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How your 2015 marketing strategy is going to be different

Entrepreneurs, managing directors, CEO's, Presidents, CMO's, marketing managers and digital marketing directors are all thinking about how their 2015 marketing strategies are going to be executed - after all it's that time of year.

While most B2B organizations have been fine tuning their marketing strategies for months, other's are only now just scrambling to put one together. At Marketing Eye, December and January is our highest inquiry month predominantly due to so many companies waiting until the last minute to develop their marketing strategies.

It's crazy because by leaving it to the last minute, you are already starting behind the 8-ball and giving your more organized competitors a head start. 

Here are some things that you should be thinking about:

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Niche businesses can have a big global impact

Marketing agencies have a mix of large and small clients. Some clients are well known throughout the community and even globally, while others are known only in the sectors they represent. But sometimes you see a client stride from industry renown into national and global prominence.

GP Graders is one such client. Their commitment to technology innovation and customer service has just seen the company win the Australian Export Awards.
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Why Black Fridays are black days for marketing

Black Friday is an example of marketing gone horribly wrong. To me they seem to bring out the worst in humanity; fights over televisions, people stepping on fellow human beings as they fall just to get to the deal quicker, ugly language and uglier behavior all in the name of a bargain.

After Thanksgiving, a holiday in which life is celebrated, it seems life is once again commoditised, the thanks is forgotten and the giving expected not earned.
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How to build a giant audience through consistent blogging

I am not one to divulge personal information. The most that anyone outside of friends and family really know about me is that I studied film and wanted to direct a movie; I get lost in music (everything but both kinds); I am a football fan and worked for a professional football club for approximately 12 years as a trainer; and I don’t drink coffee.  Some believe that non-coffee drinkers are untrustworthy, but I say that is a load of bitter tasting mud. 

Not being much of a conversationalist that is the best I can give most people. But as someone who has just become a regular blogger, I feel I must dig deeper.  

So, as my smiling face now adorns these blog posts, here goes. 
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Growth Hacks: Five Amazing Tools for Kick-Starting Startups

So you’ve founded a startup. You’ve been putting in the 80 hour weeks, working every moment you’re awake, sleeping in the office sometimes. And it seems like it’s paying off! Numbers are going up, and you’re getting some media buzz. But then—everything stops. Traffic drops off, registrations are down. You’re still trying to secure that next round of funding, and a drop in numbers right now could be fatal. It’s now or never. 

Okay, you can breath now. That was just a thought exercise. But it’s an important topic, and one any founder or aspiring founder should have a plan for. Just how do you kickstart your startup’s growth to get you to that next round? We’ve assembled five tools to help you get your startup off life support and into major growth mode. Read on. 
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How great designs improve your bottom line

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Design is one of the most important facets of any marketing campaign. Although it isn’t something we think too much about when we are looking at an ad, logo or a brochure, the fact is if the design isn’t attractive we just won’t read the paraphernalia.

Earlier this year Business Insider ran a piece on The 15 Worst Corporate Logo Fails. Topping the list was the London 2012 logo, which some mistook for a Nazi logo and others for Lisa Simpson being a very naughty girl. 
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How to 'In-sight-pool' followers on Twitter

Devon Wijesinghe is the energetic CEO of audience cultivation and conversion platform, Insightpool, an invaluable tool for large scale marketing campaigns. The company derives from the need for businesses to cultivate leads through social media engagement, and to maximize the investment of time, resources and money on existing social media engagement strategies.
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Creation vs curation: The best strategy for your business

Creation vs curation: The best strategy for your business

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Content is king. In the magazine world,  which is vastly different to that of marketing, content drives advertising, audience and sales. Come to think of it, perhaps there isn’t much difference between the two.

What makes a magazine successful is a good mix of editorial and feature articles written from within the editorial department and outsourced articles written by experts within particular fields. As a business editor, I would ask contributors to supply specific topics on property, investments, risk management and marketing. In-house editorial combined with carefully curated content, creates a magazine that encompasses the most important aspects of readability: information and entertainment.
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5 Marketing Bloggers That Are Worth Your Time

As part of my new time management ritual, I am cutting back on my time surfing the net, checking for updates on social media and reading blogs.

When you run a business such as mine, it's hard to find time to do everything that you want to do, at the level you would like to do it at. So, I spent some time this morning reading over 50 marketing blogs and was amazed at the varying levels of quality content.
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Are you Bambi, The Believer, The Alpha, or The Survivor - which personality type are you in the workforce?

Are you Bambi, The Believer, The Alpha, or The Survivor - which personality type are you in the workforce?

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Curating a team of would-be champions in the workplace is like trying to put together a 1000-piece miniature puzzle; it is difficult, takes time and is a challenge you can’t turn away from until it’s complete. The workplace puzzle, however, is never complete. When one vital piece is lost, another takes its place … and it’s never the same fit. 

Different personalities in the workplace is an advantage, but managing a range of psyches, emotions and needs provides serious challenges. 
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Is sustainable marketing the future?

Is sustainable marketing the future?

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It’s crunch time. No longer can marketing teams and their agencies disregard their organisational sustainability policies.  Any why do I think that?  Because we’ve had a few clangers lately.  
Remember the Telstra iPhone 6 ad, where the man opens the packaging and throws it away so that a crab becomes stuck in it?  It's a terrible example of environmental responsibility and reinforces our overt consumerism.
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5 ways to rebuild trust in your brand and image

5 ways to rebuild trust in your brand and image

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Who we are or what we perceive ourselves to be sometimes does not align with the perception that others have of us. This is true of brand, business and personal image. Take a look at the rigour with which certain ethnic groups have been scrutinized this year. Due to circumstances beyond their control, they have been vilified, put upon and generally admonished just for being who they are.

For moderate Muslims, Islamic State is causing an identity catastrophe. They are in crisis management and it seems, at this point, there is no way back.
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