1/7/2021 12:00:00 AM Influencer and outreach marketing By Digital Leadership Associates "More than 4 billion people around the world now use social media each month, and an average of nearly 2 million new users are joining...
12/13/2020 11:37:54 AM Why Matching Content with a Face helps Brands Gain Consumer Trust. By Stephen Sumner A study by the Edelman Trust Barometer found that 67% of consumers trust “company technical experts,” while only 43% trust CEOs. ...
11/21/2020 11:13:23 AM What 8 Months of COVID-19 Has Taught Us About Digital Transformation By Tim Hughes In a recent blog, Eric Doyle here at DLA Ignite tells a tale of two companies. While I'm sure the tale is fiction, I do know it's based...
10/19/2020 12:00:00 AM How Social is your CEO on Social Media? By Digital Leadership Associates The CEO of HSBC, Noel Quinn shared his first post on LinkedIn last week. This is what he wrote : As of today, 19th October 2020, his...
9/7/2020 8:28:25 AM When Buying a House You do Your DD - Guess What, Your Future Client is Doing the Exact Same Thing About You. By Stephen Sumner Today, people are looking for 'social proof' and validation from peers around which products and services they might be interested in...
7/7/2020 8:32:55 AM Investing in Branding - What Does Research Say You Need to Do? By Tim Hughes If you haven't seen it before this research is the Edelman Trust Barometer and it comes out every year, so you have a last year, this...
6/29/2020 8:10:37 AM Key to Sustained Digital Transformation in 2020: People By Tim Hughes There is one question you need to ask companies today to see if they are on track with their digital transformation. That question? "What...
6/25/2020 12:00:00 AM How to Budget for Employee Advocacy By Tim Hughes The article I have "passled" is from a software supplier of Employee Advocacy. We see a lot of software suppliers walk into businesses,...
6/22/2020 11:01:48 AM External Influencers Aren't Always Your Best Brand Ambassadors - Here's Why! By Stephen Sumner I can definitely see the attraction for brands to use so called 'influencers' particularly if they (the brand) operate in highly...
6/9/2020 9:54:05 AM Why a Lack of 'Authentic' Brand Personality Is Losing You Business & Employees. By Stephen Sumner For as long as I've been in business I've been fascinated with understanding why we choose one brand over another. Today It's got to be...
6/9/2020 12:00:00 AM Why The C-Suite Need HR & Employee Advocacy More Than Ever. By Stephen Sumner At no time in history has the human race been more 'digitally' connected. An at no time in history have companies and brands been so...
2/27/2020 9:09:42 AM Personal Branding Is The Next Big Thing For Business; Here Are Your Questions, Answered By Tim Hughes The term "personal branding" sounds like something that is unattainable, so why bother? Read on. We believe that the world has changed...
2/22/2020 4:29:34 PM The Power of the Employee Influencer By Tim Hughes I feel sorry for so many employees that have had to take part in "employee advocacy". I also feel sorry for the friends and family of...
2/21/2020 12:00:00 AM Incompetent, Unethical, Untrustworthy: How Citizens View Their Suppliers By Tim Hughes This research is pretty damning. The same with sales and marketing. Trust is pretty low for sales and marketing. Today I spotted a...
2/14/2020 8:55:30 AM Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies By Tim Hughes I remember being on a sales course and one of the things I learnt was what the difference between a tactic and a strategy. Which was...
2/8/2020 11:29:57 AM How Brands can Score with Marketing in 2020 By Tim Hughes While this article is about Euro 2020 the football (soccer) tournament being played this summer. The article is "on point" as to how we...