Lorrie Thomas

Author: Lorrie Thomas

602 Posts

Healthy Marketing Advice – Get Good at Active Listening

November 27th, 2012

Work on improving how you communicate and build relationships to maximize marketing results.
Today’s markEDing (marketing+education) is to practice active listening.  It’s a proactive approach to listening that requires more ownership by the listener.  It goes beyond hearing, with an emphasis on comprehending, retaining and responding.
Online marketing gives us many opportunities to see and hear what people …

Posted in Free Therapy Advice, MarkEDing

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Web Marketing and Personal Branding

November 13th, 2012

I wanted to share a short clip from one of my lynda.com interviews called Insights from an Online Marketer.  It just went live on YouTube for free viewing.  This video captured me on a good hair day (yayayay!) but (more importantly!) it reiterates the power of having personal branding woven into your marketing plan.  Whether …

Posted in Ask the Marketing Therapist, Wild Web Marketing Videos

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A Cry for Netiquette Help

October 8th, 2012

(I humbly admit that I too have been found guilty of what I am about to complain about…)
This is a cry for netiquette help!
My work day includes answering and sending emails, responding to Google chat messages, monitoring client’s Facebook work and having professional conduct via LinkedIn.
And as much as I am a fan of …

Posted in Email Marketing

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Get Over Your Social Media Marketing Fear

October 4th, 2012

I can’t tell you how many people say to me (clients, students, conference attendees) that they “fear social media.”
For those of you who are suffering from social media marketing anxiety – take a deep breath, It’s OK to be scared of social media! Having healthy skepticsm is not a bad thing, you can use this …

Posted in Social Media, Social Media Marketing

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Blogging Success Steps

September 27th, 2012

To blog or not to blog? ….that is the burning question for many marketers.
I hosted a panel a few weeks ago on this exact subject – panelist Hollye Jacobs, beautiful blogger of www.thesilverpen.com recapped our discussion on her blog in a post titled To Blog or Not to Blog…That is the Question and shared a …

Posted in Blog, Blogging, Social Media, Social Media Marketing

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