I learned the hard way years ago that writing succinctly is hard work – and worth all the effort. Thanks to a stringent marketing professor who insisted all case write-ups be submitted on a single sheet of paper, I developed a genuine appreciation for good, clean writing and a similar
Knowing if your campaign is successful and why is not as easy as it seems. Even in ideal conditions, there are plenty of factors beyond your control, such as competitive action, sales investments, product quality, and customer-specific issues. Digital channels have added layers of complexity, while also providing the means for
Marketers – like most people – like to see their accomplishments in some sort of visual representation. We are a profession who lives in PowerPoint, prezi or some other sort of tool that makes what you are working on look really, really good – sometimes – better than it really
Hello, everyone! I’m excited to be part of this great blog and share a few of my ideas. A little about me – I’m a marketer at heart, passionate about strategy, creativity, branding and analytics. I love discovering marketing lessons by examining things around me. At SAS, I’m a marketing
My notes from the MarketingProfs B2B panel “Driving and Measuring B2B Conversations, Leads and Sales with Social Media.” Presented by Kipp Bodnar, Inbound Marketing Manager, HubSpot; Kyle Flaherty, Director, Marketing, BreakingPoint Systems Kyle started out by promising that, since this session had the longest title, it would be the best.
My notes from the MarketingProfs B2B panel "Getting Strategic with Your Brand." Presented by Lois Brayfield, President, J Schmid & Associates; Susan Doctoroff Landay, President, Trainers Warehouse Lois asked us to accept three ideas: Your brand defined is the perception of your customers. Forget B2B, you’re selling to people with
One of the most valuable features of the MarketingProfs B2B forum are the One-on-One Therapy sessions, where attendees get to sit down with experts in different fields and get specific advice relevant to the challenges they’re facing. Jennifer Altimore and Joe Hirshka from Kennametal Inc. came to Boston from Latrobe,
My notes from the MarketingProfs panel "It’s Not Your Mother’s PR: New Opportunities to Influence Your Constituents" Panelists include Deirdre Breakenridge, President, PFS Marketwyse; Terri D. Andrews, Public Relations Manager, RSM McGladrey; and Donna Tocci, Director, Web/New Media, Ingersoll Rand. The moderator was Beth Harte, Senior Subject Matter Expert, Digital
I’m in Boston for MarketingProfs B2B Forum, which promises to be one of the most valuable conferences of the year for B2B marketers interested in social media. I led a workshop this morning on social media policies (which Jeff Cohen from socialmediaB2B.com has already blogged), then headed off to my
I started the social media manager job at SAS in January of 2009, and spent the first half of the year creating and communicating our social media policies (which we call our Guidelines and Recommendations, since they’re much more than just the dos and don’ts.) In the half year or
