Category: Letters from Lonny Kocina

On-call writing services for busy execs

We live in an information-hungry society. If you haven’t marketed your company on Twitter in the last few hours, or [...]

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Did your project make 2011′s Holiday Buying Guides?

How long do you think reporters have been working on all of those holiday buying guides that you’ve been seeing [...]

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You are making a mistake that Steve Jobs didn’t …

The media produce millions of stories on a regular basis and if your company is like most, you are in [...]

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Warning: The presidential election will interfere with your 2012 product promotions. Be prepared …

Every four years, marketers compete for media space with presidential candidates. This year will be no different. Faced with a [...]

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2012 marketing budget strategy tip

It’s that time again when our clients are planning their 2012 marketing budgets. Over the last 24 years, our clients [...]

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I’ll apologize for my language in advance …

In addition to owning and running a marketing company for over twenty years, I teach marketing at the college level [...]

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No matter how many millions are spent on advertising, nothing sells a product better than free publicity

What follows is the most profitable headline and story you may ever read … “No matter how many millions are [...]

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Publicity: A Great Way to Increase Web Traffic

I write a lot about the value of publicity. I know how well it works because I see the success [...]

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How well can you explain your new product in 30 seconds?

If your product or service is fairly new or complex, traditional ads probably won’t work for you. After all, how [...]

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Hidden in plain view

Here’s a simple trick to see if you are spending your marketing dollars in a way that will give you [...]

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