Terry Starbucker

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Play It Again, Sam: The Science of Repeating Things Repeatedly

Terry Starbucker

But what I tend to see in a lot of places is a real reluctance to go as far as they should for this very fear. What leaders need to keep in mind in their messaging are concepts that are very similar to marketers and their messaging. There’s certainly an “open rate” involved, to use a marketing term. Seriously, though, I agree.

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Ideas Plus Influence

Terry Starbucker

And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. This is an important point for all business leaders, but in my experience, I believe marketers are particularly prone to what I call “smart syndrome.”

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How Passion Can Revolutionize Digital Technology, AND Change The.

Terry Starbucker

Thirteen years later, the stock price is now above $240, and it has a market cap bigger than Microsoft. Jobs returned to Apple full-time in 1997 and quickly put together a brand new marketing campaign that he presented in a speech that summer. Jobs, in that speech, declares that “ Marketing is about values&#.

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5 Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Social Media

Terry Starbucker

] Tweet This Post Tagged as: Leadership , Social Media { 10 comments… read them below or add one } Brandon Cox January 24, 2010 at 10:21 pm It’s funny to me how boardrooms are now addressing a subject that grassroots marketers and small business owners have adopted ahead of time. Two points I would add. But it’s a step.

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The 7 Essential Truths About Social Media

Terry Starbucker

It is part of the overall marketing and advertising plan. It is the way people are now communicating with eachother and the way business’ are marketing. Thanks for your brief, but insightful post. Mike Suzanne Vara October 22, 2010 at 12:28 am Terry I agree it is not a strategy but like Mike it is part of/use with a strategy.

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Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory

Terry Starbucker

Thanks for validating my adoration of Wilder’s Willy Wonka as a metaphor for the best kind of genuine marketing. Wonka is like a slightly more-mad Seth Godin or a slightly less-mad Joker (Alan Moore’s version), trying new ideas constantly and fearlessly, celebrating the capacity to try as much as the results themselves.

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So You Think You Can Lead: 6 Surefire Ways To Tell If You're.

Terry Starbucker

To give background I’m still in College finishing my Business Marketing. Thanks again, and all the best! Terry Brandon Waselnuk July 19, 2010 at 8:44 pm Terry, You knocked this one out of the park. This post tied in so well with me from the other side of the table it’s astounding.

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