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How Thomson Reuters is driving new marketing accountability

It’s a story still too commonly told: Marketing staff sit in a corner, crafting brochures and sending out the latest product announcements via email when the sales team wants it. But they’re not perceived as adding strategic value.

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Report: Most companies can better leverage content marketing

A recent report by the CMO Council reveals only 12 percent of marketers believe they have high-performance content marketing engines that are strategically programmed to target the right audiences with relevant and persuasive content.

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Salesforce: How smart brands are starting to think like customers

Organisations must think more like customers and find their own procurement processes to better leverage brand awareness. Speaking at the Salesforce’s Future of Marketing in Sydney, head of product marketing, Derek Laney said brands like L’Oréal, Mattel and Room and board are achieving this greater customer engagement by using platforms that enable them to engage, listen and respond at every step, from advertising to mobile and social.

Digital Marketing

IBM Watson's next trick: Helping you write better

IBM's Watson has already proven its mettle in the kitchen and on game shows, but its latest skill set is one that could help us all: making sure our writing conveys what we want it to.

Leadership

Why creativity puts the magic in marketing leadership

In a recent survey by IBM, CEOs from around the world confirmed creative thinking as the number one asset needed to capitalise on complexity and competency within their organisation. But are we doing enough to generate the right ideas?

Digital Marketing

Marketing professionals prove hot property in Australian jobs market

A new jobs report has revealed an upward trend around rewards, salaries and recruitment for marketing professionals. But despite hot demand for talent, most marketers don’t feel budget allocation for project delivery is enough to deliver the best possible results.

Social Media

How Monster Worldwide is using social to build better brand engagement

Monster Worldwide has built up a significant global presence in the job search market over the past 20 years. Yet the rise of new digital competitors, along with growing social media interactions between job seekers and employers, left the business looking for ways to not only better understand both groups, but also rebuild brand might through digital engagement.

Leadership

ATO deploys voice biometrics to enhance customer experience

Nuance Communications announced The Australian Taxation Office is set to deploy Nuance’s voice biometrics solutions in its call centre, in order to build stronger customer relationships with taxpayers and enhance authentication by replacing intrusive security questioning. With the introduction of its voice biometrics systems, ATO becomes the first organisation in Australia to deploy voice biometrics in this manner.

Digital Marketing

9 ways mobile and social tech improves the retail shopping experience

With the continued growth of ecommerce and in-store comparison-shopping via mobile devices, it's become harder for many bricks-and-mortar retailers to get customers to make on-the-spot purchases. However, instead of seeing mobile and ecommerce as a threat, some savvy retailers have embraced the adage "if you can't beat them, join them."

Digital Marketing

Marketing automation dos and don'ts

With the benefit of hindsight, we ask a range of Australian organisations what challenges they faced implementing marketing automation, and what they’d do differently if they could stage their rollout all over again.

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Marketing prowess versus the enigma of the metaverse

Flash back to the classic film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Television-obsessed Mike insists on becoming the first person to be ‘sent by Wonkavision’, dematerialising on one end, pixel by pixel, and materialising in another space. His cinematic dreams are realised thanks to rash decisions as he is shrunken down to fit the digital universe, followed by a trip to the taffy puller to return to normal size.

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Why Excellent Leadership Begins with Vertical Growth

Why is it there is no shortage of leadership development materials, yet outstanding leadership is so rare? Despite having access to so many leadership principles, tools, systems and processes, why is it so hard to develop and improve as a leader?

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More than money talks in sports sponsorship

As a nation united by sport, brands are beginning to learn money alone won’t talk without aligned values and action. If recent events with major leagues and their players have shown us anything, it’s the next generation of athletes are standing by what they believe in – and they won’t let their values be superseded by money.

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