Blog Archives

is he dead or did he invent the turducken?

It was just the other day I was having a conversation with someone about Paul Prudhomme. I don’t remember the specifics of the conversation (or even who I was having it with), but at one point the question came up

Tagged with: , ,
Posted in marketing, strategy

customer misservice

After years of building customer service infrastructure (like outsourced support numbers, online service chats with robots, on-hold purgatory, etc) that distances a company from their biggest asset (their customers), the customers are now catching up and biting back with their

Tagged with: , , ,
Posted in marketing, strategy

Reality Check

Recently, I spoke to a group of late teens/early 20-somethings about online media. These students were in an honors class in one of the top journalism schools in the country. They were all on Facebook heavily About half were on

Tagged with: , , , , ,
Posted in marketing, online

Don’t trust bloggers

So…today I’m in a meeting discussing an online venture and the topic turns to blogging. Of course, I say that it would be a great addition to an online portfolio. But one of the meeting’s participants was completely turned off

Tagged with: , , , ,
Posted in media, online

Habenero Ice Cream

I love it when I’m right. I predicted a few months ago that the C-level masses were going to take the concept of The Long Tail and corrupt it. And today, I received an email newsletter from the CEO of

Tagged with:
Posted in marketing, media

Subscribe to the RSS feed with your reader or get an email everytime Chris publishes a new post by entering your email address below. There's no spam or other emails. You can unsubscribe anytime.

Bring one of the country's best marketing speakers, Chris Houchens, to speak to your group. Click here for more information. Houchens is a relaiable speaker who helps meeting planners make memorable corporate events
Click here for speaking topics, video demos, testimonials, and more.
Keynote marketing speaker Chris Houchens
Archives: 2005 – present