In this week’s episode of the Marketing Smarts podcast, I interview Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor and senior feature writer at Bloomberg Businessweek and author of the recently released GLOCK: The Rise of America’s Gun. After reading the book and discussing the astonishing success of this…
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Free Friday: Marketing Smarts Podcasts
On this Free Friday, check out all the free Marketing Smarts podcasts organized neatly on one page for you. Hosted by MarketingProfs own Matt Grant, this weekly podcast features in-depth interviews with bright, engaging marketers. You’ll get insights and advice that will inspire you to pump up your…
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Marketing Smarts Podcast: Making the Most of the Mobile Moment
“Mobile is a behavior. It’s not a technology.” That’s what Tim Hayden, CMO of 44Doors, told me when we were discussing the “mobile moment”—that instant in which a customer or potential customer encounters your company on a mobile device—and why so many companies seem resistant to making the…
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Marketing Smarts Podcast: Sally Hogshead and the $500 Cup of Coffee
What if you wanted to open up a coffee shop in a hip, urban neighborhood? Chances are you would already face competition from other indy shops, Starbucks, and the local equivalent of Dunkin’ Donuts. How could you go about differentiating yourself?
The main problem is simple: You and your competit…
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Marketing Smarts Podcast: Mobile Marketing’s New Frontier
Whenever we present content on mobile marketing—such as our recent PRO Seminar on location-based marketing, CK Kerley’s class on mobile marketing that was part of our Content Marketing Crash Course, or Dan Lowden’s class on the subject for Websites That Work—we frequently get the question: What…
Continue reading "Marketing Smarts Podcast: Mobile Marketing’s New Frontier"Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Marketing Smarts Podcast: Have You Killed an Innovation Today?
A few years back, I was attending a conference, and it seemed like every time I turned around, I heard someone touting the benefits of—and dire need for—innovation. “We’ve entered the age of the ‘innovation economy,’” it was said. “Today, innovation is the key to differentiation,” we were told.
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