by Jeff Slater | May 13, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups, Personal Stories
I had an idea that I want to offer to readers of my blog. Hire me for a marketing consulting project and I’ll donate several free hour of advice to the charity or non-profit of your choice. When I tried this on a small scale about a year ago, the response was...
by Jeff Slater | May 11, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Personal Stories
Do you build into your business process a way to stay human and personal? Can you say hello, on a first name basis every time you engage with a client? When I pick up my dry cleaning, I am always surprised that the owner remembers my name. I don’t come in that often,...
by Jeff Slater | May 9, 2016 | Advertising, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice
The hardest thing for a business to get from a marketplace is attention. You can interrupt prospect by advertising to them but often they don’t notice you. What happens in many companies is they look at the other ads run by competitors and assume that they...
by Jeff Slater | May 6, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
You have a superb idea. You build your business on that splendid idea. But slowly, you realize you have to shift gears. The direction you are heading isn’t helping you fly up and away toward your goal. That is the situation that that the founder of Everfan found...
by Jeff Slater | May 4, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups, Personal Stories
This post is a chance to respond to a few of the questions that come to me from business owners, brand managers, and interested readers. If you have issues and would like a perspective, you can reach at jeffreylynnslater@gmail.com You can reach me via Twitter to...
by Jeff Slater | May 2, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
Imagine that you are running a brand selling hip hats for high school girls. You don’t want to go the traditional route to advertise, but instead want to find someone with a healthy teenage girl following on Instagram. How can you efficiently do that? Meet TR|BE. A...
