Marketing Strategy
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
Building True Communities: Why Brands Get It Wrong
The idea of community has become a buzzword among marketers and businesses. Brands, eager to harness the power of collective engagement, often rush to create communities around their products. However, many make a critical mistake: they attempt to center their communities around the brand itself rather than the shared problems, beliefs, hobbies, or skills that genuinely bring people together. This…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Four Pillars of Social Media Marketing: Turning Audiences into Customers
Social media marketing is a powerful tool for brands looking to grow their audience, engage with potential customers, and drive revenue. However, success on social platforms requires more than just publishing content—it demands a strategic approach rooted in Listening, Learning, Engaging, and Promoting. By mastering these four pillars, marketers can convert audiences—whether from their own following, an influencer’s community, or…
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Artificial Intelligence
Marketing’s Next Challenge: When AI Unlocks Potential, but Culture Fails to Deliver
Marketing has always been a balance of art and science, creativity and analytics. However, as technology continues to evolve, it has the potential to be either an enabler of innovation or a bureaucratic bottleneck that stifles progress. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) marks an inflection point at which the limitations of traditional systems, user interfaces (UI), and structured data…
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Advertising Technology
The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist: A Timeline-Driven Guide for Live, Online, and Recorded Events in 2025
Effective event planning blends strategic foresight with meticulous execution and precise timeline management. Whether organizing a large-scale live conference, hosting an interactive online webinar, or producing a high-quality recorded session for on-demand viewing, this checklist breaks down every phase—from pre-planning to post-event review—into clearly defined steps. Each phase includes a dedicated timeline section and specific guidance for live, online, and…
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Sales and Marketing Training
The Role of Patents in Marketing: Protection, Perception, and Strategic Impact
Patents have long been considered essential for protecting innovation, creating market differentiation, and building a foundation for growth. For startups, they can serve as both a shield against competitors and a signal of credibility to investors and partners. However, how patents have been used in the tech industry, including controversial cases like Microsoft’s claim of 235 patent violations against Linux…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
What is Brand Advocacy? How Do You Cultivate Brand Advocacy?
Every business faces the challenge of attracting customers and creating loyal advocates who actively promote their products or services. Brand advocacy has become a cornerstone for sustainable growth, with advocates driving awareness, trust, and revenue in ways traditional marketing efforts cannot achieve. This guide explores brand advocacy, benefits, and actionable steps to foster it within your business. What is Brand…
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Marketing Tools
How To Maximize the Impact Of Your Giveaways
Years ago, after a natural disaster struck, I ran a contest to help support relief efforts while growing my brand’s online following. The plan was simple: I’d donate $1,000 to a random follower and another $1,000 to the charity if I gained 10,000 additional followers. What seemed harmless at the time quickly turned into a PR disaster. Critics accused me…
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Artificial Intelligence
Six Marketing Challenges Heading Into 2025… And Solutions To Overcome Them
I’ve never been a fan of word predictions, although it’s New Year’s Eve, and that’s at the top of my mind of most year-end wrap-ups. If I were to sum up the transition from 2024 to 2025, I’d focus on two terms: AI and uncertainty. I’m optimistic about the rapid iterations and realization that AI will dominate every organization’s marketing…
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E-commerce and Retail
How Retail Customer Journeys Have Changed With Technology
Retail has undergone radical shifts from the days of mass broadcasts to the age of digital interactivity. Where shoppers once relied on TV ads and in-store sales associates to learn about products, they now turn to smartphones, social media, and local delivery services for immediate answers. This article provides an in-depth look at the Retail Customer Journey—Awareness, Consideration, Purchase, Experience,…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
What’s the Ideal Text Messaging Frequency?
SMS messaging remains one of the most direct and effective ways to engage prospects and customers. As more brands adopt text messaging in their sales and marketing efforts, one question repeatedly arises: How often should we send SMS messages? Research from Upland reveals that the optimal mobile messaging frequency maxes out at around 10-12 messages sent per month. But read…
