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The Holy Grail of Content Marketing – and When to Recommend It

Strategy Driven

With much of the business world abuzz about content marketing, smart marketers are taking stock of opportunities for their clients to use the power of story to convey a message and build stronger brands. Conspicuously absent from most content strategies, however, is the granddaddy of all content marketing: writing a book.

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Branding vs. Marketing

Strategy Driven

Many believe that a brand is a function of marketing. Marketers and marketing departments love ‘branding campaigns’ or ‘brand-building programs,’ because they are sexier and more exciting than their less attractive cousin, the product campaign. But a brand is much more than a component of marketing.

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Managing Talent in a Passion Driven Job Market

Strategy Driven

In what I might describe as the passion-driven job market – where individuals are less concerned about achieving a post at the top of the chain in a fortune 500 company and are more concerned about enjoying what they do – for the long haul, employers need to re-pivot. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †.

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7 Tips for Social Media Marketing

Strategy Driven

If you have a business or project going in this modern era, you need to include social media marketing in your long-term plan. If you approach this with enthusiasm as a planned part of your mission, you can make great use of these seven tips for social media marketing ! Post some sort of content at least daily. Ask Questions.

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Improve Marketing Emails to Boost Sales

Strategy Driven

Instead of sending the same tired sales and marketing emails you typically blast to customers, take this week and the following tips to put a new spin on your digital customer communications. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven's premium content for 14 days. Book value is not guaranteed.

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5 Pitfalls of Marketing Waterfalls

Strategy Driven

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. One marketing waterfall view has become a catchall.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 45 – Marketing & Sales: Closing the Value Gap

Strategy Driven

Episode 45 – Marketing & Sales: Closing the Value Gap examines the evolution of the business-to-business selling process and the gap between what customers want and what their service providers and vendors provide. FREE COPY of a StrategyDriven Expert Contributor book †. Book value is not guaranteed.