by Jeff Slater | Oct 23, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
Customers or Employees Joann felt the need to prioritize who came first between her customers or employees, she chose her employees. Her business is a mid-size supplier to restaurants and other foodservice accounts. Her belief isn’t based on ignorance of the...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 21, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing People
A new book by Jay Baer called Talk Trigger focuses on one of the most underutilized marketing strategies – harnessing word of mouth. His research indicates that at least 20% of all purchases occur from word of mouth marketing. Word of mouth as a marketing discipline...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 18, 2018 | Branding Issues, Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
Joe wondered, “How could you put a bottle of wine through a flat mailbox slot if shipped to you from a winery?” The flat wine bottle was designed by Garcon Wines when wine lover Joe Revell joined an online wine club with his friends; they soon became frustrated...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 16, 2018 | Marketing Advice, Personal Stories
I love a simple marketing idea that is on strategy. I love it, even more, when it includes a good pun. And, if it is helping a non-profit, color me delirious. About a year ago, my friend Bob Stapleton asked me if I could come to a few meetings for a non-profit called...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 14, 2018 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
What if you could activate people locally to promote your brand via social media? How helpful could people be who live near the stores that sell your products and who have a strong interest in your product or your category? You need a lot of content to keep your...
by Jeff Slater | Oct 11, 2018 | Marketing Advice
An email came to me a few weeks ago from a friend of a friend who was struggling with their marketing. He told me that he had done everything to tell people about his product and how great it was and how much it cost. He said his message was honest and authentic, but...
