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May 9: Activating Customer Data in the New Data Economy

Host: Social Media Club Des Moines
About: The journey to activating your data starts with your first-party data. This is typically the transnational, customer data collected from your websites, in-store and offline systems (like CRM) …

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McLellan: Digital media trends for 2019

If you’d used the term “podcast” in 2005 or 2006, the odds are pretty good that your audience wouldn’t have been familiar with the term. They might have assumed it was somehow associated with Apple’s …

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NOTEBOOK: Viva Las Vegas for bank marketing tips

It’s always nice to see our local experts getting a chance to shine on a national scene. Bankers Trust’s Emily Abbas was recently a main-stage panelist at the Financial Brand Forum at Caesars Palace in …

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McLellan: Make your writing better

Write better.

That sounds so simple, doesn’t it? It’s anything but.

It is one of the most significant improvements you can make to your marketing and sales efforts. We use words to connect, communicate and …

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May 9: NOVA Awards

Host: AMA Iowa
About: Join Iowa’s best marketers celebrate the top marketing strategies and executions of 2018. New this year, AMA Iowa will recognize two individuals for their achievements within the marketing industry in Iowa. …

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McLellan: Write the success story of your book

With all the buzz about establishing yourself as a thought leader and the long-term value of that effort, many marketers and business owners have written or are thinking about writing a book to demonstrate their …

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April 3: How to Be Funny (Even If You’re Not): Comedy-Inspired Copywriting Tips for Marketers

Host: AMA Iowa
About: Lianna Patch, Head Puncher, Copywriter for Punchline Copy, will show you why and how you can get started using humor in your marketing copy — from humor’s actual effects on the …

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McLellan: Let your values fly

In last week’s column, we touched on the importance of core values and how to create them in a way that is memorable and motivating. This week, I want to focus more on what to …

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McLellan: Are your core values hiding?

It’s hard to imagine that there is a business person on the planet who has not heard of Simon Sinek and his infamous “why” TED Talk, books and beliefs. When you peel away Sinek’s message, …

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McLellan: Amazon is winning big

There’s no question that Amazon has changed the retail landscape. In 2018, the online retailer had over $230 billion in sales. Today, the lion’s share of its revenue comes from selling retail products, but the …