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Often I hear from professionals, business people and friends that they are too busy to market and that marketing takes too much time. The fact is that marketing does take time and like any investment you get more out depending on how much you put it. The attached article below offers good examples of aRead more

Time to look back at your personal marketing and plan actions for 2017 Every December we see story after story online, on TV and in the media about New Year’s resolutions. With more days off and fewer events, this time of year is ideal for planning and preparing for 2017. However, before you look forward,Read more

Why is it that many salespeople don’t understand LinkedIn? In my personal branding and LinkedIn seminars I have had many people who are in sales offer answers to this question. The top answers: “I am not getting any leads.” “No ROI.” “Too much time is needed.” “I don’t have time” and finally, “I can’t findRead more

This article originally appeared February 23, 2012 on Digital Brand Marketing Education & Interactives Social media networking and marketing allows businesses to reach and provide tremendous amounts of information to clients, prospects and referral sources.  However, face-to-face marketing still has an important place.  Trade shows are one area where social media can provide significant supportRead more

Your Social Media Plan: Why you need one and first steps (This blog was origionally published on the Digital Brand Marketing Education Blog – www.digitalbrandmarketing.com ) Over the years I have conducted workshops and sat on panels discussing social media and marketing.  From these interactions it has become clear that many businesses and individuals struggle with understandingRead more

Nothing is scarier than watching people continuing to make social media mistakes.  It frightens me to think of all the time, money and effort wasted with ineffective and inefficient approaches to social media marketing.  Unfortunately many businesses and business people approach social media in a nonchalant way with no planning or goals.   At Corbett PublicRead more

An intriguing commercial for a 2011 Honda Odyssey recently caught my attention.  I thought to myself,  “Could  I actually be considering a minivan for a future purchase.” This thought was coming from a guy who has only driven trucks and a mustang convertible over the past 20 years. The creative commercial jarred my preexisting perception of the minivanRead more

Websites, blogs and social media pages make up the bulk of a business’s web identity and contribute significantly to the public perception of the company.  Everyone agrees that maintaining an interactive and informational web William J. Corbett, Jr. presence is a marketing necessity.  Business websites let people find your business and learn about the productsRead more

There I an ongoing debate about whom one should connect with. Should people connect with people they don’t know or don’t know well? I changed my tune on this subject earlier this year. In the past I tried to limit my connections to people that I “actually” knew in the real world. This limited my ability to grow my contact list and network. Several months ago I started to contact people with whom I had some connection with or who were members of groups of which I am part. (Note: If you are a member of a group, you can directly contact other members and request to connect.) This has enabled me to grow my contact list and create new relationships.

We saw in the early and mid 1990s the growth of the internet. Businesses started to create websites and the “Field of Dreams” movie quote “If you build it they will come” was often used. We found over the years that this is the farthest thing from the truth. The truth is that if you build it they might come but probably won’t.