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Executive Insights: Thought Leadership and Content Marketing Guidance from Michael Brenner

Marketing Insider Group

His work in both Thought Leadership and Content Marketing constituted early-stage pioneering work in what we now know as “ modern marketing ”. I worked with his team on an early-stage Thought Leadership program focused upon SAP Innovations that included BLOGs and a great outside-in business-oriented conversation.

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The Future of Marketing: 50 CMO Quotes On How Marketing Has Changed

Marketing Insider Group

Way back in 2012 and 2013, I interviewed some marketing influencers and leaders in the field to understand what they thought the Future of Marketing would look like. Some of the predictions on the rise of thought leadership, empathy , and culture were spot on. Do we need to be very thoughtful about where we are spending?

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5 ways to be a better CMO for your social teams

Sprout Social

The recruiter paused to collect their thoughts and replied, “The CMO is very passionate about social media so I think you’ll find they’ll be actively involved in your day-to-day.” In my 16 years of social media experience, this is typically a recipe for failure. But social media doesn’t work this way.

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How To Change the CEO-CMO Relationship From Rivals to Teammates

Marketing Insider Group

There’s a perpetual game of tug-of-war going on between CEOs and their CMOs. CMOs want to deliver results. The most critical role of a CMO, according to CEOs, is to grow the business. CMOs want to deliver ROI and show real proof that what they’re doing works. CMO tenure is at the lowest point of the last decade.

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Executive Insights: A Marketing Transformation Conversation with CMO Advisor Kathleen Schaub

Marketing Insider Group

While in SAP Global Marketing we launched several thought leadership efforts, and one of the analyst partners I leveraged was IDC, and specifically their CMO Advisory Service. Kathleen recently retired from IDC after a long and distinguished career in marketing, including being a head of marketing and a CMO.

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Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Retail 2024

Thinkers360

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 global thought leaders and influencers on Retail for 2024. We specialize in B2B strategic marketing, B2B analyst and influencer relations, and B2B thought leadership marketing putting your brand in front of active B2B buyers and influencers worldwide – Explore membership today !

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Is It Morally Okay to Ghostwrite Thought Leadership?

Contently

Of course, years later, I conveniently forgot that promise as I found myself working in a PR agency, drafting comments and opinion pieces on behalf of so-called “thought leaders.” Ethically speaking, this practice still makes me deeply uncomfortable when I have to forge someone else’s thoughts. No, not really.