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Why bother with thought leadership? Five questions and answers.

Chris Koch

The questions display a healthy distrust for accepted wisdom, which I like, and provide a good test of the thinking behind thought leadership marketing. See what you think of my answers: How did thought leadership initiatives in companies begin? Is it only focused in knowledge intensive industries?

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Employee Empowerment: Why it Matters and How to Achieve it

EveryoneSocial

It strengthens trust in leadership. Show team members that you not only value their thoughts and opinions but also trust them to post about the company by inviting them to participate in your employee advocacy program. Does leadership really value workers’ thoughts and opinions? Check out this guide.

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Influencer Marketing: How to Identify Your Target Influencers

Onalytica B2B

But what every influencer has in common, is that their opinion and expertise carry weight and influence in the industry, with the brand’s and their competitors’ fate often falling into their hands. Key verticals (e.g. Identifying your influencers- Tech or talent? Are yours and their audience similar?

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8 Marketing Publications To Read

BenchmarkONE

Don’t miss: The Analytics & Conversion vertical, dedicated to helping you stay on top of the messy — and often complicated — world of data-driven marketing. Don’t miss: The Founder’s Project , a vertical geared explicitly toward showcasing the people and practices behind some of today’s most interesting and inspiring businesses.

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Content Creation 101: Tips for Working With Reluctant Subject Matter Experts

Contently

Along the dimension of originality of ideas (the vertical axis), you have the cover performer in the low originality-to-low-collaboration quadrant, and the solo artist in the high originality-to-low collaboration quadrant. Both are experts in music. They are essential, however, in contexts that require gravitas or institutional solidity.

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Facing the #1 B2B Deal-Killer: “Do You Have Any Clients Just Like Me?”

Marketing Craftmanship

By re-casting your public facing materials, or creating new marketing collateral and thought leadership that’s focused on your target industry, you can establish a baseline level of credibility that serves to offset the lack of actual client work in that field.

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Inbound Marketing: The Biggest Shifts Happening in Marketing Strategy

SmartBug Media

Now we’re on to the fun part (in my personal marketing nerd opinion): inbound marketing. Leverage a vertical strategy. Your social media should serve a purpose: to showcase you as a thought leader in the industry by sharing evergreen content on industry news, as well as pushing out thought leadership content your organization creates.