The world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or since the 2008 recession. Economic and job growth is coming less from traditional industries or big corporations, but more…
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Kate Sweetman interview: digital disruption and reinvention
One of my all-time favorite business jokes involves two guys walking through the woods. Suddenly, the two see a bear charging towards them. The first kicks off his boots and…
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Connected Consumption is the new customer experience (CX)
Lesson for leaders Today’s marketing is becoming obsolete. It comes from yesterday’s world. Its focus is “find, buy, and deliver.” Now imagine having an invisible 2-way channel inside everything that…
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Creativity vs. productivity: AI to the rescue
Throughout my career, I have noticed a tension between creativity and productivity. In my more productive times, I’m checking off items in my to-do list one at a time. For…
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Tactical video for technology sales and marketing
Tech companies don’t need a “video strategy.” They need tactical videos that support their sales and marketing content strategy. Tactical videos have specific objectives: establish a value proposition in the…
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From leads to longevity: 2 ways to move leads down the sales funnel
You know your business needs leads, and plenty of them, to drive sales. Generating leads, however, is only part of the equation. Because if you’re not able to turn those…
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Capture the future’s biggest competitive advantage for yourself
Lesson for leaders Becoming the biggest leader is hard. The top competitors usually defeat all companies. Why do most fail? They compete in predictable ways and try what everyone knows,…
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4 leading edge business technologies every business needs to be successful
Let’s start with the blatantly obvious: whether your business offers iPad repair services, consulting advice, the best all-natural herbal tea in the country (make that the world), or any other…
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Should brands take a public stand on social or political issues?
The year 2017 is just half over, and it is already proving to be amazingly transformative with the number and nature of emotional changes in our culture and political world….
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More LinkedIn leads can destroy your revenue performance: an interview with Ian Addison from GetLinkedInHelp.com
Because we find that sales and marketing leaders focus on lead generation instead of demand generation and full funnel marketing, I have interviewed our resident challenger social selling expert, Ian…
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