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Want proof that the C-suite is into social media? Here it is.

Chris Koch

There are two rivers of content at conferences. One is the river of planned content—the conference theme, the presentations, etc.; We just wrapped up our ITSMA Annual Marketing Conference this week and the strongest current driving the river of conversation was social media.

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There is only one objective in social media: create learning networks

Chris Koch

Marketers must become publishers, with a process for refining and presenting thought leadership content through various vehicles, (such as conference presentations, white papers, social media, etc.). Using ideas from the learning network, marketing needs to develop content.

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16 best practices for creating customer councils

Chris Koch

Use the customer council to feed an executive education program/forum whereby the content developed within the customer council is presented to a larger audience. Integrate the council into other activities, such as conferences, social media, and reference programs.

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16 best practices for creating customer councils

Chris Koch

Use the customer council to feed an executive education program/forum whereby the content developed within the customer council is presented to a larger audience. Integrate the council into other activities, such as conferences, social media, and reference programs.

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The five components of a successful thought leadership program

Chris Koch

What types of thought leadership vehicles (councils, conferences, white papers, social media, etc.) Marketers must become publishers, with a process for refining and presenting thought leadership content through various vehicles, (such as conference presentations, white papers, social media, etc.).

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The five components of a successful thought leadership program

Chris Koch

What types of thought leadership vehicles (councils, conferences, white papers, social media, etc.) Marketers must become publishers, with a process for refining and presenting thought leadership content through various vehicles, (such as conference presentations, white papers, social media, etc.).

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The power of self-regulation in customer relationships

Chris Koch

In this video of a conference presentation Zane did (don’t bother with the whole thing, just scroll down in the box marked “Chapters” to “Zane’s Cycles”—it’s short and sweet), he offers the bowl to people in the audience and asks them to take from the bowl. To bring this across, he uses a simple metaphor: a bowl full of quarters.

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