What kind of marketing is the most effective?

sneezr.ca Have you ever asked yourself that question? I did. In fact, many years ago I spent countless hours trying to figure it out.
The answer turned out to be quite simple: word of mouth marketing. Or as I call it: the art of cultivating recommendations.

Surprised? Probably not. With recommendations, there is no sales pressure and no credibility issues. When your friends, family members or trusted co-workers recommend something or someone to you, they are genuinely trying to help you. That means a lot, which is why you usually remember it for a long time. But here is the catch: recommendations must be earned. How do you do that? Where do you start? How do you give people a reason to talk about your products/services? How do you nudge your story into every day conversations? I launched sneezr.ca to help you answer those questions.

The opposite of ‘good’ is ‘off’

bad

Nobody watches a bad video – it gets turned off.

Simplicity is not a trend in branding

The facts about your brand can almost be irrelevant if they are not presented in a way that’s attractive to the modern eye. continue reading

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Your ultimate competitive advantage: not losing customers.

Do you?

Brands that people love don’t spend their advertising dollars training their customers to wait for a sale.
Do you?

“During continue reading

This is your big opportunity

yes

“Amazon.com-way-of-doing-business” is still an exception.
We are still at the beginning of a digital economy. This is your big opportunity. Go!

Apr 18, 2014

If it’s broke, don’t fix it

As you know, companies, even the famous ones, can and do fizzle out. Why? Many reasons. One big one: many companies like the promise of change, just continue reading

Just a quick reminder…

You know that to be effective at branding, you need an organizing principle for your outreach branding activities, right? It’s okay if you don’t continue reading

Hello.

Have you ever been greeted with a simple “Hello” that made you instantly feel good? I think we all have. That experience really underlines how powerful continue reading

Would you ever feed a million-dollar racehorse junk food?

Saddle with stirrups

If you had a million-dollar racehorse, would you ever feed it junk food?

Think about your business and your clients for a moment: They are likely continue reading

Cash flow is to business what oxygen is to the body

Cash flow is to business what oxygen is to the body—not the point of life but without it there’s no life. Unless you’re Mark Zuckerberg, continue reading