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Brand Management for Ticket Sellers…

On Thursday, June 1 at 1 PM Eastern, I’m going to partner with AudienceView to deliver a FREE webinar called “The Basics of Brand Management for Ticket Sellers”. I’ve been working up an outline of ideas to include in the webinar. Here’s a taste of what you will learn: I. Definition of a Brand II. […]

Dave in the Media…Updated Frequently

Here are some links to places I’ve been featured or written for. I’ll update this regularly. Jeweller Magazine: Finding a Way to Deliver Something Different: This is about relative differentiation and standing out in a competitive market. Positioning isn’t about standing alone, but being unique in a special way. Voices of Project Management: I’ve been […]

Happy Birthday to ‘The Business of Fun’ podcast. It turns 5!

Hi folks! Do you like the graphics? Let me know. You wanted more pictures. I’m looking at doing some seasons in the podcast covering specific topics. Would that be interesting to y’all? What or whom would you like to hear from? Planning out my summer trips right now, but here are a few stops along […]

10 Ways I Improve My Client’s Businesses

I’ve been doing some planning and thinking about outcomes so that I can create some new experiences for folks to work with. That brought me around to an exercise where I wrote down ways that I help my partners improve their businesses. These 10 ways are all focused on producing more business for you.

Why Do You Need a Strategy?

I’ve been going through my notes from a strategy class I took to see what holds weight in my thinking now or how to build off of some of the concepts I learned. I’ve typed out a few reasons I often give to people why they need a strategy. Am I missing something that is […]

What do you need to know about “price framing”?

Hi! I read this piece in the NY Times today about comparison shopping for college students. That made me think about price framing and how people don’t use it nearly enough. So this morning, I wanted to lay out some of the things y’all need to know to effectively use price framing in your business. Let’s […]

5 Reasons Your Sales Team Always Wants to Discount

This week, WARC published my latest thinking on pricing power. This filled my inbox with a few questions about why sales teams always want to discount. I put down a few ideas that might be helpful. Incentives: One big reason your sales team wants to discount is incentives. Does the sales team get rewarded on […]