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What’s the Difference Between Influencer Marketing and Brand Advocacy?

Strategy Driven

We use the term partnering up loosely since the influencer isn’t obligated to do anything but mention your product or service. They could be required to do some product placement, however, or make a review in the format of your choice. It’s a modern version of word-of-mouth marketing.

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Successful Company Culture at Work: What It Really Takes

Strategy Driven

They have been able to create dominant company cultures that are so strong that they can eat up many other aspects of an organization where there may be strategies or ideas that could be great on paper but end up being poor practice in execution. The Three Main Parts Of Company Culture At Work. Should You Focus on Positivity or Creativity?

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Should You Back That Innovation Proposal?

Harvard Business Review

The first comes from a team of young entrepreneurs hoping to bring word-of-mouth marketing to China. Yet, we decided to invest our own money into the first proposal, and advised a senior executive team to not invest their money in the second. Imagine you were choosing between two investment proposals.