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5 Tips for Creating and Managing Joint Marketing Partnerships

November 1, 2016
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| Categories: Promotion, Small Business

Are you interested in OPM–other people’s money? I am! So what exactly does that mean? No, I am not talking about doing something that is illegal. Ha! It is actually a phrase coined in one of my past marketing roles. For our team, it was shorthand for securing funds from prospective partners for marketing activities. This was very serious business; it meant the difference between running a sustained, strategic campaign and dabbling in short bursts of tactical messaging. I get asked frequently about getting sponsorships or creating jointly funded and mutually beneficial marketing activities. While the goal for each type...

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What Goes Into a Successful Marketing Plan?

July 27, 2016
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| Categories: Market Research, Promotion

What does it take to create and implement a successful marketing plan? We always say that everyone is in “marketing.” That everyone is in “sales.” Why? Because no matter what role you have in your organization (an entrepreneur, a manager, or a subject matter expert), you need to be able to identify trends, to figure out how to create and sustain value for your customers and partners (whether external or internal), and to develop effective ways to get that message across. That's the perspective we’ve thought about as we assembled the content for The Marketing Plan Blueprint course: to walk...

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