They say, “It’s better to give than to receive.” I’m not sure who said it first. The Bible certainly teaches it (see Acts 20:35). I suspect the marketing corollary to this truth is that, “If you give, you will receive.” Now that I think about it, the Bible teaches that too (see Luke 6:38). To[…]
On January 9 there was a lot of whoopin and hollering going on at our house. Why? Because my oldest son David went to Clemson and so we are all Clemson Tiger fans. Unless you don’t care about college football or you just crawled out of a time capsule, you probably know that Dabo Swinney and[…]
There’s an old saying: “If you want to catch fish, go where the fish are.” The marketing and publishing corollary to that saying is, “If you want to reach your audience, you need to capture their attention in the way they prefer to be reached.” Maybe you like reading the newspaper. Great. But does your target[…]
We can’t help ourselves. A new year is approaching. We want to think big, dream big. A fresh start. A do-over. A new opportunity to have your best year yet, to start a new division, to reach and serve more people, to achieve a personal financial goal. I do the same thing. I’m a visionary[…]
A colleague of mine introduced me to a phrase a while back that hit home with me. He talked about suffering from a condition he referred to as “Money Weakness.” That’s an interesting phrase. What does it mean? Essentially money weakness is a condition where an individual or organization is afraid to charge a fair,[…]
What do you do for a living? Who is your target audience? Why should someone want to hire you? What got you into this line of work? All these questions you should be able to answer in a single sentence. Call it your value statement, or “elevator speech” (a reference to how you might quickly[…]
We live is a fast-paced, ever-changing world. It seems the demands on our time, the voices screaming for our attention get louder every day. There’s a ton of opportunity out there. So many needs to meet, ways to serve, problems to solve. Yet many organizations still struggle to succeed and grow. Why is that? Whether you run[…]
Lately it seems I’ve been presented with title after title that stirs within me a resounding—wait for it—yawn. That’s right. Most book titles are boring. Don’t get me wrong, in most cases there’s a powerful, compelling, helpful message inside the pages. Unfortunately, most readers won’t ever get that far. What’s the secret to crafting a[…]
