“Come on. All this AI stuff, around marketing and sales, that’s all just hype, right? That’s not a real thing that matters. Maybe it’ll matter someday. But it doesn’t yet…
4 Metrics Every Business Should Be Monitoring
Each area of your business has key markers that will help you see if you need to give more attention to one segment of your business than another. As your…
Wednesday Wisdom: Why Brand Strategy is a Must-Have for Consultants, Freelancers, and Solopreneurs
Brand development is as important for a one-person operation as it is for a multi-million dollar corporation. In this week’s installment of Wednesday Wisdom, Consultants Collective senior consultant Douglas Spencer explores how brand…
7 Easy Ways To Automate Your Sales Emails This Week
The most effective email marketing engages customers with the right messages as they move through the buying cycle. Email marketing automation tools are crucial to optimize delivery and manage the…
Why Self-Employed Professionals Risk Being Replaced by AI (And What To Do About It)
One of the most significant downsides to artificial intelligence (AI) is it will doubtless take over jobs and leave humans unemployed. It’s a major concern for many members of the…
How Zuckerberg Has Undermined Trust In The Facebook Brand
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg showed the world how a steady stream of blunders and insensitivity to consumers’ concerns over privacy and fake news has tragically damaged trust in the Facebook…
Why LinkedIn Video Is a No Brainer for B2B Marketers
During the recent eTail West conference in Palm Desert, my colleagues and I got into a lively discussion with fellow marketers during happy hour about the rise of LinkedIn video….
4 Ways Your Contact Center Can Create an Amazing Customer Experience
Business leaders can ensure positive and memorable consumer engagement by optimizing call center performance. Savvy executives enhance call center performance by taking advantage of the latest inbound technology and best…
5 Digital Marketing Technologies & Strategies to Boost e-Commerce Growth
Growing a successful e-commerce business is much easier said than done. You can’t expect traffic to just start pouring in the moment you launch your site. Patience and persistence are…
Digital marketing and the internet of things: 5 steps to success
The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live. It makes the world more connected and more intelligent. This results in a more convenient life and modern era….
Can technology provide a human customer experience? HubSpot Growth Platform’s principle product manager says “Yes!”
Welcome to the second installment of our new series on marketing technology. We’re taking a deep dive into this industry because as marketers, our technology infrastructure supports everything we do….
The Rise of a New Type of Brand: The Outlier
A good brand offers a relevant promise and a credible point of difference, its “reason for being.” What is emerging today however, is a form of branding that focuses so…
Search Failure: You Can’t Stop Talking About It
Since January I’ve had dozens of discussions with marketing professionals as part of a product roadmap listening tour. My goal is to hear what’s top of mind for thought leaders,…
Build a video library for enterprise sales
In complex buying situations, “sales reps are valued higher than ever” writes Gartner analyst Hank Barnes in The Rebirth of Enterprise Sales. What prompted this observation was a recent Gartner…
How to Run Meetings That Don’t Waste Your Team’s Time
Why is it that we value productivity in every facet of our businesses, but we waste so much time in meetings? It’s especially frustrating when you realize that meetings can…
The Growing Risks to Brand Reputation Could become a Game-Changer
Every time you see the news there is another story of a person’s or company’s reputation at risk–or worse. The growing risk from a tarnished reputation undermining the value of…
The Human Element in AI
Our latest webinar is on the role of humanity in artificial intelligence with expert Philip Resnik. Right now AI is everywhere, with excitement about everything from self-driving cars to conversational…
