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Defining Thought Leadership in a Business Blog

Ishmael's Corner

As our communication campaigns increasingly address SEO and particularly organic search, thought leadership becomes even more important. In short, thought leadership plays at the industry level, not the company level, ideally offering takes that can’t be found elsewhere. They interpret backlinks as “votes” for the content.

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The Powerful Sales Element of Social Proof in Thought Leadership Done Well

Sword and the Script

When a company illustrates in thought leadership that it understands an industry – its strengths, weaknesses, problems and opportunities – buyers stand to reason their products are probably pretty good too. Thought leadership is more important than ever in B2B. The C-Suite spend more time with thought leadership today.

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Gearing Up For Social Slam 2013

Waxing UnLyrical

When I talk about value, I don’t mean necessarily mean huge numbers of new business inquiries immediately (though those would be nice, and almost all the speaking I do does ultimately result in those, or in thought leadership positioning, or both). I’m excited to be gearing up for Social Slam 2013. Enter Social Slam.

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In Memoriam: Judy VanSlyke Turk, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

When she retired from teaching in 2013, Turk was named a VCU professor emerita. Turk had an exceptional reputation as a researcher and educator in our field, and impacted the lives of thousands of students and hundreds of faculty members through her many years of leadership,” said Marcus Messner, Ph.D.,

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ICON 2024 Recap: ABC’s Gio Benitez on Setbacks, Storytelling and the Power of ‘Yes’

PRSay

So don’t be afraid of that,” said Benitez, who joined ABC News in 2013. He also encouraged the audience not to dismiss people when something goes wrong, adding that we need people to support and believe in us. “It It sucks when the mistakes happen, but they do happen and should happen.

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Don’t Overlook Your Office Neighbors: The Importance of Building Internal Relationships

Deirdre Breakenridge

Many young professionals aspire to leadership roles in their organizations, and senior executives advise the way to the top requires a concerted effort to build relationships across an organization over time. A Guest Post By Marlene S. Neill, Assistant Professor at Baylor University. While relationships are crucial, so are the basics.

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Shaping a Blog Design for Thought Leadership

Ishmael's Corner

This exchange with Marsha Collier surfaced in 2013: I’ve had friends tell me that I once I bulldoze the wretched “look and […]. The post Shaping a Blog Design for Thought Leadership appeared first on Storytelling Techniques For Effective Business Communications. Didn’t happen.