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Marketing is Bigger (MUCH Bigger) Than Advertising

Strategic Communications

Most people think “advertising” when they hear the word marketing. That’s understandable because much of what we see/hear as consumers involves traditional advertising activities—newspaper ads, television commercials, billboards, etc. Marketing isn’t advertising. Marketing is often too narrowly defined.

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What’s the Purpose of Advertising: To Entertain or to Sell?

Strategic Communications

But, did they work from an advertising standpoint? The point—advertisers need to make sure that their advertising is designed to sell (or, at a minimum, raise awareness/preference), not just entertain. Raising awareness is important, critical in fact, and the primary purpose of most mass media advertising.

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11 digital marketing communication tips to increase conversions

Nutshell

Regardless of whether you are communicating via email marketing , social media , or digital ads , there are always ways to improve your messaging. Make the Benefit Clear. For example, if you are selling an experience, describe how the trip will make them feel refreshed and reinvigorated, ready to return home with new energy.

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Building and optimizing your diverse, multifunctional “Dream Team”

Strategic Account Management Association

Our aspiration, I believe, should be to create a workforce that reflects the incredible diversity of our customers, our partners, our suppliers and our community. But before I delve into what leaders can do to make this happen, I want to share some context for why it’s important. The business case for diversity. Yelp counts.)

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Building Trust and Value to smoothen your Client Onboarding Process

May Phoo Pan

Customer enthusiasm peaks immediately after a purchase, making the onboarding phase critical. It involves providing value, reinforcing the purchase decision, and guiding the customer towards maximizing product benefits. In advertising agencies, the account team, particularly account managers, often handle this vital process.

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Research update on the most in-demand soft skills

Red Star Kim

But since 2007 companies advertising C-suite openings have increasingly emphasised the importance of social skills and de-emphasised operational expertise. Diversity and inclusion (communicating for D&I) is covered well here Book review: Digital Body Language – How to build trust by Erica Dhawan (kimtasso.com) ).

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Persuasive writing checklist

Red Star Kim

Understand their decision-making process. Make an emotional connection – Connect with your reader. Use inclusive language – Remove words and phrases that put people off Reduce – Make it more concise. Make it scannable – Are there sufficient sub-titles and sub-headings? Develop empathy. Conduct an interview?

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