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| digital marketing thought leaders: The Visible Expert Lee W. Frederiksen, Elizabeth Harr, Sylvia S. Montgomery, 2014-09-02 What does it take to become a well-known expert in your field - someone other practitioners and the media seek out for leadership and insight? We call these stars Visible Experts . And becoming one is easier than it looks. In this research-based book, you will learn how you or your colleagues can become Visible Experts and leverage this status to drive significant new growth and profits for your firm. You will discover which tools and techniques you need to build your reputation and ascend to prominence. And you will hear from real experts from across the professional services who have climbed from obscurity to the peak of their profession. The Visible Expert is the essential manual for any individual or firm that is ready to take their expertise to the highest level. Based on interviews with over 1,000 experts and buyers of their services, this book will take you higher, faster. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Start With Why Simon Sinek, 2011-10-06 THE MILLION-COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER - BASED ON THE LIFE-CHANGING TED TALK! DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE WITH ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: WHY? 'One of the most incredible thinkers of our time; someone who has influenced the way I think and act every day' Steven Bartlett, investor, BBC Dragon and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast ***** Why are some people more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? Because it doesn't matter what you do, it matters WHY you do it. Those who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate in the same way - and it's the opposite to most. In Start with Why, Simon Sinek uncovers the fundamental secret of their success. How you lead, inspire, live, it all starts with why. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 'It's amazing how a book can change the course of your life, and this book did that.' 'Imagine the Ted Talk expanded to 2 hours long, with more depth, intrigue and examples.' 'What he does brilliantly is demonstrate his own why - to inspire others - throughout.' |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook Gary Vaynerchuk, 2013-11-26 New York Times bestselling author and social media expert Gary Vaynerchuk shares hard-won advice on how to connect with customers and beat the competition. A mash-up of the best elements of Crush It! and The Thank You Economy with a fresh spin, Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook is a blueprint to social media marketing strategies that really works. When managers and marketers outline their social media strategies, they plan for the “right hook”—their next sale or campaign that’s going to knock out the competition. Even companies committed to jabbing—patiently engaging with customers to build the relationships crucial to successful social media campaigns—want to land the punch that will take down their opponent or their customer’s resistance in one blow. Right hooks convert traffic to sales and easily show results. Except when they don’t. Thanks to massive change and proliferation in social media platforms, the winning combination of jabs and right hooks is different now. Vaynerchuk shows that while communication is still key, context matters more than ever. It’s not just about developing high-quality content, but developing high-quality content perfectly adapted to specific social media platforms and mobile devices—content tailor-made for Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and Tumblr. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Everybody Writes Ann Handley, 2014-09-15 Finally a go-to guide to creating and publishing the kind of content that will make your business thrive. Everybody Writes is a go-to guide to attracting and retaining customers through stellar online communication, because in our content-driven world, every one of us is, in fact, a writer. If you have a web site, you are a publisher. If you are on social media, you are in marketing. And that means that we are all relying on our words to carry our marketing messages. We are all writers. Yeah, but who cares about writing anymore? In a time-challenged world dominated by short and snappy, by click-bait headlines and Twitter streams and Instagram feeds and gifs and video and Snapchat and YOLO and LOL and #tbt. . . does the idea of focusing on writing seem pedantic and ordinary? Actually, writing matters more now, not less. Our online words are our currency; they tell our customers who we are. Our writing can make us look smart or it can make us look stupid. It can make us seem fun, or warm, or competent, or trustworthy. But it can also make us seem humdrum or discombobulated or flat-out boring. That means you've got to choose words well, and write with economy and the style and honest empathy for your customers. And it means you put a new value on an often-overlooked skill in content marketing: How to write, and how to tell a true story really, really well. That's true whether you're writing a listicle or the words on a Slideshare deck or the words you're reading right here, right now... And so being able to communicate well in writing isn't just nice; it's necessity. And it's also the oft-overlooked cornerstone of nearly all our content marketing. In Everybody Writes, top marketing veteran Ann Handley gives expert guidance and insight into the process and strategy of content creation, production and publishing, with actionable how-to advice designed to get results. These lessons and rules apply across all of your online assets — like web pages, home page, landing pages, blogs, email, marketing offers, and on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media. Ann deconstructs the strategy and delivers a practical approach to create ridiculously compelling and competent content. It's designed to be the go-to guide for anyone creating or publishing any kind of online content — whether you're a big brand or you're small and solo. Sections include: How to write better. (Or, for adult-onset writers: How to hate writing less.) Easy grammar and usage rules tailored for business in a fun, memorable way. (Enough to keep you looking sharp, but not too much to overwhelm you.) Giving your audience the gift of your true story, told well. Empathy and humanity and inspiration are key here, so the book covers that, too. Best practices for creating credible, trustworthy content steeped in some time-honored rules of solid journalism. Because publishing content and talking directly to your customers is, at its heart, a privilege. Things Marketers Write: The fundamentals of 17 specific kinds of content that marketers are often tasked with crafting. Content Tools: The sharpest tools you need to get the job done. Traditional marketing techniques are no longer enough. Everybody Writes is a field guide for the smartest businesses who know that great content is the key to thriving in this digital world. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Answers for Ethical Marketers Deirdre K. Breakenridge, 2021-04-21 With recent changes in technology, media, and the communication landscape, the journey to ethics has become more complicated than ever before. This book aims to answer ethical questions, from applying ethics and sound judgment through your organization and communication channels to taking your ethics and values into every media interview. With the understanding of how personal and professional ethics align, business leaders, managers, and students will maneuver their way around this new landscape showcasing their values in ethical conduct. This book is divided into eight important areas based on where and why a breakdown in ethical behavior is likely to occur, and delivers advice from experts on the frontlines of business communications who know what it means to face the inherent changes and challenges in this field. With more than 80 questions and answers focused on guiding marketing, PR and business professionals, readers will uncover situations where ethics are challenged, and their values will be tested. This straightforward Q&A guidebook is for professionals who realize ethics are a crucial part of decision-making in their communications and who want to maintain trust with the public and their positive brand reputations in business. Readers will receive answers to pressing ethical questions to help them apply best practice guidelines and good judgment in their own situations, based on the stories, theories, and practical instruction from the author’s 30 years of experience as well as the thought leaders featured in this book. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Digital Business Transformation Nigel Vaz, 2021-01-05 Fuel your business' transition into the digital age with this insightful and comprehensive resource Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage offers readers a framework for digital business transformation. Written by Nigel Vaz, the acclaimed CEO of Publicis Sapient, a global digital business transformation company, Digital Business Transformation delivers practical advice and approachable strategies to help businesses realize their digital potential. Digital Business Transformation provides readers with examples of the challenges faced by global organizations and the strategies they used to overcome them. The book also includes discussions of: How to decide whether to defend, differentiate, or disrupt your organization to meet digital challenges How to deconstruct decision-making throughout all levels of your organization How to combine strategy, product, experience, engineering, and data to produce digital results Perfect for anyone in a leadership position in a modern organization, particularly those who find themselves responsible for transformation-related decisions, Digital Business Transformation delivers a message that begs to be heard by everyone who hopes to help their organization meet the challenges of a changing world. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Digital and Social Media Marketing Nripendra P. Rana, Emma L. Slade, Ganesh P. Sahu, Hatice Kizgin, Nitish Singh, Bidit Dey, Anabel Gutierrez, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, 2019-11-11 This book examines issues and implications of digital and social media marketing for emerging markets. These markets necessitate substantial adaptations of developed theories and approaches employed in the Western world. The book investigates problems specific to emerging markets, while identifying new theoretical constructs and practical applications of digital marketing. It addresses topics such as electronic word of mouth (eWOM), demographic differences in digital marketing, mobile marketing, search engine advertising, among others. A radical increase in both temporal and geographical reach is empowering consumers to exert influence on brands, products, and services. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and digital media are having a significant impact on the way people communicate and fulfil their socio-economic, emotional and material needs. These technologies are also being harnessed by businesses for various purposes including distribution and selling of goods, retailing of consumer services, customer relationship management, and influencing consumer behaviour by employing digital marketing practices. This book considers this, as it examines the practice and research related to digital and social media marketing. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing Paul M. Kaplan, 2020-03-03 Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing is a comprehensive, practical, step-by-step guide to achieving content marketing success. What’s the connection between thought leadership and increased sales? Consistent strategy. Thought leadership and content marketing can be powerful tools for your business, but to use them to their fullest potential, you need to have a plan. Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing helps you create a comprehensive and rigorous content marketing strategy in which every piece works together to meet your business goals. Comprehensive, results-oriented, and practical, Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing covers every aspect of content marketing: researching customer needs; identifying your company’s areas of expertise; generating thought leadership articles and other content; communicating content through email, social media, web marketing, and traditional media; evaluating response; generating sales leads; and measuring results. More important, Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing shows how to coordinate these strategic elements to an overall plan. Interviews with business leaders and case studies show how content marketing concepts work in the real world. The ideal book for marketers, advertising professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone who works with content marketing—whether in B2B or B2C business, for-profit or nonprofit—Essentials of Thought Leadership and Content Marketing is a practical, step-by-step guide to achieving your content marketing goals. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Using Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Katie King, 2019-02-03 Artificial intelligence (AI) is paving the way for the future of marketing and business transformation, yet many organizations struggle to know exactly how and where to integrate it. This book is the ultimate guide to embracing the opportunity that AI can bring for your marketing. With AI forecasted to boost global GDP by 14% by 2030, an efficient and sustainable AI marketing strategy is now essential to avoid losing the competitive edge. Using Artificial Intelligence in Marketing provides the definitive, practical framework needed for marketers to identify, apply and embrace the opportunity to maximize the results and business advancement that AI can bring. Streamlining efficiencies into every business practice, AI automates simpler, repetitive tasks with unrivalled accuracy, allowing sales and marketing teams to return their attention to where human interaction is most valuable: strategy, creativity and personal connection. Using Artificial Intelligence in Marketing outlines key marketing benefits such as accurate market research samples, immediate big data insights and brand-safe content creation, right through to the on-demand customer service that is now expected 24/7. It also explores the inevitable myths, concerns and ethical questions that can arise from the large-scale adoption of AI. This book is an essential read for every 21st century marketer. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: No Bullsh*t Leadership Chris Hirst, 2019-05-02 WINNER OF BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020: LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE A Financial Times Business Book of the Month 'A brilliant set of leadership tools that will help you succeed whatever your goal' - Sir Clive Woodward 'A punchy, plainly written guide, offering a readable and enlightened view of what leaders do and how they should do it' - Financial Times 'A new rubric on leadership' - Evening Standard Inspiration behind the No Bullsh*t Leadership Intelligence Squared podcast Leadership is not some special club, open only to elites. It's not a gold star given only to those with expensive degrees. Leadership is for everyone. Based on the author's hard-won experience as a Global CEO, this smart, fun book delivers a step-by-step working manual on how to lead - for anyone. Full of simple and direct approaches, it demystifies an over-analysed subject to get to the heart of modern leadership: the life-changing, career-transforming power to get stuff done. These principles and actionable steps apply to every field, from small businesses to community initiatives, from schools to sports teams to global enterprises. No matter your goal, this book will show you how to: - make effective decisions - build a world-class team - take care of yourself and others - achieve results |
| digital marketing thought leaders: The New Relationship Marketing Mari Smith, 2011-10-25 A top social media guru shares the secrets to expanding your business through relationships People have always done business with people they know, like, and trust. That's the essence of relationship marketing. Today, the popularity of online social networking has caused a paradigm shift in relationship marketing. This book helps businesspeople and marketers master this crucial new skill set. Social marketing expert Mari Smith outlines a step-by-step plan for building a sizable, loyal network comprised of quality relationships that garner leads, publicity, sales,, and more. If you're a businessman or businesswoman feeling the pressure to shift your approach to using social media marketing, to better understand the new soft skills required for success on the social web, and to improve your own leadership and relationship skills through emotional and social intelligence, this book is for you. Outlines how to become a significant center of influence for your customers and prospects Explains the unspoken rules of online etiquette—and the common turnoffs that drive customers and potential partners away Details the unique cultures of Facebook, Twitter, and other popular online platforms Shows exactly what to automate and delegate to build your social media persona, yet still retain the personal touch Even if you currently have zero presence online, this book will help you see measurable results in a short time. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Authority Marketing Adam Witty, Rusty Shelton, 2018-05-03 Learn how to use Authority Marketing(R) to build thought leadership and dominate your competition by playing a game no one else knows is being played with this ground-breaking book! Are you the Authority in your field? Are you recognized as a stand-out thought leader, a published author, a keynote speaker, or a media personality? Are you viewed as a commodity? A hard-working expert who is a commodity and has to compete on every level, including price? One thing is for certain: Authority doesn't just happen; Authority is built through a systematic process called the Authority Marketing System. But how can you make this shift in an environment that is noisier and more crowded than ever before? If you are an entrepreneur, CEO, or professional who is frustrated with the traditional approach to marketing and wants to grow your business and make a bigger impact, this book will show you how to use the Authority Marketing System to create a clear and trackable blueprint to shift yourself from a commoditized expert to a highly visible Authority. In this book you will learn: - What Authority Marketing is and how to use it to grow your business - The 7 Pillars of Authority Marketing - How others have used Authority Marketing to create unimaginable success - Why thought leadership is your most important secret weapon Authority Marketing isn't about ego or attention--it's about accelerating the speed of trust so you are viewed not as an expert with something to sell, but as a thought leader with important insight to teach. Start growing your Authority today! |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Facebook Marketing Chris Treadaway, Mari Smith, 2010-04-27 Develop, implement, and measure a successful Facebook marketing campaign The social networking site Facebook boasts more than 300 million users worldwide. Its ability to target users who have provided real data about themselves and their interests makes Facebook the ideal platform for marketers, and marketers everywhere recognize the importance of Facebook and are eager to successfully tap Facebook's potential. This book shows you how. Quickly get up to speed on today's Facebook conventions and demographics, and then gain an understanding of the various strategic and implementation issues you must consider from start to finish. Guides you through crafting a successful presence on Facebook and takes you through each step for developing an overall marketing strategy Explains each step for setting realistic goals, defining metrics, developing reports, and acquiring corporate buy-in Shows how to execute your strategy while incorporating all of Facebook's relevant features Addresses Facebook's pay-per-click platform, Facebook Connect, and more Packed with tips and tactics not documented anywhere else, the book serves as the ultimate step-by-step guide to developing a winning Facebook marketing campaign. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Competing on Thought Leadership Robert Buday, 2022-01-11 An essential guide to the engine that drives the early adoption of disruptive innovations. --Geoffrey Moore, Author, Crossing the Chasm and Zone to Win HOW COMPANIES CAN VAULT AHEAD BY DEVELOPING, MARKETING, AND DELIVERING SUPERIOR EXPERTISE Thought leadership is now a core part of the business lexicon. Numerous corporate websites devote whole sections to it. Entire conferences are built around it (TED and the World Economic Forum as the most exclusive ones). It's at the center of sophisticated, high-ticket PR campaigns. Thousands of people are making careers of it. And companies from Fidelity Investments, Adobe and Cigna to PwC, Accenture and Spotify have people in charge of it. Interest in the field of thought leadership is white hot -- just like the buzz created by illustrious thought leaders when they bring groundbreaking ideas to market. So it's about time the topic of thought leadership itself got a substantive treatment. In Competing on Thought Leadership, Robert Buday boldly delivers it. He defines thought leadership concretely: as the acclaim that a firm or a person earns for developing, marketing and delivering superior expertise in solving complex customer problems. And he defines it broadly -- as a business strategy, not just a marketing strategy. Buday also brings to bear his client work and research since the 1980s in helping companies and individuals inside them become known worldwide as leading experts in their field, which in turn has increased their revenue and profit multifold. This book focuses on how businesses that sell services and products to other businesses can thrive on thought leadership. It takes the lessons learned at some of the best firms in the world at selling expertise - consulting, accounting, law, financial services and technology firms - and makes them practical for every B2B firm. Yet the principles of Competing on Thought Leadership apply to all organizations - for-profit and non-profit alike -- that must demonstrate superior expertise in solving complex problems. Consumer companies, charitable foundations and other organizations, too, can benefit greatly from adopting these best practices in thought leadership. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Digital Marketing For Dummies Ryan Deiss, Russ Henneberry, 2020-07-27 Get digital with your brand today! Digital Marketing for Dummies has the tools you need to step into the digital world and bring your marketing process up to date. In this book, you’ll discover how digital tools can expand your brand’s reach and help you acquire new customers. Digital marketing is all about increasing audience engagement, and the proven strategy and tactics in this guide can get your audience up and moving! You’ll learn how to identify the digital markets and media that work best for your business—no wasting your time or money! Discover how much internet traffic is really worth to you and manage your online leads to convert web visitors into paying clients. From anonymous digital prospect to loyal customer—this book will take you through the whole process! Learn targeted digital strategies for increasing brand awareness Determine the best-fit online markets for your unique brand Access downloadable tools to put ideas into action Meet your business goals with proven digital tactics Digital marketing is the wave of the business future, and you can get digital with the updated tips and techniques inside this book! |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Marketing Rebellion Mark W. Schaefer, 2019-02 Provides a framework to help you stay ahead of the curve by re-imagining marketing in a world where hyper-empowered consumers drive the business results |
| digital marketing thought leaders: The Thought Leadership Manual Tim Prizeman, 2015-04-28 The Thought Leadership Manual is the essential guide for dramatically growing your business by becoming a recognised expert in your field. The ability to create insights that grab the attention of clients and the media has become one of the most important marketing challenges for businesses selling high-value services. Yet ‘thought leadership’ barely features in marketing courses, and there is even less advice available on how to create the all-important stream of great ideas (which is the toughest part!). The Thought Leadership Manual fills this gap, providing a process and toolkit that enables newcomers and the experienced alike to create and launch successful campaigns. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: The Fourth Industrial Revolution Klaus Schwab, 2017-01-03 The founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum on how the impending technological revolution will change our lives We are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And this one will be unlike any other in human history. Characterized by new technologies fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will impact all disciplines, economies and industries - and it will do so at an unprecedented rate. World Economic Forum data predicts that by 2025 we will see: commercial use of nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than human hair; the first transplant of a 3D-printed liver; 10% of all cars on US roads being driverless; and much more besides. In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Schwab outlines the key technologies driving this revolution, discusses the major impacts on governments, businesses, civil society and individuals, and offers bold ideas for what can be done to shape a better future for all. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: The Digital Pivot Eric Schwartzman, 2021-04-14 What's the secret to driving demand, and generating leads and revenue online? What's a digital transformation, and why do some companies succeed while others fail? And how do you stage a winning digital pivot?In this book, Eric Schwartzman, bestselling author of Social Marketing to the Business Customer, explains what successful digital marketers do differently. This is the inside track 0n how to pivot to digital marketing in four easy steps, so you can earn more and work less. We are living through a time of unprecedented migration, from analog to digital business practices. Find out what it takes to stake your own claim online, so you can participate in the ever-growing digital economy, and get your share of the profits. Through real world stories and numerous examples of digital marketing pivots told in easy-to-follow, nontechnical language, you'll learn the secrets of what it really takes to be competitive online, so you can increase revenue, decrease costs, and control your future.Drawing on his experience leading online marketing programs for clients such as Toyota, UCLA, Marine Corps, US Dept. of State, LA Opera, and dozens of small and midsize companies, Eric walks you step-by-step through the process of pivoting to digital marketing.This all-in-one, practical playbook covers everything you need to know to about the people, processes, and technology that power a successful digital business, including:?Determining what people really want online?Choosing and set-up the right software?Learning the basics of search engine optimization?Driving demand with owned media ?Growing your social media following?Generating leads with content marketing?Creating email campaigns that convert?Convert traffic into leads and revenue?Improving your conversion rates continuouslyThe Digital Pivot provides you with an overview of the pieces that make up the digital marketing puzzle so you can see the forest through the trees. If you're ready to scale up and grow up, it's time to find out everything you need to know to migrate your business and career online. Your digital pivot starts right now! |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Maximize Your Social Neal Schaffer, 2013-09-06 Create and maintain a successful social media strategy for your business Today, a large number of companies still don't have a strategic approach to social media. Others fail to calculate how effective they are at social media, one of the critical components of implementing any social media strategy. When companies start spending time and money on their social media efforts, they need to create an internal plan that everyone can understand. Maximize Your Social offers a clear vision of what businesses need to do to create—and execute upon—their social media for business road map. Explains the evolution of social media and the absolute necessity for creating a social media strategy Outlines preparation for, mechanics of, and maintenance of a successful social media strategy Author Neal Schaffer was named a Forbes Top 30 Social Media Power Influencer, is the creator of the AdAge Top 100 Global Marketing Blog, Windmill Networking, and a global social media speaker Maximize Your Social will guide you to mastery of social media marketing strategies, saving you from spending a chunk of your budget on a social media consultant. Follow Neal Schaffer's advice, and you'll be able to do it yourself—and do it right. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Ten Years to Midnight Blair H. Sheppard, 2020-08-04 “Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.” —Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, and former Vice Chair, Save the Children International In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PwC, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework: Asymmetry of wealth; Disruption wrought by the unexpected and often problematic consequences of technology; Age disparities--stresses caused by very young or very old populations in developed and emerging countries; Polarization as a symptom of the breakdown in global and national consensus; and loss of Trust in the institutions that underpin and stabilize society. These concerns are in turn precipitating four crises: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutional legitimacy, and a crisis of leadership. Sheppard and his team analyze the complex roots of these crises--but they also offer solutions, albeit often seemingly counterintuitive ones. For example, in an era of globalization, we need to place a much greater emphasis on developing self-sustaining local economies. And as technology permeates our lives, we need computer scientists and engineers conversant with sociology and psychology and poets who can code. The authors argue persuasively that we have only a decade to make headway on these problems. But if we tackle them now, thoughtfully, imaginatively, creatively, and energetically, in ten years we could be looking at a dawn instead of darkness. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: The Content Trap Bharat Anand, 2016-10-18 “My favorite book of the year.”—Doug McMillon, CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand presents an incisive new approach to digital transformation that favors fostering connectivity over focusing exclusively on content. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, Bharat Anand examines a range of businesses around the world, from The New York Times to The Economist, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, and from talent management to the future of education. Drawing on these stories and on the latest research in economics, strategy, and marketing, this refreshingly engaging book reveals important lessons, smashes celebrated myths, and reorients strategy. Success for flourishing companies comes not from making the best content but from recognizing how content enables customers’ connectivity; it comes not from protecting the value of content at all costs but from unearthing related opportunities close by; and it comes not from mimicking competitors’ best practices but from seeing choices as part of a connected whole. Digital change means that everyone today can reach and interact with others directly: We are all in the content business. But that comes with risks that Bharat Anand teaches us how to recognize and navigate. Filled with conversations with key players and in-depth dispatches from the front lines of digital change, The Content Trap is an essential new playbook for navigating the turbulent waters in which we find ourselves. Praise for The Content Trap “A masterful and thought-provoking book that has reshaped my understanding of content in the digital landscape.”—Ariel Emanuel, co-CEO, WME | IMG “The Content Trap is a book filled with stories of businesses, from music companies to magazine publishers, that missed connections and could never escape the narrow views that had brought them past success. But it is also filled with stories of those who made strategic choices to strengthen the links between content and returns in their new master plans. . . . The book is a call to clear thinking and reassessing why things are the way they are.”—The Wall Street Journal |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Digital Body Language Steven Woods, 2009 Woods helps B2B marketing professionals understand the new dynamics of marketing complex products and services. He walks through the new tools available to buyers, and explains how to read digital body language and respond most effectively. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: The Digital Marketing Accelerator Daniel Oase, 2017-09-25 Featuring 75 proven methods to boost your sales, the Digital Marketing Accelerator provides you with the strategies you need to grow your business in today's fast-paced digital marketing environment. This concise guide provides the insights of nearly 200 thought-leaders in the field, presented in simple everyday language that's easy to understand and apply in business situations you're likely to experience regularly. Combining the foundations of digital marketing with social media applications, this book provides a robust introduction to many of the topics that digital marketers need to know to break through the online noise and propel their businesses to become market leaders. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Content Chemistry Andy Crestodina, 2012 The result of thousands of conversations about web marketing with hundreds of companies, this handbook is a compilation of the most important and effective lessons and advice about the power of search engine optimization, social media, and email marketing. The first and only comprehensive guide to content marketing, this book explains the social, analytical, and creative aspects of modern marketing that are necessary to succeed on the web. By first covering the theory behind web and content marketing and then detailing it in practice, it shows how it is not only critical to modern business but is also a lot of fun. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Rising to Power Ron A. Carucci, Eric C. Hansen, 2014-09-23 Rising to Power is a time tested, wisdom-packed guide for executives desiring to be exceptional leaders as they navigate their ascent to the highest levels of their organization. Nearly two-thirds of all leaders entering executive roles lack sufficient understanding of what is required and are unprepared for what they will face, which explains why 50 percent of them fail within the first eighteen months. For decades we have known that failure rates among transitioning executives are too high, causing exorbitant costs, damaged organizations, and stalled careers. Still, little has changed in the way organizations prepare leaders to assume executive positions. Three-fourths of new executives say their organization did not adequately prepare them for the executive office. It doesn’t have to be this way. If you are an executive—or you’re aspiring to be one—and considering how you will navigate the ascent in your organization, Rising to Power will serve you like no other resource can. Odds are high you have watched a promising executive fail on their way up. Like many, you scratched your head, wondering, “Why didn’t they see that coming?” Now you’re hoping not to be the next one that falls. Rising to Power will guide you on a predictable journey of ascent, through the transitional moments and issues most common in executive failure. It will bolster your confidence, open your eyes, deepen your insight, and if you let it, reveal your own proclivities for failure that you may not even recognize. Based on a ten-year longitudinal study, Rising to Power offers a profoundly new way of looking at an executive’s rise in an organization, and offers an approach to significantly increase your odds of success. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Holistic Email Marketing Kath Pay, 2020-11-13 Holistic Email Marketing is a reliable source of up-to-date, practical guidance, inspiration and thought leadership to make your email marketing programmes dynamic. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: They Ask, You Answer Marcus Sheridan, 2019-08-06 The revolutionary guide that challenged businesses around the world to stop selling to their buyers and start answering their questions to get results; revised and updated to address new technology, trends, the continuous evolution of the digital consumer, and much more In today’s digital age, the traditional sales funnel—marketing at the top, sales in the middle, customer service at the bottom—is no longer effective. To be successful, businesses must obsess over the questions, concerns, and problems their buyers have, and address them as honestly and as thoroughly as possible. Every day, buyers turn to search engines to ask billions of questions. Having the answers they need can attract thousands of potential buyers to your company—but only if your content strategy puts your answers at the top of those search results. It’s a simple and powerful equation that produces growth and success: They Ask, You Answer. Using these principles, author Marcus Sheridan led his struggling pool company from the bleak depths of the housing crash of 2008 to become one of the largest pool installers in the United States. Discover how his proven strategy can work for your business and master the principles of inbound and content marketing that have empowered thousands of companies to achieve exceptional growth. They Ask, You Answer is a straightforward guide filled with practical tactics and insights for transforming your marketing strategy. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the evolution of content marketing and the increasing demands of today’s internet-savvy buyers. New chapters explore the impact of technology, conversational marketing, the essential elements every business website should possess, the rise of video, and new stories from companies that have achieved remarkable results with They Ask, You Answer. Upon reading this book, you will know: How to build trust with buyers through content and video. How to turn your web presence into a magnet for qualified buyers. What works and what doesn’t through new case studies, featuring real-world results from companies that have embraced these principles. Why you need to think of your business as a media company, instead of relying on more traditional (and ineffective) ways of advertising and marketing. How to achieve buy-in at your company and truly embrace a culture of content and video. How to transform your current customer base into loyal brand advocates for your company. They Ask, You Answer is a must-have resource for companies that want a fresh approach to marketing and sales that is proven to generate more traffic, leads, and sales. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Known Mark Schaefer, 2017-01-28 In today's world, there is a permanent advantage to becoming known in your field. Those who are known get the customers, the better jobs, and the invitations to exclusive opportunities. But can anybody become known? In this path-finding book, author Mark Schaefer provides a step-by-step plan followed by the most successful people in diverse careers like banking, education, real estate, construction, fashion, and more. With amazing case studies, dozens of exercises, and inspiring stories, KNOWN is the first book its kind, providing a path to personal business success in the digital age. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Open Leadership Charlene Li, 2010-04-27 An essential guide for leaders who want to use social media to be open while maintaining control Be Open, Be Transparent, Be Authentic are the current leadership mantras-but companies often push back. Business is premised on the concept of control and yet the new world order demands openness-leaders do not know how to be open and be in control. This must-have resource will help the modern leader understand how to lead in the new open world-where blogging, twittering, facebooking, and digging are becoming the norm. the author lays out the steps that leaders must take to transform their organizations and themselves into being open -and exactly what that will mean. Shows how to use social media to become an open organization Offers basic advice for leaders who are adapting to the new era of openness in the marketplace The author Charlene Li is one of the foremost experts on social media and technologies In easy-to-understand language, this book will help leaders orient themselves to social networking and other technological advances. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation Neil Perkin, Peter Abraham, 2017-04-03 Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation is an in-depth look at transforming businesses so they are fit for purpose in a digitally enabled world. It is a guide for all those needing to better understand, implement and lead digital transformation in the workplace. It sets aside traditional thinking and outdated strategies to explain what steps need to be taken for an organization to become truly agile. It addresses how to build organizational velocity and establish iterative working, remove unnecessary process, embed innovation, map strategy to motivation and develop talent to succeed. Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation provides guidance on how to set the pace and frequency for change and shows how to break old habits and reform the behaviours of a workforce to embed digital transformation, achieve organizational agility and ensure high performance. Full of practical advice, examples and real-life insights from organizational development professionals at the leading edge of digital transformation, this book is an essential guide to building an agile business. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: How the World Sees You Sally Hogshead, 2014-07-01 This “lively” New York Times–bestselling book “is worth the time of anyone trying to set him or herself apart in an ever-more competitive job market” (Publishers Weekly). You already know how you see the world. But do you know how the world sees you? How is your personality most likely to impress and influence the person sitting on the other side of the desk or boardroom? Once you know what makes you valuable to others, you're more authentic and confident, and more able to make a positive impression. It all begins with understanding how the world sees you—at your best. How the World Sees You gives you the step-by-step method to describe yourself in just two or three words. This short phrase is your Anthem, the tagline for your personality. Your Anthem guides you like a mission statement, helping you to build your team, write a LinkedIn profile, or captivate an audience. This book includes a private code to unlock one free Fascination Advantage® Personality Test. Your customized online report, based on Sally Hogshead's extensive research on what fascinates listeners, will reveal how you fascinate others, including Your top two Fascination Advantages in communication The personality Archetypes you need on your team to optimize your success The five words to describe your personality's highest value To become more successful, you do not have to change who you are—you have to become more of who you are. How the World Sees You reveals who you are at your best so you can create better relationships, grow your business, and become intensely valuable to those who matter most./ |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Global Cmo Greg Paull, Shufen Goh, 2018-05 Digital Transformation has changed the modern marketing playbook. As the landscape shifts, global marketers have to balance advancing unique organizational initiatives with the transformation of their entire sector. In this new environment, what can a CMO do to stay ahead of the curve? Global CMO features insights from interviews with eighteen leading global CMOs responsible for bringing their brands into the future across drastically different markets. The brands represented in this book span several sectors, from CPG leaders such as Coca-Cola; to financial giants like Mastercard, Bank of America, and Citi; to leading technology companies, including GE and Samsung. Through these detailed discussions with the CMOs, independent marketing consultancy R3 seeks to uncover the common threads, solutions, and best practice to drive effectiveness and efficiency. Any practitioneror observerof marketing globally, regionally, or locally will find this a powerful resource. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Digital Marketing Ira Kaufman, Chris Horton, 2014-10-17 Digital Marketing: Integrating Strategy and Tactics with Values is an easy-to-understand guidebook that draws on the latest digital tactics and strategic insights to help organizations generate sustainable growth through digital integration. It provides a roadmap to adopt a digital mindset, incorporate digital trends strategically, and integrate the most effective digital tactics and tools with core values to achieve competitive advantage. Bringing the reader through its five-step Path to Digital Integration (Mindset, Model, Strategy, Implementation, and Sustainability), Digital Marketing seeks to Outline the key drivers of change and leading digital marketing trends executives need to understand and incorporate to drive business opportunity. Evaluate the digital channels and technologies management teams can leverage to execute a successful Integrated Digital Marketing strategy. This includes insight into the latest digital tactics (website, social, mobile, search, content, and email marketing; data analytics) and social tools (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google Plus). Discover the impact of digital transformation on the organization, from the effect of digital tactics on the customer experience (CX) to the value of integrating internal digital strategies to facilitate collaboration and innovation. Guide aspiring leaders on how to combine core values and business goals with progressive digital strategies, tactics, and tools to generate sustainable outcomes for all stakeholders. This interactive guidebook provides a truly Connected Digital Experience (CDE): the Zappar augmented reality mobile app allows the reader to activate the Discover More and Play Video icons found throughout the book, instantly connecting the reader, via their mobile device, to additional content housed on our companion website, Digital Marketing Resource Center (www.dmresourcecenter.org). Play Video icons incorporate point-in-time video commenting solution Vusay to enable interactive social conversations around each video. Digital Marketing is the ideal guide for aspiring leaders – executives, instructors, owners, entrepreneurs, managers, students – at all stages of digital literacy. To request access to the resources in the Digital Marketing Resources Center, please contact Ira Kaufman at ira@entwinedigital.com. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Brand Activism Christian Sarkar, Philip Kotler, 2021-07-12 What happens when businesses and their customers don't share the same values? Or, for that matter, when employees of a company don't share the same values as their executives? Welcome to the world of Brand Activism. Companies no longer have a choice. Brand Activism consists of business efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, and/or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to promote or impede improvements in society. It is driven by a fundamental concern for the biggest and most urgent problems facing society. Brand Activism: From Purpose to Action is about how progressive businesses are taking stands to create a better world. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Content-Based Networking Carbary Carbary, 2019-12-18 There's a reason everyone says it's not what you know, it's who you know. If you're striving to reach ambitious goals, it's impossible without the right relationships. So how do you reverse-engineer relationships with the exact people you want to know? Through his podcast B2B Growth and his company Sweet Fish Media, James Carbary has pioneered a concept called content-based networking--a new approach to building your professional network. Instead of relying on chance encounters and random in-person events, content-based networking allows you to connect with anyone, at any time, and from anywhere in the world. In Content-Based Networking, you'll learn a proven three-part framework to consistently connect with potential customers, investors, referral partners, industry influencers, and anyone in between. Using this framework, you'll develop thought leadership in your industry, while simultaneously creating meaningful relationships with the exact people that can help you reach your goals and dreams. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Online Marketing for Professional Services Lee W. Frederiksen, Sean T. McVey, Sylvia S. Montgomery, 2012-06 Professional services marketing is undergoing a revolution. More and more, firms are being found and vetted online, and traditional techniques for generating leads and nurturing prospects are growing less effective. In this groundbreaking new book readers will understand the changing landscape and how to lay the foundation for a powerful online marketing program. Based on primary research of over 500 professional services firm executives, this book offers easy-to-understand, practical advice, as well as real-world examples of firms that are using online marketing today to build their businesses. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: How to Make Money with Your Blog: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Building, Optimizing, and Monetizing Your Blog Duane Forrester, Gavin Powell, 2008-01-07 Presents methods and opportunities for maximizing a blog's earning potential through profitable advertising networks, affiliate programs, payment services, and other income-generating systems. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Join Or Die Patrick Gilbert, 2020-11-16 Machine learning and automation are disrupting every industry-Advertising is no exception. The modern digital advertising landscape is dominated by the likes of Facebook and Google Ads, and the traditional optimization levers that PPC managers grew accustomed to are being stripped away and replaced by automated solutions. Google AdWords, as we once knew it, no longer exists. We have officially entered the age of automation, and there's no turning back. In Join or Die, Patrick Gilbert shares how he transformed AdVenture Media into a modern, automation-driven advertising powerhouse. From the failures and mistakes that nearly lost the agency multiple clients and millions in revenue, to the exaltation of successful breakthroughs, Join Or Die is brutally transparent, honest and best of all, practical. Gilbert's writing is replete with specific strategies you'll be able to implement in your own campaigns right away. Gilbert also elucidates how the technology that powers the most profitable campaigns actually works, arming his readers with the knowledge to apply automation and machine learning successfully across the entire spectrum of digital advertising channels. If you follow Gilbert's automation playbook, you'll realize the machine isn't your enemy, but a friend in need of your guidance. But the machine waits for no one. Join, or die. |
| digital marketing thought leaders: Digital Marketing Excellence Dave Chaffey, PR Smith, 2022-07-22 Now in its sixth edition, the hugely popular Digital Marketing Excellence is a practical guide to creating and executing integrated digital marketing plans, combining established approaches to marketing planning with the creative use of new digital models and digital tools. Written by two highly experienced digital marketing consultants, the book shows you how to: Draw up an outline integrated digital marketing plan Evaluate and apply digital marketing principles and models Integrate online and offline communications Implement customer-driven digital marketing as part of digital transformation Reduce costly trial and error Measure and enhance your digital marketing Learn best practices for reaching and engaging your audiences using the key digital marketing platforms. This new edition has been streamlined to seamlessly integrate the latest developments in digital analytics, ethics and privacy, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Including new international case studies and up-to-date examples throughout, this book cuts through the jargon to show marketers how to leverage data and digital technologies to their advantage. Offering a highly structured and accessible guide to a critical and far-reaching subject, Digital Marketing Excellence, 6th edition, provides a vital reference point for all digital marketing students, and managers involved in digital marketing strategy and implementation. Online resources have been fully updated for the new edition and include a new set of PowerPoint slides and a full test bank of questions and exercises. |
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Michelle Andrews completed her Ph.D. in Marketing at Temple University in 2015. Andrews’ primary research focus is on mobile technologies and fi eld experiments.
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To explore this topic, Forrester conducted a global online survey of marketing leaders at brands and agency leaders. This study highlights findings from the EMEA study of 1,121 senior digital …
B2B Marketing ROI Roundtable - LinkedIn Business
marketing has established us as thought leaders, helped us build a really strong community, and still creates the majority of our leads. It’s essential to everything that we do at HubSpot and...
Adobe Leaders&Learners 2018 Frequently Asked Questions
Leaders&Learners is a white glove event for multi-channel digital marketing clients where participation is by invitation only. Unlike other Adobe events, the forum provides you an …
100 CX Thought Leaders Around The World That Are …
On World CX day, we bring to you a list of 100 CX leaders from all around the world who are changing the way we witness customer experience. P.S – The list doesn’t signify any ranking, …
THE POWER OF HCP INFLUENCERS - digitalhealthcoalition.org
This eBook explores how healthcare brands can unlock the full potential of HCP social influencers by finding the right KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) and DOLs (Digital Opinion Leaders), …
Thought Leadership in the Age of Social Media - Influential …
Thought leadership and influencer marketing have emerged as two of the top marketing strategies in 2018, but how do they differ, overlap, or even work together to achieve success?
Using ThoUghT Leadership To grow - Forbes
Define a thought leadership strategy that aligns with your growth strategy by developing a blueprint that aligns your thought leadership program with your go-to-market strategy, including...
Outlook 2022: The US Digital Advertising Ecosystem
IAB and PwC have conducted interviews with approximately 20 thought leaders within the digital advertising ecosystem who have provided consensus around three key areas to keep top of …
The Thought Leadership Handbook - Rattleback
This handbook is intended for CEOs, managing partners, and marketing leaders in professional services firms and B2B SaaS organizations. It’s intended as a user’s manual to drive business …
GUIDE TO - LinkedIn Business
Thought leadership is an essential part of any successful content marketing strategy. Both B2C and B2B companies can benefit from the many advantages of thought leadership to build a …
2021 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study - Edelman
thought leadership influences perception and buying behaviors among B2B decision-makers. Our previous research confirmed the full-funnel, business-generating impact of strong thought …
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO Content Marketing for Thought …
Read on to discover what makes content marketing an essential tool for building thought leadership, including what types of content fuel a thought leadership strategy, the tools that …
Empower The Digital Marketing Thought Leaders Of …
Executives around the nation are hand-picked for the committee to provide students an exclusive group of individuals with diverse industry backgrounds to offer different points of view and …
Key Trends in Marketing: Thought Leadership
Yet, thought leadership is a highly effective marketing strategy that highlights an organization’s talent, experience and passion while answering the most pressing questions faced by its target …
BUILDING COMPANY THOUGHT LEADERSHIP WITH DIGITAL …
Thus, the objective of this Master’s thesis is to study how companies in B2B context are applying digital content marketing in their thought leadership work and what is the conceptual …
The 7 Capabilities of Exceptional Thought Leadership Marketers
Leaders see digital technologies that drives everything else. This enables them to shape clients processes long before a conversation. Leaders see their website as their most valuable …
EMERGING THOUGHT LEADERS - emorybusiness.com
Michelle Andrews completed her Ph.D. in Marketing at Temple University in 2015. Andrews’ primary research focus is on mobile technologies and fi eld experiments.
USF Digital Marketing Advisory Board Brochure - ZSCHOOL
Leveraging the greatest minds in business, the USF Advisory Board contributes unique viewpoints beneficial to the Digital Marketing Certificate Program. The board works collaboratively to …
Developing Lifecycle-based Thought Leader Engagement …
companies engage with thought leaders, which types of thought leader they target during the various phases of a product development, which levels of influence these leading companies …
Leading in the Digital Era - HBS Working Knowledge
LEADING IN THE DIGITAL ERA | WHERE CAN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TAKE YOU? INSIGHTS FROM 1,700 LEADERS. What Companies Need to Compete. Survey respondents …
The Next Wave Of Agency Growth: A Spotlight On EMEA
To explore this topic, Forrester conducted a global online survey of marketing leaders at brands and agency leaders. This study highlights findings from the EMEA study of 1,121 senior digital …
B2B Marketing ROI Roundtable - LinkedIn Business
marketing has established us as thought leaders, helped us build a really strong community, and still creates the majority of our leads. It’s essential to everything that we do at HubSpot and...
Adobe Leaders&Learners 2018 Frequently Asked Questions
Leaders&Learners is a white glove event for multi-channel digital marketing clients where participation is by invitation only. Unlike other Adobe events, the forum provides you an …
100 CX Thought Leaders Around The World That Are …
On World CX day, we bring to you a list of 100 CX leaders from all around the world who are changing the way we witness customer experience. P.S – The list doesn’t signify any ranking, …
THE POWER OF HCP INFLUENCERS - digitalhealthcoalition.org
This eBook explores how healthcare brands can unlock the full potential of HCP social influencers by finding the right KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders) and DOLs (Digital Opinion Leaders), …
Thought Leadership in the Age of Social Media - Influential …
Thought leadership and influencer marketing have emerged as two of the top marketing strategies in 2018, but how do they differ, overlap, or even work together to achieve success?
