Stu Heinecke, author of Get the Meeting!: An Illustrative Contact Marketing Playbook
Stu Heinecke and Bill Ringle discuss ideas and examples from “Get the Meeting!” for small business leaders.
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Interview Insights
Top 3 Takeaways from this Interview
- Contact marketing is a way of connecting that gets attention, stands out by expressing care and interest in the prospect.
- Cartoons double email open rates and “keep them opening.
- We won’t go anywhere if we don’t believe we are worthy of going somewhere.
Read the Show Notes from this Episode
- Stu learned from his mentors Gahan Allen Wilson and Eldon Dedini, cartoonists at Playboy. [01:16]
- When Stu reached out to them and made contact. [02:27]
- How can a cartoonist create funds? Cite examples. [05:03]
- A memorable auction that hje participated in. [06:06]
- Stu expands on the utility of single panel cartoons for contact marketing. [08:05]
- A takeaway for readers to apply in their business. [09:30]
- The mindset requirements in order to do business with Gannett/USA Today. [10:20]
- Elevating the refrigerator door clipping to a highly effective business process. [11:35]
- Using digital technology to research and support contact marketing will succeed in attracting the attention of the VIP because we are all people at the end of the day. [26:29]
- My Quest for the Best Lightning Round begins [29:10]
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Expert Bio
Dubbed by the American Marketing Association the “Father of Contact Marketing,”
STU HEINECKE is a Wall Street Journal cartoonist, hall of fame-nominated marketer and the bestselling author of How to Get a Meeting with Anyone and Get the Meeting!
Stu is also the founder of Cartoonists.org, a group of WSJ and New Yorker cartoonists who donate their art to help charities raise funds.
Contact Info for Stu Heinecke
Web address: http://www.stuheinecke.com/
Travels from: Freeland, WA
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Books Authored by Stu Heinecke
