10 Most Read Marketing Guy Blog Posts for 2011

Top 10 lists are always interesting so this is a list of the most frequently read blog posts of 2011. The first blog post about writing slogans and tagline had 37,550 views in 2011 and has had 97,774 views since I published it. The second most popular blog post of all time is How To…

10 (Business) Reasons to Participate in Social Media

Christine Whittemore wrote a great article about Social Media in Marketing Profs Daily Fix. She is an advocate of Social Media and points out where it intersects with traditional advertising. Whereas traditional advertising attempts to bypass the brain and go straight to the heart, social media addresses potential buyers’ needs for intellectual satisfaction with specific…

My Top 25 Blog Posts for 2010

Everybody needs a list to end the year so I am publishing My Top 25 Blog Posts for 2010. This was a milestone year as I surpassed 500,000 views of my blog yesterday. Writing a Slogan or Tag Line How to Make Your Business Card Stand Out Critiquing Catchy Real Estate Slogans Open House Tips…

Confessions of a Social Media Groupie

As a Marketer I try to use or test online Social Media tools and services as they come available so I can determine whether it is effective or not for my clients. As it turns out there is not enough time to try them all so I have been selective in 2010. Following are the…

Good Blogs and Stuff for Summertime Reading

I am a bit of a marketing nut and read as much as I can about all aspects of marketing. Most of my ideas germinate from my research and I glean as much as I can from a wide range of experts. Other than reading this blog for marketing ideas here are some of my…

My Top Blog Posts for 2009

Thank you to all of my subscribers and readers. Without you I would be talking to myself. I hope you all have a great 2010 and if there is anything I can do to assist you in your marketing please drop me a line, ring me, email me or call me. These are the most…

Top Social Brands of 2008

I am an avid believer in the power of social marketing using tools such as Twitter, blogging, video blogging, Linkedin and Facebook as part of my marketing mix. The reason I think it works is I keep my focus on one simple mantra. It is meeting, not marketing. I use social networking to expand my…

Which Medium is the Message in 2009?

In a survey, Media Myths and Realities conducted in late 2008 by Ketchum, one of the largest global public relations agencies and the University of Southern California Annenberg Strategic Public Relations Center it was revealed that consumers are using a wider variety of channels than ever before. Newer channels, such as blogs and social networking…

Growth of Video on the Internet

Is video gaining momentum on the internet?  You better believe it. On his blog The Future Buzz, Adam Singer publishes some interesting statistics about YouTube. 70,000,000 – the number of total videos on YouTube  (March 2008 ) 200,000 -the  number of video publishers on YouTube (March 2008 ) 100,000,000  -the  number of YouTube videos viewed…

My Top 25 Marketing Posts for 2008

I like lists so I thought I would publish one of my own.  Following are the top 25 most read posts from my blog. The first one has been read by more than 16,000 people. How to Make Your Business Card Stand Out Writing a Slogan or Tag Line How Do You Sell a $…

You Are Reading This Blog – But are there others like you?

I track my blog stats regularly and can say that there has been a 45% increase in views from the fall of 2007 compared to the fall of 2008. The number of subscribers who receive posts by RSS or email has more than doubled in the last year. The increases are due to better search…

Social Networking is Meeting not Marketing

Teresa Boardman is a real estate broker in St. Paul, Minn., and founder of the St. Paul Real Estate blog says it best when she wrote about “Meeting Versus Marketing Online“. Her view is that Social networking sites are about meeting people and making connections as people are more likely to do business with people…