that idea contradicts the basic biological instincts […]
We all want to produce content that’s so amazing that our audience—our target market, can’t help but share it, giving us tons of free exposure, but creating that content often seems easier said than done. I think it’s safe to say we’ve all produced content that seemed like it was destined to go viral—right up […]
Some marketers pretend that marketing is some kind of secret sauce, but at its core, all marketing boils down to just two components: Getting in front of people who have a need for your product or service, and convincing them that it’s value outweighs the cost. That’s it. Nothing more. Don’t get me wrong—there are a variety […]
I hate to have to be the one to break the sad news, but someone has to say it…