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How to grow website audience through social media
I was asked this week about the recent ramp up of social media content I was putting out on behalf of my other brand, a travel writing and content creation business, CarryOnQueen.com For those of you...
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Being More Human in Our Marketing in 2020
Being more human in our marketing requires work and creativity. It also begs for time and patience to achieve results, and can be difficult to scale. If that sounds like a step backwards, or counter...
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Lessons from entrepreneur leaders at Small Business BC 2020 Awards
On Friday February 21, 2020 Small Business BC hosted their annual awards at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. The event is a bit like the Academy Awards for Small Business in my province. Held...
View ArticleResponse, recovery & renewal: a three stage approach to marketing in a pandemic
I’ve been working on two different marketing strategy plans for clients this week. Both projects were well under way for completion when the Covid-19 crisis hit. Like many businesses, we were caught...
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Marketing pyramid power during Covid-19
I am currently teaching a university marketing communications course online. I first created the course well over 10 years ago for them, but had only taught it as recently as 6 years ago. Revising the...
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Five Market Changes to Address When Planning for Post Pandemic
This last week of dealing with Covid-19 has seen a decided shift in thinking towards at least planning for what to do in slowly opening up our economy. While government response has varied globally,...
View ArticleChange or be changed: How substitutes and hybrids are altering consumer markets
The last 12-14 weeks since the pandemic began has brought about a tremendous period of change. We’ve changed where, how and when we work. Commuter, transit and driving patterns have been impacted. How...
View ArticleCustomer Delight as Marketing
This week I’ve been preparing material for a couple upcoming workshops and client presentations this fall. I’ve been mixing it in with a healthy dose of cabin life admittedly, but it’s been fun to get...
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Reevaluating the Customer Journey in 2021
The customer journey impacts virtually every angle of your business, and it’s been disrupted in a major way by the pandemic. What, where, when, how and why we buy were all challenged in 2020....
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Digital Transformation
Digital transformation has been happening for some time, but it has been undeniably accelerated by Covid. Many businesses are worried because they’ve seen digital disruption before, and this latest...
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