Tag Archives: Content Marketing

Content Contentment

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Lorena Harris

What to Do If You’re Not Content With Your Content Growing companies accumulate a lot of content – good, bad and ugly. Marketing generates everything from short-form materials such as blogs, posts, and web copy to long-format content such as white papers and eBooks. … Continue reading →

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Content Across the Ages

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Lorena Harris

In his recent MarketingProfs article, “The Brand-Content Preferences of Different Age Groups,” Ayaz Nanji examines HubSpot survey data and concludes that every age segment has different content preferences. Seems we all consider videos “the most memorable type of brand content.” … Continue reading →

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Marketing Megatrends for 2018 – A Lot to Digest

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Lorena Harris

According to Matthew Sweezey’s 11/29/17 article in MarketingProfs, we can expect “Five Marketing Megatrends for 2018”. I’ve digested and summarized those megatrends below. But are these attainable for companies without mega-budgets? Let’s examine: Context Replaces Advertising as a Growth Lever … Continue reading →

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Dear Marketing Leaders, Use It or Lose It

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Lorena Harris

As we near the end of 2017, many publicly-held companies will be examining budget usage against performance. At this time of year, Marketing leaders often become concerned that their unused budget will be pulled back to improve year-end financials – … Continue reading →

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The Story I’m Sticking To

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Lorena Harris

Published on LinkedIn September 16, 2016 For years I’ve been drawing this “demand-gen engine” diagram on white boards across America’s FinTech companies. It always makes perfect sense to the viewers — they say, “Exactly, we should be doing that!” But I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Marketing Automation Paradox

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Lorena Harris

Published on LinkedIn June 11, 2016 In his recent MarketingProfs article, Andrew Davies describes the paradox of marketing automation.  On one hand, these systems allow Marketers to nurture prospects and clients through longer lifecycles and larger revenue streams.  On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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Moving, But Still Marketing

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Lorena Harris

This blog contains years of reflections on my B2B Marketing career and the many changes that have occurred in the discipline. During that time, Marketing moved from art to science, from “arts-and-crafts” to a “seat at the table.” We made it happen, … Continue reading →

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Let’s Recap, Then Move Marketing Forward

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Lorena Harris

Over the last four years, we’ve covered a lot of topics in this blog, which is a reflection of the many changes going on in marketing and customer experience. Here are ten of the most popular posts: More Thoughts on Thought … Continue reading →

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Transformational Marketing

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Lorena Harris

As it often does, the New Year holiday and all the corresponding online retrospectives caused me to look back. I realized that my marketing career has coincided with several major waves of innovation.  Marketers started the century discussing one-to-one marketing … Continue reading →

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Ready to Lead with Content?

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Lorena Harris

If you’re researching how a content marketing program can build your brand, generate demand for your solutions, and equip your sales force for consultative selling, read my 10-part series: Ten Steps to Marketing Relevance Step 1: Structure For Success Step 2: … Continue reading →

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