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You’re in marketing for one reason: Grow. Grow your company, reputation, customers, impact, profits. Grow yourself. This is a community that will help. It will stretch your mind, connect you to fascinating people, and provide some fun along the way. I am so glad you’re here. -Mark Schaefer
Highlights from SXSW including a talk by Mark Cuban, social activism, the state of the art of chatbots, Robert Cialdini, and more
Mark Schaefer provides some personal highlights from SXSW 2017, including observations on chatbots, new media and angry artificial intelligence.
Sales strategy expert Anthony Iannorino shares his personal story of how he became known as one of the world’s premier sales consultants
Kerry Gorgone describes four ways professionals need to work with other departments to achieve company goals and become a better marketer
YouTube’s most popular star PewDiePie got into hot water with videos that some interpreted as hate speech but his popularity soared. What’s going on here?
Stories of personal failure and how I screwed up my content efforts by overthinking things. Five tips to keep your content simple and improve productivity
Social media has been good for businesses, forcing them to be more human and transparent. But the next evolution may force a re-write of corporate strategy.
To make your mark today, you need to be known, and that requires finding an un-contested, or under-served space on the web.
We may be moving inexorably toward an ad-free world. Where are those marketing budgets going to go? Here’s one possible answer.
Seemingly simple requests for your attention can pile up and distract your focus from your three critical business drivers
The web has become a divisive place. It seems like people are just throwing random punches into the air. Here are ways to combat the social media poison.
Developing a meaningful personal brand may mean the difference between getting the business or not, and maybe remaining relevant in a fast-changing world.
What is the next big thing? There are no fewer than 10 of them! Here are the mega-trends re-writing the rules of marketing.
The marketing world is one big selfie. Well. It is. Let me tell you why.
Smart marketers don’t just jump into an influencer marketing campaign — especially when these 3 risks can cost them poor results or trouble with the law.
