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Best Companies Don't Need Marketing

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How they like (or don’t like) the perks, and when magazines like Inc pick that up and write a story. And the word gets around and your hiring costs are reduced because people are now finding you for a change. The best marketing ends up being what the employees tell their friends about their companies.

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Presenting Effective Charts « The Effective Marketer

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Charts That Tell a Story Here is a compilation of great articles and sites I’ve read in the past that really helped me understand the importance of paying attention to data presentation and how to choose the right chart based on your data and message. “

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What Marketing Org Charts Tell You About The Business

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A recent article in Harvard Business Review magazine argues that the marketing function hasn’t changed much in the past 40 years and makes the case for marketing reorganization. In the past decade, what marketers do to engage customers has changed almost beyond recognition .

Planning 100
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are you paid enough? new salary survey released

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Exhibitor Magazine’s July Edition showcases their annual salary survey with interesting results. New Salary Survey Released We all like to complain about how much we make, so here’s another reason for you to either shut up or have that awkward conversation with your boss about getting a raise.

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Social Media's Next Victim?

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A recent article ( When digital marketing strategies go wrong ) from Revolution Magazine, a UK publication, reviews some of the most interesting social media mishaps. And now with social media, there’s no telling who will be the next United to see its market cap hurt because of a blog post or youtube video.

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what's your marketing approach?

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Create this email here, prepare a webinar there, and send the artwork for publication in that magazine. As marketers, we sometimes fall victims of the routine day-to-day tactical activities and forget why we are doing them. Do you ever stop at some point during the week to rethink your actions, rethink your role, rethink your strategy?

Planning 100
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don't forget your company history

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At my company we do our best to keep “old&# stuff like pictures, awards, magazine ads, even show signage. Sure, call us pack rats but we like going back in time and talking about the old days and how things changed. Not only that, we feel a certain pride when we look back in time and realize how much we have accomplished.