Hello Mr. Reader, See that line above? The one with your name in it? That’s one form of using personalization in email. But it’s not the best one. Personalization can be a great tool to use in your email marketing. But personalizing is much more than...
The baseball season is upon us. Crazy early this year, isn’t it? And when it’s time to toss the ball around, it’s also time to toss around the stats. Baseball has stats for everything: There are stats for batting.Stats for...
On a recent visit, my young nephew asked if I had any ice cream… I had none to offer. Bad uncle! So we hopped in the car and went to 31 flavors. The excitement of getting ice cream was quickly replaced with the dilemma of making a choice. Which one is the best? What...
I’m NOT a fan of elevator pitches. Heresy coming from a marketing guy, right? Yes, I know EVERYONE tells you you need an elevator pitch. It may be the 1st thing you learned at that networking group you joined when you started in business. (The second thing you...
It’s not hard to find marketing advice these days. You can find advice: in books at webinars on blogs at networking events in magazines listening to podcasts from your uncle (who never had a business, but loves Wikipedia) etc. Part of your challenge as a...