Good marketing, like good whisky, takes time
March 19, 2022
The making of Scottish whisky has long fascinated me. The simplicity of the ingredients, the patience required at every stage of the process, the hundreds of years of doing something the same way. Nothing churned out, nothing rushed. Good things take time.Conceptually, it ma...
Planning is everything (and then it’s easy)
March 5, 2022
This week I finished the DIY project of my downstairs bathroom. When I say “DIY”, this means “I hired a joiner to completely renovate the entire room and then I painted it”, which I say counts.
But actually that was part of the problem. I figured once the joine...
The (un)awkward silence: leaving space for people to think
February 26, 2022
We had a training session at PF this week on using more “definitive language”. Examples included “We believe” or “I get it” or “This works because…”
You use them in place of vague, rambly language. The kind which expresses uncertainty:
“I think...
Green flags and gold flags: looking for the good qualities, too
February 19, 2022
You know how to spot red flags. You’re not always sure how to define them, and you’re working on defining it, but when the flag starts waving, you know things aren’t going to be good. The client who doesn’t show up to meetings. The prospect who asks about price first...
I don’t actually want to be polarising
January 29, 2022
The best way to get engagement is to make strong, polarising, even outrageous statements.
You’ll get more likes. More views. More haters too, but then that counts as engagement cos you can respond to them and then more people see it and that’s the point, isn’t it...
The comparison game may kick in over the holidays
December 22, 2021
It’s nearly Christmas, so I’ll be signing off for a few weeks and writing my Notes again in January. Before I go, I wanted to send a reminder that taking a break at the holidays always opens up more of your mind to what “everyone else” is doing.
The compar...
Pink flags: Not quite red flags, but...
December 18, 2021
You know what a red flag is. Warning, danger, “bad gut feeling”, something was said or done which is an indicator this (whatever ‘this’ is) will not go well.
Prospective client or team member, new client relationship, business opportunity such as a merger or sa...
The right way is the long way: in whisky and marketing
December 11, 2021
Glengoyne Whisky Distillery prides itself on having the slowest stills in Scotland. My sister and I visited a few months ago, and in huge letters on the doors to the building holding the stills and the washbacks, it reads:
THE RIGHT WAY IS THE LONG WAY
Everywhere at th...
‘Target audience’ is one of those marketing phrases which gets used without a great deal of thought. Yes, you could also say ‘ideal audience’ or ‘client avatar’ or some other official sounding phrase, but as with all marketing terminology I prefer to question eve...
Listen to that “little voice” which reminds you to do (or say) something
November 13, 2021
You know when you think, “Oh, I meant to message that person for…” (whatever it was), and you don’t, and then later on that day they message you to ask about the thing?
You think (or say) “Ahhh, I was literally just thinking of you today and meant to get...
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