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The Essentials: Social Media

By james | May 30th, 2009

Lately I’ve had several people ask me about adding social media to their marketing mix. Here are my three essential rules for social media: It’s still marketing Expect conversations on difficult issues Regular updates  are key, so plan accordingly It’s still marketing Social media is new, exciting and sometimes intoxicating. Before you jump in remember, [...]

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The Essentials: Consistency

By james | April 29th, 2009

If you want to succeed as a business or organization, consistency is crucial. Last week one of the blogs that I follow had a post that was different than the type of content they normally publish. The blog has a strong following in its specific niche so after reading a post that didn’t have anything [...]

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The Essentials: Stories and Relationships

By james | April 28th, 2009

My current working theory of marketing says that there are two core elements, stories and relationships. Stories Stories are the threads that tie all the pieces together. Packaging, distribution, pricing and advertising are all parts of a story that is being created about a brand, product, organization or person. Relationships Relationships are how people see [...]

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The Art of Speed

By james | March 13th, 2008

Speed is becoming an essential part of business today, especially on the web. This weekend I attended a panel discussion entitled “The Art of Speed” at South by Southwest Interactive. Here are the points I found useful or interesting: Follow the market to where the growth is – Often companies look to attack new markets [...]

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How big is your market

By james | January 16th, 2008

If you’re going to start a business or launch a new product you should be able to answer in numerical terms how big your market is.

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Pony Up

By james | August 28th, 2007

SMU’s new advertising campaign includes two TV commercials promoting the upcoming football season. Here is one of the commercials.

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