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• Five Guest-Posting Mistakes to Avoid If You Want to Get PublishedKelsey Raymond
  Editors are the guest-article gatekeepers at your audience's favorite online publications. If guest posting is part of your content marketing strategy, take a look at what they have to say ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Content Strategy, Public Relations, Publishing, Thought Leadership
• How to Establish Thought Leadership on Emerging Social PlatformsLorel Wilhelm-Volpi
  Promoting your content on the right platform at the right time can make all the difference in establishing your brand as a thought leader. Here are four steps to help ...
  Brand Management, Branding, Social Media, Thought Leadership
• Four Ways to Build Your Thought-Leadership Influence on Twitter
  When you have strong thought leadership content, you want to get it in front of the right audience. Twitter can be a helpful channel when it comes to reaching not ...
  Content, Influencer Marketing, Social Media, Thought Leadership, Twitter
• Event Marketing Effectiveness: Three Key Factors to Consider Before Investing in an EventPrerna Katyal
  This article provides a tool for B2B marketers—the "event effectiveness matrix"—to evaluate events and choose the one with highest lead-generation potential.
  Brand Awareness, Branding, Conferences, Content, Lead Generation, Networking, Sales, Thought Leadership, Tradeshows/Events
• Now Is the Time for Developing Your Personal Brand: 26 TipsBarry Feldman
  The time for personal branding is now, and today is the best day to start developing your personal brand. Here are 26 tips, from A to Z, to help your ...
  Brand Management, Career Management, Personal Branding, Thought Leadership
• How to Become a Guest-Post Contributor to Industry Websites and Blogs: A Comprehensive GuideRachel Chapdelaine
  This detailed guide can help you and your brand benefit from guest-posting—to position you as subject-matter experts, drive traffic to your site and generate leads, increase your audience reach, make ...
  Career Management, Content, Content Marketing, Content Strategy, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Public Relations, Thought Leadership
• Small but Mighty Marketing Tools Your Team Can Use TodayMarc Johnson
  How does the explosion in marketing tech help your team get stuff done today? It doesn't. So until you evaluate, decide, deploy, integrate, and optimize your marketing stack, try these ...
  Content, Technology, Thought Leadership, Website Design, Websites, Writing
• Market Disruption: Your Brand Needs to Create a RuckusEmily Culclasure
  Why is market "disruption" causing such an uproar in the marketing world? And more importantly, how should brands be responding to it?
  Digital Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Marketing Strategy, Thought Leadership, Virtual Reality
• What a Balanced Approach to Marketing Looks LikeKevin Bobowski
  Today's savvy marketers strive to balance inbound and outbound tactics in their efforts to increase brand awareness, drive demand, and retain customers.
  Inbound Marketing, Management, Marketing Strategy, Thought Leadership
• Virtual Reality Is Ready to Be the Ultimate Memory MakerLaura Rea
  Mainstream adoption of VR is a little down the road, but why wait? Everything's already in place for you to start creating VR experiences for your audience today.
  Consumer Electronics, Content, Customer Experience, Technology, Thought Leadership, Virtual Reality
• The Tech CMO Career Path [Infographic]Chris Rowson
  Paths to the C-suite can vary widely. Some are straightforward; others involve twists and turns. Check out how some of the world's top tech CMOs got to their position.
  Career Management, Thought Leadership
• Five Things That Marketing Leaders Do to Inspire Deeper Customer EngagementTom Cates
  A company's personal connection with customers depends on the people who interact with those customers. Here's what good marketing leaders do to keep those connections open.
  Brand Loyalty, Customer Communications, Customer Engagement, Customer Loyalty, Customer Relationships, Customer Retention, Customer Satisfaction, Thought Leadership
• What Keeps a CMO Up at NightPeter Ruchatz
  CMOs regularly face issues and challenges, but some are more daunting than others. Here are the three critical pieces of the marketing puzzle that are always on my mind.
  Career Management, Chief Marketing Officer, Customer Engagement, Marketing Challenges, Thought Leadership
• The Fight Between Two Well-Known Marketing TheoriesPeter Szanto
  The ever-popular Pareto Principle and the Long Tail theories contradict each other. So, which is correct? And what's a marketer to believe about their opposing views?
  Digital Marketing, High-Tech Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Sales, Thought Leadership
• How to Build Your B2B Marketing Empire From the Ground UpRob Zaleski
  What do the Statue of Liberty, Ancient Egypt's pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, and other iconic historical structures have in common? And what does that have to do with B2B marketing?
  B2B Marketing, B2B Marketing Forum, Conferences, Marketing Inspiration, Marketing Strategy, Thought Leadership, Tradeshows/Events
• What Marketers Need to Know About Going GlobalTim Killenberg
  Today, going global can be achieved more easily than ever—if you have the right strategy and solutions in place. Here are a few things you need to know about forming ...
  Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, International Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Thought Leadership, Websites
• The Benefits of Nurturing a Martech CultureVenkat Viswanathan
  Marketing technology can make a huge difference between winning in the marketplace and always playing catch up. Yet fostering a martech culture is not a priority for many companies. It ...
  Digital Marketing, Management, Technology, Thought Leadership
• What Relationship Marketers Can Learn From the Mittelstand EthosNick Worth
  Relationship marketers at big companies can learn a lot from successful small and midsize German companies that take a leaner approach to work, saving time and money in the process.
  Customer Relationships, Management, Marketing Budgets, Marketing Plans, Relationship Marketing, Thought Leadership, Time Management
• How to Make Progress on Your Marketing Excellence Journey [Infographic]Laura Patterson, Jerry Rackley
  What do best-in-class marketers do better and differently in their pursuit of marketing excellence? Find out in this infographic, packed with data from our annual benchmark study.
  Career Management, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Operations, Marketing Strategy, Measurement, Thought Leadership
• Sales and Marketing Should Work Together to Keep the Buyer's Journey Top of MindSharmin Kent
  The battle between Sales and Marketing often starts at the top and persists because of a lack of alignment. But they must work together to guide the buyer's journey.
  Collaboration, Customer Relationships, Digital Marketing, Management, Marketing Challenges, Sales, Technology, Thought Leadership