What Brett Favre and the Packers can teach us about marketing.
Good stories sell products and services! Tonight there is Mega Monday Night NFL football game on, perhaps you heard that Brett Favre is squaring off against his old team. For any of you who have followed this story, you know that there is a lot of animosity between Favre and the Packers front office.
Quick rundown for anyone that has been living under a rock or does not care about the NFL
- Favre says he is retiring (again) then changes his mind (again).
- Green Bay does not want him back (after he has been there for over after 16 years with the team)
- Favre is courted by the vikings to…
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What’s your puppy?
I know you are wondering about the headline to this post and so you start reading this entry hoping to make sense out of it. Just like that I have got your attention. If that didn’t do it the picture with the post did. Do you have a puppy? What I mean by that is what do you use to entice your audience to read or engage with your content? Have you ever walked by a puppy and not had the urge to go up and pet it? Your marketing and public relations materials can have the same effect as that cute puppy if you are creative…Read on seekers of knowledge.. »
Are you ready to go to war with your marketing?
Check out this video of an AWESOME SuperHero Marketing tactic!
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Selling Yourself In 30 Seconds
I recently attended a speed networking session. It’s like speed dating…but you actually meet people you’d like to spend time with! There were about 50 people in the room and you sit with each of them for one minute. This gives both people the opportunity to share thier 30-second commercial for thier company. So in an hour you make contact with 49people who could be potential clients or a referral source. What an awesome idea!! Networking is as valuable as you make it. You have to be able to effectively and cohesively share what you do and who your target market…
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Want to build your brand, inject your business with some good ol’ personality
Let’s face it folks, We all want to be entertained. You cannot sell anything by boring people with your “fancy” industry lingo. Do you remember your favorite classes in school? I bet they had teachers that were engaging. You loved going to class because not only did you learn from that teacher but it was at least a little fun. The same principal applies to marketing your business. You want to make it very hard for your clients and prospects to forget you. I am not saying you need to be an “entertainer” but you do have to be engaging. If they are talking about you they are also…Read on seekers of knowledge.. »
Marketing In 3D
Have you seen a 3D movie this year? Unless you are like me and only see about 2-3 movies a year, I bet you have, especially if you have kids. Monsters vs Aliens has grossed over $375 million worldwide and Up had an opening weekend of over $62 million. What has helped these movies rise to the top of the summertime box office? The answer is having them available in 3D. Though I am sure they would have done well despite the fact that 3D was an option. The movie studios are on top of their marketing game. The advances in and decelerating…Read on seekers of knowledge.. »
The Super Show Ep#2 Twitter Tips, Free MIT ED, and Student Pimpification
On episode two we cover twitter 101, talking logos, getting a free Ivy leauge education, and how to pimpify your students.Click one of the links below to play.
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