Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
A Gift, From You, To Your Business This Year
Tis the season… What gift will you give your business this year? I asked some friends that on Twitter.com yesterday – following are some of the great responses:
Don’t Be a Mosquito in a Nudist Colony
Why Lifetime Goals are so important to what I do tomorrow,
and why tomorrow is so important to my Lifetime Goals.
Why Social Networking (locally and digitally) Can Be a Bad Idea.
148.7 – The maximum number of social relationships any average human being can handle, according to research by anthropologist Robin Dunbar (1998) and others.
73,395 – The maximum number of people following one person on Twitter.com (right now.)
Houston, we have a problem. Are we wasting our time with social networking?
What a fighter pilot can teach us about increasing sales.
In the gulf war, before an F15 pilot friend of mine went into a dogfight, he would turn off all but a couple of his heads up warning and information systems . Why? Because the “feature-rich” environment created so much information overload that it kept him from being focused on the two things he needed [...]
Ambient Awareness? Really? Do you buy from the “Ambiently Aware?”
Do you buy from the Ambiently Aware? Are you Ambiently challenged? Can we stuff more syllables into a smaller space?
In the September 5th New York Times, there was an article called Brave New World of Digital Intimacy exploring how relationships have changed now that we’re sharing our lives on-line via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and others. [...]
You go Broad when you should go Deep - Why you’re marketing doesn’t work: #7 of 7
One of the biggest marketing challenges is accepting the difference between finding customers who WILL buy over those MOST LIKELY to buy. This is one of the toughest marketing concepts to get a business to embrace, and possibly the most important.
Random Hope is not a Marketing Strategy: Why Our Marketing Doesn’t Work - Reason #6 of 7
Why doesn’t our marketing work? We are measuring the wrong thing.
Build it and they will come - not. #5 of 7 Reasons Why Your Marketing Doesn’t Work
Why you’re marketing doesn’t work - Reason #5 of 7.
You’re playing by the wrong rules and relying on Passive Marketing. It doesn’t work.
My name is Chuck Blakeman and these are some of my thoughts on business, growth, and success. My company, TeamNimbusWest, provides outcome-based peer advisory, coaching, and consulting for Business Owners, CEOs, and their growing businesses.
Other pages
Join our mailing list
Stay up-to-date. If you like the information in our posts and would to know more about what we’re up to, drop us your e-mail address and we’ll keep in touch.
Active Conversations
-
Why Social Networking (locally and digitally) Can Be a Bad Idea.
-
Why Your Marketing Doesn’t Work; Features vs. Outcomes – Reason #2 of 7
-
The Financial Sector Rescue Plan is Answering the Wrong Question
-
Random Hope is not a Marketing Strategy: Why Our Marketing Doesn't Work - Reason #6 of 7