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Are Personas Just a Nicer Word for Stereotypes?

Content Marketing Institute

Elliott Brown, marketing consultant and publisher, Back Office Basics, says: A small business owner is not some guy in a striped apron who smiles with pride as he turns around the “open” sign and picks up a broom to sweep up his shop. That’s the stock photo of a small business owner. Let’s say it’s Mike.

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Best Companies Don't Need Marketing

The Effective Marketer

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Taming Your Brand Mascot « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

A recent article I read on Harvard Business Review, “ Aflac’s CEO Explains How He Fell For The Duck ” made me think about brand messaging and the use of mascots. You can read more at my Web site, [link] , and see our collection of over 100 stock brand mascot clip art sets for small businesses. United States License.

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Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website Social Media and B2B Marketing Do Pair Well by Achinta Mitra on April 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Strategies , Social Media Marketing , Social Networking For a while, it was difficult to find hardcore data to make a business case for social media.

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Choosing an Email Marketing Software « The Effective Marketer

The Effective Marketer

If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet Box Tags: advertising, email marketing, small business resource This entry was posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 12:11 pm and is filed under advertising, small-business. United States License.

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B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog

Industrial Marketing Today

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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inbound marketing training for free

The Effective Marketer

Free Marketing Training from IMU After watching the classes, my take on the University is: Positives: Online archives from each class including slides available on-demand helps a lot when you have busy schedules like mine, and also allows watching at your own pace (i.e. and measure it religiously.