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strategic planning

Tarnished Silver Bullets and Other Reasons Your Business Fails

by · October 28, 2011

Is your business waiting for a big, shiny solution? OK, maybe not waiting – you guys probably do some stuff each day. But are you really attacking core problems in a systematic way? Or merely having meetings about more topical stuff and pontificating what to do about it? Are you waiting for silver bullets to be withdrawn from a velvet-lined box?

Ah, the fabled silver bullet. Heralded for its ability to banish evil threats and transform the despairing neighborhood once more into an idyllic place of joyous recreation and swift commerce. Surely those will make the hairy problems go away, right?

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How To Pull Insights From Data

by · May 10, 2011

On Thursday I’ll lead a webinar for my friends at NetBase around the topic of research and pulling insights from data. It’s really kind of a fuzzy topic for me because while I know how to do it, I don’t know that I’ve ever tried to explain it to others. But moving through the ideas and trying to come up with some recommendations for folks has been a neat exercise.

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The Fun Of Strategic Thinking And Planning

by · August 30, 2010

There’s a 96-inch long white board in my office. It is where I collect my thoughts for specific projects as I’m writing, planning or producing them. It is currently full of lists and reminders for a client’s digital marketing and social media strategic plan. I go through notes from client meetings, make lists of potential strategics or tactics, throw broad concepts and ideas up, enumerate client concerns, brand values and relevant research and then I study the board for a while.

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Strategic Planning Is For Your Blog, Too

by · December 26, 2007

One thing I’ve been focusing on lately is new blog development. I’m a big fan of ensuring those who count on me for social media counsel have a mechanism to distribute content, whether it be via a standard corporate blog or even a news release-type content system managed by a blog engine.

Blog PlanSo you (or your boss/client) want to start a blog. You can just whip something up at Blogger.com or WordPress.com and there you have it, right? Well, yes, but just going through the motions and having a place to jot your daily notions isn’t all there is to building a business blog. You wouldn’t just take out an ad before you had a message and some images to go in it would you? You wouldn’t book yourself to speak at a luncheon without having notes or a speech prepared.

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