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.

Advertising Speaker, Jim Ackerman, Announces New VLOG

The first in a series of programs designed to help you hone your skills as a marketer and advertiser. Presented by Marketing Wizard, Jim Ackerman, one of the most renowned marketing speakers and advertising speakers in the USA. Become a better marketing and advertising practitioner, so you can clobber the competition as you — perhaps for the first time — approach your advertising efforts with confidence and cool! That’s how you increase sales and make more money.

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…

Marketing Speaker Asks What Makes Your Different (Video)

How to differentiate yourself in the marketplace is one of the age-old marketing conundrums. The principle of the Unique Purchase Appeal is the most powerful marketing principle on the planet. It’s also the most important…

Marketing Speaker Asks… What Do You Do & How Are You Different?

What do you do and how are you different? These are the 2 most fundamental questions anyone is likely to want to know about your business. So why do so few business people have prepared answers for them. In fact virtually every business selling situation is absolutely predictable. It makes sense to have prepared answers built into your presentations and at the ready when questions are asked or objections are raised.

Marketing Speaker Claims All Media Is “Opt-in”

The differences between the “old” interruptive media, and the new, digital “opt-in” media aren’t as great as you’ve been lead to believe. The “opt-in” isn’t as non-invasive as you thought, and the “interruptive” is pretty much opt-in these days. Either way, you still need to know how to sell through your media.

Marketing Speaker Proclaims Historical First… The Death of a Medium

The Yellow Pages are dead. Not dying. Dead. They’re a medium whose time has past. Time to get out and dedicate your marketing dollars elsewhere… specifically to local SEO!

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.