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  Put down your Blackberrys. Postpone those tweets and updates.  Plan now to prepare for the digital revolution by participating in “30 Days of Chaos” with Ad Age's Bob Garfield

This October, the American Marketing Association in concert with Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield is providing a free, fun and informative way for marketers to meet their educational and recruitment goals using a program called “30 Days of Chaos” based on the new book, The Chaos Scenario REGISTER TODAY TO JOIN THE CHAOS

 

An AMA Member Exclusive!

The Future Role of Marketing in the Organization, an  innovative research project introduced at Mplanet™, is now available exclusively to AMA members.  After a nearly year-long process which included secondary research, a survey of business and consumer marketers and workshops with marketing leaders, the American Marketing Association, with the help of Decision Strategies International, a global consultancy specializing in scenario planning, developed four possible future states in 2015 and their potential impact on marketing in the organization. 

Which scenario best represents your industry?  Do you have the necessary tools to assess your organization’s future?  Are you ready to champion your organization’s future success?  This is a must tool for marketers involved with planning for the future success of their organization.

 

 Weathering the Recession

                                                                 

Worried about how you’ll weather this recession? Check out these resources to help beat the recession blues.

 

A Recession Education: Lessons Learned From a Challenging Economy 

Recessionary Value Proposition: Durable Quality                                                                   

Most Companies are Reallocating their Planned Marketing Spend-But How? 

Cost-Cutting, Revenue-Building Checklists ’09 

Tough Times Increase Pressure to Meet the Marketing Effectiveness Imperative 

The Seven Surmountable Hurdles to Marketing Effectiveness 

Q&A: The Effect of the Economic Crisis on Higher Education 

Predict to Prevail: Forecasting and Planning Service Demand in Challenging Times

The New Normal 

Marketing Under Uncertainty: The Logic of an Effectual Approach 

Maximum Help from Limited Resources 

6 Recession-Proof Pointers

Financial Services Crisis and Its Effect on the ME&I Industry

Career Development 

                                                                        

Is your career in a rut?  Learn how you can rev up your career with these professional development resources.

 

CMO Survey Reveals Jump in Optimism and Social Media Spending 

CMO Survey Results

Leaders in the Crisis

Gender Bender: Is There a Superior Marketing Sex?

Marketing--Function or Profession?

CMO Journal

Lay the Foundation for CMO Success

Wanted: Chief Meaning Officer

Your Righteous Resume

Puking Pink Slips? Jumpstart Your Personal Brand Today 

Measure Up

When Job Seekers Invade Facebook 

CMO Role Model Reveals What Works 

Special Report: Aquent/AMA Insight Series

Personal Brand Building: A Key to Achieving Career Success 

 

 Interactive Marketing

                                        

Are you ready for Web 3.0?  Stay up-to-date on the latest in social media marketing with these resources.

 

Money Talks: Social Media-Savvy Companies Ratchet Up Revenue

Brand Building in Social Media Still Needs Work

Learn Lingo for Today with New Urban Dictionary

Marketers Must Prepare for Shift to Customer Engagement Agency Model

Don't Screw Up Your Mobile Marketing Opportunity

Effects of Cultural Value in WOM Communications

Effects of WOM vs. Traditional Marketing

Josh Bernoff on Social Media

Today's SocialSphere

Blog Byest from Around the Blogosphere

Provider Unveils Unified Social Business Software Platform 

Update Your Virtual Mullet 

Businesses Take Advantage of Crowdsourcing 

Corporate CMOs Believe Companies `Behind the Curve’ on Digital Marketing 

Marketing News’ Digital Handbook

Influencing the Influencers Will Guide Future of Social Media

Twitter Tactics: Leveraging the Brand Sweet Spot in Tweets                                                                                              

 New from our Content Partners

 

Check out the latest features from our Content Partners  

 

 

                                                                

Aberdeen Research:  When Less is More ; SMBs Improve Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting with Technology

Aquent IT: AMA Marketing & Technology Interview Series: Lagasse Inc.

Blackbaud: 2008 State of the Nonprofit Industry;  The Surge of “Software as a Service” and OnDemand Technologies 

Copernicus: Look for the 5 Signs You Have a Good Buyer Target

HSMAI:  Hotel Online Marketing - Thoughts on 2009 ; 10 Trends Shaping the Future of Hospitality; Reaching Out to Business Travelers 

IEG:  Measuring High Performance Sponsorship Programs;  Reframing the Healthcare Industry's Marketing Relationships

InsideCRMCRM, Customization and the Cloud 5 Ways That Integrators Can Help Your Company Embrace CRM ;

Maritz Research: Health and Wellness Incentives; Driving Sales Force Effectiveness

MarketingNPV: When Marketing Drags Down Earnings

McKinsey Quarterly:   Where Innovation Creates Value ; Market Rebels and Radical Innovation; Maintaining the Customer Experience;  

Platt Retail Institute:  The New Economic Environment:  2009: The Year of Metrics for DOOH Advertising;

Prophet: From Silos to Synergy; Achieving Accountable Marketing

Target Group:   Juggling Stats? ; Use Metrics to Strengthen Your E-mail Campaigns  ; Your Data Holds the Key; Trends to Watch in 2009: Clear Mailing Ahead

QRCA: Emotions Vs. Emotional End Benefits                                                                                                                   

Latest in Marketing Research  

                                 

From qualitative to quantitative, check out what's new in marketing research. 

 

 

2009 Honomichl Global Top 25 Report

Are Women More Loyal Customers than Men? 

Prosumers Can Offer Researchers a Creative Boost

Listen Up! Insights from Online Consumer Conversations Expand Research Role

Marketers Target Lucrative Hispanic Market with Targeted Campaigns 

Order-of-Entry Effects for Service Firms in Developing Markets

Brand Gestalt: Closing the Loop on Sociocultural Branding Research 

New Market Research: It's About Expression, Not Impressions 

Visual Data Makes Squinch Analysis Picture-Perfect

Tips for Observing Qualitative Research 

Back to the Basics: Managing Valuable Product Knowledge and Data 

 

     Brand Marketing

Need help growing your brand?  Catch up on the latest branding techniques and strategies.

 

 

 Aaker on Branding

Break It Down, Build It Up

Role of Customer Gratitude in Relationship Marketing

Brand-Specific Leadership: Turning Employees Into Brand Champions

How Brand Community Practices Create Value

Cultural Brands from Emerging Markets

LifeLock Takes a Marketing Leap on `Celebrity Apprentice’ 

The Brand Bubble 

Why Do Consumers Buy Counterfeit Luxury Brands? 

Brand Experience: What Is It? How Is It Measured? Does It Affect Loyalty? 

Once Upon a Brand: Consumers Respond to Ads that Tell a Story 

New Breakthrough Methods Needed to Tackle `Broken’ Branding 

 

NonProfit Marketing

Lessons Learned from AMA Nonprofit Conference

Cultivating Today's Youth for Tomorrow's Success

5 Email Sins to Avoid

Email Marketing--Subject Lines

Differences in Perspective and the Influence of Charitable Appeals

10 Minutes with Jay Aldous

Differences in Perspective and the Influence of Charitable Appeals

A Whole New Meaning to Online Relationships

Utilizing Web 2.0

How Does Your (Fundraising) Garden Grow? 

Pulling Out of the Nonprofit Nosedive

The State of Philanthropy: A Conversation with Acumen Fund’s CEO 

 

B-to-B Marketing

Why B-to-B Ought To Love Social Media

The Long Slog

Be Brave, B-to-B Marketers 

Customer Services 2.0

The Consumer Inside: Best Practices in B2B Loyalty 

Leveraging Web 2.0 Key to Weathering Tough Times for B2B Companies 

SMBs Improve Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting with Technology 

Driving Customer Relationship Management Performance

Supplier Traits for Better Customer Firm Innovation Performance 

Understanding the Antecedents of Collateral Learning in New Product Alliances 

 

Green Marketing

From Virtual Tote Bags to Earth-Friendly Deeds: Marketers Get Creative with 2009 Earth Day Campaigns 

Despite Gloomy Economy, Marketers’ Views Remain Bright on Sustainability

Going Green: Sustainable Practices Take Root in Hospitality 

 

Retail

Market Structure and Competition in the Retail Discount Industry

Retail Outlook:  Light at the End of the Long Tunnel

Marketing in Aisle 5

The Effectiveness of Customized Promotions in Online and Offline Stores 

State of the Market: Retail Survival Strategies for 2009 

The New Economic Environment: It’s Time for Retailers to Transform Their Stores 

4 Tips to Improve Online Sales Based on the 2008 Holiday Season 

Challenges Facing Retail Adoption of Digital Signage 

Evolving Ecommerce Best Practices in Retail 

 

 

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