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Marketing Metrics Your CEO Wants to See

One of the biggest challenges marketers face is proving the value of their marketing efforts to their CEO. Vanity metrics such as new users and likes on social media are impressive, and always exciting to monitor, but they don’t get to the bottom

Stephanie Colello

How to communicate during a pandemic

As billions of people around the globe try and establish how best to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, three fundamental factors are making communication with stakeholders difficult.

Stevie Brown

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What to do if you experience failure to launch

We know that our clients rely on major events to launch new products, generate new business opportunities and network with suppliers. So what are the options if you experience failure to launch?

Fifth Ring

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Should I hire a marketing agency or a marketing team?

Should you hire a marketing agency or expand your marketing team? When it comes to growing your business, this can be a tough call to make.

Michael Madden

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Sales and Marketing, or Sales vs Marketing?

If you can align both teams behind a single set of goals, stop the wheel-spinning, and all push in the same direction, just imagine what’s possible.

Steve Milne

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5 Reasons your business should have a PR Strategy

Randomly sending out press releases and hoping for the best is as relevant today as red braces, big hair and leg warmers – you need a PR strategy.

Andrew Bradshaw

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The Marketing Multiplier

The real secrets of why companies with in-house marketing and communications teams partner with agencies Most small to mid-size businesses work with marketing and communications (a.k.a. marcomms) agencies on everything from sales campaigns to brand

Chris Wolf

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The Age of Earned

This is the age of earned. In recent times, there has increasingly been more focus on digital marketing for owned and paid media with the ability to accurately measure the result of our campaigns. But with public relations moving at a greater pace

Fifth Ring

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How to present, like a boss, to your Board

Private Equity boards are comprised of individuals with a significant amount of wealth at risk, so naturally, their primary concern is the growth trajectory of the company in which they invested. Beyond that, by the time you are presenting to your

Chris Wolf

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Effective messaging that's relevant to your audience

When engaging in conversations that are meant to be persuasive or to influence your listener’s actions (for example, a sales pitch, an email campaign, or a call to action), your goal should be that your listener both receives and retains your

Chris Wolf