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• Five Ways to Energize Your NewsletterChris Scott
  Whether distributed via email or printed and snail-mailed, newsletters are a cost-effective way for businesses or organizations to keep in touch with employees, customers, prospects or association members. The trick, ...
  Customer Engagement, Email Campaigns, Newsletters, Surveys, Thought Leadership, Websites
• SWOT Team: Bulk Shopping OnlineHank Stroll
  This week, add your thoughts to the following dilemma: If you work in a business that sells in bulk, how do customers responsible for purchases go about finding you and ...
  B2B Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Measurement, Thought Leadership, Webinars
• The Myth of Rankings: Beyond Search OptimizationScott Buresh
  A consistent problem with the "ranking-centric" mindset is that it doesn't reflect a powerful rationale for getting involved in SEO. Where is the true business case? What tangible results are ...
  Keywords, Newsletters, Press Releases, SEO, Thought Leadership, Websites
• Limited Web Site Budget? Focus on ContentGrace Stoeckle
  Web sites run by small businesses far outnumber the Web sites run by large corporations. This means that most sites are produced and operated on a relatively small budget. Each ...
  Hiring Outside Resources, Small Business, Thought Leadership, Web Copy, Websites
• Managing Your Marketing Career, Part 2: Online VisibilityWilliam Arruda
  To have a successful career in marketing, performing well is no longer enough. You need a solid reputation that extends beyond the walls of your company--and you have to be ...
  Blogging, Career Management, Google, Personal Branding, Thought Leadership, Websites, Writing
• SWOT Team: Building Community With Wikis and Weblogs and Other ForumsHank Stroll
  Online communities have been around for years, but we now have more tools for building them. The options include Weblogs (blogs), wikis, forums (bulletin boards), email discussions and online chats. ...
  B2B Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Thought Leadership, Word-of-Mouth
• Move Over Blogs: Here Come PodcastsStephan Spencer
  If you haven't heard of podcasting yet, I am not surprised. It's a brand new term—just invented earlier this year, in fact. Podcasting refers to the technology used to pull digital ...
  Blogging, Podcasting, RSS, Sponsorship, Thought Leadership, Websites
• Seven Strategies for the New YearRob Engelman
  As we enter the early stages of the New Year, it is natural to think about and plan our marketing and business development activities for 2005. Whether you are a ...
  Referrals, Services Marketing, Thought Leadership, Value Propositions
• Using Op-Eds to Advance Your PR ProgramSally Saville Hodge
  A single op-ed article will not change the way you or your organization is viewed overnight. But combined with other related initiatives, they are an integral part of an expertise-oriented ...
  Collaboration, Public Relations, Targeting, Thought Leadership, Writing
• Custom Publishing: More than Just a Marketing ApproachChris Scott
  Custom publishing is a proven branding and messaging strategy that can be an important part of an integrated marketing campaign. But this communications approach—whether "sponsored" supplements, newsletters or magazines—can also ...
  Newsletters, Public Relations, Sponsorship, Targeting, Thought Leadership
• How to Build Credibility Through Bylined ArticlesSally Saville Hodge
  For those who don't have a product to push, but do want to get across a way of thinking or the thought leadership that differentiates them, an effective approach is ...
  Marketing Tips, Public Relations, Thought Leadership, Writing
• 10 Ways to Tutor Advertising StudentsMichael Hanley
  Some ad industry leaders have complained that recent college graduates are ill prepared for today's competitive environment. Why? Because ivory tower professors, they say, are out of touch with the ...
  Advertising, Career Management, Thought Leadership
• Giving It AwayTom Barnes
  Here’s the challenge: How do we very simply communicate our UC (unilateral concession) in a credible way (without saying free)?
  Email Deliverability, Email Subject Lines, Thought Leadership, White Papers, Writing
• Guest Articles: Good for Some, Bad for OthersBobette Kyle
  Publishing third-party articles on a Web site is a marketing strategy that can be right for one site, yet wrong for another.
  Lead Nurturing, Marketing Strategy, Thought Leadership, Websites
• Three Common Mistakes in Using Webinars for Lead ConversionTodd Davison
  Converting a Webinar registrant to a customer takes more than a powerful presentation on the day of event.
  Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Lead Quality, Sales, Thought Leadership, Webinars
• SWOT Team: Help! Our New Marketing Boss Steps on EverythingHank Stroll
  This week: How do you handle a new boss who gives orders and takes little or no input? Also this week, read your answers to: How do you sell a ...
  Customer Acquisition, Marketing Challenges, Small Business, Thought Leadership
• Market Like a Rock StarBen McConnell
  It so happens that grassroots tours of business “rock stars” are a hot ticket of late. Here are some of the business acts on the road this year.
  Blogging, Customer Relationships, Product Management, Targeting, Thought Leadership
• Google, the VerbWilliam Arruda
  Being Googled reveals how visible you are on the Web, and visibility (at least among your target audience) is critical to successful personal branding.
  Google, Job Search, Personal Branding, Thought Leadership, Websites, Writing
• Endless Customers: Sobering Lessons From Harvard UniversitySean D'Souza
  Harvard’s structure and marketing system can teach us one heck of a lot.
  Brand Positioning, Customer Engagement, Lead Generation, Sales, Thought Leadership
• 10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Next Speaking OpportunityAmanda Watlington
  Here are 10 tips for how to maximize the business results from your next conference speaking engagement.
  Conferences, PowerPoint, Public Speaking, Thought Leadership