There’s Nothing Wrong With Being A Prospect(ive Customer)

Seth Godin expresses dissatisfaction with marketing-centric terms, where a person is defined by the marketer, not the other way around. This includes the words “prospect” and “target”. He then asks: “Isn’t it interesting that there isn’t even a name for someone who doesn’t yet have a relationship with the marketer?”… Read the rest

Great Marketing Comes With A Smile

The following is also my latest MediaPost Spin column.

Great Marketing Comes With A Smile

February 15th, 2008 by Max Kalehoff

We all know the difference between interactions where someone smiles versus when someone does not. When people smile, the experience more often than not is pleasant, if not enjoyable.… Read the rest

Social Media Is The New Core Competency of Search Marketing Underworld

I’ve bookmarked Sphinn as my homepage for the past couple months. Sphinn is Danny Sullivan (of Search Engine Land)’s Digg-like news-voting site for Web and search marketing, and is geared to the advanced crowd. Sphinn certainly exposes some valuable articles, but I find it interesting the high frequency of top-voted articles around social media and its application for search-engine optimization (SEO).… Read the rest