by Jeff Slater | Jan 16, 2017 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
Henry Ford made one car model in 1908, and he sold 1,700 cars. Then he decided to add three more types of cars in the next years, and he sold 1,690 cars. He started to think about driving toward simple. Ford noticed that sales in total declined during those subsequent...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 13, 2017 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
I heard a TV commercial that promoted an art term that was unfamiliar to me – sofa sized painting. They were selling oil paintings based on a different set of dimensions- filling an empty space in in a living room and specifically over the sofa. I studied art history...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 6, 2017 | Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
Offices can be one of the most difficult places to get work done. Seems counterintuitive, but you know it is true that most offices are dysfunctional. Jason Fried, the CEO at Basecamp, the Chicago-based software company has several excellent ideas that his company...
by Jeff Slater | Jan 4, 2017 | Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups, Personal Stories
I have worked for three companies who have failed at implementing CRM or customer relationship management systems. What went wrong? Why didn’t these projects succeed? Could marketing have played a role in making these project work and avoided having CRM plans...
by Jeff Slater | Dec 14, 2016 | Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Start Ups
There are hundreds of companies that sell scented candles for the home. But only one gives you a ring with each candle, and a chance to win a $5,000 diamond ring! Diamond Candle is one of those brilliantly simple marketing ideas that can teach you a powerful lesson....
by Jeff Slater | Dec 12, 2016 | Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing Books, Marketing Start Ups
When a business or a marketing team is limited by resources or time, that is when they must use your superpowers. They must think inside the cupcake box. Constraints can help you find solutions because it more tightly and narrowly defines a problem and causes you to...
