As companies embark on their digital transformation journeys, some tend to pursue that continuously moving target of binary perfection with the traditional mega-program enterprise approach: setting up a working group of…
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Four tips to perfect your social listening skills
Social media is more important now to businesses, and it’s an evolving part of online behavior. What was once a way to connect with friends is now a way to…
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Effective types of native advertising for small businesses
Not many small businesses currently take advantage of native advertising, so the small businesses that do gain a significant advantage over the competition. Native advertising is advertising that looks like…
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Delivery relevancy
We are living in times when our understanding of what is physical or digital as a product or a service gets foggier than ever. Things change, and what really matters…
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How customer values are transforming brands today
Brands are under attack today from many sources, most often triggered by activists on social media. They are demanding brands take a stand on controversial socioeconomic and political issues that…
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Five social media courses make one social media strategy meal
When I was young and naïve pasta was called spaghetti, and it was the main course of dinner at home. Then I took my mom to Genoa on holiday and quickly discovered that…
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Silos are for farms, not content marketing teams
One of these days, I’m going to find a ramshackle old barn, restore it, and convert it into a house. I just love the idea of living in a converted…
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3 blockers of outside-in marketing
In the last three years, I have spoken with hundreds of digital marketers about their challenges. These conversations usually follow a conference talk or internal course I’ve delivered, in which…
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Win lifestyle influencers over with generosity and attentiveness
It takes a lot of money to give you license to treat someone like crap. And they’ll still resent you and wish you dead. In the gig economy, the interview…
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4 tips to improve your YouTube channel
If you’ve turned to YouTube like many other businesses, you need to know one rule, and it’s one that is tough for many to execute. That rule is that volume…
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