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Libya’s Media and Marketing Industries Inching Forward

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Yes, we’re even starting to talk about marketing. The Tripoli trade fair grounds are hosting an event practically every week, offering businesses from telecoms to fashion, and garden furniture to construction, the opportunity to show off their wares to industry and consumers alike. Turn on the radio in Tripoli today.

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Our Industry, Your Answers: Breaking Down the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

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A recent survey conducted by Ned Lundquist’s Job of the Week (JOTW) in partnership with Sword and the Script Media, LLC sought to find out the true status of our industry. Another 50% brought on an agency partner based off an industry specialty or experience reaching a particular audience. Let’s hit it. Let’s Talk Money.

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A Heart to Heart with My Industry: Five Ways to Improve the Business Consulting Industry

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But it’s not uncommon for marketing professionals and other business consultants to get creatively and occupationally stuck on a hamster wheel, partly as a result of things we do to ourselves and our industry as a whole. If we don’t pay each other on time, we are letting ourselves starve and disrespecting our industry as a whole.

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The 4-1-1 on the (Not So) New Marketing Trend: Influencer Marketing

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If you are a communications pro, I don’t need to tell you that influencer marketing is hot and could soon outpace traditional paid media spend. Everyone is jumping on the influencer marketing bandwagon because it’s all the rage, just like every other fly-by-night new trend. So, what is influencer marketing?

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15 Metrics You Should Measure in Content Marketing

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Did you know that 47% of B2B marketers and 34% of B2C marketers don’t measure content marketing ROI? Another reason why marketers don’t measure content marketing ROI is that they simply don’t know how to do it. Following is a list of 15 content marketing metrics that you should measure: 1. Unique Visits.

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10 Content Marketing Tricks That Will Help Your Brand Stand Out

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The best way to stand out from the noisy crowd is by employing a few tricks of the content marketing trade. As you work on your content marketing strategy, keep these in mind: Talk to your audience, not at them. The next time you write marketing copy: Use “you” instead of “we”. Segment your target markets. Use keywords.

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Start-Up Marketing and Yourself: Don’t be a Swiss Army Knife

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But this is the approach I see in the early days of a lot of start-up marketing. Unfortunately, most of these ideas fail because they fail to successfully hit their mark in the open market. And the reason they fail to hit their mark in the open market is that they fail to differentiate themselves from the competition.

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