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Thought Leadership Merchandising: Rising Above the Noise

Marketing Craftmanship

Researching the term “Thought Leadership” yields everything from a sterile Wikipedia definition, to blog posts featuring marketing insights similar to this online gem: “It doesn’t matter if you’re an entrepreneur, an employee, or a student – your ability to become a thought leader will catapult your success.

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Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead

Biznology

Image via Wikipedia. When fans started selling T-shirts and other merchandise, most bands would shut that down, but the Dead decided to license the sellers and take a cut of their profits, which isn't much different from how most Internet businesses work today.

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Does Your Marketing Solve Your Customers' Problems?

Biznology

Image via Wikipedia. It would have been easy for them to give up and just push merchandise, but they didn't. I've often counseled that you need to solve your customers' problems to be a successful Internet marketer. For B2B businesses, you might be able to figure out how to do that. I mean, what problem can K-mart solve?

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16 case studies prove ROI of mobile marketing

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. They sold HD related merchandise through a Route 66’s mobile club. Are you paying attention to your mobile marketing yet? After years of being the next big thing, mobile might finally be the current big thing. But there is a big problem–most people don’t know how to prove it.

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20 Ingenious Ideas to Transform Customer Experience (CX) in 2020

Martech Advisor

Image source: Wikipedia. Give them something memorable: When people buy from you, offer them a unique experience or free merchandise that they’ll associate with your brand. The hero’s journey is an effective storytelling technique, popularized by Joseph Campbell, an American Professor of Literature. The Hero's Journey.

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10 Excellent Ways to Improve Your Brand Authority [Stats + Steps]

Outgrow

For example, The Coca-Cola Company develops consistent messaging systems across all of its brand activation points, including products, signage, storefronts, reseller programs, advertising, social media, merchandise, and website presence. Each week, they share a brand-new marketing topic and a few relevant business and marketing stories.

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Animal Influencers: The Stories Behind 11 Famous Pets on Instagram

Hubspot

Known on Instagram as "Loki the Wolfdog", this gentle giant spends his days traversing the great outdoors with owner Kelly Lund, who donates the revenue generated from Loki's merchandise and sponsorships to two animal charities: Canine Support Teams and Eagle Trail Mountain Wolf Sanctuary. 3) Nala: @nala_cat.