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Top Four Trends Defining The Supply Chain Industry In 2024

UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK FOR THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY As we exit a tumultuous 2023, where the logistics and shipping industry witnessed a reversal to normalcy and freight rates dropped from record highs to pre-pandemic levels, importers and freight forwarders are hoping that the new year will bring some much-needed stability in the freight market. With the outlook […]

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Consumers in 2024: Uncovering Opportunities Amid Uncertainty

As reported by Euromonitor, December 2023 Approaching 2024, the consumer landscape remains dominated by a high degree of uncertainty. Although overall inflation is set to fall in 2024, core inflation – which excludes volatile food and energy prices – is expected to remain elevated. This is likely to force central banks to keep interest rates […]

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Hold on to your marketing budget during a recession

Plot summary: Most marketers know that, when the economy takes a turn for the worse, their budgets will have to shrink. In the face of today’s wobbly economy, rapidly changing markets, soaring inflation, etc., what should marketers do? In the author’s experience in communications and marketing through economic cycles, she offers 6 solutions for CMOs […]

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Startups, it’s time to think like a camel—not like a unicorn

Plot summary Covid-19 and the economic recession have caused us all to endure difficult conditions for long periods of time in the global markets. This situation is like a strange sea for the traditional startup model in Silicon Valley, which is a startup model aimed at rapid growth and creating “unicorns”. Instead of unicorns, camels […]

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How Brand Building and Performance Marketing Can Work Together

Summary: Marketers often worry that performance marketing and its focus on short-term sales is crowding out brand-building activities aimed at enhancing customer perceptions of their brand—and is sometimes working against brand strategy. Brand-building activities are typically measured using metrics that have no predictive or retrospective connection to financial returns. And performance marketing typically lacks measures […]

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Traditional B2B Sales and Marketing Are Becoming Obsolete

Summary.   Long the elusive objective of virtually every B2B commercial team, the time for sales and marketing “integration,” has passed. Instead, the most progressive B2B commercial organizations are completely reconfiguring commercial operations to better address today’s deep misalignment between how suppliers sell and how buyers buy. Most B2B sales and marketing teams typically function in […]

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How to build a brand to create brand strength, increase profits, and lead the competition?

Often, people talk about differentiation strategies when talking about brand strength. This isn’t wrong, but is it adequate, especially if you can’t always find the perfect difference? And what do businesses that want to build a brand with strong appeal need to do? Join Metta to explore through the article below. When did the brand […]

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How to Create a Sales-Driven B2B Marketing Strategy?

As a business owner, you know that B2B marketing is one of the most effective ways to generate leads and increase revenue. How to Build a B2B Marketing Strategy? In this article, let’s join Metta to explore some important steps in developing a successful B2B marketing strategy. Along with that are some outlines of strategies […]

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Human-Centric Branding: Building a brand with a focus on humans

Traditional Branding Strategy According to traditional definitions, a brand encompasses a collection of elements such as images, names, logos, taglines, etc., to differentiate its products and services from those of competing rivals. A brand also serves as a repository of all the values generated from the programs and campaigns that a business has undertaken. In […]

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The 4 types of company culture, explained

What makes your company unique? If you’re thinking, “Our corporate culture, of course!” you’d probably be right. But, what does that actually mean? Even though company culture has become a hot topic in recent years, it’s still sort of intangible and difficult to wrap our arms around. Here’s one way to think about it, a […]

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What Does Company Culture Have to Do with Marketing?

All too often, company culture becomes an excuse for not hiring a diverse range of otherwise qualified candidates. In fact, according to HR platform provider Onbordia, over half the nation’s companies use “cultural fit” as a way to exclude rather than include. Yet I would argue that this misuse of company culture dampens the organization’s […]

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Marketing and HR: Cultivating Company Culture and Mastering Talent Acquisition

It is widely acknowledged that talent acquisition and company culture establishment is no longer confined to the singular domain of the human resources department. Other departments equally assume collaborative roles to undertake this responsibility. Particularly noteworthy is the pivotal role that the synergy between Marketing and HR assumes in the endeavor of cultivating corporate culture […]

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Three most popular types of Human Resources Marketing (HR Marketing)

For a while, Human Resources Marketing (HR Marketing) focused primarily on job fairs and recruitment postings. However, HR Marketing has now become digitalized and undergone significant changes. In recent years, there have been three popular types of HR Marketing that many businesses are applying. What is HR Marketing? HR Marketing is a general term for […]

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How Marketing and HR Can Team Up and Become a Powerhouse for Talent Acquisition

One of the foremost factors in business development is human resources. However, many still believe that talent acquisition falls solely under the purview of the Human Resources (HR) department. In reality, other departments, particularly marketing, can collaborate with HR to successfully draw in talent. In this article, let’s explore how Marketing and HR at Metta […]

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21 Marketing Trends You Need to Know For 2023

The human society is constantly changing, and a ‘life-centric’ marketing strategy demands that marketers stay closely attuned to this evolution. This article will present predictions about marketing trends that will directly impact businesses in 2022. To establish a solid short-term plan, it’s important to consider what you’re aiming for in the long run. No one […]

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3 Advanced Building Materials Marketing Strategies that Companies are Overlooking

Marketing strategies for the construction materials industry is a puzzle that requires considerable time to find a solution. Conveying messages through traditional methods and word-of-mouth (WOM) can’t be compared to the following marketing trends in today’s digital age. How do you distinguish your products from those of your competitors? How do you build bonds with […]

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Marketing storytelling example: How brands in Indonesia pushed the boundaries of creative storytelling to drive growth

With 197 million people online in Indonesia, it’s important for brands to know where and how to connect with this large group of digital consumers. YouTube, with more than 100 million monthly users in Indonesia, offers a ready base for brands to grow their online audience. To unlock the potential of video marketing, however, brands […]

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Niche Marketing: How to market for niche markets and small customers

Standing in a competitive market where your business isn’t really standing out, or your brand operates in a niche market with a small target audience? If you’re in either of these situations, then you should know that reaching your target audience isn’t easy. And this is precisely why you should utilize niche marketing. What is […]

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How to Align Sales and Marketing for Results

SMarketing is the alignment and connection between sales and marketing. Since Sales and Marketing work closely together in most organizations, it’s often typical for these two revenue generating groups to be in conflict with one another. The typical battle looks like this: Sales complains that Marketing isn’t generating enough quality leads, and Marketing criticizes Sales […]

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6 important trends in 2022 for a successful digital marketing strategy

The year 2021 was a year of transformative changes that shook the entire landscape of digital marketing. This significantly impacted the development of digital marketing strategies for businesses that were striving to overcome the effects of the pandemic. Below is a compilation of 6 key customer trends for crafting a successful digital strategy in 2022, […]

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