Dialing 8 – Mary Schmidt

By on December 26, 2006 in Marketing with 6 Comments

Mary In hotels, Dialing 8 was calling long distance. In baseball, Dialing 8 is a home run. In blogging, Dialing 8 is a set of posts from a blogger that I find lasting long and being strong – the cornerstones.

Mary Schmidt – Straight Shootin’ Marketing Troubleshooter

  1. Strategy Blind Spots
  2. The 2% Solution (Not)
  3. 3 Ways to Waste Your Marketing Budget
  4. Open Skies, Open Minds
  5. I’m Sick and Tired
  6. Forget Your Competition
  7. It Won’t Work. Whine. Whine
  8. Translating Ideas Into Business – A Sanity Checklist

Three tied at 8.5

And four that just missed the cut:

And 22 more that just missed the…well, I’ll leave that to you folks.

Quick trivia answer: Mary Schmidt. Quick trivia question: Who was my first BlogTip?

Previously:
- David Armano
- Kami Huyse
- Phil Gerbyshak

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  • Phil Gerbyshak

    Awesome post Mike. I couldn’t agree with you more. Mary is AWESOME, and you picked up on some of her greatest hits. Very cool!

  • http://www.OwnYourBrand.com Michael Wagner

    Mary has been a long time favorite of mine – I knew Mary had to make your Dial 8.
    Keep creating,
    Mike

  • http://www.maryschmidt.com Mary Schmidt

    Thanks, Mike! (and Phil and Mike) Means a lot to me that people I respect appreciate my blog. (You like me! You really, really like me!)
    And, how did I miss your original blog tip? Yes, I also have Louis Prima on the martini time music list (along with Julie London, Helen O’Connell, Rosemary Clooney, Mel Torme) To mix it up a bit, I add some B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and Etta James.
    Back to work (and blogging!)

  • http://tshalffull.blogspot.com Terry Starbucker

    What a worthy honor for Mary. She’s always “keepin’ it real”, and I loved her belief statement on her post “Open Skies and Open Minds” (that’s my #1). Well done Mike, and congrats Mary!

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    >Phil, Mike #1 & Terry – Mary’s got quite a contagious reach, hmm?
    >Mary, I learned and re-learned a lot dancing through your archives. Thanks for many cornerstones – and especially for sharing your voice.

  • http://www.maryschmidt.com Mary Schmidt

    Gosh and golly – I may have to change my photo to one of Sally Field!
    Ain’t it fun to “know” each other when we’ve never actually met!
    But, oh, da pressure, da pressure, now I’ll have to be brilliant for all of you…

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