by Jeff Slater | Jan 16, 2018 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing Start Ups
Imagine getting on a scale that can’t tell you how much you weigh. Dan Ariely, Duke Professor, and Behavioral Scientist have come up with a product that changes how people manage their weight by completely altering the idea of a scale. Using a smart algorithm based on...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 14, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
A guest post about segmentation from Anna Kayfitz, CEO of StrategicDB. How A Staircase Railings Manufacturing Company Used Segmentation to Drive Sales Up and Cost Down No one would think that segmentation analysis of the sales data of a Staircase Railings...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 11, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing Start Ups
I know, this sounds like monkey business. In a way, it is. As consumers, we all have excuses to say no to a new product or service. It is too expensive, risky or complicated. They make me give them my credit card and fill out a complicated form. Or, I don’t want to...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 1, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
How will you start the new year? We often think the best place to start our work is at the beginning. With everything in place, we can hit the start button and begin. We venture on a logical path forward knocking out each task and action item. Often, the best place to...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 17, 2017 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
This is the time of year we get solicited by charities to make donations. From Instagram ads to snail mail letters, there is no shortage of worthy causes seeking support for everything from ending world hunger like Rise Against Hunger to Charity Water to Pencils for...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 5, 2017 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
If you are looking for marketing advice filled with best practices, I can’t help you. Marketing challenges like most business problems can get stuck in average solutions when you look at what everyone else does. Do you want to be the average of all businesses in your...
