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• Four Tips to Help You Avoid the Review and Approval Traffic JamBryan Nielson
  Never-ending rounds of review, revision, and approval push marketers' projects past deadlines, endangering campaign launch dates. Here's how marketing teams can get back in the fast lane.
  Career Management, Collaboration, Creative Briefs, Marketing Operations, Project Management, Time Management
• How to Get Your Creative Team's Credibility BackBryan Nielson
  Creative teams are under intense pressure to consistently deliver high-quality work on time. Even one missed deadline can erode trust. Here's how to make sure that doesn't happen.
  Career Management, Collaboration, Creativity, Management, Marketing Operations, Measurement, Metrics, Project Management, Time Management
• Four Traits of Attendee-Friendly Meetings
  Does the word "meeting" make you break into hives? Meetings don't have to be painful, though. Here's a look at what makes a meeting engaging and informative.
  Career Management, Management, Time Management
• LeBron James's Five Keys to Marketing SuccessJosh Haynam
  LeBron James is one of the greatest basketball players ever. Even when his natural ability reaches its limit, he continues to improve by using simple principles that can be directly ...
  Career Management, Marketing Inspiration, Marketing Tips, Networking, Time Management
• Four Ways to Make Sure Structure Unleashes Your CreativityBryan Nielson
  Creative marketers worry that organization, structure, and process take away from time that could be spent creating. But without structure and processes in place, you lose more time than you ...
  Creativity, Marketing Plans, Project Management, Time Management
• 10 Effective Social Media Posts in 10 Minutes or LessTiffany Monhollon
  Some workdays, you have so much to juggle that you just need a quick, easy way to post to your social networks. These 10 ideas can keep your social channels ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Customer Engagement, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media, Time Management, Twitter, Vine, YouTube
• Quick Questions, Refresh Addiction, and Other Productivity Pitfalls to Start Avoiding NowDave Crenshaw
  Did you have a productive day or just a busy one? After all, productivity and busy-ness aren't the same thing. Here's a look at some productivity busters that regularly creep ...
  Career Management, Creativity, Email, Social Media, Time Management
• Scheduling Success: Why Your Meetings Are Interfering With ProductivityBryan Nielson
  Meetings can waste irreplaceable time. To be more productive, consider these invaluable tips to keep the length as well as number of meetings to a minimum.
  Career Management, Management, Marketing Operations, Project Management, Time Management
• Most Marketing and Advertising Executives Work Some WeekendsAyaz Nanji
  Most marketing and advertising executives (62%) bring work home at least one weekend a month, according to a recent report from The Creative Group.
  Management, Research Summaries, Survey Data, Time Management
• Three Must-Have Internal Metrics for Productive Marketing TeamsBryan Nielson
  How should productivity be measured? Here are three types of internal marketing metrics you should be tracking to help ensure greater effectiveness, efficiency, and predictability for your marketing team.
  Career Management, Management, Marketing Operations, Measurement, Metrics, Project Management, Time Management
• Five Myths About Productivity—DebunkedCorey O'Loughlin
  Do you believe the following myths about being productive? If so, you might be making work harder on yourself. Here's a look at five common myths and why they're wrong.
  Career Management, Email, Time Management
• Three Ways to Kick-Start Your Small-Business Marketing in 2014 [Infographic]Hunter Boyle
  Are you among 29% of small business owners and marketers who feel overwhelmed by online marketing? Check out these tips—and an infographic full of useful data—that can help you gain ...
  Blogging, Blogging Strategy, Content Strategy, Email, Marketing Strategy, SMBs, Social Media, Time Management
• How Agile Project Management Saved My Marketing TeamAdria Saracino
  Here's a quick crash course on the agile project management methodology and how I, as a marketer, applied it to managing my team. I hope to help you identify where ...
  Career Management, Collaboration, Content, Management, Product Management, Time Management
• Three Steps to More Original Content for Your Website: Crowdsourcing MaturesDavid Bratvold
  Although content marketing continues to prove its effectiveness, and it's used by nearly 90% of marketers across all industries, creating relevant, fresh, and intriguing content that engages your community remains ...
  Blogging, Content, Content Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Marketing Operations, Marketing Strategy, Time Management, User-Generated Content
• Work, Interrupted: It Takes About 30 Minutes
  Dealing with on-the-job distractions is a constant part of every marketing professional's day, according to a new survey by The Creative Group. Ad and marketing executives say the longest they ...
  Career Management, Management, Research Summaries, Social Media, Time Management
• Three Ways to Optimize Content Across Channels and Platforms
  Before you optimize your next piece of content, Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman have some advice. "Bust your content silos!" they write in their new book Content Rules. "Do you ...
  Content, Search Engine Marketing, Time Management
• Meet-Cute
  Few of us look forward to meetings—especially when we consider what we won't accomplish while we spend a depressingly unproductive hour in that conference room down the hall. "Meetings are ...
  Collaboration, Small Business, Time Management
• The Dark Side of Twitter: What Businesses Need to KnowMichael Stelzner
  As companies tighten their ad spending, inexpensive social media is clearly the next marketing frontier. As with any new craze, there are enormous opportunities. And with them come giant pitfalls ...
  Social Media, Time Management, Twitter, Word-of-Mouth
• Marketers, It's Time to Hop Off the 'Time Management' TreadmillStephan Spencer
  Gems of 2008: Ever sigh to yourself, "There just aren't enough hours in the day!"? You're not alone. Most marketers are overloaded and under-resourced. But it doesn't have to be ...
  Career Management, Marketing Inspiration, Time Management
• Top 10 Challenges Interactive Marketers FaceAaron Kahlow
  The top 10 challenges facing the interactive marketing community are very much the same as those facing the entire marketing community... in that almost every marketing professional must address the ...
  Interactive Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Online Marketing, ROI, Time Management