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Outbound Marketing Is Not Dead

I laugh and laugh when people say outbound marketing is dead.

It is so far from dead. It is alive, well and you need it

How do you think people find out about your company brand? You can’t sit back, play on social media, SEO, YouTube and cross your fingers that your customers find you. TV Ads still work great. Billboards are not going anywhere soon, and direct mail still brings in customers.

Do not buy into any hype that says Outbound Marketing is dead. Outbound Marketing goes by another name: ADVERTISING. It is still very much needed if you want to expand your customer base.

Video: Commentary on the Facebook “If I die” app

Fox 25 in Oklahoma City calls upon me frequently to give my commentary on various social media topics. This latest one was about the Facebook “If I die”. After I did my standard in studio five minutes segment (which gets cut to 5-15 seconds for the broadcast) I came out to the Fox 25 parking lot and recorded this extended unedited response.

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Infusionsoft: What it means to me and what it means to you

Once upon a time there was a young man who had an idea. He believed that he knew a plethora of information about the world of marketing. He had a product to sell, and he knew there was a great demand for his product. He knew all of the cool marketing acronyms (AIDA, CAB, etc). [...]

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You are not selling what you think you are selling

What are you selling? Even though I don’t know you I’d guess that most of you will get the answer wrong. As business owners we fall into the trap of thinking that we are selling our products. But we are not. We are selling the joy or pain-relief that our products bring. I don’t sell [...]

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If you talk the social media talk, walk the social media walk

Every now and then I run into the account of a “social media visionary”. These people have great websites, great marketing (heck I’m jealous of some of their features), and a pretty snazzy media kit. What do I have? Just about everything on my website is self-made and self-recorded. I handle my own social media [...]

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Social Media Tulsa – Come learn and grow

I’ll be speaking at the Social Media Tulsa conference in March of 2012. Who else will be there? What are the exact dates? Where can you get more information? Where is Jimmy Hoffa buried? (Probably) All of the questions are answered in this video. I’ll see you at the Social Media Tulsa conference.

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