May 29, 2015

Quotes 14

Anyone can have an opinion. Not anyone can make others listen.

May 28, 2015

One Way of Overcoming Obstacles

When you are stuck on approaching a problem, why not try adding "anti-" in your questions?

How does a cafe create a unique value proposition? How about anti-cafe?

How does one handle an unhappy customer? Any anti-unhappy strategies to turn them loyal?

How can we market our new product into the saturated market? How about some anti-marketing?

May 27, 2015

Quotes 13

"Aesthetics is a moral obligation."

- Bioshock

It's a frightening thought, and yet this is the direction the world is moving towards.

May 26, 2015

Damned Judgement

Revisiting Susan Cain's book, a phrase stood out this time - "damned judgement".

An introvert was rejected during a job interview for post as a lawyer, stating that she did not have the fitting personality.

"Damned judgement" is so accurate in describing this situation, and her talents was never tapped on.

May 25, 2015

Quotes 12

Patronising others is the last refuge scoundrels escape to.

- Proops, The Smartest Man in the World

May 24, 2015

Love and Hate For Work

I have friend who posted once, "We hate it when we're at work, but eager to work when we have no work."

I answered, we want to work because we all want to be productive, to contribute. But we usually hate work because it is not the work we want to do.

Similarly, for you schooling youths out there, there are some adults who want to go back to school, because it's a step towards our dreams. However, students do not enjoy studying because students do not understand why education is important.

Find a mentor who can help you understand, and you will find your potential to excel.

May 23, 2015

The Three Things a CEO Needs

Quote from a VC:
"A CEO does only three things. Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Makes sure there is always enough cash in the bank."

By the way, avc.com has great reads for anyone interested in business.

May 22, 2015

What Content Marketing Means

In my previous post, I defined content marketing as the creation of owned media that provides values to target audience to build and nurture long-term relationships.

Yet, it has no mention of things such as the company or profits. C-class executives who do not really treasure customers are not going to understand the importance of content marketing.

May 21, 2015

Content Marketing is So Important

Content marketing is, by this blogger's definition, the creation of owned media that provides values to target audience to build and nurture long-term relationships.

It's really important that businesses start to take content marketing seriously, because (1) it's really the best way to create value for your customers, (2) it creates assets that your business owns, and (3) it's one of the oldest form of marketing, ie it had been proven to work.

It's inevitable that businesses will eventually be involved in the media business. It fact, it has already gripped every industry. One must realise that being in the media business also puts one competing with others outside their own industry.