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.

What’s your other job?

Marketing is every bit of contact your company has with anyone in the outside world.
Every bit of contact.

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How can you start doing something remarkable?

My short answer: stop doing something conventional.
Case in point: drybar.
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What is your business?

“We don’t see the stars in motion, though they move at speeds of more than a million miles per day. We do not see the trees grow or notice continue reading

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Why good ideas have lonely childhoods

Pain is a feeling triggered in the nervous system. You may feel pain in one area of your body, such as your leg. Or, you may feel pain all over, such continue reading

Why storytelling is like barefoot walking

Can storytelling be the ultimate tool to get the meeting, engage the audience, and/or close the deal? Yes, says former chairman of Sony Pictures and continue reading

The soul never thinks without a picture

That’s not me talking.
That’s Aristotle talking (perhaps the continue reading

Are you marketing a camel?

(This is a long post, so please feel free to skip it.)

“More details please…,” was one of the comments I received about my post  continue reading

The one thing you absolutely cannot do without….

What is the core imperative of business?
It’s quite simple, really. Just think about it.
In order to do business in this world, what is one thing you need?
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The future of the tablet isn’t the iPad 2?

That’s what Patrick Howie suggests in his recent continue reading

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The two places you spend the most time in are…

According to Poppin.com founder and CEO Ken Seiff (as per his recent interview for continue reading

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