I recently spent a ten-day stint in Alexandria Hospital. Amazing docs, nurses and techs. No matter how much I try to diminish the import of my time in a buttless…
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Don’t screw up your social media listening
Let me guess: your company has an outstanding social media presence. You do social listening every week. You have an 80% Share of Voice. You have a ton of retweets…
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Branded content just another shade of fake news?
Remember blogging for business? Better still blogging by brands? A great deal of what we now call “content marketing” can be traced back to basic business blogging where a brand…
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5 reasons B2B firms should invest in social media
Over the last ten years, there has been a profound change in the way business people make buying decisions, and social media is at the heart of this. Where buyers…
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Stop doing short-term digital campaigns
Regular readers know my work focuses on building more relevant content for the target audience. One of the common objections to this goal is that it is very difficult. How…
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Paid online influencer marketing is fully mainstream
Over New Year’s I attended Renaissance Weekend down in Charleston, South Carolina, to be among the world’s most innovative, accomplished, successful, and disruptive experts from across a panoply of academy, experience,…
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How a brand audit could revitalize the Democratic party
Since the presidential election, Trump has dominated the news with his Twitter comments, controversial cabinet appointments, and extraordinary views on major issues for 2017. What we don’t hear much about…
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Is your marketing focus internal or external?
If your marketing focus is on your products, your sales prices, your funnel, and your outcomes, you’ve got a problem. All the “yours” in that last sentence should be a…
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Mobile marketing must-haves in 2017
It goes without saying that mobile marketing has seen some huge boons over the past 2-3 years. At the start of 2017, 70% of U.S. adults own a smartphone and…
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The fake news lesson for marketers: You will be a victim
Fake news made headlines during the election, but the phenomenon is nothing new to marketers. Just ask Procter & Gamble (P&G). In early 2010, P&G’s rollout of the most dramatic…
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