Why False Assumptions and Wrong Metrics Can Kill Your Marketing Success

In marketing we make many assumptions: How will people perceive a message? Who is our typical buyer? Where is our target audience? How can we attract the most buyers? What is the key trigger that makes people buy our product. … Our marketing success largely depends on us making the right assumptions, measuring the right numbers and noticing as early…

Why You Need to Approach Blogging Like a Business (Blogging Is NOT Art)

I recently made a discovery: Quite a few successful bloggers started their now famous blogs after failing at a different business. Let me give you an example: Uber-blogger Jeff Bullas, who writes one of the most successful marketing blogs in the world. Seven years ago Jeff went through a divorce; his business went bankrupt, and he was 50,000$ in debt.…