If you read my blog or any article I’ve written, you know this is mission of mercy for me. As a marketer, storyteller and improviser, I have seen humor deliver results. Humor IS human and in a world of sameness, increasing noise and complexity (big data, anyone?!), humor [...]
An Interview with Tim Washer, Part I of II I had the pleasure of interviewing Tim Washer, Senior Marketing Manager Cisco, a little while ago on the topic of video, humor and storytelling. Prior to Cisco, he served as head of social media video production for IBM, where [...]
I have written about the role of humor in sales and marketing many times. To read some of those articles, visit: http://kathyklotzguest.wordpress.com/2011/ https://www.keepingithuman.com/blog/ http://www.powerfullyfunny.com/powerfully-funny-resources.html After a recent panel discussion at an event where I was asked this question, I am revisiting it. The challenge: giving a short answer [...]
Complexity is easy; simplicity is hard. There is a lot of noise out there. If being simple were easy, everybody would have mastered it. That’s a great thing; when your competitors are convoluted, simplicity sets you far ahead of the pack. Whether it’s your offerings, your service, all [...]
There would be a lot less bad marketing in the world if executives were forced to read all the ineffective, sometimes downright awful, content their organizations produce. Marketing is supposed to put human needs first by sounding like it was created for humans by humans. Marketers know this. [...]
