by hamilton | Effective Marketing |
A really sharp young man came to me frustrated he hadn’t completed a task I gave him. I had told him what I wanted but left the how-to-do-it to him. He was feeling blocked by that, I think, and couldn’t make progress. Now, you should know I’m a...
by hamilton | Effective Marketing |
Q: What’s the definition of a great ad? A: One that gets results. That’s it. Beautiful people, gorgeous photography, really HAPPY people, puppies, humor, celebrities, cool music, and all the rest, doesn’t matter. Did it generate results? Any time you...
by hamilton | Effective Marketing |
What are your favorite Christmas moments? It’s a wonderful question that gets the conversation off crazy crowds, eating too much, and Uncle Lou’s bad breath. I have three, actually… A good friend, one of the kindest, gentlest humans I’ve ever...
by hamilton | Effective Marketing |
…or the greatness of simplicity. No matter. Steve Martin credits his career taking off to the moment he decided in the early 70s to quit trying to do political humor and focus on just making people laugh. Simple enough, in the era of the Vietnam War...
by hamilton | Effective Marketing |
Remember learning how to feed yourself? Neither do I, but I’ll bet we both do just fine now. That’s how doing most new things works; we have to be bad at it until we get good at it. Which reminds me of my recent visit with my son in Denver. We were waiting...
by hamilton | Effective Marketing |
Remember the gnarly cowboy scout who could look at the ground and tell that 12 men came through (in a hurry) three hours ago? He could read the signs. We all can express our inner gnarly cowboy scouts with Google…to help make better decisions and attract more of...
