by Brook McCarthy | Apr 28, 2014 | Branding, Communication
Wonder why your marketing isn’t working? Does that sound mean? You know what’s really mean? Working your bum off trying to make a crust and having little to show for it. Before I let you in on the number one reason why your marketing isn’t working, I want to...
by Brook McCarthy | Mar 17, 2014 | Branding, Communication, Creativity
Humans have a tendency to complicate matters. I’ve found this tends to accompany procrastination. We think ourselves into complexity and then use this complexity as a reason not to take action, because we believe we have an equation that needs figuring before action...
by Brook McCarthy | Feb 7, 2014 | Communication, Email marketing
“I need a larger list!” goes the lament of business owners the world over. While social media are the cool kids in town, savvy operators know that email is the best platform for increasing sales. In the ever-shifting world of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,...
by Brook McCarthy | Jan 29, 2014 | Communication, Social media
Manners and ettiquette in the age of social media are sticky business. We boldly go where no pixel has gone before and, like all new endeavours, for a time things are, well, awkward. (Yes, I’m talking about Facebook). Netiquette is simpler on Twitter. Except that, for...
by Brook McCarthy | Jan 16, 2014 | Communication
It costs five times more to attract new clients than to keep existing clients according to common wisdom on this subject. Many market research companies cite figures far higher. Further, existing clients are far more profitable than new clients. You likely know this...
by Brook McCarthy | Dec 19, 2013 | Communication
The man stood in the middle of the road, dwarfed by a truck towering over him. He’d appeared out of nowhere, hands aloft, demanding the truck to stop. It was a sticky, sunny summer day. I was in one of those big city moods that come when driving, negotiating traffic...