Once upon a time, you probably used Facebook to check if your crush at school was “single” or “in a relationship,” and left it at that. Your parents weren’t on…
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How to influence the purchase decisions of your target market
The ultimate goal of any business is profitability. The profit motive is what fuels companies. From market research to customer segmentation to product development, entrepreneurs engage in different activities to…
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AI and emotions
Since the 1950s, artificial intelligence has been a favorite topic of scientific discourse. Now AI has become a reality: intelligent machines will change the way we work, the way we…
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Micro-Influencer Marketing is the new Influencer Marketing
Every 365-days, Shashi Bellamkonda invites me to guest lecture to his Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies communications class, Social, Mobile and Search Marketing, XCPD-732. Fresh-faced students on a Saturday…
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Influencers: the key to content marketing
I recently had the pleasure of participating in a B2B digital marketing forum hosted by The Conference Board and led by Mike Moran and Tim Peter. Mike invited me because…
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It’s not what Dove meant, it’s what people see
Dove has historically actively pursued women’s diversity in race, color, size, shape. This is a controversy of context in a world that is not only allowed but empowered to excerpt,…
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Should you stop (organic) social media activity?
Is your boss wondering why engagement is down and people don’t share your posts? Do you feel disappointed when your carefully-crafted article doesn’t get many (or any) likes? Here’s the…
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Blog2Social makes bloggers a marketing one-man band
I have been using my sports blog, rnnr.us, as both a writing meditation towards health, fitness, and weight loss and also an SEO and blogging laboratory (pronounced la-bore-ah-tory). To wit,…
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Meet more new clients with these 8 tactics
For many growing professional services firms, new clients are a critical part of meeting business growth objectives, and tapping personal networks is no longer enough. Today you have to find and woo strangers–get…
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How to turn your business blog into a publisher
Regardless of the products or services you sell, your goal likely boils down to one objective: solving customers’ problems. Since this single goal unites nearly all businesses, many companies have…
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