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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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Goal-Setting, Planning, and Testing: The Importance of Managing Your Lead-Generation Strategy

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Learning how to use lead-generation marketing to your advantage requires planning and forethought. By setting goals, creating a plan to adopt new tactics, and testing the results, you can measure how the company’s investment of budget and time helps increase the number of leads and sales. Developing a Strategy and Setting Goals.

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Managing Talent in a Passion Driven Job Market

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However, it is common, that when we think about talent management, the systems we create around it are usually geared towards the long-term goals and strategy of the enterprise. In essence, we funnel people into the vision, goals and strategy we have for the company. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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Improve Marketing Emails to Boost Sales

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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. Remember Your Audience – don’t get so caught up in what the goal of your email campaign is you forget the audience. Book value is not guaranteed.

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5 Pitfalls of Marketing Waterfalls

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

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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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Marketing and Sales – Some Sales Are Simply Not Worth Making

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Sales say a lot about a company and profoundly impact its culture, reputation, and goals achievement. Sales not directly supporting achievement of those stated goals diminish the organization’s overall effectiveness by diverting resources to low value-adding activities. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95