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Best Companies Don't Need Marketing

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You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! This entry was posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 9:00 am and is filed under Hiring , productivity , Uncategorized.

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Taming Your Brand Mascot « The Effective Marketer

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A recent article I read on Harvard Business Review, “ Aflac’s CEO Explains How He Fell For The Duck ” made me think about brand messaging and the use of mascots. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 For example, don’t let your brand mascot share the spotlight with other characters.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

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This could be a good stepping stone for a promising young Marketing Coordinator, for example. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! United States License.

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if you're gonna copy, make it right

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He uses examples like 37Signals, Copyblogger, FogCreek Software, Zappos, and make a good case for trying to think for yourself instead of just following what others are saying. This entry was posted on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 10:02 pm and is filed under Communication , Marketing Planning , Marketing Strategy. Let me explain.

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effective marketer principle 7: run productive meetings

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Drucker, of course, was right on target when included this principle in his article for effective managers (“ What Makes an Effective Executive ”, Harvard Business Review, June 2004) since one of the most important aspects one should be able to master in order to become effective is time management, and meetings are, as a general rule, a time drag.

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effective marketer principle 4: take responsibility for decisions

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The names of the people who will be affected by it, especially if approvals are needed (think for example about whether the CEO, the CMO, or another high level executive needs to review and approve your ad campaign before it goes out the door. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 United States License.

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how to use social media - lessons from ama digital conference

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Chuck Palm, from Internet Podcasting Network , closed the day with “Social Media Mania – what should my business do about it?&#. The Zappos story about blue suede shoes stuck in my mind as a great example of social media, six degrees of separation, and pure luck The best of these events for me is actually the networking portion.