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Roy Young, Allen Weiss, and David Stewart
Are You a Marketing Champion? Marketing is the engine of any enterprise. Yet marketing is often underutilized. We find marketing practitioners frustrated at not being able to make the essential contributions to their company's success that they are capable of—and ideally positioned to provide. Peer managers and members of the executive team have difficulty articulating how, precisely, the marketing function can help the organization grow and meet its strategic objectives. Equally troubling, marketers themselves face a challenge in describing the value of their work in terms that other executives understand. Put simply, marketers struggle to master the language of business. Marketers must champion marketing in order to surmount such obstacles—to deliver their promised value so that they and their companies can reap the benefits. Here's what we mean... . Get the full story. |
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Alan Sharavsky
The Power of a Great New Product: How LeBron James Rescued the NBA Brand How did the NBA overcome the 1999 retirement of Michael Jordan and a variety of black eyes that might have doomed a lesser brand? It launched and supported a new product—one by the name of LeBron James. The NBA's resurgence is a classic example of the power of a new product. But we're getting ahead of ourselves; the story begins with the bad old days, and it ends with some takeaways you can apply to your own brand. Get the full story. |
Stephen Denny
Hollywood Tie-ins: How to Avoid a Horror Show You can do Hollywood tie-ins right. It just takes nerves of steel, the ability to say no to a lot of very charming people, and a ton of planning. But you will live to fight another day if you follow this prescription... . Get the full story. |
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Promise Phelon
By Example—How Marketing Paves the Way to VOC Leadership It may be bold. It may be controversial. But the author is convinced the following will prove true: Without customer-centricity, or a role in gathering and interpreting the voice of the customer, marketing will become nothing more than the execution arm of companies. There are signs of this everywhere.... Get the full story. Find out how others use VOC in their businesses. Click here to view the B-to-B Voice of the Customer Benchmark Survey Results.
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Kevin Arthur
Sales Secrets of an Interactive Biz-Dev Guy (Part 1): Cold-Calling for Fun and Profit If you're able to just snap your fingers and make work appear on command, more power to you. If not, and you ever find yourself having to do some sales, what follows are some musings from a business development department about preparation, organization, getting and staying in touch, and keeping it all going... . Get the full story. |
Wil Reynolds
Eight Ways Big Brands Screw up Search—A Case Study: Nike.com Overall, big brands typically screw up search in two big ways, and Nike is no different... . Get the full story. |
Patricia Pao
Retail Trends 2007: Beauty, Fashion... China Next year will bring major shifts in beauty, especially organics, and fashion as consumers take more control over all aspects of their harried lives. Interestingly, growth will come from non-traditional sources... . Get the full story. |
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