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The Basic Social Media Mistakes Companies Still Make

Harvard Business

Over 90% of medium and large businesses have used social media in their marketing for five years or longer. Yet the CMO Survey reveals that nearly half of marketers are unable to show the impact of their social media investments. Social was an add-on to existing plans — another outlet to deliver the marketing message.

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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing. Fast forward to today.

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4 Factors to Design the Right L&D Strategy for Your Company

LSA Global

Too many L&D functions offer stand-alone training events that may be easy to offer, but are untethered to job priorities, too difficult to navigate, unsupported by senior management, and not reinforced with coaching and accountability.

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Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces

Harvard Business

While open houses welcome almost everyone as part of their marketing and outreach efforts, campsites carefully vet participants according to expertise, personality, or cultural fit. As one might imagine, demonstrating the ROI of this is difficult — most don’t even try. The latter is crucial.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. In 2016, another event focused on the opioid-use crisis in Massachusetts and resulted in 18 innovation proposals.

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64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

All businesses, regardless of industry, have become what I call O2O businesses—their primary marketing objectives are focused on driving people online to drive them offline. Jon Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing. ? ?. Partnership Marketing. Outbound Phone Marketing. Conducting Webinars or Other Online Educational Events.