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Email 101: Tell Me Something I Don’t Already Know

The Point

To be successful in driving engagement from business buyers, it’s not enough that marketing content simply be relevant to the individual reader. As a busy IT leader you know …”) that does nothing but try the reader’s patience. Don’t lecture me on a business trend or challenge or problem that you think I should care about.

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Maker’s Mark: PR Debacle or Social Media Genius?

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Pundits in the business press referred to the snafu as the company’s “New Coke Moment,” a reference to Coca Cola’s notorious decision (and subsequent reversal) in the mid-1980s to change its soft drink formula. In summary: • Company makes egregious business error. Not prone to such business errors? Let’s translate, shall we?

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Is Technology Making Marketing Agencies Obsolete?

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Over at the IDC Technology Marketing Blog , analyst Sam Melnick posted an article recently with the intriguing title: “Are Ad Agencies Keeping Pace with the Marketing’s (sic) Massive Digital Uptake? Hint: Maybe Not)”. Personal experience aside, I fear he may have a point.