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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Yet their research also showed that few CEOs recognize the potential for marketing as a growth accelerator. The first is to define what you need from marketing.

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Distinguishing Brand Activation and Traditional Advertising

Flying Fish Lab

While traditional advertising methods have long been the go-to marketing channel for many businesses, the rise of brand activation has unveiled a new dimension to marketing strategies. Let's find out from this article. How else do these approaches differ, and which approach aligns best with your brand?

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First-Mover or Fast-Follower: Which is the right innovation strategy for you?

Idea to Value

What makes more sense: To be the first player in a brand new market, able to be the first (or only) company which customers buy from? To wait until other companies have proven there is a market for a new offering, and then quickly develop and scale your own? This can require significant marketing and sales effort to change.

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How Can Healthcare Marketers Navigate Reporting in a Post-OCR Guidance World that Aims to Protect Patient Privacy? 

Brunner

Last year, a healthcare client told me that they would need to stop tracking their paid advertisements due to new rules from the U.S. This creates a challenge for healthcare marketers who need to generate demand but now have lost their ability to track and report on their campaigns. Office of Civil Rights.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with Aruna Ravichandran, SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer for Webex, Cisco

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

At a Glance Aruna Ravichandran SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer for Webex, Cisco Focus Areas : Marketing, Cloud, DevOps, IT Operations Thinkers360 In-Depth Profile & Portfolio: Aruna Ravichandran Social Media: LinkedIn | X Books: DevOps for Digital Leaders , The Kitty Hawk Venture.

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Why Many Mid-Career Marketers Are Dinosaurs and Not Great Social Media Strategists

BrainZooming

I spoke about Social-First Content at the April 2017 Social Media Strategies Summit in Chicago. As always, I left this Social Media Strategies Summit with valuable insights on social content strategy plus great ideas for further developing our brand. Strategy vs. design. Writing vs. visual communication.

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6 Simple Growth Hacks for Startups

Leapfrogging

These strategies will help your startup succeed without a big investment. As many of my readers know, I usually write about strategy , innovation , and leadership. So, here’s what we did to build a brand and drive tens of thousands of visitors to our website each month, all without any significant marketing investment.

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