Chris Koch

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Why your marketing to CIOs may be irrelevant—and what to do about it

Chris Koch

That means understanding not just the top 10 IT drivers for 2009 as predicted by Gartner or Forrester. To market to these people effectively, you’re going to have to get to know them as being part of multiple, unique segments. It means understanding different CIO roles, skills, aspirations, and business contexts.

Planning 100
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Why your marketing to CIOs may be irrelevant—and what to do about it

Chris Koch

That means understanding not just the top 10 IT drivers for 2009 as predicted by Gartner or Forrester. To market to these people effectively, you’re going to have to get to know them as being part of multiple, unique segments. It means understanding different CIO roles, skills, aspirations, and business contexts.

Planning 100
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Thought leadership is still dead; long live idea marketing

Chris Koch

This week, Gartner proved why we need to make the change. Proclaiming that thought leadership isn’t just for consulting firms anymore, Gartner said in this press release that thought leadership has emerged as an “organized discipline.”. Then Gartner did what it always does; it coined an acronym: TLM, or Thought Leadership Marketing.