Doing your Do Diligence

  Back in the PI (pre-internet) era if you wanted to learn how your market thought, how they made their buying decisions and what they bought you really had little in the way of accurate research tools to draw on. You could set up a focus group and have folks tell you what you wanted to hear, you … [Read more...]

Finding the Right Twitter Followers

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  One of the first and most important things to do on setting up your Twitter account is to pay attention to your profile. Your profile is the window into your life and your business and it should reflect who you are and what you do. If yoiu are going to use Twitter to connect your network it will … [Read more...]

Let’s talk a minute…about what your strategy shouldn’t be

The other day I had a coaching session with one of my clients during which we both had a major light bulb moment.  she was fretting about how all this new stuff would take up her time and keep her from doing what she loves...making art.   The light bulb switched on when I said ....our uses of … [Read more...]

YOU 2.0 The New Killer App

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The past Marketing Monday post gave some in depth information and suggestions about twitter and how the whole social networking thing fits together. What follows are some more thoughts and guidelines to help you start sorting things out. The key and absolute most important thing to remember is … [Read more...]

A different look at creativity

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In previous articles I discussed some of the broader issues and benefits related to Social Media/Networking and how this new tool could benefit artists. The first article “What’s up with Social media” I introduced the concept of “ambient intimacy” and how the growth of social networking … [Read more...]