How & Why People Buy Tech Products

1. What motivates people to buy a tech product or service? 2. How do people find a tech product or service to buy? I surveyed my LinkedIn audience for answers. 1. What motivates people to buy a tech product or service? People buy a technology product or service for many reasons.  2. How do people findContinue reading “How & Why People Buy Tech Products”

How &Why People Buy Technology

When marketing and selling a product or service, it is important to ask two questions to understand your buyers. 1.What motivates people to buy a product or service? 2.How do people find a product or service to buy? I surveyed my LinkedIn audience for answers. 1. What motivates people to buy a product or Service?Continue reading “How &Why People Buy Technology”

What the Product Marketing Community Taught Me about Marketing

I covered the Product Marketing Community event in New York. Product Marketing Community was founded by Product Marketers for Product Marketers. Attendees of Product Marketing Community events take interactive workshops led by product marketing leaders and network with their peers. The event covered how to: build and execute: go-to-market strategy, buyer insights, messaging and content and salesContinue reading “What the Product Marketing Community Taught Me about Marketing”

Ways to use Marketing to Improve Customer Experience & Customer Journey

http://www.interaction-design.org The Customer Experience and Customer Journey is being disrupted by technology. The technology comes in the form of social channels such as the internet, mobile, social media, publishing platforms, audio books and video on demand. All of these channels have the effect of giving consumers instant access to information about products and services. MobileContinue reading “Ways to use Marketing to Improve Customer Experience & Customer Journey”

Will EdTech/E-Learning CEO’s/CMO’s Improve Learning for Teachers & Students?

EdTech & E-Learning companies are doing great work. However, I have identified a gap in their marketing strategy that could leave them vulnerable to competitors. None and in some cases very few of the people in the Marketing function of the organization were former Teachers. You can do a search on LinkedIn to verify this.Continue reading “Will EdTech/E-Learning CEO’s/CMO’s Improve Learning for Teachers & Students?”

10 Ways to Build an Audience & Grow a Customer Base

There are many ways to grow an audience and build a customer base. Here are 10 strategies for you to grow your audience and build a customer base. 1. Starting a Blog based on Buyer Personas Create a blog within your website focusing on customer pain points discovered in your buyer personas. Image via http://www.garrisoneverest.com/inbound-marketing-2/how-to-implement-inbound-marketing/ 2.Use SocialContinue reading “10 Ways to Build an Audience & Grow a Customer Base”

Customer Marketing: What We Can Learn from Actors

Image via Garrison Everest When Actors land a role to play, they need to memorize their lines but for their delivery to be believable, they need to become the character. Actors become the character they play by doing research. This research is conducted by: reading books/watching videos about the life of the character, conducting interviewsContinue reading “Customer Marketing: What We Can Learn from Actors”