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3 Landmark Studies that Sum Up the State of Creativity for the CMO [UML]

Sword and the Script

I sense we are reaching that point in marketing, with respect to data and creativity. Despite all the analysis that Amazon, a company built on data, poured into its site decision for a second headquarters, Jeff Bezos famously shocked disciples when said he would ultimately decide Amazon HQ2’s location on “intuition.”.

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Is Creativity a Skill or Talent and Can it be Lost and Learned? [UML]

Sword and the Script

Is creativity a talent or a skill? It seems to me if creativity is a talent it can be fine-tuned, like a natural athlete trains to compete in professional football. On the other hand, if creativity is a skill, it can be taught in the same way, we might teach our children to throw or catch a football. Or it might remain elusive.

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How Creative, Agile and Metrics can Sing in Marketing Harmony [UML]

Sword and the Script

Limited is the operative word, because while measurements are important, you can’t directly measure everything, like the impact of creativity, and yet we know these things have value. 1) Creative and analytics as whole-brained partners. I’m afraid the creative process will lose its soul,” said one CMO but those fears are overblown.

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The different types of digital PR campaigns and how they can build online authority

Prohibition

There’s a vast amount of campaign types for your brand to use to grow online authority, everything from infographics to hero campaigns, to newsjacking campaigns. If you have really interesting regional data , but aren’t sure how to highlight it creatively – maps are a great way to do so. Studies & Analysis.

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2024’s Top 5 PR Trends: What to Watch

Newsfile

However, remember that AI should not replace human-written content and creativity. AI for ideas & inspiration Humans are creative and can think of many different ideas, and now AI dramatically increases the number and novelty of ideas. Sentiment Analysis : Assesses whether mentions are positive, negative, or neutral.

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Seven Content Marketing Tools To Support Your Strategy Development

Prohibition

Canva – Your Creative Hub Best for: Visual content creation Canva is an easy-to-use content creation tool that’s super popular with marketers. It’s a great way to start designing some stand-out graphics for your socials and infographics, with plenty of templates to choose from if staring at a white square scares you!

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How To Create Interesting Digital Content For A “Boring” Industry

Cision

Although that notion might seem right at first glance, a bit more digging reveals content for any industry can be exciting and engaging — all you need to do is think about creating content differently and add some extra creativity. Infographics can be especially useful because they explain complex topics with the use of visuals.

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