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Why Your Story Matters? Marketing Is Easy and Strategy Is Hard!

I want to let you know that your story matters. And how you tell it can be a subtle difference between marketing and a strategy. Marketing is easy; strategy, not so much. The reason I bring up this topic is I had a conversation with a client, actually maybe a past client. It's hard to…

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Creating 400 Podcasts with Purpose, Perspective, and Persistence

This post is to celebrate the 400th episode of the BACON Podcast. That's right, 400 episodes. The Bacon Podcast was started back on November 2nd, 2014 right after the release of my first book, “It's Not About You, It's About BACON! Relationship Marketing in a Social Media World!” But this Podcast was not always called…

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How to Increase Profits with Sales and Marketing Alignment

People constantly ask about how to grow their businesses. I often tell them, “You can increase profits by aligning your sales and marketing.” I happen to run a one-man operation. Maybe you run one with a complete sales team and a complete marketing team. Either way, it doesn't matter. For some of you, this will…

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What Is The Perfect Marketing Strategy For Your Business? Wrapping It Up

This is the final part in the series I've been doing called What Is The Perfect Marketing Strategy For Your Business? Today I want to wrap it up with a final story and some thoughts. We've covered the six major points, and if you haven't listened to them, go back and listen on BaconPodcast.com, or…

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