Hiring a consultant, can I see your marketing plan?

If you are thinking about hiring a marketing consultant or a coach, it is very easy to qualify them, ask them, “Can I see your marketing plan?” That will send some shimmers through them. I’m dead serious about this requirement, it is really not an option. If you read any of the material most marketing Read More …

Brand Yourself before your Non-Customers do!

I was just reading an article written by John Jantsch that he posted on Could Your Brand Stand a Personality Upgrade? on the HP Small Business Marketing Guide. He discussed Small Business branding and encouraged you to work at it much harder by identifying it more clearly to your customer base. Don’t be a big Read More …

Improve your production forecast by 50%

Actually most people tell me the their marketing is working, they just don’t have the time. Or, they would like to make it more professional. Or, maybe I could help them with start a blog.  Very few people ever admit to a marketing problem.  Even the better organizations that have built a great brand will Read More …

Lean Market achievable with Conversation Officer and Coach

If you are considering changing your marketing at all this year, this a perfect formula… Chief Conversation Officer & Duct Tape Marketing Coach from Joe Dager on Vimeo . Technorati Tags: Lean Market ,Lean Marketing ,Lean Six Sigma ,Manufacturer Marketing ,Industry Week ,QAD

Adding a Chief Conversation Officer & a Duct Tape Marketing Coach

Duct Tape Marketing Blog had a great piece on creating a position called the Chief Conversation Officer. It actually fits the position I would tell you to create if you were working with a Duct Tape Marketing Coach .  In the broad sense the duties of this position should include: Content – this one is Read More …

Small Business wants to do their marketing alone?

I am not surprised but still amazed at this statistic. Two-Thirds of Small Businesses Go it Alone for Marketing More than half of small business owners say that generating new customers is a challenge for them, yet nearly two-thirds say they do not use outside support for marketing assistance, according to a survey of US Read More …