Tag Archive: internet marketing

The Mushy Middle

The Mushy Middle sucks.  It’s a site that doesn’t quite do the job that it’s supposed to do: persuade your customers to take the next step.  You are in the mushy middle if you’re trying to be all things to all people and don’t have a disciplined Internet strategy.  You’re in the mushy middle if…

Using Your Permission: How To Stop Leaving Money On The Table.

Push vs. Pull Marketing is a big dumb debate. Seth Godin’s book Permission Marketing has been grossly misinterpreted by a generation of online salespeople.  His book says that it’s most effective to do permission vs. interruption marketing.   A church formed around this and took it too far.  Push marketing and pull marketing (where the customer…