Category Archives: Strategy
SDG&E Social Technical Terrorism Responsible for South-West Blackouts
Millions were left powerless after yesterday afternoon’s unexpected blackouts, which plagued much of the south-west United States. With the catastrophe occurring so close to 9/11, many speculate that international terrorism is brewing and that the United States should again increase … Continue reading
The Jan Brady Persona
The most important persona could be the one your business neglects the most. Hmph. Most companies focus on grabbing market share but the opportunity to grab market size could present the largest opportunity (and is sometimes the path of least … Continue reading
The eBC Directional Marketing Matrix
A Simple Framework to Help You Make Better Digital Marketing Decisions I just got done reading The Power of the 2×2 Matrix by Alex Lowy and Phil Hood of Transcend Strategy Group – a management consulting outfit in Toronto – … Continue reading
The Rich Uncle
15 Minutes to Better Branding Digital branding is one of the highest demand strategic consulting items for us this year. My observation is that this is due to one reason: the economic situation of the past two years caused companies … Continue reading
Informed Freestyling
Marketing Epiphany from a 50 year old Thai. One of my life’s passion is muay thai and this past weekend, I got to train with the Micha Mikailian of the sport, Saekson Janjira. Out of many takeaways, the one that resonated the … Continue reading
The Secret to Advocacy Marketing
Robust advocacy-marketing programs are achieving significant revenue gains – 10 to 20 percent for established products and up to 100 percent for new products. Advocacy marketing is a new(er) term in marketing paved by rise of social media, mobile commerce, … Continue reading
Interview: Market like the Army and Navy Academy
If you run a small business or are responsible for its marketing activity, you can probably relate to the daunting task of keeping up with the ever-changing ways to reach customers online. Perhaps you are wondering… how do I turn … Continue reading
The road to a Strategic Marketing Plan
I once read that the difference between a weekend fisherman and a professional fisherman is that the professional fisherman writes down things like the date, water temperature, time, size of fish, the exact spot where he dropped the line, the … Continue reading


