• December 13, 2021
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3 Ways to Simplify Marketing in 2022

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Warning: Over the last two years you have been convinced that marketing is overly-complicated, exhausting and overwhelming.  Due to the overabundance of fear, and the plethora of marketing options out …

  • November 17, 2021
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Making Marketing Matter: A Conversation with Andy Crestodina

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On Thursday, December 2, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. CT, we will talk with Andy Crestodina, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer for Orbit Media Studios, Inc. an award-winning Chicago web design …

  • November 02, 2021
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Unselling Selling

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“I never want to be in sales.” This I told myself for years. So, when one of my early stage entrepreneurial mentors gave me this advice: “If you want to …

  • October 20, 2021
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How We Built Our Own Personal Brands

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How does one go about personally branding themselves? What makes for a good personal brand? We wanted to answer these questions around how to become a personal brand by sharing …

  • September 08, 2021
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How to be ODD

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Here’s the funny thing about differentiation: everyone talks about doing it, and very few actually do. Instead, they chase nuances and slightly-better statements. Brands obsess over taglines and slogans which make …

  • August 31, 2021
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Making Marketing Matter: A Conversation with Sarah Hawley

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On Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. CT, we will talk with Sarah Hawley, Founder and CEO of Growmotely, the first global platform designed to source and lead remote …

  • August 10, 2021
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The Future of Marketing is Ethical and Soulful

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We believe the future of marketing is ethical. And soulful. That statement may make more than a few people feel itchy.  “Really?” one might ask, “In this saturated, shouting, cutthroat, …

  • June 17, 2021
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Making Marketing Matter: A Conversation with Ryan Pirkle

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On July 1, 2021, at 3 PM CT, we will talk with Ryan Pirkle, the Director of Marketing at FFW, a global digital agency intent on building world-class digital experiences …

  • May 03, 2021
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Creating More Conscious Marketing: An Interview with Kelly Campbell + Tracy Yates

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On Thursday, May 6 we will have the pleasure of interviewing Kelly Campbell and Tracy Yates, co-founders of Consciousness Leaders, and marketing leaders in their own right. All are welcome …

John Hardesty, Chief Brand Officer at VShred
  • September 25, 2020
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Want to be a great marketing leader? Build a great team! An Interview with John Hardesty

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On October 1 at 2p CT, we will be visiting with John Hardesty on our “Being Marketers” webcast. Here is a sneak preview of our discussion. Q: Who are you …