David Meerman Scott's Blog, page 46

World’s Largest Rock Band Is Awesome Community Engagement

I frequently speak with people who run local businesses such as real-estate agencies, law firms, bike shops, and the like. These entrepreneurs are frequently interested in the ideas of real-time marketing, social networking, and content creation to grow their businesses but are struggling to find a way to create something of interest to their local market.

Dueling Text Messages from the Clinton and Trump Campaigns

What a weekend! I couldn’t stop watching the real reality show that is the US Presidential Election. Over the several past days I have been multitasking with social media, reading the pundits and news reports online (thank you Google News), and watching the cable news political talk shows. And to cap off the excitement there was a town hall style debate last night. I didn’t get much sleep.

After the VP Debate, He Who Loses Becomes the Marketing Winner

Watching the Vice Presidential Debate on Tuesday night was frustrating. The candidates, especially Democrat Tim Kaine, talked over one another and frequently ignored the moderator. Soon after the debate, the majority of observers declared Republican Mike Pence the “winner”.

Join Me at The Nature of Business Executive Program in Panama

I’m working with the amazing team at Geoversity to launch a new executive program to be held in Panama on February 7 – 12, 2017. We’ve designed The Nature of Business program to focus on what leaders can learn from our biosphere and how we can apply that learning to better run our businesses.

Partisan Porn at the Debate

Debates are a reality show, and last night’s episode certainly delivered.

At podiums just 12 feet apart we had the first woman nominee of a major political party running for President and the first non-politician from a major political party running for President. There were high expectations from all and in my opinion the spectacle didn’t disappoint.

You Are What You Publish

As people evaluate products and services as well as the organizations they might want to work with, they often conduct independent research.

Inbound Marketing in Japan to Grow Business!

Last week, I was in Tokyo for the HubSpot Japan office opening events. The week culminated with “Grow with HubSpot” where hundreds of marketers from Japan gathered to learn about Inbound Marketing and HubSpot. It was great to be back in Japan where I lived for six years early in my career.

Advertising Is Inherently Egotistical

Traditional advertising is product centric. It’s the process of drawing attention to what you’re selling. As such, all advertising is inherently egotistical.

The Importance of Owning Your Content Real Estate

Late last week I posted Facebook Live Is Great for Real Time Content Marketing. Soon after, Gerard Vroomen who is founder of the mountain bike company Open Cycle started an interesting discussion in the comments section of the blog post. Gerard rightly pointed out that a service like Facebook Live has a fatal flaw—you do not own the real estate. Check out the discussion in the comments.

Facebook Live Is Great for Real Time Content Marketing

The recently launched Facebook Live has quickly emerged as a premier live streaming application.

Like Periscope from Twitter, Facebook Live turns your smartphone into a broadcast television channel that people can tune into live or watch as a replay.