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Marketing When Budgets Are Down

Harvard Business Review

The general rule of enterprise finance is that marketing budgets drop like a stone at the first sign of trouble and rise like a feather once the environment is more settled. It’s tough to see a significant increase in marketing budgets in the near term.

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Taking Final Ideas to Market is the Hardest Part

Paul Hobcraft

It seems so simple doesn’t it – “bringing final ideas to market”. Here in Europe, it is often suggested that “Europe is the cradle of creativity”, perhaps but I think the United States is “the crucible of innovation”, it forges ideas and takes them to market far better. So easy to say, yet it does seem so very hard to achieve.

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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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Today’s Truth in Marketing: Get Interactive or Get Out of the Way

Daniel Burrus

Marketing is a world that is always evolving, always busy, and constantly filled with Anticipatory opportunities for all those who work in the industry and who leverage marketing for their organizations. . If you are an executive or working professional in the marketing industry, this is likely music to your ears.

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Strategies for Successfully Establishing Sales in a New Market

Tullio Siragusa

Strategies for Successfully Establishing Sales in a New Market Entering a new market can be a daunting task for any sales leader. It requires a strategic approach and a deep understanding of the target market to be successful. Developing a sales plan is a critical step in establishing sales in a new market.

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

BrainZooming

With traditional marketing communication, there were numerous clear divisions among important roles: Creative vs. analytical. Looking back on the combined internal and external team we assembled to market our Fortune 500 B2B brand, we rarely had one person doing both sides of any of the pairs of talents and responsibilities above.

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Best Sharing and Communication Tools

IdeaScale

The internet is now the greatest and most popular platform to advertise and share your business. Social media isn’t just for teenagers sharing photos with their friends anymore; it can be a great platform for your company to advertise and share information while staying up to date with news and ideas from all over the world.

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