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When I Couldn’t Find Marketing Outlets to Elevate My Brand, I Created My Own

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When we were first getting started as a student club in 2009, I remember initially struggling to get my peers to join. We created our own press From the start, I was intent on public relations being a part of our marketing strategy.

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What Trigonometry Has to Do With Marketing?

The Effective Marketer

It was only after a while that I was really able to put my skill to good use, when I started working in an office environment, and I didn’t have to look at the keys of the computer in order to type something. I was fast, people were amazed. United States License. United States License.

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The Rise of the Content Marketer « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Larger organizations may even start thinking of a higher level role, of Chief Content Officer , created in order to plan, coordinate the execution, and report on content ROI. This will save everyone (especially the Marketing Manager) a lot of time and avoid headaches down the road. United States License. United States License.

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B2B Email Design – Gallery 2 « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

Note : The emails are in no particular order and the senders were selected at random from a variety of emails I get. Is good to see what’s out there, what is working and what is not. The emails in these galleries are mostly B2B marketing in nature, but the design principles can be applied to B2C as well. United States License.

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Measuring the Value Social Marketing and Media

Vision Edge Marketing

billion in 2009. For example increasing customer trial or share of preference may be tied to business outcomes around new customer acquisition or accelerating the rate of customer acquisition in order to impact revenue and market share. Therefore, just like any other effort, a singular strike may not be enough.

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Measuring the Value of Social Marketing and Media

Vision Edge Marketing

billion in 2009. For example increasing customer trial or share of preference may be tied to business outcomes around new customer acquisition or accelerating the rate of customer acquisition in order to impact revenue and market share. Therefore, just like any other effort, a singular strike may not be enough.

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How a Tiny Finance Startup Dethroned Fortune 500 Giants in Google Search

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In 2009, most people would have called Tim Chen, the founder of Nerdwallet , crazy for even trying to take on the titans of the credit card industry. Founded in 2009 as a bootstrapped startup, Nerdwallet has grown at an exponential pace, from 283 users per month in 2009 to 2.2 Picture Credit: SlideShare.