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The right strategy focused on the right topics, compelling content, and validation in credible channels are key. In this final post of a three-part blog series, I discuss what will never change in the still-nascent and fast-changing field of thought leadership. I just can’t imagine the following three elements ever becoming less important, no matter how much technology […]
The 3 Eternal Truths of Thought Leadership Read More »
Quality standards will keep rising because more companies badly want to be viewed as thought leaders in their domains. That means on just about any topic, you’ll have many more competitors writing about it than you have today. In this post, I predict the biggest changes I see for the rest of this decade. My focus here
The Next Wave of Thought Leadership Read More »
What makes for a persuasive argument will never change. But online technology has changed how to build, communicate and engage an audience in an argument. Last month, I resisted the temptation to write the traditional year-end column that looks back on the year and predicts what’s ahead in the new one. On the topic of
What Is and Isn’t Changing About Thought Leadership Read More »
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 »