I am often working with companies and individuals on improving their digital marketing skills and I like to remind them that merely upgrading their skills is not sufficient. Your company…
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Plato, the Allegory of the Cave, and the digital enterprise, part 1
When I was entering the workforce during the early 1990s in Brazil, it felt like a transition from an analog world to a digital paradise. After years of a rigid…
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How Trump’s unpopular decisions can strengthen brand engagement
We are living in a new world today, where contentious decisions by Trump are creating unexpected ripple effects throughout society, government, and the business community. Controversy becomes the norm and…
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On the limited value of branded content
Those who have read our book Outside-In Marketing: Using Big Data to Guide Your Content Marketing know we approach the problem of content marketing head on. Here is my definition…
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How content intelligence will change content marketing forever, part 1
I’m sure any of you who have spent time on this site appreciate the vital role content plays in building digital relationships. Perhaps what some didn’t realize was that 70-90%…
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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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3 insights from intelligent content conference
I had the great fortune to speak twice at the Intelligent Content Conference in Las Vegas on March 30. I said to a colleague there that the conference agenda fit…
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Why you don’t need to understand machine learning algorithms
Some people think I am a machine learning expert. And in some ways, I am, which is great, because it is suddenly the flavor of the week—and I have lots…
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The 10 most fascinating people in B2B marketing in 2016
Given the enthusiastic reception given to my debut “most fascinating” list last year, let’s make a tradition of it. Here’s my fresh list of ten innovative thinkers and doers in…
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Don’t admit that you are old in digital marketing
With a new year dawning and 2016 in the rear view mirror, I am recalling a recent article that explained that “no one in tech will admit they are old.” Well,…
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