Last week I introduced my new keynote speech, Think Like A CMO as the brazen answer to the question: What's the secret to success?  My rationale starts with the extreme yet somewhat familiar sounding challenges that most CMOs (and the rest of us) face: Bosses that may have unrealistic or significantly different expectations; Numerous factors that impact results that are outside of one's control; Limited...

I have to admit that I went into the conversation about storytelling wondering "what's the story here?"  How could something as old as storytelling be a hot new topic in marketing.  Darren Marshall, CMO of Steinway & Sons, was kind enough to set me straight in preparation for our panel Storytelling and Branding: Does Story Trump Data (also featuring Aimee Munsell of...

It is hard to be a student of history and not be fascinated by leaders.  And as some of you may have picked up by now, I spend a lot of my spare time reading books and listening to courses on American History with a special concentration on Ben Franklin and the American Revolution.  Starting about a week ago, I...

Whenever I meet entrepreneurs, they often pick my brain for marketing wisdom usually asking one or all of the following questions: How do we get the biggest bang for our marketing bucks? What are the most effective marketing channels? Is social media worth the time and effort? Does guerrilla marketing still work? Tell me Obi Wan, what is the secret to...

If ever there were brands built on the backs of traditional media, it would be Budweiser and Bud Light.  These stalwarts of sports broadcasts, joined us in our living rooms and bars, reminding us years back who this Bud was for and more recently, inciting us to be up for whatever with Bud Light. But just because TV was the big...