ChatGPT: You’re Fired! (Well, Kinda)
12.06.2024 – In case you didn’t know, ChatGPT isn’t a real person. Even though I consider it an office assistant, it has no feelings. You can yell at it and it doesn’t care. You can kick it in its GPT, and it won’t flinch. You can refuse to talk to it for days, and it won’t say a word.
Don’t Let the “9” Pricing Strategy Charm You
11.22.2024 – When did marketers collectively decide that prices ending in 9 are more appealing? Why does $99.99 feel less expensive than $100?
How Utah’s Athletic Director Fumbled the “Holy War” Post-Game Press Conference
11.16.2024 – From the PR perspective, this has to be one of the most disastrous press conferences I’ve ever witnessed.
Following a last-second 22-21 loss to arch-rival BYU, University of Utah Athletic Director (AD) Mark Harlan took the spotlight — for all the wrong reasons. Instead of showing grace in defeat, he vented publicly, saying…
The Tiny Unsubscribe: A Deceptive Email Marketing Strategy
11.08.2024 – Are there business or marketing strategies that just annoy you Here’s one that’s irked me for a long time: the microscopic unsubscribe link. Hopefully blogging about it will be therapeutic!
The Power of Emotional Intelligence: How EQ Transforms Leadership and Organizational Success
11.01.2024 – Is your boss unbearably reactive? Or is your team disengaged? If so, there’s a good chance emotional intelligence — or EQ — is the missing ingredient. EQ encompasses skills in self-awareness, self-management, empathy, and relationship building.
Where’s That Confounded Bridge?
10.24.2024 – Just eight miles from our home in East Tennessee is the Taylor Bridge, which crosses the Nolichucky River. Well, it was a bridge. Massive flooding caused by Hurricane Helene swept through on Sept. 27, and now, the bridge is gone. Houses and farmlands along the riverbanks were also devastated.
Which of These 22 Creative Job Titles Do You Like Best?
10.18.2024 – Why embrace the status quo That’s boring. Creativity shakes things up. Makes life more interesting. It’s the fruit of enlivened imaginations.
Email Marketing Copywriting Disasters – Part 2
10.15.2024 – Hope you enjoyed the previous post about four email copywriting disasters. As promised, I have three more to share with you. (Again, this is only meant to help teach how to write more powerful, customer-centric copy — not to personally put anyone down.)