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James Ainsworth

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Summer Reading: Win a copy of ‘Launch’, the new book from Social Media Examiner founder Michael Stelzner

Lately, a lot of my conversations around the office have started with, “So I’m reading this book…” And while I’m a bit of an evangelizer to begin with, I must admit, I’ve been evangelizing the heck out of Michael Stelzner’s new book, Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition. It’s part text book (complete with homework assignments), ...

Is Marketing Technology Management a Part-Time or Full-Time Gig?

Guest blog post by Marcus Tewksbury, VP of Strategy and Consulting, Experian Marketing Services One of the recent questions from Scott Brinker’s and my Webinar, ‘10 Reasons Why You Need a Chief Marketing Technology Officer (CMTO),’ was whether a marketing technology role should be full-time or not. (Note: This role would report to the CMO and may have a title ...

Do you need a chief marketing technology officer (CMTO)?

Guest blog post by Scott Brinker, co-founder and CTO, ion interactive I know, there are a lot of new “chiefs” being proposed these days. Chief Content Officer. Chief Customer Officer. Chief Revenue Officer. And now a Chief Marketing Technology Officer? Is there anyone left in the organization who isn’t a chief? But set aside titles for a moment. These new ...

Alterian SM2 Version 5.0 – User Interface and Usability

It is all very well having a complex and robust tool for running your social media monitoring, but social analytics are redundant if you can’t make sense of them or the user experience prohibits ease of use. Version 5.0 was created with usability at the heart. From initial search setup through to the reporting, we have taken user experience into ...

Training and Best Practices for Marketers

Marketing has undergone a revolution. The social web has had a huge impact on PPC and SEO. Web analytics and metrics now extend beyond the corporate website. Your email, web content and interactions in the social channels need to be integrated. And marketers are more accountable than ever for metrics, so analytics are imperative. How does a marketer stay up ...

Attention Marketers: 5 communication tips your PR colleagues can teach you

As a corporate PR pro, I often work in my own little world. Sure, I frequently collaborate with co-workers from my team and others, but for the most part, PR is its own entity. We have a very specific function, and I think it’s safe to say that some marketers still don’t fully understand the role of their PR counterparts. ...

Content and Insights Roundup 2011 Q1

I was inspired to write this post after reading a list of blog writing topics which included summarizing your marketing content for the quarter. Unfortunately, I can’t remember where I read the list. It could have been HubSpot or ProBlogger or B2B Social Media – all good resources. I also meant to write this post last month. While Michelle Taylor ...