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Marketing Is Dead

Harvard Business Review

Traditional marketing — including advertising, public relations, branding and corporate communications — is dead. In turn, social media firms, such as Facebook, should become expert at enabling this. Help them build social capital. But they are. The evidence is clear.

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Do You Know Who Holds Your Office Together?

Harvard Business Review

This advice holds true at work as well. There’s a reason law firms and advertising agencies still take clients out to the ball game, theater, or even to Las Vegas. Social capital also counts. A happily married couple we know advises that you should treat your spouse at least as well as you do a stranger.

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Why “Network More” Is Bad Advice for Women

Harvard Business Review

When well-meaning people give advice to young women about how to get ahead, networking is almost always at the top of the list. A new study suggests that perhaps this network-your-way-to-the-top advice is, for women, a tad overblown. Find a mentor — no, a sponsor ! ” Promoting someone based on measurable competence!

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