Most companies conduct various types of research to understand the needs of the market. These may include primary research, 3rd party research, brand wave studies, voice of the customer, and…
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Digital maturity — ideal state
When a company invites me to evaluate the state of their digital maturity, the first question they always ask is, “What’s the ideal state?” The fact is, a complete digital…
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Why are URLs so important?
I recently commented on a LinkedIn post about the power of LinkedIn as a content marketing platform. The gist of the post was that it is rapidly becoming the go-to…
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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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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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Make your life easier with social media marketing tools and apps
It’s 2018! The new year is here and that means it is time for all those New Year’s resolutions. Most people make personal resolutions, but do you make resolutions about…
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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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5 blog post ideas that take less than two hours to write
Sometimes, you need good content, and fast. Maybe a team member missed her deadline, so you now have a big hole in your editorial calendar. Or client work is hitting…
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Do writers need to know SEO?
Have you read sales pages that scream, “You don’t need to know SEO! Our software does it all!” Solving your SEO writing woes with software sounds so easy. You wouldn’t…
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3 innovative ways to structure video content to support sales engagement
1. Add video to non-video assets There’s no getting around the fact that that text is cheap and efficient. That’s why most online “content” is text. To scope out a…
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