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Online Reviews: Are They for Real?
When you read a review online do you really, really know for whence it came? Whether it’s a 5-star review or a negative Nancy (or Norm), can you rely on its veracity? After reading a recent Wall Street Journal article, I’m not so sure. In Have Online Reviews Lost All...
In the Brand Multi-Verse, Your Story is What Makes You Stand Out from the Crowd
Most marketing novices think selling is simply a matter of telling your prospective customers all about what you do or can do—a cataloguing of features the prospect is likely to be interested in. I call this the “laundry list” approach to marketing. But in a world...
Hanging with the Junes in July: News from Monkeyz Nation!
It’s been a while since this King Monkey has checked in with an update on all things monkeyz-related. How have you been? I’ve been great, family’s been great, and business has been great. How lucky am I? First things first, just as Monkeyz Nation continues to grow,...
What to Expect of Influencer Marketing in 2019
Message from the King Monkey about Influencer Marketing Influencer marketing is when a brand leverages influencers—celebrities, well-known experts/authorities, target audience peers with large social media followings, bloggers, reviewers, and others—in its field or...
BOM Hits the Road for Networking Opportunities
I’m a firm believer that, tempting as it is, you simply can’t conduct all business from behind a desk or by phone or email. Sometimes you just have to get out and shake hands and meet people face-to-face. That’s why a few times each year this King Monkey hits the road...
When You’re Not There, Who Does The Work?
I’ve written a lot in this blog about how every team needs to have a star performer—a certain someone who always seems to step up at just the right time with an extra effort to propel you and your efforts forward. While I firmly embrace the idea of a star performer,...
Employee Engagement Starts with Recruiting Talent Passionate about Your Company Brand
I was watching a rebroadcast of the History Channel’s Forged in Fire the other day. In what is perhaps the least likely idea for a hit reality show ever, four bladesmiths compete in timed rounds of a few hours to forge workable blades and handles from scratch. Most of...
No Surprises: Get It In Writing
In all relationships, there are three truths: my truth (the truth as I see it); your truth (the truth from your perspective); and the “real truth” (something in-between your perspective and mine, which is probably much closer to reality). In personal relationships,...
Talking to Your Generation: How Consumers Respond to Marketing Content Differs Greatly by Generation
We’ve always known that people learn differently. Some prefer verbal interaction (using words, both in speech and writing), while some are more visual (they prefer to use pictures and images), and others prefer to learn through sound and music (aural). In fact, many...
Find Your Niche . . . and Scratch It
There’s an old adage that says “You can’t be everything to everybody.” Attempt to do so in your personal life, and you’ll constantly be trying to please everyone to the point where you stretch yourself so thin that there’s just not enough “you” left to go around for...
Making the Case for Content Repurposing
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen a client’s eyes glaze over when I tell him or her that we’re going to be pushing out content—lots of content—on a weekly (or even more frequent) basis, I’d be a very rich man. No surprise there. Trying to wrap your mind...
Does Your Brand Have Influence?
Is your company doing all it can to leverage influencers in your field or industry to drive engagement and brings in new audiences? I’ve written in this space over the years about how brands can put influencer marketing to work for them. Now as technology and the...
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Based in San Diego and active across southern California and beyond, Barrel O'Monkeyz serves as a seasoned, outsourced marketing agency specializing in both business-to-business and consumer-based marketing. Our barrel is full of talent and creative minds ready to help companies tell their brand stories, ramp up sales, and launch new products.
