Free Webinar: Secrets of Building a Successful Consumer Brand That Customers Love

Learn how to make customers fall in love with your brand and keep coming back for more. Free Book Preview No BS Guide to Direct Response Social Media Marketing The ultimate guide to – producing measurable, monetizable results with social media marketing. June 3, 2020 2 min read Building aRead More

3 Insider Tips for Creating a ‘Productized’ Business (Even if You Offer Services)

June 3, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Whether you’re working as a copywriter or a graphic designer, most freelancers and solopreneurs offer on a service-based model. It can be the perfect way to get started; with little more than a laptop and an internetRead More

7 Reasons Why a Podcast Can Help You Grow Your Business

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch Today I’m starting a two-part series on podcasting. More specifically why small businesses should start podcasting.  In part one, let’s talk about starting a podcast for your business. Later in part two, we will talk about being a guestRead More

5 Ways To Inspire Your Marketing With Gratitude

How does gratitude help us become better marketers and in our professional and personal lives? The world B2B marketers face today is rife with a variety of new and unexpected challenges, and meeting these often daunting twists and turns head-on with a mega-dose of gratitude creates not only better marketing,Read More

Building Good Relationships Is the Goal of Great Networking

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Marketing Podcast with Dr. Ivan Misner In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interview Dr. Ivan Misner who is the founder and chairman of the business networking organization BNI. BNI was founded in 1985, the organization now has over 9,400 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world.Read More

No one can tell you how to feel right now.

Well, the last few months have thrown us all for a loop; that’s for sure. And now this, another chapter, one of unrest, undoubtedly related to the fear, hopelessness, and divisiveness brought on by heightened overwhelm of a pandemic. Yes, riots and protests, sparked by another senseless death of aRead More

Break Free B2B Marketing: Julie Brown of Johnson Controls on Proving the EBIT of Your Marketing

For decades, marketers have measured success differently than the rest of the organization. We raise awareness, increase share of voice, generate impressions, deliver MQLs to sales.  Meanwhile, the success of the business itself is measured in….well, money. Revenue. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).  But this disparity is changing asRead More

New To Instagram Live? Here’s How To Show Up Like A Pro

June 1, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. From the entertainment sector to the health and fitness industry, stay-at-home orders have forced many entrepreneurs to improvise and share their skills virtually. Instagram Live has emerged as an outlet of choice for enterprising business owners. HopRead More

How Social Should the CMO Be? 3 Guidelines for Success

Senior executive social media participation is often associated with better leadership, brand transparency and helps build better connections with customers, employees, and investors. For most companies, the CMO is one of the most visible executives and as a public facing marketing role, there is an expectation that the chief marketingRead More

Weekend Favs May 30

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for theRead More