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This week we published our first CMO Strategy magazine within Marketing Week. See a trailer here for our accompanying video series in partnership with Quadrangle.

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Marketing terms that will reach the boardroom in 2012

Wed, 28 Mar 2012

Marketing is full of buzzwords, and while we never encourage the use of jargonistic phrases, Marketing Week’s experts set out four terms that you may need to explain to your chief executive this year.

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Chief marketing officer vs marketing director

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 | By Maeve Hosea

Hands on, at all levels: How does the role of a modern CMO differ from that of a marketing director? What are the main challenges faced? Just two questions Maeve Hosea posed to CMOs from various industries to build up a profile of the position.

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To win, you need strategy

PR Strategy March 2012 | By Spencer Livermore, director, Thirty Six Strategy

‘Everyday dominated by your narrative, you win: everyday spent of your opponents’, you lose’

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Firms need PR's punch

PR Strategy March 2012 | By Jo Roberts

Business innovators are employing PR professionals as strategists to steer corporate brands forward, recognising that they possess the right skills to engage with consumers and stakeholders

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Mapping out the high street

Digital Strategy May 2012 | By Michael Nutley

Consumers are increasingly happy to receive marketing messages via their mobile phones, as long as they offer something of specific, targeted value. Location-based marketing is a great way for brands to do just that

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It's video, but not as you know it

Digital Strategy May 2012

‘Mobile can deliver the rich branding experience of TV ads on a platform that is personal and always-on’

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Data holds key to the future

Data Strategy April 2012 | By Nicola Smith

Predictive analytics enables companies that have gathered high quality data about customers’ past and present behaviour to reduce churn and save on marketing by anticipating what they will do in the future.

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Q&A: Jim Stikeleather, chief innovation officer, Dell

Data Strategy April 2012 | By Lucy Handley

Jim Stikeleather is chief innovation officer at Dell. Lucy Handley speaks to him about managing data in a large business, how to make the most out of data produced by social media, and cyber crime.

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Right place, right reason: digital brand building

CMO Strategy March 2012 | By Jo Roberts

In the rush to have a presence on Facebook and Twitter, companies can often forget about the importance of digital brand building, but CMOs are now making sure it is on the agenda.

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How to run a portfolio of brands

CMO Strategy March 2012 | By Lucy Handley

KMI brands has been called ‘a boutique P&G’. Lucy Handley talks to chief executive Herbie Dayal about managing its property of brands.

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UK marketing rated 'centre of excellence’

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By Russell Parsons

The UK marketing industry is viewed as one of the world’s ‘centres of excellence’ for creating effective integrated communication campaigns.

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PR Strategy

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Leading from the front

PR Strategy March 2012 | By MaryLou Costa

The rapid evolution of new media has thrust PR to the forefront of brand strategies. MaryLou Costa talks to industry experts about how they manage the reputations of their companies and ensure they have a voice at board level.

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'Alcohol can be a controversial subject and it's not credible to fail to mention that...'

PR Strategy March 2012 | By Ruth Mortimer

Ian Wright, corporate relations director at Diageo, looks after the reputation of its brands. Ruth Mortimer speaks to him about juggling the different parts of his job across the company’s global network.

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Because we’re worth it

PR Strategy March 2012 | By Jo Roberts

Industry attitudes: while the reputation of corporate PR professionals has improved, according to a study, they still have work to do to convince the CEO and the board of their true potential value, especially in areas such as social media.

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Digital Strategy

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Shining on the small screen

Digital Strategy May 2012 | By Maeve Hosea

With emails flooding peoples’ smartphone inboxes, brands need to think about the best way to cut through the distractions facing mobile users and grab their attention.

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Be a social media climber

Digital Strategy May 2012 | By Nicola Smith

Managing your brand’s reputation online has got a whole lot harder now that social media comments have a bearing on search results. Nicola Smith talks to top brands on how they stay prominent in listings, particularly with the arrival of Google+

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Ecommerce: making online shopping unique

Digital Strategy March 2012 | By Steve Hemsley

Personal shopper: ecommerce is witnessing a data-driven collision between content and commerce as an increasing number of branded websites turn to curation techniques to make online shopping a deeply individual activity

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Mind the data skills gap

Data Strategy April 2012 | By Michael Barnett

The impending global shortage of data skills professionals has serious implications for marketers, who face ever-increasing pressure to prove their worth and get maximum value from customer data.

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What HMV needs to do next

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 | By Michael Barnett

HMV, the embattled last bastion of high street music retail, has caught on to the desperate need for an ecommerce overhaul…

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Data law “severe threat” to marketers

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By Russell Parsons

Marketing groups argue that EU Data Protection regulation will be “hugely damaging”.

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