by Jeff Slater | Oct 5, 2021 | Marketing Books
Dorie Clark asked this wonderfully provocative question during a recent podcast about her new book called The Long Game. She was speaking with Douglas Burdett from The Marketing Book Podcast. We all have finite energy and limited resources. If we focus our efforts on...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 23, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People
Is your instinct to feel threatened or to assume the best intentions? Last week I read an email from a client. I thought he was angry. What happened? The other day after I listened to the voice message a few days ago from a copywriter who was working with me, she...
by Jeff Slater | Jun 30, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Personal Stories
One of the benefits of having four decades of marketing experience is that you can share what you have learned. Coaching involves being vulnerable and explaining what you know from your screw-ups as well as successes. A truly great coach, like my friend Bob Stapleton,...
by Jeff Slater | May 31, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups, Personal Stories
Bringing A Digital Lens to Wine Industry About ten years ago, as I plunged into the wine industry, I needed education about wine marketing. I knew what wine I loved to drink – but had zero involvement in the industry except as a consumer. My passion for wines...
by Jeff Slater | May 14, 2020 | Marketing Advice
Sacred Cows “If we all think alike, no one is thinking.” Ben Franklin What would it mean to your business if you nurtured your team to think differently about the challenges at hand? Imagine leading a team without groupthink and complacent agreement? Do...
