http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Curt+Clinkinbeard Marketing Curt Clinkinbeard Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=364211&ca=Marketing Oh March. The college basketball season reaches its pinnacle. If you’re a fan (or are married to one), you know that the tournament leads off with 16 games on Thursday, 16 games on Friday, then 8 on Saturday, and 8 on Sunday. That’s a lot of basketball in one weekend! (And there’s even more with the... Marketing Curt Clinkinbeard Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=361893&ca=Marketing The core of excellent marketing strategies can be boiled down to ten words: 1. Knowledge 2. Value 3. Perception 4. Communication 5. Frequency 6. Consistency 7. Service 8. Persistence 9. Relationships 10. Organized Knowledge is the foundation of marketing. Knowledge of the customer. Knowledge of the... Leadership Curt Clinkinbeard Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=359539&ca=Leadership Recently, a client asked me to read a book, along with his senior management team to discuss the contents and their company. The book was called “Leader to Leader” from the Druker Foundation. Interestingly, the book was a collection of short articles (chapters) by many of the greatest names in leade... Marketing Curt Clinkinbeard Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=356825&ca=Marketing 10 Steps to Get Started with this Social Media Superstar So the high school and college kids I know have been talking about Facebook for several years now. And like most mature, responsible adults, I pigeonholed it as being a place where kids put incriminating pictures out for the whole world to see...