The Loss of Jobs…
Everybody is mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. In this post, one of the world’s top Marketing Speakers, Jim Ackerman, explains why Jobs was the embodiment of industrial icon, Peter Drucker, and why Jim wants to be like Steve, when he grows up…
Other Marketing Speakers May Disagree, but Jim Ackerman Says You CAN Track Radio…
In this post, Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman, analyzes a radio ad campaign he did for a local dentist, illustrating how radio ads can be tracked to “genetically engineer” for better results. Includes Jim’s latest VLOG post from YouTube Channel GoodBadnUglyAds
Why is Southwest the Only Airline that “Gets It,” asks Prominent Marketing Speaker
Southwest Airlines seems like the only airline these days that knows how to treat a passenger, both on and off the aircraft. Witness their friendly people, their on-time arrival record, and now the online stations they’ve put at every gate to help waiting passengers turn wait time into productive time. Nobody else does that! All while the Deltas, Americans, and Uniteds of the world are charging us for bags. Are you engineering a positive customer experience in your business. Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman, examines the ramifications in this timely post.
The MESSAGE is the MEDIUM, Says Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman
It was Marshal McLuhan who said, “The medium is the message.” He was only half right. The message is also the medium. If you don’t believe it, consider the results of marketers who have changed as little as a couple of words in a headline and increased results by hundreds or even thousands of percent. The medium was the same, the cost was the same. The rewards were dramatically different. Consider the example of Orabrush and their remarkable success on YouTube, which has eclipsed companies literally millions of times bigger than they are.
Marketing Speaker Says Uncertainty Causes Uncertainty
Marketing and Advertising Speaker, Jim Ackerman revisits an article he wrote in August of ‘09, bemoaning the uncertainty imposed on the marketplace by political paralysis. If you’re a business person looking to grow your business, these are very tough times, and recent developements haven’t helped. There is still far too much uncertainty in the marketplace to pull us out of the recession.
Search Marketing is Frustrating & Often Futile, Marketing Speaker Claims…
Advertising is frustrating. Lots of money and seldom certain returns. The internet… e-commerce, social media, and more… were supposed to be magical solutions that would solve our marketing challenges forever. But it hasn’t happened, and it won’t. Here’s why…
Direct Response Trumping Image Marketing says Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman
Marketing Speaker / Advertising Speaker, Jim Ackerman applies Leo Burnnett’s famous advertising adage, “It’s not creative unless it sells” to the world of marketing and advertising today, as he lauds the arrival of the new era of Direct Response marketing.
Marketing Speaker Predicts The Rise of the Direct Marketing Era
Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman says the recession has brought advertisers back to earth in terms of what they expect from their marketing efforts. Now it’s no longer about creative. It’s about selling. It’s about getting a direct response.
Cyber Monday Email Spike & Dive
Email marketing is bound to set records for emails sent on Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, but it is likely to lead to a DECLINE in email marketing in the coming year. Here’s why…
Tricks With Gift Certificates…
There are two kinds of businesses in the world… those that rely on the holiday season to make or break their year, and those that don’t.
If your business’s success for the last 12 months depends on how you do in the next 30 days, it might be a good idea to milk all the revenue [...]
