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Are you still squatting?

Are you still squatting?

I was a squatter. Well, a professional squatter. Wait…I’m not sure that sounds any better. Anyway, my office, like thousands of others, went remote in March of 2020. For nearly 2 years, I had one foot in the building and one in my home. I was fortunate enough to...
Marketing shall now be called the “Pivot Team”

Marketing shall now be called the “Pivot Team”

One by one, they dropped off the schedule. First it was a healthcare IT conference in March. Then a government show in April. Before I knew it, we were down a few hundred leads. And then a few thousand. It was clear that my trade show strategy for 2020 was going to...
You down with OTT? (Yeah, you know me.)

You down with OTT? (Yeah, you know me.)

I have already shared that, as marketer, I live in fear of new marketing jargon creeping up on me. In a parking lot. In the dark. In the rain. Alone. Ok, maybe that’s a bit dramatic, but when I heard the acronym ‘OTT’ for the first time, I honestly thought it wasn’t...
Creating discomfort – the content marketer’s key to conversions

Creating discomfort – the content marketer’s key to conversions

Content marketing is close to my heart. It takes many forms and I see value in all of them – especially for B2B marketers. It can be rewarding as a marketer to create a well-researched case study, white paper, e-book, infographic, or guide that escorts your B2B buyer...
Marketers: have you been liberated?

Marketers: have you been liberated?

“Progress not perfection.” I can remember the first time I heard these words. I had just left a corporate marketing job I had been in for 16+ years and joined a start-up. Quite frankly, I couldn’t believe my ears. At my corporate job, I had been conditioned to comb...