Category: Sticky Branding

Social Media is a Tactic, Not a Strategy

Social Media is a Tactic, Not a Strategy

Asking a company about their social media strategy is like asking a carpenter whether he has a hammer strategy. We’re talking about tools not architectural drawings. Social media are tools to support a strategy.
LinkedIn Groups: Cans of Spam

LinkedIn Groups: Cans of Spam

LinkedIn has a problem with their groups. They have communities brimming with potential, but most are choking on spam. It's time to push back, and prevent the self-promoters from making an impact on LinkedIn.
A Community Starts With 1,000 Members

A Community Starts With 1,000 Members

A community starts with 1,000. The reason so many social media groups fail is they don’t achieve a critical mass. They need that first 1,000 members to form the seed of a community.
It Takes One To Know One

It Takes One To Know One

Boomers join associations, young professionals join communities. Professional associations are in a state of decline. Community building is the path to relevance.
Platform Authenticity: When Self-Promotion Is Annoying

Platform Authenticity: When Self-Promotion Is Annoying

Dump and run is not a marketing strategy. How you market your content is key to effectively growing your audience. Platforms are built on trust and audience engagement.
Rethinking Business Cards

Rethinking Business Cards

Business cards are like neckties. They're caught in tradition and ceremony. Explore the idea of business note cards, and where card giving fits in your business.
Market Your Marketing

Market Your Marketing

Market your marketing. If no one is reading your content, then it isn't having an impact. The purpose of content is to engage your audience. Grow your audience every month.
Differentiating When Everyone Is The Same

Differentiating When Everyone Is The Same

Instead of trying to offer unique services in a commoditized market, create a unique experience. Differentiate on your firm’s personality, values or interests.
Contingency Planning: Build a Content Repository

Contingency Planning: Build a Content Repository

A Content Repository is your contingency plan. It’s unrealistic to think you can show up every day for weeks on end without life getting in the way. Things happen. Put 3 weeks of content in the vault.
Shoot Higher: Is Your Strategy Big Enough?

Shoot Higher: Is Your Strategy Big Enough?

A company must seek to win in a particular place in a particular way. If it doesn’t seek to win, it is wasting the time of its people and investors. What is your company striving to achieve?
Less Strategy, More Execution

Less Strategy, More Execution

No one is born with perfect vision and purpose. The only way to find it is to live it and look for it. Strategizing and planning will only take you so far. Then you have to act.

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