Brian Basilico is an internationally recognized speaker, author, trainer, and adjunct professor. He brings over 35 years of marketing experience to his award-winning internet marketing company, B2b Interactive Marketing, Inc. Brian is a syndicated podcaster and blogger, who has been featured as a guest expert in Entrepreneur and Inc. magazines, as well as various news articles, radio shows, and podcasts.
Today, I’d like to talk about toilet paper, more specifically, toilet paper math. Bear with me because I know you’re asking yourself, “Self, what does toilet paper have to do with online marketing?” I’ll explain, but first let’s look at the history of toilet paper. Have you ever noticed that toilet papers squares, are in…
Two Brands If you are somebody who’s running a business, owns a business, or working in business – chances are you have two different brands on social media. You have a personal brand and you have a business brand. People will form opinions based on what you post in both, but sometimes they merge. A…
Let me ask you a question. Have you ever gotten emotionally charged from a Facebook post? Well, of course, you have. We all have. If you haven’t, check your pulse, because that’s just what it does. It keeps us engaged by getting us emotionally charged. In an interview coming up with Brian Kinghorn, who teaches…
One of my favorite quotes is from Zig Ziglar and it goes like this: “You can have anything in life that you want if you just help other people get what they want.” As content marketers, we have the ability to create great content and deliver it to our clients or potential clients. One of…
Nothing warms my cockles like a good set of data. Do you feel that way? Chances are you don’t, but I am a geek and I do love data. I love my QuickBooks. I love looking at every single week’s volume of what sold, what didn’t, and where the expenses went. And, I love looking…
The question I have for you today is this: Do you like the Moody Blues? I do. They’re one of my favorite bands. They’re from the 60’s, if you’re not that old. I live in Chicago and we have an outdoor amphitheater called Ravinia. I know there’s lots of them all over the country. I’ve…
The Sweetest Sound… One of the things Dale Carnegie said in his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, was that the sweetest sound in anybody’s ear is their own name. I want to take that a step further. I think the sweetest sound is not only somebody’s name in their own ear, but…
Happy New Year! We’re at the door of 2020 and this is the last of my posts in the Foresight is 2020 series. Today I want to talk about how building trust is important to sales – especially in this upcoming year. Recently, I had a new customer contact me. They wanted to figure out…
Happy Holidays This is being written around the holidays, so Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa or today is actually Festivus for the rest of us. Whatever you celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. During this time we have an opportunity to create memories. A Moment In Time Back in the 1990’s,…
This is part two of my Foresight 2020 series (looking back to forge ahead and make next year the best year ever). I want to explore how and why I think email marketing is going to be bigger and better than ever, next year. Turning Controversy Into Social Capital I don’t know if you watch…