I’m a runner. Not a fast runner, and no longer a distance runner, but every day I get up and I go for a run. I’m big on making a decision once. As in, I exercise daily. Decision made. I no longer agonize every morning on whether I have the time to squeeze in a
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Best of Holiday Email Campaigns 2018
As we close out 2018, I wanted to take some time to put the spotlight on winning email campaigns I’ve seen over the past year. Today, we’ll put the spotlight on the best holiday email campaigns! Bear in mind that the year isn’t over yet, and there are probably even more coming down the pipe.
Finalize your strategic marketing calendar in three simple steps
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing the step-by-step process I take when creating a business strategic marketing calendar for the year. Today, we’ll wrap up this three-part series by diving into the final stage: Finalize & Execute! But first a quick recap of how we got here. I shared the 5 reasons every
How to cultivate an attitude of gratitude in your business
November is National Gratitude Month. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Yet, in the day-to-day grind of owning a business, sometimes it is hard to take the time to simply be thankful. We become so worried about putting out fires, about solving problems, about profit and loss and quarterlies and covering shifts and submitting that end of year
A Bold Holiday Email Marketing Recommendation
This stance on November holiday email marketing strategy could get me blackballed from the email community. But then, I’m not sure that I’m really IN that community. I’ve also never really heard of anybody being blackballed from it, so you know what? I’m going to risk it. The holiday email marketing strategy I’m going to
Winning through customer connections
My whole career, I’ve been in customer service. I started in traditional retail in high school, selling Replay cards at Sam Goody before transitioning to my college job of slangin’ lattes at the local Starbucks, which turned into my first post-college job as a store manager with that same coffee giant. I transitioned to a