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5 Skills Your Marketing Consultant Must Have

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Marketing is changing fast, and the changes require new skills on the part of marketing consultants and other providers. I’ve heard about and observed many marketing “fails” in my years as a marketing professional in the software industry and as a marketing consultant at New Incite. Storytelling ability.

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6 Reasons I Love Being a Marketing Consultant

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I made the decision to begin a consulting company focused on providing marketing solutions and founded New Incite in April of 1997. No matter what the consulting assignment is, if I can provide new insight for their marketing or business and incite them to positive change, I have succeeded. I focus on solutions.

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Is Your Social Media Consultant an Expert or a Wannabe?

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Just as “SEO Experts” created themselves overnight after reading a few how-to blog posts online, many consultants who call themselves social media “experts” have little or no real experience. That’s a topic for another blog post. They figure if they’re on Facebook they’re experts.

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Your Baby’s Ugly and Other Difficult Things Marketing Consultants Have to Tell Clients

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A good marketing consultant delivers solutions, implementation and results. Another consultant was not only investigating but developing a detailed business plan for a third product. My point in this blog post is that the bad news is part of our job. Marketing Soapbox consultant marketing results' Your baby’s ugly.

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How to Blog Workshop February 20, 2015 in Los Angeles

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A blog is an important marketing tactic for businesses and professionals who want to get found online for their products, services and expertise. In this workshop, you will learn how to blog, what makes a successful blog, and how to get results from your blog. Blogging blog consultant'

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How to Blog: How Often Should I Blog?

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How often should you write and publish blog posts to get results from your blog? The answer depends on how competitive your industry is, what kind of results you want, and how much time resource you have to devote to blogging. What results do you want from your blog? He blogs once a week and gets great results.

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How to Blog: What Blog Categories Should I Create?

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A successful blog has carefully thought-out categories under which you group your blog posts. The irony is that it’s often not until you’ve blogged for a while that you figure out what you want those categories to be. Blog Post Categories Should Mirror Your Products and Services.