"Nobody listens to regular radio anymore". I've heard that myth every year for years. My predecessors, heard a similar myth I'm sure when music became portable. Phonograph records have been around for more than a century but in order to listen to them, you needed a...
Today I'm going update a topic that I've spoken on previously. Who is the Spokesperson for your Business? Yes, it's the people who answer the phone, who greet the customers, and the ones that interact face to face or online. But that is different. I'm referring to...
What's going on in the media and marketing world now that we've gone through the first year of a worldwide pandemic? As an insider to information that you don't have access to, I have some answers. And let me preface this by stating, no the pandemic is not over, the...
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" is a sometimes quoted and often misquoted saying that is credited to the book The Art of War from over 4000 years ago and the Godfather Part 2 movie a mere 40 years ago. While much has been said about that quote, today...
Your suppliers or vendors have a vested interest in your success, and most of them have access to extraordinary marketing funds and resources beyond traditional co-op to help you sell more of their products. The problem is, seldom does anyone ask for these funds! If...
The Scott Howard Genuine ScLoHo Media & Marketing Podcast turns 200 this week. To me, that's a little bit of a bragging right. For you, perhaps it will give you a little bit of confidence or trust in what you are reading or listening to. Indulge me for a moment...
It's not all it's cracked up to be. The whole magical world of digital advertising online. For the past decade plus, I've seen study after study after study that talked about the shift in advertising from traditional ads to digital ads. As a point of reference,...
Depending upon your business category, acquiring a new customer can cost five times more than retaining an existing customer. Knowing this, it only makes sense to do everything you can to maintain a relationship with your current customers, better known as Core...
As much as we want to kiss the year 2020 good-bye and move forward as if it never happened, we can't. And we shouldn't. 12 months ago all of us were planning on a very different year than what unfolded in 2020. The economy seemed to be moving forward after a market...