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Hedge Fund Marketing: From Oxymoron to Best Practices

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Good Reason: Marketing Confusion: Regulators and marketers share equal responsibility for the widespread misunderstanding about what’s considered permissible and effective marketing for hedge funds. Investor conferences are high-cost tactics that can be effective for hedge funds. Most often, that means doing nothing.

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Client Newsletters for B2B Firms Is Content that’s Dead on Arrival

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But traditional newsletters – containing commentary ranging from client alerts on tax legislation, to “best of” awards, or who’s joined the firm – are not a marketing necessity. MYTH #3: A Newsletter is a Cost-Effective Marketing Tactic The old saw, “Cheap is dear” rings true when it comes to newsletters.

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Social Distancing: Marketing’s New Strategic Mandate

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But marketers who know how to craft an enticing subject line, and who can write effective copy, can break through the clutter. Include the person’s or company’s name in the subject line to distinguish it from spam, for instance. More importantly, remember that long, rambling messages rarely get read.

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Time to Kill Your Company’s Zombie Blog?

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CEOs and their marketers are best served, and their blog is most likely to succeed, if senior management understands its function, benefits and limitations, and is 100% committed to a very long relationship. You’re unwilling to provide your blog with the necessary resources. Posting frequency drops from weekly to monthly to quarterly.

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Three Law Firm Marketing Shortcomings…and How to Avoid Them

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Hard-wired to follow apparent industry “best practices” (mostly based on mimicking competitors), law firms of all sizes continue to miss opportunities to increase clients and revenue. That evolution notwithstanding, most law firms and younger practitioners remain stuck in neutral, in terms of marketing sophistication. What does that mean?

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Should Marketing Automation Customers be Pre-Qualified?

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Armed with Desktop Publishing, many companies failed to grasp that their new technology could not replace professional skills such as graphic design, copywriting, branding and marketing required to produce effective print materials. Believing that this technology is a plug & play solution, rather than a tool to make people more effective.

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3.5 Reasons to Skip Industry Awards

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At best, awards may address the personal needs of some decision-makers who are more concerned with protecting their job (should your firm fail to deliver), rather than selecting the most qualified service provider. Judging is always highly subjective, and never an accurate reflection of the best idea or solution.