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Archive for January, 2010

Make Marketing Matter To The Board

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 31, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Your company’s Board of Directors should care about marketing. But the truth is, they probably don’t. Here are 4 ways to drive revenue and create real shareholder value around the marketing function.

2010: The Death of Marketing, The 4 P’s and Branding As You Know It

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

It’s been a good run, marketing. You taught us how to be a Pepper, showed us where the Beef was. But it’s all over now. The numbers don’t lie. 2010 will be the year marketing- as we know it- dies.

Building Sales Pipeline with Twitter

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 9, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Marketers everywhere are talking about Twitter, but how are they using it to drive pipeline? Can it be done without becoming a spammer, or worse, leaving a bad impression?

5 Tips for Successful Business Partnering

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 7, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Any good business partnership starts with one goal in mind- to increase shareholder value for both organizations involved, leveraging the partnership to provide highly differentiated services faster and at a greater value. Here are 5 tips for building rock-solid business partnerships.

TMM Recommends: 5 Great Albums From 2009

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Sure, the industry will cry about how they’re losing money, but smart acts are pushing the envelope more than ever before, challenging themselves to produce unique, high-quality work that makes them stand out. This is a quick glance at five such artists from 2009.

3 Steps To Better Sales Pitches

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 5, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Don’t confuse preparation, research and data with a sales pitch. Regardless of what you may be selling, the best pitches grow from a simple set of real and repeatable principles.

Hey Marketing- Get A Map!

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 5, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Using mapping technologies to visualize marketing and sales data can change the way you look at sales trips, events, competitors and even your own clients.

7 Overlooked Sources of Keyword Data

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This post details 7 ways to get creative with keyword research while keeping an eye on Best Practice fundamentals.

Welcome and thanks for reading!

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome and thanks for reading!  TMM is my first foray into the blogosphere.  I hope you enjoy it.  If there’s a compelling topic you’d like to see me write about, let me know!  I look forward to the discussion and varying points of view.  If you want to know more about this blog or why [...]

TMM Recommends: People Under The Stairs, Carried Away

By Rick Oppedisano ⋅ January 1, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

People Under the Stairs (PUTS) are an underground hip-hop group from Los Angeles, California. Their seventh album, Carried Away, was recorded entirely on reel-to-reel with a well-thought out arrangement of jazz, rock and disco samples.

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