Archive for Database Management

Brian Solis on the Future of the Social Web

Thanks to Eric Dowd for bringing this insightful article to my attention. It reinforces why your organization must embrace and institute Hub Mentality™ as soon as possible to harness the power of these trends.
Brian Solis highlights key points of this report that details the evolution and future of social media, including the following tidbits:
“Starting in [...]

Data Capture Is NOT Inherently Manipulative & Scarcity-Minded

Chris Guillebeau, the popular author of The Art of Nonconformity, recently wrote a blog articled entitled “Why People Hate Marketers.” I encourage you to read it in full to know the context of my response.
On a couple of his larger assumptions, he missed the boat.  I’m not talking the boat just left the dock and [...]

Should I focus on Relationships or a Database to Influence?

For businesses to succeed in the information age they must create individual and deep relationships with their fans as well as focus on increasing the size and reach of their influence.
Business is a numbers game.  Every good and experienced salesperson will tell you that only a certain portion of their prospects will buy.  Every good [...]

PR and ROI–Two Old Acronyms with Two New Meanings

This is a tale of two acronyms and how they’ve changed.  In a time where costs could be measured to the penny and big advertising budgets ruled the day, companies measured their effectiveness and success in many ways.  Two of the most popular acronyms were PR and ROI.  PR stood for Public Relations and ROI [...]

How to Leverage Social Networks to Build a Permission Database

One of the most important elements of Hub Mentality™ is a permission database. A database allows you to serve customers by providing free content, as well as sell to them repeatedly over time.
In most cases, building a database requires email marketing software, such as AWeber, or more advanced customer relationship management (CRM) software, such as [...]

Missed Opportunity to Build an Art Hub

This last weekend my wife and I attended an art show put on by a community art co-op here in town.  The co-op is put together of local artists who share costs to be able to market and sell their art together.  They had everything from oil to photography.  Now, I’m no art [...]

It’s Unfortunate, but it is about your Economic Engine

With all the corruption going on in big business and the corporate world there is a part of me that says, “These guys were after the money, that’s all they cared about, it was about greed!”   Here’s the harsh reality though.  It is about the money.  Some of you may be saying, “Wait, but business [...]

Who Are Salesmen Trying To Fool?

I’m washing dishes at about 7:30 last night. It’s dark outside. Just finished a great dinner with the family. Listening to my favorite music. Feeling good.
A fake-friendly rap at the door interrupts my reverie. (You know the knock — the sing-songey one where they’re trying to sound like your best friend, doing their best to [...]

Video-Marketing and the Economic Meldown

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Marketing and The Economic Meltdown

Times are different than they used to be.  Marketing is no exception! 
I was talking last week with a friend of mine who works for an ad agency.  We were discussing marketing in general and how much more difficult it is to catch the eyes of the consumer nowadays.  You can’t just put an ad [...]

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