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Author: Patrick Groover This spooky Halloween tale is not for the faint of heart (in terms of marketing disasters, that is). Legend has it that this is based on a true story… One mid-October day as the wind-blown leaves of Autumn collected along the sidewalks of the metropolis, marketers from Amazing Brand were heading to work early to get ready to launch their annual Halloween-a-thon campaign.
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Author: Amy Guarino The transition from graduating college to working full-time is not an easy one. Your time is no longer your own to manage. You have to get used to going to bed early and waking up early. You have to learn a lot about business and working with people of all different ages. Welcome to adulthood! As a mother of two sons who are in the early stages of their careers, I’ve seen this firsthand and wanted to pass along some of my learnings.
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Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective
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