Start Growth Marketing. Stop Checklist Marketing.

I'm so tired of watching #marketing departments go through the motions, instead of challenging themselves to be data-driven with a growth mindset. In this interview with CleverFunnel Digital, I sit down with Chris Franks to discuss how we developed a deeper understanding of customers without resorting to a checklist approach and where I see marketing is going over the... Continue Reading →

Running a marketing hackathon

Hackathons were invented by the software development community and are actively used by teams the world over.  Imagine a mad race where everyone, at the same time, tries to invent something to solve a problem (although they can take many forms).  At the end (generally a day), teams present what they’ve made and there is... Continue Reading →

Inspiration from PFL

Marketing to marketers is the toughest job, but occasionally I see things that really make me step back and think wow.  Several people in my office recently received an assortment of account-based marketing (ABM) materials from PFL, a direct mail company out of Montana.  I loved the campaign's creativity so much I just had to... Continue Reading →

Tale of Three Posts

Social media engagement is hard.  First of all, how do you get people to engage? Secondly, how do you know if it worked?  Today I want to review three recent LinkedIn posts on my personal account.  What types of posts performed best? What does “performed best” even mean? The first post promoted a blog article... Continue Reading →

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