From the monthly archives:

May 2007

Just because marketing advice is repeated often … doesn’t make it true.

“Find a need and fill it … that is the key to successfully marketing a business.” – Someone who needs to be slapped around a little bit.

Truth is, follow this “find a need and fill it” advice and you are inviting commodity pricing.
Think about [...]

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Quick follow-up: The 2nd episode of “Aggressive Marketing & Entrepreneurship Daily” has been posted. AND … you can now subscribe to the podcast using iTunes or RSS Feed. If you just want to check it out with my handy web-based player, just click this link.
Fact is … I’m a slow writer. And while I love [...]

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One of the most common requests I get from clients is, “how can I differentiate my business/product/service/offer?”
The trade-off is clear. You can escape commodity-pricing and increase the flow of new and repeat business by being clearly and compellingly different. But part of being different is being willing to turn away, sometimes even offend, [...]

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