Marketing Strategies

How Long Can You Go?

Extreme is good. Extreme is awesome. Extreme is profitable. But when your extreme behavior is inauthentic, rooted in a desire to get attention by whatever means possible, extreme is bad...

First Mover Advantage Redefined

Remember that term “first mover advantage”? I’m sure you do. And I also suspect you realize that it is pretty much no longer relevant - at least as to how...

Competing On Convenience

Convenience. It’s one of your customers greatest desires. A house used to be a cave. Drinking water was in a river a mile away. Dinner was a day’s (or week’s)...

McDonald’s Sneaky Trick To Making More Money From You

Back in September 2013, McDonald’s began a campaign for their Premium Roast Coffee. Started in California, the campaign (perhaps due to its success) has grown countrywide. Buy any size cup...

Passive And Participative Marketing

You remember 20 years ago, right?  Marketing was passive.  You would run a TV commercial or have the local radio station pitch your product.  Consumers would either listen or turn...

Make Your Website The Same (But Do It Differently)

When it comes to website design (or any of your marketing materials), the unique, different and unexpected can work against you.  It’s the marketer’s paradox. Being different is your biggest...

Ask Your Prospects What They Predict

People are more likely to do something when they say (or write) that they will.  For example, if you announce to your family you are going to work out at...

Black Friday Is A Manufactured Event

I want to let you in on a little secret: Today, Black Friday, didn't just happen, it was manufactured. People didn't miraculously figure out that the best shopping deals of...

Need Client Insights? Become A (Temporary) Journalist!

Do you want to know what your top clients and prospects really need from you? Do you want to know the biggest problems or opportunities they face? Do you want...

You Need An Enemy

Walmart has an enemy - inflated prices. Nirvana has (had) an enemy - hair bands. Google has an enemy - wasted search time. To build your following, you must have...

You Need An Enemy

Walmart has an enemy – inflated prices. Nirvana has (had) an enemy – hair bands. Google has an enemy – wasted search time. To build your following, you must have something or someone you are fighting.

What is the old mindset you are fighting to change? Who is that Juggernaut company that has monopolized your industry and you are fighting to bring alternatives to that market? What is that industry trend that you are fighting to change?

Name your enemy. And encourage your fans to rally around you as you fight forward. Businesses with an army of supporters, fighting a common cause, grow.

Target your enemy