In the highly anticipated follow up to The Mirror Test, Jeffrey Hayzlett now brings us Running the Gauntlet: Essential Business Lessons to Lead, Drive Change, and Grow Profits due from McGraw-Hill in January 2012. Over the past few years I’ve gotten to know Jeffrey, he’s certainly a unique bird. He’s engaged me not only on [...]
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Harvey Mackay Book Interview : THE MACKAY MBA OF SELLING IN THE REAL WORLD
Last year Harvey Mackay visited Chicago for a media tour for his previous book last year and I got to travel from media outlet to media outlet with him for a day as he did so. The experience would be hard to describe beyond that it will never be forgotten as long as I live [...]
Earthquake User Generated Content : Lessons for Digital Marketing Strategy
Last month I watched the coverage of the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake with amazement. When looking over the list of major earthquakes since 2005, it was the first with heavy damage to occur in a wealthy nation with lots of digital devices since the dawn of Youtube and user generated content(UGC) ability to share on [...]
Brand Marketing Channel Business Budgeting Strategy Misfortune : Porters of Racine
Porters of Racine was founded in 1857 providing furniture of distinction well before Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. My understanding of the history is that fine furniture was brought into port of Racine, Wisconsin and that people traveled from across the Midwest to Porters of Racine to purchase fine furniture. Fast forward [...]
Local Search Marketing Keyword Content Strategy: Porters of Racine Appendix
While doing research for my Porters of Racine post in Google’s keyword external, I noticed that the keyword sets were large and that the keyword data for Kenosha furniture, Milwaukee furniture and Wisconsin furniture had interesting attributes. These keyword sets were not changed except to remove any query with the term terms implying outdoor furniture [...]
Marketing Channel Business Strategy Reallocation Management: Where Are You?
The other day Google (GOOG) had it’s earnings call, Google stated that a primary agenda for 2010, in addition to mobile, was display advertising. Yes, you read that right, display advertising. Display? Yahoo 2.0? After the call one had to think about how non-targeted and potentially wasteful advertising spend could potentially be harmful to corporate [...]
Who is David Dalka - Twitter: @dalka
David Dalka is a digital business strategy professional experienced in realigning organizations to capture customer demand while improving margins. David is a business keynote speaker providing customized business strategy services and corporate executive retreats. David has been cited in the following business publications
