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Are You Asking Yourself… The Reason I Am Doing This Is?

I've been in business for over 40 years, and over the last 18, 20 years I've been working in marketing other companies to their perfect clients. One of the first questions I ask them is, “Who is your perfect audience?” Now, I get one of two different answers. It's either, “I can identify that person,”…

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5 Main Reasons Why Marketing May Be Failing You?

I was watching TV and 60 Minutes came on, and there was this really interesting story about a couple in Michigan that made 24 million dollars on the lottery. Of course, you're going, “Well, somebody won the big ticket.” No, they did it over years in small increments, and it was fascinating the way they…

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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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