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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

The complexity of the customer journey has created a dark funnel for marketers. Luckily, emerging technology can help.

Are you really in the content marketing business or the content creation business? Let’s put content marketing on time out for a moment to sort it out
A visit to a little specialty store in Highlands, NC, proved to be an excellent opportunity to teach a lesson on the marketing concept of reciprocity.
Here is an inside view of the strategy behind the content and the role of each platform in a comprehensive plan.

I teach at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the epicenter for many major companies in pharmaceuticals, insurance, and banking. And when leaders from these companies

A true story about how a twitter exchange with Shutterstock’s CEO changed the way I think about customer service

The world is filled with amazing data and statistics but these will blow your mind. It’s social media believe it or not!

Want to have a little fun and find some marketing inspiration today? Here are 25 pearls of social media wisdom
Sales and content marketing. Is one perverting the other? Do we really even understand the difference any more. A rant by Tom Webster.
This new process to quantify content marketing success puts your company in the best position to create economic benefits from your marketing effort.
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