Category: Digital Marketing

Marketing is about values-here’s the 2 questions you need to answer

Steve Jobs put it best of all when he explained how marketing was about values. You need to know: Who you are, and What you believe When Jobs was launching the “Think Different” brand marketing campaign in 1997 he said, To me, marketing is about values. This is a very complicated world; it’s a very… Continue reading Marketing is about values-here’s the 2 questions you need to answer

Dennis Yu, the 1 Minute Video and Facebook Ads

Dennis Yu, who I came across again recently, is known as the $1 per day Facebook ads guy. But it is obvious that he knows his stuff and has a genuinely interesting approach to advertising on Facebook and the other social media networks. He suggests a 3 x 3 grid of 9 videos, each of… Continue reading Dennis Yu, the 1 Minute Video and Facebook Ads

A Surprising Lesson from an Analysis of My Website Traffic from the Top Social Media Sites

What is the best social media site for a small business owner? What does ‘best’ even mean? How do you define best? Is it the social media site that gives you and your business the most engagement? The most traffic? The most leads? The most gravitas to your brand? The most awareness? I have just… Continue reading A Surprising Lesson from an Analysis of My Website Traffic from the Top Social Media Sites

How to Use YouTube to Build Your Brand-Real Lessons from the Trenches

Have you read the blog post I wrote recently about substance over form in your marketing? About the value of authenticity and ‘keeping it real’ rather than having an unhealthy preoccupation with your own ephemeral, surface image when promoting your brand or content? (Substance over form in your marketing-the value of authenticity and choosing cattle… Continue reading How to Use YouTube to Build Your Brand-Real Lessons from the Trenches

Substance over form in your marketing-the value of authenticity and choosing cattle over hat

I had just come back from a Sunday morning run at the time of the Maria Bailey hotel swing fall case controversy when I made a video about the matter. My video sought to extract some lessons from the whole affair; not political or public relations lessons but legal lessons based on the principles of… Continue reading Substance over form in your marketing-the value of authenticity and choosing cattle over hat

Marketing your small business-the benefit of being interesting

I have studied the art and science of copywriting over the last five years, or thereabouts. Copywriting, to define it simply, is the skill of writing words that persuade the reader to do something; it could be to change their mind, take a certain action, buy something. I have read books by the greats of… Continue reading Marketing your small business-the benefit of being interesting

10 Invaluable Lessons from Reaching 5,000 YouTube Subscribers

When I started out on YouTube, I never thought I would reach 5,000 subscribers. Let’s face it, I was making videos about topics-law and business-that are not likely to produce videos which can go viral or gain massive popularity. To compound matters I was not making videos for a huge population base because my videos… Continue reading 10 Invaluable Lessons from Reaching 5,000 YouTube Subscribers

Digital Panhandling Is Not a Marketing Strategy

If you are running your own small business and it is heavily dependent on spamming your friends on the various social media platforms to buy your stuff you probably don’t have a real business. You almost certainly need to reconsider your marketing strategy, assuming one was generous enough to consider such unwanted, uninvited interruptions online… Continue reading Digital Panhandling Is Not a Marketing Strategy

“The Art of Marketing Your Services Business Online: How to Get New Clients With a Proven, Inexpensive 5 Part Digital Marketing Strategy”-Update in the Pipeline

I was delighted when I checked the latest reviews of my books for sale on Amazon and Kindle. Reviews, especially bad ones, can break a book’s life; no reviews at all are not helpful either and it is challenging to get readers to leave a review. I have 6 titles for sale which can be… Continue reading “The Art of Marketing Your Services Business Online: How to Get New Clients With a Proven, Inexpensive 5 Part Digital Marketing Strategy”-Update in the Pipeline