Category: Business Owners

In my youth, a former coworker once told me, “I’d never date anyone who works in marketing.” When I inquired about his reasoning, he replied: “It’s just so sleazy. Choosing that line of work says a lot about a person.” Since I was young and impressionable, that sentiment stayed with me. So I was naturally Read More… The post Marketing[…]

I remember when autosave didn’t exist in writing software. In the old days, if your computer temporarily borked, you might have lost some important text if you didn’t recently save your work … I still compulsively click “Save” out of habit when I write and edit. Luckily, if you’re working online today, such as in Read More… The post What’s[…]

In the beginning, the business website was a mere brochure. Low value, low shareability, low findability. Around 2005, a big shift happened thanks to content. Cutting-edge business websites became educational resources with valuable content that ranked well in search engines and benefited from the sharing functionality of emerging social media. Soon, “cutting edge” became the Read More… The post Web[…]

The phrase “ethical marketing” has always struck some folks as an oxymoron. Isn’t “marketing” just another word for lying, deceiving, and manipulating someone into buying a product or service? Yeah, no. There have always been plenty of good folks in the selling and marketing game. They just tend to be a little less noticeable than Read More… The post Ethical[…]

Marketing Podcast with Anthony SullivanPodcast Transcript My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is entrepreneur and celebrity TV pitchman, Anthony “Sully” Sullivan. He and I discuss his new book, You Get What You Pitch For: Control Any Situation, Create Fierce Agreement, and Get What You Want In Life.  With his winning smile and charming English accent, Sully[…]