Strategy

Expertise
Strategy

Investing in Expertise

If you are reading this and profess to have some expertise in Social Media, then you may be offended by my next comment: it soon won’t matter, and your “expertise” is fast becoming irrelevant.

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Our Thinking

How Can An Association Compete With Free?

Are you involved in your professional association? Or do you run one – either as a director, staff, or volunteer? If so, you’re probably concerned with one aspect of Social Media: How do you compete with free?

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Flexible Focus
Our Thinking

Flexible Focus

Do you attribute your success to your focus? Many people do – and in the spirit of “small focus – small success/strong focus – great success” many people are focused on… greater focus. But is there a downside?

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Our Thinking

Marketing Insight: Improving Web ROI

Does this sound familiar? You have a website (or two), a marketing budget, and a more than likely, a desire to grow. It doesn’t matter if growth is defined as more event registrations, newsletter sign-ups, leads, or transactions

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Our Thinking

Prospecting on LinkedIn

Most people have a LinkedIn profile.  And most people understand the importance that relationships play in building a business, making a sale, or getting the

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Our Thinking

Generation Gap

Look around: who are the Social Media go-to people in your office?  Look around again, and identify the people with the strongest business acumen.  In

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