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The Marketing Book Podcast: “The Growth Leader” by Scott Edinger

The Forward Observer

With a clear strategy, inspiring leadership, and aligned sales, powerful leaders understand that true competitive advantage doesn’t come from innovation alone but belongs to companies that use their sales organization to add and create value. Best-selling leadership author and business growth consultant Scott K.

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Enterprise Social Networking Platforms: Think Amazon, Not Facebook

Biznology

I kid you not: even though Amazon predated the whole Web 2.0 Think now about Amazon in its early days. It was to grow fast – so that it could be as big as the Amazon river for the online retail world. Others said the company was burning through its cash too quickly. Within two months, sales topped $20,000 a week.

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Good advice for growing your company from industry experts

markempa

I wanted to pass along a great new resource for any company looking to grow revenue or expand. Vickie Sullivan, Speaking of 2009: Top Ten Changes that Shape the New High-Fee Speech Circuit. I really like that this book is based on the science of how clients buy. 67 Tips for Consulting Success.

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The 5 Reasons Most Companies Aren’t Measuring Social Media

Convince & Convert

In 2009, there were 1,147,910 households with a TV in metropolitan Charlotte, North Carolina. What is measurable differs from company to company. Your type of company and how your business is structured has tremendous influence on what you can credibly and reliably measure within the social media realm.

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The First-Mover Advantage, Explained

Hubspot

Because HubSpot provided a solution that was completely unique in the market, we had no competition from other companies selling the idea of inbound. As the exclusive provider of inbound software, we were able to scale the company quickly from several hundred to several thousand customers. Remember when Amazon only sold books?

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[Book Review] "The Context Marketing Revolution"

B2B Marketing Directions

Source: Amazon "Starting on June 24, 2009, everything that once worked in marketing, stopped. According to Sweezey, June 24, 2009 was the day when ". According to Sweezey, June 24, 2009 was the day when ". What we do, how we do it, and who does it were transformed forever."

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Online Marketing News in 2009: The Year’s Hottest Events

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Here is our 2009 year in review. December 2009 Online Marketing News. Top word of 2009: Twitter. November 2009 Online Marketing News. Salesforce.com announces Chatter, social computing for enterprise companies. October 2009 Online Marketing News. September 2009 Online Marketing News. technologies.