Newsletter/Blog
Save Your Brand from Marketing Blunders
Last November 2nd, a thick white envelope from Ocean Conservatory arrived in the mail. I’d never heard of the organization. As a family we had donated to a similar organization in the past. I assumed Ocean Conservatory had gotten my name from a shared list. I smiled...
When Your Brand Outgrows Its Name
I named my brand in a hurry. That was not my plan. I started my company in November 1999, while two months pregnant with my daughter. My plan involved networking for the remaining seven months of pregnancy, taking a real maternity leave (not the corporate 10 weeks),...
What 10 Years of Varsity Marketing Newsletter Writing Has Taught Me
Ten years ago, I pressed send on my first Varsity Marketing Newsletter. Unbeknownst to you, my wonderful readers, the launch was over a year in the making. Starting a newsletter was part of my marketing plan in 2010, but by September I still hadn’t begun. That changed...
The Free Dessert that Made Things Worse
On a bright mid-October Monday, my friend Liz and I had a strange experience when we had lunch outside at a restaurant. Sunlight warmed the patio where two parallel rows of tables were spaced about 15 feet apart. Liz sat across from me, with her back to the other row...
Holiday Card Dos and Don’ts
Have you heard a holiday song on the radio yet?
It always amazes me how early the holiday music starts. I am among the 81 percent of Americans who don’t want to hear it in stores before Thanksgiving.
But while I am not ready to endure endless loops of “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer,” I am already thinking about my business holiday cards.