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Why Every Fortune 1000 CEO “Needs a Therapist”

Lead Change Blog

These interviews covered aspects of the innovation and change these futurists predict, to the timeline and ever-accelerating pace of this change, to suggestions about how the industry could cope with the change to come. At one conference I attended (the Direct Marketing Association, no less!)

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Is outsourcing a copywriter really worth the money?

Women on Business

Further, an outsider is more likely to think outside of the box when it comes to new and innovative ways to market your business. For example, a health food company may hire out to produce advertising copy and direct marketing pieces. A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TARGET MARKET. SAVE TIME … AND MONEY!

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AARP – The Last Membership Card You Will Ever Need!

CO2

I remember when I was at the beginning of my career and calling on AARP as a direct marketer to do their work. My wife, Chris , thought it would be quite amusing to put the direct mail on my desk, yes, including the membership card. Where has time gone. You know the work of calling on Senior Citizens.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

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Decide, Change: The Two Essential Risks for Ultimate Success

Great Leadership By Dan

Sure, you hope to avoid liability, investment, and market risks as you pursue your entrepreneurial dream, so you take steps to mitigate exposure. Decide: Choose a direction and jump. Change: Make both internal adjustments and external innovations to keep going and growing. For more information please visit [link].

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How Consumer Brands Can Connect with Customers in a Changing Retail Landscape

Harvard Business Review

A D2C initiative can involve one platform or many, depending on things like image, objectives, target audience, and what’s feasible in a given market. Meanwhile, Subaru extends well-matched offerings at the right time in the consumer life cycle, from prepurchase targeting to end-of-lease management and loyalty incentives to repurchase.

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Businesses Can No Longer Avoid Becoming Political

Harvard Business Review

In other words, business leaders have been dealing with the direct, market-based risks presented by major economic, technological, and demographic trends. Effective risk management requires business leaders to attend to these nonmarket threats and to develop nonmarket strategies. This wasn’t a matter of marketing alone.