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Category: Innovation

  • Inspiration from “The Fulfillment Guy” and Zappos

    My friend and client, Eric Brown – aka “The Fulfillment Guy” – had the privilege of meeting Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos. I’m envious of Eric… Tony is an inspiration. He has built a phenomenal company, that was just recently acquired by Amazon. I just bought Tony’s book “Delivering Happiness”, and can’t wait to dig in.… →

  • Its the Little Things – How to Make Me Your Customer

    Update: Lands End Canvas blows me away. They really know how to treat people right! After I wrote my post, I tagged them on a FB post about my blog post, and next thing I know, my blog is on FIRE! The page views went through the roof. Why? Because Lands End posted about ME… →

  • Display is Bringing Sexy Back

    My focus lately has been on advocating the benefits of email marketing as I think it is a marketing channel that is poorly under utilized and yet so very cost effective! And remember, it has the highest ROI in any direct response marketing channel! But I’m stepping off my email marketing soapbox for a bit… →

  • WeReward: Just Another Geo-Location Service?

    You may recall my post on FourSquare, where I talk about the benefits to retailers in using the ‘check-in’ service. Since that write up, I’ve signed up for and played with nearly a dozen new sites and apps. In addition to Gowalla, Foursquare, and Brightkite, I’ve also used the check-in feature of Yelp, and  Whrrl (although I lost my… →

  • #LMX2010 – A Big Day in Hampton Roads History

    Tomorrow is a big day in Hampton Roads. For the first time, the region is pulling out all the stops and hosting a huge marketing convention. This is a big deal in this military heavy region – most conventions are government or military related. About a year ago, Kurt Noer, the CEO and Founder of… →

  • The Value of Social Friendships

    What do you think your friendship is worth? And what are friendships worth to you? $25 or an iPad? Every morning, as I check Facebook, I am inundated with requests for help from our friends. “I’m trying to build a chicken coop in Farmville, can you help?” or “My daughters’ boyfriends’ mother has a new… →

  • What’s in a Name?

    This week I’ve been working with someone to develop their brand name. It is a bit of a process, but a fun one! If you’re considering starting a business, changing your brand name, or know someone who is, take a look at these tips on creating a GREAT business name. Brainstorm. How do you want people… →

  • 9 B2B Social Media Marketing Statistics

    As you may recall from some of my previous posts, I love data! So when I came across a list of 28 Awesome B2B Social Media statistics, I had to hold back from squealing with glee! Here are 9 of my fav’s plus a couple of surprise stats. Surprise stat: Only 50% of B2B marketers formally analyze… →

  • Ten Simple Blogging Tips to Increase Your Traffic

    Are you satisfied with your blog traffic? Do you know hot to increase it? I was reading some of the posts on Inbound Marketers – For Marketing Professionals (a group of which I’m a member on Linked In) and saw a post by one of our members, Erin Smith that resonated with me. She  put… →

  • Excerpt: FourSquare, Groupon offer small-biz benefits – Article

    Excerpt from an article I wrote for Inside Business newspaper (print and online): <– I have a friend whose daily activities can be viewed by the world through FourSquare. We know where he is almost every minute of the day (and boy, does he eat a lot!). So what is FourSquare? And how can you… →