Lon Safko, Social Media and Growth Nation 8/12

Lon Safko

Growth Nation is pleased to be hosting the one and only Lon Safko, principal at Extreme Digital Marketing and author of The Social Media Bible, in a special advanced marketing session at our global headquarters in SkySong on August 12th from 9am to noon. Lon is one of the world's top authorities on social media marketing. He's also a wonderfully … [Read more...]

Export and Grow Globally

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According to the US Commercial Service, most companies that export only do business in one country. Expansion beyond that country represents a significant growth opportunity for companies looking for additional revenue and earnings. Recently I was honored to speak with Dr. Angel Cabrera, president of Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International … [Read more...]

More Product Failures: Pontiac Aztek

More Product Failures: Pontiac Aztek

Previously I posted a blog on Impactful Products www.impactfulproducts.com that articulated a product failure: the Pontiac Aztek.  Pontiac made multiple mistakes and ultimately the automaker was a victim of recent major cuts at General Motors. They ignored customer needs at your peril, which led to their demise. That  post (part II) is at http://impactfulproducts.com/when-product-management-fails-bad-things-happen-part-2/.  … [Read more...]

Learning from New Product Failures: Arylon

Learning from New Product Failures: DuPont Arylon

A flawed product development process can create some pretty big new product disasters, and one of those disasters was a product called Arylon by DuPont. It came to market under that name as something completely different, but unfortunately for the original product development team, there was a much grander vision that was never realized. The product … [Read more...]

Accelerating Growth in 2010

Growing in 2010

Growth is accelerating, and opportunity abounds! Yes the economy has changed – and to those who understand the changes, success will follow. It is not necessarily an easy path, and so be careful on those slippery rocks! Thank you to all the clients and partners of Growth Nation for your passion to GROW. I am continually amazed at your energy and … [Read more...]

Marketing Solutions to Grow

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Growth Nation was started from the perceived need that emerging companies needed access to better marketing resources at an affordable price. We felt many marketing companies just didn't get it.  They could do bits and pieces of marketing, but they couldn't grasp what it holistically takes to grow clients, and they weren't trusted business advisors. … [Read more...]

51 Free Marketing Tips #41 through 51

We now come to the last of the 51 free marketing tips. Thanks again to Francine Hardaway, Ed Nusbaum and Phillip Blackerby for having Growth Nation support the Fast Trac program, which inspired this list. 41. Write and distribute a good press release. There's two important parts - writing and distributing. First on the writing side, please please … [Read more...]

51 Free Marketing Tips #21 through 30

Are you ready for more free marketing tips from Growth Nation? Thanks again to Francine Hardaway, Ed Nusbaum and Phillip Blackerby for inviting me to share these with the current Tempe Fast Trac group of entrepreneurs last month. There are 51 free marketing tips, and here's 10 more. 21. Get some content out there. Francine Hardaway is the queen of … [Read more...]

51 Free Marketing Tips: #11 through 20

Thank you for your interest in the 51 free marketing tips. These were inspired by Francine Hardaway and Ed Nusbaum of Stealthmore Partners and Fast Trac. Here are the second 10 (of 51) free marketing tips for small business. These next 10 are sprinkled with foundational items that every business should do but most don't. 11. Practice the 6 P's. Be … [Read more...]

51 Free Marketing Tips for Small Business: #1 through 10

Francine Hardaway and Ed Nusbaum of Stealthmore Partners recently asked if I wouldn't mind stopping by a Fast Trac group to discuss bootstrapped marketing. I figured that this might mean 'free', and so I put together a list of 51 free marketing tips for small business that everyone seemed to have fun with, especially since the list was free, too. I … [Read more...]