Tag Archives: digital marketing

Content Marketing: how to think like a publisher

In a recent blog post for Smart Insights, the UK’s premiere digital marketing portal, I asked the question: “Why might a company that sells goods or services want to act like a media company?” The point I was trying to … Continue reading

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How to improve mobile app discoverability and increase mobile app downloads

  As we prepare to launch a new series of branded mobile educational applications for ocean goers, we want to put everything we can on our side to ensure our mobile application does not get lost in all the noise … Continue reading

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Digital Marketing: Why Brands Need To Act Like Publishers

When liking was as easy as a first date Not long ago, everyone was talking about the power of “Like” and nothing seemed easier for a brand than building a tribe of followers (Godin, 2009); people who declared they liked … Continue reading

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How to webinar effectively

Many companies are wondering what is a webinar and many brands are eager to master how to webinar more successfully. Fortunately there are easy-to-apply practical solutions that improve how to do webinars: 1. The presenter shows a genuine empathy for … Continue reading

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How To Supercharge Online Public Relations

Have you noticed how, suddenly, Public Relations (PR) has got much more exciting? PR used to be the boring department, producing dull and pompous company-centric messages and corporate brochures to push out to reporters, journalists and analysts for a quarterly … Continue reading

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How to align sales, marketing, content and the customer journey

  From my roots in traditional media, sales and marketing, I’m leading the business development for a B2B online digital publisher in the emerging sustainability sector. Success in the role relies on flexing the commercial skills and acumen that I’ve … Continue reading

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The future of publishing: will books disappear?

Books won’t disappear. We’ll cherish our favourite novels and pass our children’s picture books on to subsequent generations. But we’ll also throw out many types of books: travel guides, reference books, maps, business guides etc… Disposing of books is a … Continue reading

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The new rules of digital publishing

Perspectives for authors in the post digital age- welcome to disruption – a talk I gave to an international audience of cross-media professionals in March 2011. Inspirations for this talk were Simon Waldman, Seth Godin, Forrester and the talented entrepreneurs … Continue reading

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2010 year in review – 9 things that made it special despite recession and austerity

2010 year in review: LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogging, Studying, Business Sustainability, Convergent Media, Like Minded Online Community and High Altitude Trekking contributed to a rewarding of somewhat different year in 2010. Continue reading

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Publishers can compliment revenues and drive cost-of-sales down with e-commerce

Special Interest Book Publisher need to integrate cost effective direct-to-consumer fulfilment and distribution solutions for the digital age. Deciding on the right solution is a complex, urgent and necessary business decision. Here are some tips to help. Continue reading

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