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Quirky Ideas For Small Business Marketing

Strategy Driven

It’s always good to have a range of promotional or advertorial materials in your arsenal to give away, but think outside the box and beyond the usual coffee mug, mouse mats or t-shirts. It’s a talking point and provides potential customers with an opportunity to connect with you. Create quirky freebies to give away. Go back to the future.

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What the Marketing Agency of the Future Will Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

It is clear that agencies are still holding on to their sacred cows, but it is crystal clear that the dogma of the industry is being rewritten. Here are five new attributes that I think marketing agencies will need to develop to survive: 1. Models of leanness. Eric Ries brought the concept of the Lean Startup into our zeitgeist.

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The Ethics of Using Paid Content in Journalism

Harvard Business Review

When you put on your reading glasses you might have seen the word "advertisement" or "advertorial" in small print at the top of the page, and felt a little cheated. And, despite my efforts here to be neutral, I am undoubtedly influenced by my friendship and my paid involvement in the development of the work I''m now commenting on.

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Top Tips for Breaking the Glass Ceiling

Women on Business

Advertorial: Though equal rights for women have been shouted from the rooftops over the last few decades with governments and business proclaiming a fair and just world for both sexes, it is no secret for women in business that life is just slightly more difficult. This post is a paid advertorial sponsored by CIPHR. About the Author.