collaboration
August 2020
Business Survival Tip: Be Creative (Again)
Your creativity peaked as a young child (98% of 5-year-olds possess a genius category of imagination), but by age 31, you likely plummeted to 2%, according to the Imaginative Thinking NASA Test. Children innately think and solve problems in creative ways because they have the freedom to make mistakes without judgement. Creativity is a skill that can be developed and a process that can be managed. You need to regain that lost creativity to generate innovation in the...
Here’s the truth: I skip over your online content marketing (blogs, media announcements, videos, knowledge center resources, websites, social media posts and more) when your imagery, or lack of, fails to capture my attention. And, as a career creative director, it’s not a unique response that just I experience; it’s a universal human response. People react to and process visual data better than any other type of content. The human brain processes images 60,000 times...
Emergency plans are in full swing as our nation and those around the globe mobilize to fight the spread of COVID-19. It’s encouraging to see our country’s mayors and governors, coupled with our brilliant scientific community, leading the charge in facing this public health crisis. On the business front, many leaders are calling for the federal government to alleviate the pain small businesses and their employees are facing. Thrust to the forefront is the importance...
February 2020
What’s Your Innovation Process?
It’s easy to continue a pattern of avoiding making changes in how you work, or in the products and services that you offer … there’s no complexity, resistance, adjustment period, financial or reputation risk. However, if you don’t explore new ideas, innovations will roll on by without you, gobbling up your once-customers and prospects. Author and professional speaker Catherine DeVrye was spot on when she said, “Remember that the six most expensive words in business...
October 2019
How to Make Headlines
There are numerous ways to make headlines—as in craft a great title to a piece of content marketing in order to grab attention. Just make sure that it’s the kind of attention you want for your article, blog post, white paper, case study, advertisement, and so on. Here are some tips to create great headlines for a wide variety of deliverables. The medium influences the message The first step in creating a compelling headline is...
July 2019
Go Ahead and Leverage Your Network
A pithy and seemingly superficial greeting accompanied by a request from a long-lost business associate arrived in my inbox. You know the type: “Hi … it’s been a while … can you direct me to copious leads for my services?” I’m paraphrasing, but that was the nub. I enjoy the role of bridging those in my network with bountiful opportunities, and gaining from the reciprocal benefits. But, in the case of this peer, her past...
Many years ago, I served on focus groups evaluating everything from knee braces and showerheads to ice cream and pasta sauce. It was clear during introductions that we each represented a different consumer. No surprise, we produced a wide range of responses. Sometimes the room remained divided; other instances, a consensus formed as we collectively considered all factors. I thought of those sessions when reading about the latest PR debacle at Google. The search giant...
My friend Carol works as part of a sales team of four … well, now three, since her coworker, Jack, was recently fired. Carol tells me Jack was, on average, moderately successful in his role. Some months, Jack pulled in skyrocketing revenue, giving management hope of greatness in his abilities. But in other months his numbers were flat. Mostly I heard “here’s another Jack story for you” from a very miffed (and sometimes amused) Carol...
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