Happy Tuesday and Happy Small Business Week!!!! April 29th to May 5th is National Small Business Week, highlighting the contribution that the nearly 30 million small businesses make to US Economy. Another fun fact is small businesses employ almost 50% of the US workforce. President Calvin Coolidge said "The business of America is business" and … Continue reading Small Business Week – The American Dream in Action
Happy Friday!!! We made it and the weekend is here. Just a short post tonight, as I know we've all had a long week. I find the National Day Calendar really interesting and fun. It's amazing what strange and fun national days exist and some that make you wonder how did they come up with … Continue reading Direct Marketing – The Art of Storytelling
Welcome back to a Friday edition of Marketing Insights!!!! I don't have a theme for this post. It's just a few random thoughts on a variety of topics. Topic 1: 420 Day My Social media news feed and even some of the traditional news channels are talking about 420 day. For those who aren't familiar, … Continue reading Random Thoughts on a Friday Night
The consumer marketplace is 2018 has up to 5 active generations transacting, making them all prime targets for prospect marketing and CRM campaigns. I am going to focus in on the big three, in my opinion: Baby Boomers, Gen X and Millennial (Gen Y).
As I was leaving the office today, I did what has now become habit, check to make sure I had my "Smart" phone, tablet and multiple chargers. In the parking garage, as I was heading to my car, I received an email. My "Smart" Watch vibrated and there were what sounded like 20 ringtone chimes … Continue reading “Smart” Technology and Life
Confucius was a wise man. He summed up work life perfectly centuries ago - “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." My friends, I love the direct marketing industry. The way it allows you to be creative and work with amazing...
The topic tonight is similar to yesterday's post. The idea came to me when I was getting lunch today and I was watching an excerpt of Mark Zuckerberg being questioned by one of the Senators. The basic gist of the question was what are you going to do to minimize the collection of user data … Continue reading Restoring Trust in Marketing
Sooo.... anything interesting happen in the Direct Marketing world today? I've seen multiple memes and jokes on my Instagram (streetbedford) and Twitter (st_beford) about Mark Zuckerberg going before Congress and the data breach at Facebook. While I chuckled at most and laughed heartily at a few, it got me thinking about data and it's role … Continue reading Data….. Integrity in 2018
Ahhh... the good old days. Remember them - when marketing a business or product had the choices of direct mail, print media and maybe TV/Radio. In 2018, things have changed!!!! Now navigating the marketing channels is like swimming with sharks and trying to figure out which channel is best - well, that is the holy … Continue reading A Word about Marketing Channels
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