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“Let’s just set up a blog and do some of that social media stuff and see what happens.” Many of us have heard this cringe-worthy statement or something like it, and it reeks of a tactics before strategy approach, one that we consistently advise against. Content marketing is no different. Strategy first, execution second, relentless execution third, fourth and fifth. Planning – Your Content Marketing Map Last month, Mike laid out the right approach to developing a content marketing map in 12 Questions That Should Guide Your Content Marketing Plan. Creating the plan is incredibly important and the place where many companies fall down right out of the gate – but what you do with the plan is just as critical.  When you set off on a trip to a new destination, you typically want a map.  Whether that’s the old school atlas, a printout from a site like Google Maps, or a G... (more)

Global Leaders to Discuss Manufacturing's Future

NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- While U.S. and other world economies struggle with productivity, C-suite executives in manufacturing worldwide will gather at the 8th annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit (https://www.mlsummit.com) to discuss "The Future Manufacturer: Change the Rules, Rule the Future."  (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120119/NY38756LOGO) The Summit, hosted by the Manufacturing Leadership Council (http://manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com), the exclusive executive manufacturing network, will take place April 29-May 2 at The Breakers in Palm B... (more)

Working with One of Top Ten Women in the Cloud

Our colleague, Lori MacVittie, has been honored with the CloudNOW Top Ten Women in Cloud Award for her contributions, accomplishments, and thought leadership.  Now you might think it would be cool working with such a cloud know-it-all: she writes the best blogs/articles, she corrects you when you’re mistaken, she knows network/infrastructure/security/applications inside out, she’s not too fond of Mondays, she’s gluten-free, has a wicked sense of humor and she’s fairly feisty.  Yeah, it’s fun. I first met Lori a few years back when she started at F5 and joined the Technical Marke... (more)

Geosemble’s New “TopicGenius” Combines Topic & Place Search

Manhattan Beach, CA, February 15, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Geosemble Technologies unveiled today the newest release of its GeoXray™ software suite for automatic visualization and analysis of information about places. The newest 2.8 release features the “TopicGenius” capability for filtering and visualizing content topically and by location for increased relevance and insight. “We are very pleased to be bringing this capability to the marketplace,” said Andre Doumitt, Geosemble’s CEO. “Currently, the Internet brings you all things from all places, but with GeoXray, users can more quickly... (more)

Twitter Flash Mob: A Social Experiment

My colleagues and twitter nation had a little mischievous fun this week. Over the last few years most large technology events have some sort of Twitter board that streams the event member tweets using a particular hashtag. So as a colleague of mine was watching the twitter monitor he decided to send a tweet and watch it appear. Then he thought began thinking how many tweets would it take to dominate the twitter board for a short period of time. And so the Twitter Flash Mob concept was born. Given the relationship of the event sponsors and the demographic of the attendees an ins... (more)