A purpose-driven company. For years, a company’s purpose meant increasing shareholder value, displacing competitors, increasing margins, and improving the bottom line. Ironically, a singular focus on those data points will…
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Business video trends worth noting in 2018
If you’re calculating, or recalculating, this year’s video content marketing strategy, Vidyard’s 2017 Video in Business Benchmark Report suggests some practical business video trends worth your attention. The report’s insights are…
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3 marketing lessons learned from home improvement bloggers
Those who are offering home improvement services face a stiff competition. With this, it is critical to think of a way to stand out from all others and be on…
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Branding can help local businesses avoid the “growth trap”
Local businesses have a very pragmatic attitude about branding: they ignore it. Many of them are more worried about meeting payroll, making rent, paying taxes, and other cash crises than…
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Should your positioning statement be a video?
“Okay, I know what we are talking about. I get it.” That’s the only response you want to your positioning statement, according to Gartner research analyst Hank Barnes, who has…
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Tips to recruit top talent
Human capital is the best asset that any organization can have. Your people will dictate the success of your business. That being said, it’s important to exert effort in hiring…
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Deepening B2B customer relationships with “the funnel beyond the funnel”
I’ve long observed that B2B marketers focus too much on lead generation, and not enough on current customer expansion and retention, which is, after all, where the bulk of profits…
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What is a keyword ontology?
A keyword ontology is a knowledge graph describing relationships between the keywords your target audiences frequently use in search queries and the products and services you sell. It can include…
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Warning: You’re ignoring your company’s best salesperson — and it just might be killing your business
Here’s a scenario for you: imagine you have an amazing salesperson who develops a deep connection with customers, beginning with their very first interaction. Even better, these prospects share their…
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Command the planet: Lead the exponential digital Earth
Lesson for leaders The challenges in the innovation process are to align it with corporate strategy, implement it, and evaluate how to improve it: on the competition side, pressure…
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