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1 Must-Do, No-Tech Tip for Getting Ready for Mobi Marketing »

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Mobile marketing isn’t quite on the radar of most of my B2B clients, perhaps a little bit more with my B2C. But it’s coming and we all must, in the very least, be thinking about how our companies and organizations will use this new marketing channel.
But true to my direct marketer’s heart [...]

Avoid or Embrace: Which kind of motivation drives your customers? »

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You’d be surprised what I find in my email box every day and every week.
I subscribe to several kinds of business and personal newsletters, many of which sell stuff. Those are the emails I especially read to be inspired and occasionally swipe (ethically, of course) a new idea or two.
A week [...]

News Feed Reads: It’s All About the Customer/Prospect/Reader … Still! »

photo credit: Lisa Brewster
I’m seething at the moment, so you’ll just have to bear with me.
I’ve spent at least 2 hours everyday for the past week with someone, sometimes several ones, at the FAMOUS NAME tech support center regarding my little corner of the ecommerce world. These folks are unfailingly polite, but remain failingly [...]

Change the Can, Change the Behavior: What Can Marketers Learn? »

Let me tell you about my big blue can.
No, no … not THAT kind of can. (And mine ain’t blue, thank you very much
As you know, I love smart thinking. It inspires me on all levels, creative and otherwise. It also helps to boost my problem-solving acumen. The trick is to see the [...]