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The Hilarious Targeting Of Women For New Products

When I read about the new Doritos (my former employers) product targeting women, I had a terrible flashback to a similar new product launch by yet another former employer. That’s right…the BIC For Her Pen. What’s up with launching gender-based...

The Amazing Power of Quiz Marketing

Ever seen one of those “Are You Good In Bed?” quizzes in Cosmo magazine when you were young (and wondered who actually takes those quizzes?) Well, that was my introduction to the great world of quizzes. Now, decades later, who would’ve thought that...

You Can All Hear Me, I Don't Need That Mic, Right?

The need for invisibility that I see in business owners is so incredibly detrimentally pervasive that I’ve decided to catalogue all the ways CEOs self-sabotage their marketing in this blog. Refusing the Mic Whenever I see a (mostly woman) CEO get introduced and...

3 Terrible Trade Show Banner Mistakes

After doing too many trade shows for the past 20 years when I worked as a marketing and brand manager for brands like Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Smirnoff and Playtex, I learned a thing or two about what NOT to put on your trade show banner. Here are the 3 terrible banner...

Why Do I Always Have To Disagree With The Speaker?

Ok. Let me qualify that before I sound insane: I don’t disagree with ALL speakers I listen to but if they’re talking about marketing, a huge helping of scepticism and a giant case of ‘I don’t agree with you’ can’t help but gather in...