Sometimes life and marketing are about taking risks. About trying something different in order to grab the attention of your target audience. In a positive way of course. Big brands do it all the time, one because they have (or had) the budgets to do so. (2020 was a gamechanger for sure.) So, once upon […]
It was their first book. Blood. Sweat. Tears. That’s what it took to get the words out of their head and heart and into manuscript format. With the publisher hired, the manuscript was submitted. Now it was time to celebrate with a book signing party. The venue secured. The guest list finalized. The menu selected. […]
Marjorie and I have known each other virtually for a decade now. We’ve never met IRL (in real life). We’re both marketers and that’s what brought us together on Twitter all those many years ago. She tells the story about how I was one of the few people who attended her Twitter chat way back […]
I was five when Dolemite hit the big screen back in 1975 so I missed it and much of the Blaxploitation films of the era. I’d heard of movies like Shaft and Shaft Goes to Africa but never watched any of the movies. So when Netflix released Eddie Murphy’s Dolemite Is My Name, it was […]
I’m very grateful for the amazing people who made this book tour such an amazing event! To my family and friends, I appreciate your love and support. Special thanks to Biddie Webb, Linda Limb, Azalea McKinney, Leslie Hassler, Merrilee Kick, Carolyn Young, Lynne Cadena, Lynda Bishop, Vicki Semander, the love of my life […]
Now that the #chickenwars have cooled off and Popeye’s is out of chicken let’s talk about a few things that made this a nationwide phenomenon. Some entrepreneurs and small business owners were a little salty about all the free shares and comments about the ongoing battle between Popeye’s and Chick Fil A by family and […]
After two years, I finally finished my book, What Million-Dollar Brands Know: Marketing & Branding Strategies for Today’s Entrepreneur. During the process, I lost my mom and my sister, conducted 15 interviews with 15 amazing women business owners, two interview audio transcriptions, and a major rewrite. When it was all done, all was left was […]
Natalie Lin, founder and artistic director of the Houston-based orchestra group Kinetic found out that pop-up markets can be really good for business, even if you are a music group. Pop-ups as a marketing strategy help businesses expand into new areas and expose their brand to new customers. These events allow the brand to give out samples, […]
The Project You have to understand that this project was not on our production schedule and nowhere near our radar. It kind of just fell into our lap. We saw this great organization corralling volunteers from all across the United States to help Houston-area homeowners recover from Hurricane Harvey. We called them superheroes and started documenting their […]