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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. This combination creates a natural barrier to entry and has likely caused marketers to take a “wait and see” approach.

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How Are You Spending Your Social-Distancing “Vacation”?

Prudent Pedal

Accelerate Rattle and Pedal podcast production to bank as many episodes as possible-With busy schedules and family demands, Jason and I can find it difficult some weeks to keep to our recording schedule. I hope to complete The Practice Leader’s Guide to Growth and The Prudent Firm’s Guide to Transforming Professional Service Marketing.

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B2B sales will never be the same

1 to 1

Customer success Customer success (CS) solutions are used by brands to monitor the health of their customer relationships by keeping track of customer satisfaction and churn across their products and services. There is also great potential for user-generated videos among sales teams and other internal groups.

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Consultants: What To Do If You Can’t Publish Case Studies On Your Website

Tsavo Neal

Marketing your consulting services through your website requires your prospects to read your content. Professional photography — professional headshots, pictures of you speaking in front of a crowd, pictures of your books, videos of you speaking, etc — are important social proof elements. Content Testimonials.

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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. They must learn how other functions affect, and are affected by, selling activities: for example, product management, marketing, pre-sale application support, and post-sale service.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business

When companies expand into foreign markets, they need to gain the trust of local business partners and prospective customers in order to succeed. Both of these approaches, however, are time-intensive, requiring executives to spend weeks or months in foreign markets. William Andrew/Getty Images.

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