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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. That’s the high-level finding of an academic study titled, When and How Does Board-Level Marketing Experience Impact Firm Performance ?

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Social Media Lead Generation

Ronn Torossian

In 2012, when marketing research company Marketing Sherpa released its study of just how important social media is to marketing, 72% of marketers reported they had already recognized its value and were employing it to generate leads.

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Marketing Giving

Mindful Marketing

by David Hagenbuch , founder of Mindful Marketing & author of Honorable Influence Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday. ” Those are admirable and far-reaching claims, but is it really possible to market giving? .” However, marketing concepts can be applied to virtually any endeavor.

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Marketing Science for PR & Communications

Onclusive

I was intrigued by the story of its co-founders who had invented PR Attribution – a credible way to tie corporate communications to real business outcomes, i.e. the holy grail of marketing measurement. I founded Vizu, the pioneering company in real time digital brand advertising measurement, which was bought by Nielsen in 2012.

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5 Lessons for Nonprofits from Kony 2012

Waxing UnLyrical

One of the primary criticisms is that the Kony 2012 video doesn’t accurately represent the current state of affairs in Uganda and the LRA , not to mention the fact that Kony hasn’t been in that country in a while. ” Kony 2012 did that in spades. 5 Lessons for Nonprofits from Kony 2012. But at what price?

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What the #measurePR Community Thinks of 2012

Waxing UnLyrical

The discussion kicked off with a great question from Deanna Boss , who wanted to know: “What does 2012 look like for #measurepr? Jen Zingsheim is Vice President of Products and Services for CustomScoop , driving product development plans to better meet the needs of public relations and marketing professionals. New trends? Any goals?”.

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Frank Strong on Next Steps in Social Media Marketing

Flack's Revenge

Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? I never quite got on board with the “social media strategy” part (see this post from 2012 titled: Social Media Strategists will be Gone in 2 Years ). This is because social media is a channel and just one of many in the marketing mix. Thanks for participating, Frank!