12/31/2024 6:46:33 AM First impressions are not just important—they’re critical By Tim Hughes In this blog, the introduction starts with "First impressions are not just important—they’re critical For seasoned buyers, it often takes...
12/29/2024 7:00:38 AM I want to wrestle an alligator By Tim Hughes On a trip the Brazilian Pantanal one of the tour group, was a US Marine You could tell just by him looking at you, he could break every...
12/28/2024 5:34:43 AM How Christmas pudding hats can get you more leads and meetings By Tim Hughes A Christmas story and metaphor Walking up to strangers and asking for a meeting has always been hard To give a meeting to a stranger is...
12/27/2024 5:23:24 AM Should I post on social media between Christmas and New Year? By Tim Hughes It's a question we get asked a lot at this time of the year "Should I post on social media between Christmas and New Year?" Our research...
12/26/2024 6:51:14 AM The power of serving others at Christmas By Tim Hughes Back in 2017 I worked as a volunteer at the homeless charity, Crisis Crisis always have a hub at Christmas where the homeless are invited...
12/24/2024 5:21:13 AM Why in an AI world, Father Christmas will still be out delivering presents this evening By Tim Hughes You may not know, but I’m good mates with one of Santa’s elves and all this came out while having a coffee with her last month This year...
12/23/2024 9:54:32 AM Marketers have a new audience to worry about — large language models By Tim Hughes In this article by Digiday they start to unpeel the onion on how on earth brands will become part of search results, now that people are...
12/22/2024 5:14:29 AM Do you fancy going fishing for Piranhas today? By Tim Hughes I’m not a person that goes fishing I went once when I was a teenager and didn’t catch anything So, when on holiday in the Pantanal in...
12/21/2024 5:07:11 AM We’ve shut the business down for two weeks, why? By Tim Hughes I shut the business down for two weeks in August and somebody left a comment “.. and how did that turn out?” As if somehow, giving the...
12/20/2024 9:30:04 AM What's your sales and marketing strategy in 2025? "we are going to continue to blast stuff out and then ask for a demo" .. really? By Tim Hughes This is a true story, I asked somebody what their marketing strategy would be in 2025 and they said “We are going to continue to blast...
12/19/2024 4:21:40 PM The 2025 Marketer’s Roadmap: Content Trends to Watch By Tim Hughes In this article by CMSWire they make a number of predictions about content marketing in 2025 What I notice in this article is that in...
12/19/2024 8:43:34 AM How content marketing has helped us celebrate Christmas By Tim Hughes There are many great examples of content marketing over time, one is the Michelin guide, which was created so people drove their cars...
12/18/2024 4:06:55 PM ChatGPT is basically becoming your new web browser… here are 3 reasons why By Tim Hughes There is a great new AI resource, which is the Neuron daily newsletter In it they have been featuring an AI 12 days of Christmas and day...
12/18/2024 8:46:07 AM The $64 million sales and marketing question is - How do we train AI Agents to recommend our brand? By Tim Hughes Great discussion between William Harris and Andy Crestodina on this podcast The podcast is long but well worth a listen, especially if...
12/17/2024 9:26:20 AM What exactly is an AI agent? By Tim Hughes AI agents are supposed to be the next big thing in AI, but there isn’t an exact definition of what they are. To this point, people can’t...
12/17/2024 9:00:37 AM How do I start social selling, so I can smash my number in 2025? By Tim Hughes After a presentation, I often get this question. It has various forms: Ok, but where should I start?What are the 2-3 things I should do...