In March I spent almost a week with 10k digital marketers at the Adobe Summit event. 2016 was my 2nd year being paid as an Adobe Insider to cover the event. Again we took our #GetRealChat on the road and talked live on Twitter from the event in Las Vegas.

I love the Adobe events as I get to hang with my kind of people. They're not just geeks or technologists. It’s a marketing and business event packed with 10k marketing technologists. These are geeks that understand not only data, coding and marketing, but the importance of inspiring, connecting, engaging and serving the customer.

This year the event had quite a line up on speakers including George Clooney, Thomas Middleditch (star of the HBO show Silicon Valley, Donny Osmond, and Abby Wambach. Of course there were brand Leaders as well from Mattel, Mcdonalds and industry leaders such as Brian Solis, a good friend and one of my favorites in the industry.

The focus of content and discussions this year at Adobe Summit centered around customer experience as the future of business and marketing.

For marketers, it's imperative to understand the true definition and foundations of customer experience.

What does an experience business look, smell and feel like? What are the top 4 characteristics of an experience business? How do they differentiate? What are the benefits? How and where do brand leaders start if they want to shift focus of marketing and business investment toward customer experience? How do you get approval from key stakeholders and executives?
To hear the answers to these questions and more, take a listen to the 205th episode of the Social Zoom Factor podcast for a recap of the event and my key take-aways.

http://www.socialzoomfactor.com/205

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If you are struggling with achieving real results in your life or business could it be that you need to better prioritize your time? Maybe you need to better focus on the right things that are going to help you move forward in the right direction?

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Do you know what success looks like to you?
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How are you going to provide value to your ideal customer and audience?
WHY should anyone care that you and your brand exists?
WHY are you doing what you are doing?
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Are you making measurable progress toward your goals and objectives this year? If not, why not?
Is it time to pivot or stomp the Random Acts of Marketing in your business?

Take a listen to the 204th episode of the Social Zoom Factor podcast to hear some solid strategies and tips to help you focus your time, energy, life and business on the highest value tasks that will help you achieve your goals and objectives. In this episode I share my personal reflection after being off the mic and podcast for two months while fighting a terrible flu bug and bronchitis.

In this 20 minute podcast you will learn

Strategies and tips to better focus on the most impactful priorities.
The importance of patience and avoiding Random Acts of Marketing.
Why you must focus not only on short term results but most importantly, long term sustainability and endurance.
Staying focused on your WHY of business and life.
Why life and business is about the journey, not just the destination.