By Frederick Gooding Jr. February 17, 2022 With most of the legal challenges resolved after the violent Unite the Right rally, of August 2017, and the statue of Robert E. Lee removed from its lofty pedestal in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, local lawmakers in December 2021 voted to do the unimaginable—donate the statue to … Continue reading Not a single statue honored a Black person’s legacy until 1974. That has had very real repercussions
Empower your team to push back and avoid long-term consequences of making bad technology decisions. Jarrod Gingras on January 21, 2022 Let’s say you work in martech for a large, well-known enterprise. It’s a global firm, a recognized brand. Ideally, you’d want to follow a structured, test-based approach for how you bring new technology into … Continue reading Real Story on MarTech: Beware of vendor bullying
If left unaddressed, marketing technology zombies can create an increasing drain on your resources—and staff morale. Tony Byrne on January 14, 2022 In the wake of the first dot-com bubble bursting twenty years ago, Forbes published an excellent piece called “The Undead.” It profiled some struggling enterprise software vendors sitting on large piles of cash … Continue reading Is that vendor a zombie?
Jordan Bishop January 4, 2022 Annuities are a great way to invest, protect yourself from outliving your savings during retirement, and even protect a spouse or dependent from the financial consequences of your death. But, as with all financial instruments, annuities come with associated costs. Depending on the characteristics of the contract, an annuity’s costs … Continue reading The Real Cost of Annuities: A Look Into What You Pay for What You Get
Daniel Burrus December 4, 2021 If you have read any of my past blogs, you know that in my Anticipatory Leader System, I teach a competency called the Skip It Principle. On the surface, something like problem skipping might seem like a hands-off approach to solving an issue that arises in your organization; however, it’s … Continue reading Unlock Your Real Business Problem – and Solve it – Sooner Using Anticipatory Leadership
Devin Partida December 2, 2021 Even before the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people used their free time to engage in their passions. Whether knitting scarves and selling them on Etsy or doing home repair work for neighbors, side gigs are becoming more common for people with standard, 9-to-5 day jobs. Side hustles are great options … Continue reading When Do You Need to Start Treating Your Side Gig Like a Real Business?
Arik Hanson November 24, 2021 2021 was the year executives got more active on LinkedIn. And, for many us who have been urging execs to do this for years, it was about time. However, as more execs started using LinkedIn as a tool to reach employees, customers and prospects, one theme started to emerge: These … Continue reading Executives Need to Get a Lot More Real in 2022 on LinkedIn
Natalie Ross November 24, 2021 Many brands these days are looking to use digital marketing to establish better long-term relationships with smaller groups of existing customers. They do this as a way of building trust and their expanding audience. This requires an approach often referred to as “community marketing.” Sponsored Communities One major way to … Continue reading Reaching Real Communities with Digital Marketing
Dave Wakeman November 24, 2021 allycatfoxtrot / Pixabay I try to set a good example for my clients by doing a lot of market research. This takes many forms that most of us can do with little trouble like ethnography, one-to-one conversations, small focus groups, and surveys. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a … Continue reading 3 Signs You Don’t Have a Real Strategy
That question might mean many different things, but it’s a critical question businesses must ask when evaluating marketing tech. Tony Byrne on October 29, 2021 Before becoming famous for Trump lip-synching, the comedian and ex-Googler Sarah Cooper published a great book about how to sound impressive during meetings, and among the top-ten pieces of advice she doles out is to ask, … Continue reading “But Will It Scale?”
