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• Laying Track As The Train Is Running

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  I’m working on a screamin’ fast track $oftware development project for a client , as in: First meeting with software developers was this past Tuesday; first deliverable is scheduled for next Tuesday (yes, that’s right, 7 calendar days.).  We’re talking mad coding and  on-the-fly reviews.  We’ve got ...
  3 days ago

• Why Isn’t Somebody Else Doing It?

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  …if it’s such a great and obvious idea? This is one of those pesky investor questions frequently asked of would-be entrepreneurs. And, sometimes, the answer is depressing. Come to find out – after a wee bit of research – somebody else is doing it and have an entrenched market position with towering ...
  5 days ago

• Would You Do Biz with BobJack258@aol.com?

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  “When I get an email from an AOL address, I begin worrying before I open it that the question will be completely clueless,” said a person who works as a Web master. (Comment on NYT article re AOL .) Ouch! This is unkind and unfair…and yet… Recently, when a colleague presented a seminar on start-ups, ...
  1 week ago

• The Kevin Bacon Marketing Method

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  “Our target market is the Fortune 500.” “We’ll target industry leaders.” Both of these tired sentences come up repeatedly in go-to-market plans – and they’re meaningless. First, there are only 500 of the Fortune 500 (and they’re a pretty ragged bunch these days, in any event.) Do you know ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are You (Really) Developing A Product?

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  …or are you playing with an idea? Of course, you need an idea before you can have a product…but you can patent anything (rather it’s a defensible patent…or a good product idea…that’s two other entirely different matters.) Three Sanity Checkpoints: 1. What does it do? No, not what you’ll ...
  2 weeks ago

• Success Takes More Than Showing Up

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  90% of success is showing up. – Woody Allen This is oft repeated as an entrepreneur mantra.  And, yes – you need to show up, but you also need to show up with something. We all know them: The gung-ho board member of a nonprofit, who – if he actually does show up – comes late and unprepared, albeit ...
  3 weeks ago

• What Does Your Sign Say?

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  Last weekend, friends and I went to a home expo. There was LOTS of signage – screamin’ colors, big letters, jam-packed text, exclamation points galore!!…but…no grabbers. As we were walking around the sparsely attended show, I couldn’t (readily) tell what about 20% of the companies offered. Even sadder, in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Losing a Loyal Customer For $104

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  I was with Geico for over 21 years. I paid my bill (usually in full, no payment plan); I had one claim in over two decades; haven’t had a ticket in years and years; drive a very practical car. And, I loved that little gecko (the cavemen, not so much.) But, I heard that AAA could save me money – and I’m a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Creating Customer Loyalty for Only 44 Cents

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  Last Wednesday I woke up and realized I really, really, really needed a haircut RIGHT NOW (one day the hair is fine; the next I look like Crackhead Barbie…go figure.) So, I’d seen a sign at Beauty Essentials salon in my neighborhood – “$30 walk-in special.” Well, it’s always dicey trying a new place, ...
  3 weeks ago

• “I KNOW marketing. I’m a graphics designer!”

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  This is a direct quote from a conversation I had recently with a young designer (you’ll have to imagine the ever-so-superior tone of voice.) This is like an interior designer saying he’s an architect. And, even if the designer is also an architect – there’s no way of knowing he’s good at either job. ...
  4 weeks ago

• “FREE!” Web Flim-Flam

  
  Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter — Authority: 122
  A friend asked my advice about a web developer pitching a low-cost “blog-friendly” web site. The price ($897.00) isn’t bad for what is actually a slight customization of a Wordpress template. And, the turnaround is two biz days. Of course, you’ll have to live with the fact that your web site closely ...
  4 weeks ago

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