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Listening to Your Customers In the Digital Age

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In an interesting BusinessWeek article dating back to 2005, titled “ Shoot the Focus Group ”, the author states that although there are plenty of examples and ample evidence that Focus Groups fail time and again, companies keep using them. Focus Groups are Dead: Interview with Mike Volpe, CMO at HubSpot. Additional Reading.

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Taming Your Brand Mascot « The Effective Marketer

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More recently even Twitter mascots have been showing up as a company’s public face. 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. brand mascots are a common tool to promote your product or service.

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Marketing By Objectives « The Effective Marketer

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The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing By Objectives Objective-Action-Budget In a recent article for the CMO Council’s Newsletter, Nicolas Watkis argues “ Marketers won’t succeed if they don’t have objectives ”. Right on, my friend!

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Selecting the Right Email Marketing Provider « The Effective Marketer

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Check out part 1 of the “ Taking control of the email vendor selection process &# article and let me know what you think! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter! You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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The Opposite of Advertising « The Effective Marketer

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Sources for more info on this story are: Creativity Online article, F*ck Smaller. Marketing News article, Marketing Across the Americas (requires login). Best regards Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Email Subscription Subscribe to the RSS feed Follow Daniel on Twitter Connect via LinkedIn Follow Me On Twitter!

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Killed By Powerpoint « The Effective Marketer

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An interesting article sent to me (thanks, Z.) The article from BBC News UK can be seen here: The Problem With PowerPoint Over the years I’ve read a number of books on effective presentations, listened to podcasts, and attended some presentations and webcasts. No need to raise your hand, we all have been there.

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Best Companies Don't Need Marketing

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