by Jeff Slater | Aug 2, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People
Over the last week, my interest has been piqued twice about the topic of resume versus eulogy virtues. Resume virtues are the successes you bold in your resume, while eulogy virtues are what someone will say when you are gone. David Brooks, the NY Times opinion...
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 | Jul 2, 2020 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
How would someone outside of your industry market their products? How might Disney, Starbucks, or Mcdonalds enter your category with their type of unique approach to marketing? What does it mean to think like a disruptive marketing professional? For example, how would...
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 | Jun 21, 2020 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People
When my friend and marketing thought-leader, Mark Schaefer, urged me to speak with Zak Stahlsmith at ApexDrop about micro influencers, I listened. Zak was inspired to start his influencer marketing agency after reading Mark’s book Return On Influence. Zak and I...
by Jeff Slater | Jun 14, 2020 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
The 6000 Project – A Sparkling Marketing Idea My friend Reka, who lives north of Venice, Italy, had a Prosecco problem. 6000 bottles without a home. She and her husband Pier, who own Sfriso Winery, had a 6,000 bottle order of Prosecco canceled just as Italy started to...
