Zero-G Creative

Where the heck have I been? (or, what I did on my summer vacation)

No, unfortunately I haven’t been secluding myself on a distant, tropical island but it’s nice to think about, right? It turns out that I have been just an AWFUL blogger this summer and it’s been a terribly long time since I posted anything. But instead of making excuses, I thought it would be fun to [...]

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Testing a theory…

We were talking to David Meerman Scott — author of World Wide Rave — on our radio show this morning and he has an unusual perspective on distributing content online. When offering an ebook or a white paper, most marketers would tell you to offer your content in exchange for an email address or other [...]

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It’s all fun and games until somebody loses their job…

We joked on the radio show a couple of weeks ago that we might need to implement some kind of “swear jar” to keep us from talking about social media. But let’s face it, this topic is everywhere and it pops up in discussions constantly. Over the last week though, the big concern that a [...]

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The personal touch…

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What’s an expert anyway?

Earlier this week Marketing Sherpa published an alarming statistic. It seems that 2/3 of marketers working in organizations that “have not used any form of social media marketing or PR” self-identify as experts in social media. How is this possible? Are they learning by osmosis? Do they have friends that use social media? Or perhaps [...]

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Where’s the beef?

I once worked at a company where marketing communications was looked upon as “fluff.” Management looked at us to “spin” things in a way that made it appear as if our products had some sort of added soft benefit whether they did or not. Hey, it’s just “fluff” and it’s something we need to do [...]

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