How to turn haters into raving customers, from Entrepreneur. Our next guest on the School of Greatness turned $12,415 into $3.93 million over the course of his career. He did this with the money he was given at his Bar Mitzvah. How did he do this? By

5 metrics that will soon fade away, according to Ragan. What insights do you value? Here are the marketing metrics that are heading down the tubes: Comments With publisher platforms constantly changing the rules about comment quality and with spammin

16 stats that prove social media isn’t just a fad, according to HubSpot. We’ve all heard at some point or another that social media is dying. Twitter isn’t growing as expected, businesses aren’t happy with Facebook’s News Feed,

Volkswagen freaks out whole movie theater with devious ‘Don’t text and drive’ PSA, from AdWeek. We’ve seen lots of “Don’t text and drive” ads lately. With this one from Ogilvy Beijing, Volkswagen drove the me

How to design a social media campaign, according to Social Media Examiner. Do you need to set up a social media campaign? Do you know how to get started? Establishing a strong team and a day-to-day plan are important for any successful social media c

3 ways to master the hashtag, according to Entrepreneur. In an episode of his late-night show last fall, Jimmy Fallon held a Twitter conversation in real life with Justin Timberlake. Littered with spoken hashtags (my favorite: #lololololololololololo

5 ways social data can enhance marketing data, from Search Engine Watch.  The nature of social media – public, real time, immediate – and the abundance of data collected on users, activity and engagement, provide a greenfield of opportunities to

The sweet and simple marketing lesson from ‘House of Cards’, according to Entrepreneur. A few months ago, I got a hankering for BBQ ribs. As someone who doesn’t typically indulge in ribs and the sort, I found myself frequenting local so

I do the grocery shopping in my house. It makes my wife happy and also allows me to indulge my curiosity of effective consumer marketing. I find it amazing how successful marketers position their products for retail success through: display, shelf sp