Outreach Tips (better than anything you’ll find searching Google)
It’s 2020, so your inboxes probably look like mine. Bloated with requests from people you don’t know, overrun by low-quality spammers, a bubbling morass…
Marketing
Where Should You Start Marketing a New Business or Product?
There’s no question I get more when presenting on startup marketing than this: “I feel so overwhelmed… Where do I even start?” It’s a…
How to Find Those Hard-to-Reach Audiences in SparkToro… Fast
Updated: April 5th, 2024 (for SparkToro V2) Every day, I help folks in fascinating, unique niches uncover key information about the audiences for their…
Too Much Creative Marketing is Stifled by Attribution
You’re listening to a podcast. The guest describes a product that sounds compelling, alluring, something you’ve been looking for… What happens next? Yup. You…
Content Marketing Superpower: Small, Invite-Only, Amplifier Groups
Every month or so, I get an email via BCC. It’s short and to the point, containing a blog post or research paper from…
The “Wall Street Journal” Marketing Problem
If you’ve worked in the marketing field long enough, either with consulting clients or as an in-house practitioner with executive participation, you’ve encountered a…
Survey: 734 Marketing Professionals Share How They’re Hiring in the 2020 Recession
If you’re a marketing student about to graduate, a job-seeker considering the field of marketing, or someone who’s looking to advance in their marketing…
The Dirty Secret to Ranking #1 in Google (Part 3 of 3)
Years ago, one might reasonably separate the elements of Google’s results into distinct entities: Google News, Books, Videos, Images, Local… But today it’s near-impossible.…
The Dirty Secret to Ranking #1 on Google (Part 2 of 3)
Yesterday, we explored how Google puts their own products before any others, often regardless of quality. When they do, *even* when those results are…
The Dirty Secret to Ranking #1 on Google (part 1 of 3)
For the last few years, I’ve had a tongue-in-cheek phrase on my official bio that reads: “If you feed him great pasta or great…