Remove writing

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better time management with smart calendars

The Effective Marketer

Yes, I may remember the task from time to time and I write it down in a yellow sticky note, but getting it into my task list (be it in Outlook where I centralize everything, or in a paper notebook that I used back in the day) triggers some type of psychological commitment that is not the case otherwise. This will help you in two ways.

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How to Get Sales and Marketing on the Same Page

The Effective Marketer

Tensions abound when sales and marketing leadership are locked in a battle of wills. Many of us have seen the firm that delegates marketing to a customer service rep who took a few creative writing classes and uses Facebook a lot. Internal struggles between sales and marketing are commonplace in organizations of all sizes. Work On It.