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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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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 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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Like Minds: 6 ingredients for “total community engagement”

My video blog outlining the six ingredients that made the Like Minds Creation + Curation Autumn 2010 Conference a “total community engagement experience” Continue reading

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As publishers head for Frankfurt, it is customers they should be seeking, not books

As publishers head for Frankfurt they should have an eye on technologies that build community, not just more books to fill their programs. The real opportunity is community. The biggest threat is not a shortage of books but a dearth of customers. Continue reading

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Community: a focal point for core transformation in book publishing

In these times of transformation, corporate attention tends to be on digital tools, platforms, dashboards, analytics, budgets, timeframes, business models, ROI and an inordinate amount of technical detail. Our instinct seems to be that systems will solve all our woes. … Continue reading

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