Episode 14 – A Website Overnight With NorthWorks.ca
Live from Smitty’s in the Golden Mile, I talk to Brandon Wu about his company and how he got his start.
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Episode #14 – A Website Overnight With NorthWorks
Realize: How Not To Market a University
Lately I’ve noticed several different University of Regina billboards around Regina. Now if you immediately jump to “but Jeph you saw them and remembered them. Isn’t that a great billboard?!?” Hardly. Not all exposure is good exposure. Do you think BP’s oil spill was “good” exposure for the company?
Is Your Brand a Ford or a Porsche?
This is a guest post written by Brin Werrett from RockStar Homes.
Successfully sell your brand and your products will sell themselves.
Every business has a product and most, arguably, have a brand. Pick up any of the latest marketing books and you’ll hear that some of the most successful companies in the word don’t sell you products. They sell you a brand. Call it “Brand Fans” or whatever you want, but there’s a distinct difference in how these companies do business and how their customers perceive their products.
The New Definition of ‘Strategy’
“The essential source of value right now is coming less from master strategy than from broad experimentation, because no one has a complete grasp, or even a very good one, about what the next great idea will look like.” -Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus
Strategy is no longer a document, or a recommendation. The “all inclusive strategic plan” is irrelevant in the new business world. What you need to focus on is small bets, ideas and experiments, measured meticulously over a predetermined amount of time. Find what works and improve upon it.
Blogs For Nothing & Tweets For Free
Just because you’ve read some tool is “ubiquitous” doesn’t mean it’s a smart option for your company.
Just because “everyone’s on there” doesn’t always mean you need to be.
Just because something is technically “free” to use doesn’t mean you’ll have the time to use it effectively.
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
Bridging the Media Gap Award
Bridging the gap between traditional and online media award
This week’s winner is: Dominos Pizza
A Domino’s Pizza commercial advertising their “Show us Your Pizza.com” campaign on Television is a great way to get influence people to get involved with a brand online. What not a better way to build trust in your product by challenging people to buy it and take a picture of how great it looks. Offer prize money for the best pictures and you have a recipe for this weeks bridging the gap award.
Congratulations Dominos, what a neat idea for a promotion!
Have a great example of a company bridging the gap between online and traditional media? Send it my way! You may have next weeks winner…
