Show Me the Future
You’ve seen this commercial before. A hand reaches for a Corona from behind an umbrella, a logo appears, and it all fades to black. If you can show me a version of me in the future, you’ve tapped into something powerful.
The Eternal Sunrise of Market Dominating Companies
When you’re searching for ways to level up your company, where are you looking hardest? Too many leaders strain and stare at the horizon for what’s going to change, hoping to leverage those changes.
How to Get (and keep) Attention | Wizard’s Roundtable
I’m joined by Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer at System 1 Group in London. His book Lemon and subsequent short film Achtung! outline how we’ve lost customer’s attention over the years, and how to get it back.
How to get everyone in the world to buy what you are selling.
You want all of ‘em. Every single customer in the world. It’s natural. You did not open your doors and take all that risk for nothing. OK, let’s do it.
The Secret to Increasing Facebook Likes 560% in One Week
For about $11.43, I was able to jack up the followers. There are two things at play here: 1: Digital advertising is easy to buy. 2: Digital advertising is an overly complicated mess, for no good reason.
Bonding vs. Branding: What’s the Difference?
All bonding is branding. But most branding isn’t bonding. Bonding requires commitment and proper execution. But it's worth it. Bonding blows the doors off of regular branding.
It’s Mostly Invisible
Customers need to like you before they need you. And “like” is mostly invisible. The reasons we do the things we do sit deep in the limbic part of our brains. It’s waaayyy down there. One of the first parts of the brain to form.
Advanced Branding for Ugly Duckling Businesses: Self-Disclosure & Human Connection
Think about the amount of times you chose a service provider — insurance salesman, realtor, lawyer, massage therapist, auto mechanic, plumber — based on the merest puff of a connection.
Magical Ad Writing for Everything From Piccolos to Recruitment
You have to: 1: Not sound like everybody else 2: Get into somebody’s imagination and mess around.
The Enduring Power of Demonstration Ads
I grab my copper scrubbing brillo and… ditch the Seventh Generation and instinctively and inexorably reach for the blue Dawn. Why did I just do that?
How To Grow Your Practice In Interesting Times
In this presentation, learn how you should model your practice (business) for success? How to ensure you have multiple marketing pillars working generating leads.
5 Lessons for Business and Life
For the last 16 years, I have been the business partner of Roy H. Williams, aka The Wizard of Ads. Roy is like the wise big brother I never had. Today I am going to share some unsaid lessons. Some observations.
Are You Paying The Tax Of The Unremarkable?
These taxes include, but are not limited to: A higher cost per lead. A disloyal and price-sensitive customer. Inconsistent lead flow. Limited and unstable growth.
ESOV & FFA: Two Reasons 2021’s The Year You’ll Build Your Empire
Yes. 2021 will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to blow the doors off with rapid growth. Here’s why.
Does the Name Ring a Bell?
Most businesses have an awareness problem. More accurately, unawareness. The distance from unawareness to awareness is like going from the moon to Mars, and just as daunting.