Is the glass full?

One of the first questions I ask potential clients is ‘what is your capacity?’    Are you half-full?  Close to full?  Closer to empty?While this might not seem like a typical marketing question, it does give a lot of insight intohow to move forward with the marketing...

Choose the middle.

One of the most fascinating aspects of marketing to me is the way thathuman psychology changes how we respond to marketing tactics.   Pricing is particularly interesting because economists tell us that we’re all supposed to beprofit-maximizing automatons and want...

Left, left…left, right, left

Try the pen in the other hand…   Last week I wrote about the book that I read on the way to Philadelphia… today, it’s about the book I read on the way back! It was a quick read.. “Thought Revolution” by William A. Donius. The main premise is that you can access your...

Networking is about giving first.

My BNI Chapter I’m writing this from my hotel room in the Steinberg Conference Center at the University of Pennsylvania. I’m here helping with a Wharton Executive Education class this week. On the flight over these great United States, I read “Networking is a Contact...

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3.

Did you know that I was a chemical engineering major as an undergrad?     While I don’t mess with test tubes in a lab anymore, I do believe in continually testing marketing efforts.   For example,  you are receiving this newsletter on a Wednesday and last week’s was...