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Enabling Sales for New Growth Opportunities

On April 6, 2016, the Department of Labor released a 1000-page document known as the Fiduciary Duty rule (DOL fiduciary) requiring financial advisors to always act in the best interest of the client, expanding the meaning of “investment advice fiduciary” originally defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to also include […]

Storytelling Gone Wild: The Key to Creating Viral Content

This week I moderated another Social Media Today webinar as part of their Best Thinker webinar series, this time on the topic of Storytelling Gone Wild: The Key to Creating Viral Content. This webinar featured James Hilliard (@hillyprods) President & Executive Webcast Producer for Hilly Productions, Bree Baich (@BreeBaich) Transmedia Mastermind “The Storyteller“for SAS […]

4 Stages of a Thought Leadership Maturity Model

Here is a great piece on the maturity of a company’s Thought Leadership program by ITSMA. […]

Interview with Dave Chaffey of Smart Insights

This week I had the pleasure of reading a new report from Smart Insights on the State of Digital Marketing 2015 […]

The State of Digital Marketing 2015

I’d like to offer you some statistics I found eye-opening from a recent report published by Smart Insights […]

12 Secrets of the Human Brain to Use in Marketing

Knowing how the human mind processes information and images—and putting that knowledge to use—can help you become a more engaging and effective marketer. […]

5 Reasons Your Mobile Strategy Isn’t Working

Whether you completely neglected to build a website for your mobile platform or there’s a lacking call to action, there are common mobile faux pas than can result in lost loyalty, brand following and even support. […]

Using Insights to Tame the Strategic Planning Beast

With the proper planning and strategic thinking, a competitive advantage is something that your company can definitely create in today’s dynamic and fast moving marketplace of business niches.

Furthermore, your business can become particularly competitive in capturing those magical areas of competitive advantage if you can learn how to really understand your consumer market […]

CMOs Win When High-Value Customers Are Treated Personally Online

With constant access to a growing list of channels and devices, today’s connected customers are no longer satisfied with vanilla, one-size-fits-all experiences and offers […]

Why CMOs Should Stop Being Addicted to Pay-per-Click Ads

Back in 2001, when Google AdWords was just launched, I remember the day that my first pay-per-click (PPC) campaign yielded the first batch of leads for the company I was working for. In all, this tactic generated 42 leads, and a significant portion was even qualified. Better yet, the price was just right, ranging […]