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Are you passionate about what you do?

Being passionate about what we do in life makes the difference between being average and extraordinary. Find your passion and bring out the passions in others.    The more people can be enabled to create greatness, whatever that may be for them, the better off we will all be. Celebrate passion in your workforce.  …

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Why Don’t We Ever Talk Anymore?

Seriously, why don’t we talk anymore?   As a society we have become so wrapped up in technology, that the art of conversation; asking questions and listening, is becoming a dying art form. Marketers today seem to have lost the ability to understand what they are truly marketing.    Today, you seem to get gold

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Growing your Twitter Community through adding Value!

We were very lucky to stumble across this webinar put on by Twitter and Hubspot last week. “You’ll leave this webinar with an always-on marketing strategy that takes advantage of Twitter’s unique capabilities. By growing a community that’s primed to respond to your promotions and offers, you’ll be be ready to tap into the huge

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I know what you would like. . . now what’s your budget?

We have all heard it.  Clients with grandiose plans, that want to take over the world.   They call in their agency of choice and lay out a brief of what they want them to achieve.   The agency walks away with a good understanding of objectives, brand, timeline and call to action, but they

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Content Marketing: It is not all about YOU!

Why do people think that their content marketing should be nothing more than a features and benefits sheet for their company? http://jontusmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DougKessler-Quote2.jpeg It amazes me how many times I click through posts and the one thing that I am aware of is “look at us and how wonderful we are.”   That is NOT Content Marketing!

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