Humor is about as human as you can get. It is one of the best ways to connect with an audience as well as increase your return on joy. Who doesn't want that?! I dusted off my now several-years-old Hu-manifesto on humor (Humor-festo just doesn't sound right) and [...]
Tired of the typical approach to networking? Hey who isn’t? You go to an event and try to meet people. People are filtering you in or out based on your name tag, and deciding whether you are worth their time (hey, you know the undignified ‘sizing up’ look). [...]
KKG: You and I both agree culture eats strategy for breakfast. AMEN! What’s the “breakfast of champions” that culture must have to thrive? Put another way, if there were two elements that created culture “oxygen,” what would they be? They would be Questions and Curiosity. Most problems left [...]
Kathy Klotz-Guest (KKG): Thank you, Jill, for sharing your thoughts and experience with our readers today. Let's jump right in! So many people equate "selling" with the visual of a used car-salesman because there are so many examples of salespeople that are aggressive and "un-human." Yet, selling is [...]
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 [...]
When you are planning your content strategy – whether it’s video, articles, whatever – step back and ask yourself: What makes great content, and what makes people want to share it? Lots of people ask me how to create viral content. If I knew that, I’d bottle it. [...]
