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3 Landmark Studies that Sum Up the State of Creativity for the CMO [UML]

3 Landmark Studies that Sum Up the State of Creativity for the CMO [UML]

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16 Feb 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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The pendulum of marketing can only swing in one direction at a time, but at some point, the forces of gravity slow the swing and eventually take it back in the other direction. I sense we are reaching that point...
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Why You Can Run a Campaign Inside Content Marketing but Not the Other Way Around

Why You Can Run a Campaign Inside Content Marketing, but Not the Other Way Around

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16 Jan 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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You cannot run content marketing like a campaign.  You can, however, run campaigns inside a content marketing program. If this sounds like semantics, it is not. Campaigns are how every marketer is trained to think.  We have an objective –...
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top-15 Takeaways from Killing Marketing [Book Review]

15 Takeaways from Killing Marketing [Book Review]

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14 Nov 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Marketing has made so many small incremental changes over time – think social, digital and content – that we’ve forgotten to pause and examine the effects.  More importantly, we haven’t examined how all these little changes through the years, have...
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Sheer Passion Goes a Long Way in Marketing

Missing in Action: Sheer Passion in Marketing Goes a Long Way

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21 Mar 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Surveys tell us there’s a shortage of digital talent in marketing. Digital skills are important because so much of our lives today is dependent on connectivity.  But there’s a characteristic that often goes missing in marketing that counts for a lot...
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Yes Your Marketing Predecessor was Probably a Hot Mess [UML]

Your Marketing Predecessor was Probably a Hot Mess [UML]

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25 Feb 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Six months into a year-long tour in 2007, the unit I was supporting in Iraq, was going home – but not before a short period of overlap with the replacements. That period lasted one or two weeks, providing for a...
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Alpharetta a High-Tech Secret; Off Script #13: GSU EiR Bill Bradford

Alpharetta is a High Tech Secret; Off Script #13: GSU EiR Bill Bradford

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04 Oct 2016
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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While Bill Bradford studied electrical engineering in college, he went into sales, rather than engineering for a career.  He says he “interviewed for a technical sales position on a lark” (at Texas Instruments) and knew he had found the right...
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The Page 4 Simple Secret to Successful Content Marketing

The Page 4 Simple Secret to Successful Content Marketing [UML]

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01 Oct 2016
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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There are 45 pages in the PDF version of the 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report this year.  If only have time to look at one chart, then download a copy, and turn to page 4. Overall, the study...
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PR in a Better Position to Manage Corporate Social Media

Survey says PR Best Positioned to Manage Corporate Social Media

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12 Jan 2016
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Ownership is a strong word in the high-stakes game of corporate social media turf wars – yet consensus increasingly points to PR as primary proponents. A recent survey by the employment agency, The Creative Group, says corporate executives are increasingly...
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In Content Marketing Marketers Might be Losing Their Way

In Content Marketing, Marketers Might be Losing Their Way

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27 Oct 2015
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Content marketing is blending the functions of marketing and sales to the extent, marketing has lost its focus on creating demand. That’s my take after listening to Tom Webster evolve a concept over couple of podcasts on The Marketing Companion...
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4 Less Glamourous Duties of a PR Pro

4 Less Glamourous Duties of the Public Relations Profession

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10 Mar 2015
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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“We’ve done so much, with so little, for so long, we can do anything with nothing.” It’s a maxim, borrowed from the Marines, that fits neatly in the daily grind of public relations. While it’s the last function to get...
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