Marketing Speaker Jim Ackerman Shares a Seminal Business Experience

The experience I had visiting Horizon Services in Wilmington DE, has changed my business and my life. Exec VP Mark Aitken doesn’t use the standard HVAC business for his model. He is patterning his business after the best that the world has to offer. No wonder he has one of the most successful HVAC companies in the country, with revenues above $35 million. And that’s how he can give hundreds of thousands in goods, services and sponsorships back to the community each year. There are lessons in this story for all of us. Not just marketing lessons… business lessons… life lessons.

The Paralysis of Politics

It is with considerable trepidation that I approach this post.
I’m a marketing expert. I help people sell stuff. I help them advertise more effectively and efficiently. I help them get more bang for their marketing buck. I’m all about testing and tracking, chasing cost per lead, cost per sale, profit per sale.
I don’t have a [...]