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July 24, 2021 andreweverett360

Marketing is not advertising

Samuel Brealey started a Twitter thread stating Marketing is not advertising.

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July 22, 2021July 28, 2021 andreweverett360

Enterprise Marketing Meetup: The Future of PR

Notes from Enterprise Marketing Meetup: The Future of PR. Thursday, July 22, 2021 via Zoom. Video recording is on Youtube.

Hosted by Shahin Khan and Doug Garnett
Guest: Jen Hartmann, Director of PR and Social Media, John Deere

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July 8, 2021July 7, 2021 andreweverett360

3 rules for more effective B2B marketing

Peter Weinberg and Jon Lombardo wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Three rules for more effective B2B marketing (8 Feb 2021).

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July 5, 2021July 3, 2021 andreweverett360

Why does it cost so much more to build transportation networks in the US than in the rest of the world?

Jerusalem Demsas wrote an article for Vox titled Why does it cost so much to build things in America?  (June 29, 2021)

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July 4, 2021July 3, 2021 andreweverett360

Online Marketing is the New Rent: Demand Generation vs Demand Harvesting

Grace Kite wrote an article titled Is Online Marketing the New Rent? (Sept 16, 2020).

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July 3, 2021 andreweverett360

Category Entry Points

Claire Strickett wrote a blog post titled Hunting Byron Sharp in the Wild (December 2016).

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June 30, 2021 andreweverett360

Bill Birchard on The Science of Strong Business Writing.

Bill Birchard wrote an article for Harvard Business Review (July-August 2021) titled The Science of Strong Business Writing.

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June 22, 2021 andreweverett360

Acquiring the First Thousand Customers

Michael Blanding wrote an article for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge titled How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers (13 July 2016). The article is about Harvard Business School’s Thales Teixeira’s research about how platform companies attract their first customers.

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June 19, 2021June 18, 2021 andreweverett360

Adam Grant on shooting the messenger

Adam Grant tweeted about the difference between weak, strong, and great leaders.

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June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 andreweverett360

Ritson’s 10 traits of a successful marketer

Matthew Valentine wrote an article for MarketingWeek titled Ritson on the 10 traits of a successful marketer.

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