Yearly Archives: 2009

Reduce marketing spend AND increase ROI?

What to change when results drop off?

How do I compete with big brands’ muscle?

Crossing Silos, a midmarket morning seminar

The Midmarket Forum at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is offering a breakfast seminar on June 11, 2009. As a committee member, I have helped the Midmarket Forum focus on topics that address competition and marketplace challenges (such as economic downturns). The midmarket is a rewarding sector of the US economy to study. Midmarket businesses [...]

Distinguish Spanish Language Tribes

In the course of working with Goose Island Beer Company I’ve learned to distinguish between many types of beer, and have become an aficionado and discriminating craft beer tribalist. Understanding the product is great, but I’ve become concerned with the question: what about marketing beer (or other product categories) to ethnic tribe cultures? I’ve been [...]