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Without strong pull from the top – a deep understanding by the people who run the firm on what thought leadership is and how it can propel the firm – thought leadership investments will not go very far. I hate to dampen any firm’s enthusiasm about investing in thought leadership. We believe B2B firms that […]
How to Get Your CEO to Crave Thought Leadership Read More »
How do you get top management to see that thought leadership is vital to their and the company’s success? We see four key aspects in making a compelling case. Many B2B companies (and not only professional services firms) are investing vast sums today to be regarded as “thought leaders” – as renowned experts on the
Thought Leadership Strategy Step #1: Sell It to Your CEO Read More »
Thought leadership marketing uses the content that knowledge management collects to give prospective clients a way to preview what your company can do for them. The term “knowledge management” was big in the mid-1990s when big companies saw the need to share expertise beyond those proximate to it. A decade and a half later, the
Do Thought Leadership Marketing and Knowledge Management Relate? Read More »
Creating a department of people who produce compelling content that demonstrates their firm’s expertise is no easy task, even for the biggest consulting firms, In just the last two years, we’ve been asked the same question by six very large B2B firms (two consulting, two IT services, one financial services and one software company): how
Organizing Brilliance: Creating a Thought Leadership Content Machine (Part 1) Read More »
Too much insecurity, impatience and arrogance can be corrosive to the process of developing a big idea. It will sound like circular logic, but it still needs to be said: Great thoughts are the foundation of highly successful thought leadership marketing campaigns. Yes, you need skillful and concerted marketing to distribute those great thoughts widely. But
What Holds Back Aspiring Thought Leaders Read More »
If you hope to get the attention and budget approval of top management, talk about the value of thought leadership in their universal language: money. I know lots of people who, with varying degrees of success, are trying to get their boss behind thought leadership marketing and raise their organization’s investment in it. I can assure you the more successful
The Hidden Value of Thought Leadership Read More »