Today, I'm going to share with you a story that began 135 years ago. Coca-Cola taught the world to sing in perfect harmony and it also taught all of us some great marketing lessons! On May 8th, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton sold his first glass of Coca-Cola at Jacobs...
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading an article on Medium.com titled: 8 Pillars of a Satisfied and Happy Life. Here's a link to it: https://medium.com/mind-cafe/8-pillars-of-a-satisfied-and-happy-life-847d98707e81 It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon as I read it and...
One is more profitable. One is more needy. Both are important to the overall success of a business. Understanding how to identify each type and how to turn transactional customers, when possible, into relational can be a huge boost to your business. Every business...
It's back. Radio is back on the road. In case you haven't noticed this summer, a lot of us have been doing what we were discouraged from doing last summer. Spring and Summer 2020 was the year of cancelled vacations, limited gatherings and working from home. 2021 has...
When a person walks through the doors of your business, in-person or online, and purchases something from you for the first time, at that moment, they become your customer, your patient, or your client. The question is, what is the value of that individual to your...
In the never-ending maze of online media, on-air media, outdoor media, direct mail, and print media, business owners often ask, “Which media work best?” or, “Which media platforms will give me the highest return on my investment?” If you ask an honest and...
Are you a Follower? Or are you a Leader? A couple weeks ago I read a statistic about advertising spending that didn't surprise me but kind of made me sad. It’s estimated that this year, digital advertising will account for nearly 67% of all media spending. That was...
Did you notice the title of this article has a play on words? Or did you think it was just a typo? Brand Building in Dollars and Sense with the word Sense spelled not like the cents we use to refer to money but as sense, as it makes sense or common sense which people...
Of the 5 senses most of us are born with, some have different filtering properties. Those 5 human senses are Taste Touch Sight Hearing Smell Some of these might diminish as we get older, the most common ones are sight and hearing. Others vary depending on the...