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

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When your firm touts that a senior partner has just published a book and was a guest on CNBC, your target audiences may wonder why that partner isn’t focused on client matters, or whether the cost of his publicity tour will result in higher hourly rates. True thought leaders seek to manage the conversation, not to control it.

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Is Your Client Newsletter a Marketing Albatross?

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When your firm touts that a senior partner has just published a book and was a guest on CNBC, your target audiences may wonder why that partner isn’t focused on client matters, or whether the cost of his book’s publicity tour will result in higher hourly rates. True thought leaders seek to manage the conversation, not to control it.

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Is Your B2B Firm REALLY Marketing…Or Simply Making Tactical Soup?

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Exposure that’s largely based on a firm’s achievements delivers little practical benefit to existing clients and may leave them wondering if such self-promotion will result in higher client rates and fees. When this situation exists, a B2B firm is not marketing; it’s simply making Tactical Soup. Schedule ongoing maintenance of the activity.

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Three Myths and Realities of Client Newsletters

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When your firm touts that a senior partner has just published a book and was a guest on CNBC, your target audiences may wonder why that partner isn’t focused on client matters, or whether the cost of his book’s publicity tour will result in higher hourly rates. True thought leaders seek to manage the conversation, not to control it.

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Client Newsletters: Empty Suit of the B2B Marketing Mix

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When your firm touts that a senior partner has just published a book and was a guest on CNBC, your target audiences may wonder why that partner isn’t focused on client matters rather than self-promotion, or whether the cost of his book’s publicity tour will result in higher hourly rates. Newsletters are one-way conversations.

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Why Clients Don’t Value Your Ability

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But the intrinsic marketing value of any opinion survey – regardless of the questions or response rates – is that it lets clients know you care about them. The responses will likely provide some basis on which you can measure client sentiment and make beneficial changes. Ask about their trip to Belize.

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What Your Doctor Can Teach You About Business Growth

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But the intrinsic marketing value of any opinion survey – regardless of the questions or response rates – is that it lets clients know you care about them. The responses will likely provide some basis on which you can measure client sentiment and make beneficial changes. Ask about their trip to Belize.