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Doctor Who’s Favorite (Marketing) Dish: Fish Fingers and Custard!

Don't be afraid of weird combinations in your marketing

“New mouth, New rules!” — The Doctor Worried that your marketing sounds a lot like everyone else’s? It happens. To the best of us! Usually because we’re too insecure to throw away those sales page blueprints and email templates and create our own path. We’re afraid to stop listening to the advice of the A-Listers [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Maple Pecan Chicken

Cheryl Pickett

Author, freelance writer and founder of The Nonfiction Zone, Cheryl Pickett, emailed this week’s suggestion. Here’s what she had to say: I can’t say this is a really a “favorite” dish because I have what I refer to as “new recipe night or new recipe lunch etc.” at least once a week. [This] recipe…is one [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Spaghetti & Meatballs

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Tina Robbins, a “core spirit” life coach from Denver, CO, emailed this week’s suggestion. Here’s what she had to say: Spaghetti and meatballs is one of my go-to comfort foods. There’s something about the richness of the meatballs and the noodly pasta goodness that is warm and cozy. It’s a little fancier than just plain [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Beef Stew

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Gloria Miele, a small biz coach from Camarillo, CA, emailed this week’s suggestion while she was cooking up a pot of beef stew over the holidays. Here’s what she had to say: Most of the women in my family make stew this way (with some variation, like deglazing the pan with wine, peeling the potatoes, not [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Tiramisu

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Laurie Nylund, a writer extraordinaire from Sandy, Utah, emailed this week’s suggestion. Here’s what she had to say about tiramisu: This Italian dessert means “carry me up” or “to heaven,” which is an apt description for how I react whenever I find a piece worthy of its name. It’s the yardstick by which I measure Italian [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Ice-Cream Christmas Pudding

Elizabeth Todd Income Trigger

Elizabeth Todd, the brains behind Income Trigger Consulting emailed this week’s suggestion. Here’s what she had to say about this particular dish: When I first arrived in Australia I was invited to have Christmas with relatives of my girlfriend and there I discovered that a traditional English style Christmas lunch was served regardless of the temperature. [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Chocolate Cake

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Loran Hills of Loran’s Heart tweeted this week’s suggestion to me after I asked folks to share their favorite foods. Known as the Monarch of Heart, Depth and Focus, and Explorer of the Sacred Realms, Loran helps her clients find clarity and purpose. Connect with her on Twitter: @fromLoransHeart. This week’s Marketing Dish is about [...]

This Week’s Marketing Dish: Apple Nachos

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Keith Pillow of Caddy Marketing submitted the first dish up for examination in my new weekly series that answers the question, “What the heck can we learn about marketing from our favorite foods?” An expert on marketing and communications, career advancement, and business development strategies, Pillow is an adjunct professor of marketing at California State [...]