Personality Prescription, Part 3 – You’re Choosing Cheap Ones
You’re probably attracting Price Sensitive Homeowners without even knowing it.
What a fool believes
The gatekeeper job does not belong to Facebook or Twitter. You are the gatekeeper. Keep fools away from your airwaves.
What’s in a Name?
When I walk into my local Starbucks, I feel like Norm Peterson walking into Cheers. What do you do that makes customers feel comfortable?
Forget TL;DR — it’s TB;DC you gotta worry about!
The art of ad writing requires the creation of ads that work even for an audience that’s half-paying attention.
Once a Wiener… Repurposing the Proven
Peter: How is it that I’m going to tell people the story of the wiener dog? Roy: Ok. It’s actually, it’s called cheating.
Left turn to Albuquerque
Last year, a lawyer put up a billboard. He used the same graphics as the tv show with the headline, “Better Call Bob.”
Follow the Wiener Dog: How Employees Become Wiener Dogs
"I’m the business owner. I don’t have to believe in you. You have to believe in me."
Piña Coladas & Persuasion
This is what separates the heroes from schmoes in branding: The ability to use entertainment & humor to drive home the message, rather than obscure it.
The 3 Foundations Of Exponential Profitable Growth
How you motivate your employees affects everything downstream.
Magical Wiener Dogs and Storytellers
The Power of Someone who Believes in You More than You.
Time To Get Crazy
I stand against best practices because it locks you into a way of thinking. You do not defeat the leader by following their playbook.
The Personality Prescription, Part 1 – Stalled Growth
Stalled growth is an outcome of a growing dependence of home service contractors on digital media. They’ve bought into the “wasted circulation” concept.
What’s Working Well?
Ever heard the phrase: “Don’t know what you’ve got, ‘till it’s gone”? Reinforce the right stuff, and you’ll get more of it. It’s a natural law of the universe.
Lead Generation: The Who, What, Why, and How
If the epic failure, Groupon, taught us anything, it was that there is no value in attracting a bunch of cheap customers.
Inflation is not the only silent tax.
I believe a 2-3% sales increase is a shrinking business. And a shrinking business should be in “All-in” mode to change the inevitable.