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ETL 48: Brent Adamson and Karl Schmidt on How Framemaking Changes Selling

“The Framemaking Sale” authors explain how to build the ultimate trust with clients: by instilling more confidence in their buying decisions. It’s harder than ever to convince customers to buy your products and services. Thanks both to generative AI and to the explosion of thought leadership content, the marketplace is crowded with often helpful insights […]

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ETL 47: Bill Shander on How to Know What Stakeholders Really Want

The “Stakeholder Whisperer” author talks about how to figure out what your experts and their target audiences need the most. Thought leadership professionals often hesitate to question an expert, even one whose ideas they are trying to spread to important audiences. But that fear of confrontation can lead to bigger problems if they don’t discover

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Why Thought Leadership Surveys Won’t Yield Groundbreaking Insights

The best research requires in-depth interviews that reveal how successful companies uniquely solved a complex problem. So many studies, so few insights. The thought leadership research arms race is in overdrive. Every week it seems another consulting, technology, tech services or other B2B company publicizes the findings from an online survey in the hope of

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ETL 46: Chris Parsons on Thought Leadership for Architects and Builders

The Knowledge Architecture Founder and CEO  is bringing together his staff and clients in vibrant communities that help everyone get smarter.  How can you build a firm that is a standout player in software for the architecture, engineering and construction industry? Chris Parsons is a great person to ask. The founder and CEO of Knowledge

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ETL 45: Jay Harrington on Thought Leadership in the Legal Industry

Former Big Law attorney Jay Harrington is helping law firms achieve eminence as thought leaders. The secret is to focus on a narrow niche and then go deep. Specialist firms have focused on helping clients in tech, real estate, asset management, and other industries achieve stature as thought leaders.  Harrington Communications, a thought leadership PR

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Sync or Sink: Navigating the Organizational Politics of Thought Leadership

Internal skepticism, resistance and ownership conflicts are the biggest challenges in our field today. Viewing thought leadership as vital today, a company hires someone to launch a thought leadership group or turn around one viewed as ineffective. The excitement is as high as the expectations. However, months or even a year goes by and there’s

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