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Rackspace’s Gerardo A. Dada Discusses Premium Positioning

Rackspace’s Gerardo A. Dada Discusses Premium Positioning

By Rene Falcon, Student Member, Austin AMA The February luncheon, hosted by the Austin AMA Power Luncheon Series, was a great and informative success. Our guest speaker, Gerardo A. Dada, who is head of product marketing at Rackspace Hosting spoke about the importance of striving for the “premium position” in you market. Mr. Dada discussed [...]

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AMA Volunteers Gather at Mid-Year Retreat

AMA Volunteers Gather at Mid-Year Retreat

In January, Austin AMA joined marketing association chapters from across the state (and even few beyond Texas) at a mid-year retreat in Dallas.

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Exclusive Interview with Leo Olebe – Director of Marketing for Bioware

Exclusive Interview with Leo Olebe – Director of Marketing for Bioware

Leo Olebe, Director of Marketing for BioWare, and our featured speaker for the November AMA Power Luncheon, shares his thoughts on marketing the Star Wars game “Star Wars: The Old Republic,” loving his job, his marketing philosophy, and career advice for aspiring marketers.

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My Marketing Automation Love Story

My Marketing Automation Love Story

The tangible difference that marketing automation software made in my marketing theory, practices and ultimately career, left me with a desire to tell others about the impact it makes on sales, marketing and the bottom line.

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Testimonial Sluts and the Erosion of Trust

Testimonial Sluts and the Erosion of Trust

By Dr. Liz Alexander

What do you make of this? A LinkedIn group member recently posted a comment saying that she’d been severely reprimanded by a friend for writing a three-star Amazon book review.

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Member Spotlight: Cress Terrell , Marketing Specialist in San Antonio for Google Places – AMA member since 2009

Member Spotlight: Cress Terrell , Marketing Specialist in San Antonio for Google Places – AMA member since 2009

I am part of a team that helps San Antonio businesses appear correctly on Google Maps, and help them claim their places listing. After they have claimed their listing, I show them how to use the Custom Analytics Dashboard to grow their business.

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How Dell Uses Social Media: Authentic Communications And The Bottom Line

How Dell Uses Social Media: Authentic Communications And The Bottom Line

Check out this exclusive video interview with Allison Deew, Dell’s Executive Director for Social Media, Community and Insights, granted to the Austin AMA. Thanks to Nelson Frlores at ProductionFor for making this video possible.

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Member spotlight: Barbara Springer

Member spotlight: Barbara Springer

I am involved in assisting companies in Mexico expand globally. The International Business Development program was started and is operated by the Ministry of Economy in Mexico.

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What CEOs and Clients Want from Marketing

What CEOs and Clients Want from Marketing

There only two things our clients want: to keep their bosses and clients happy. As marketers, everything we do should illustrate our company’s ability to do these two things.

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Why Social Media is NOT for all Businesses

Why Social Media is NOT for all Businesses

“My clients sell things like two-sided polypropylene film, stainless steel coils and ridge ventilation solutions. Know anyone on Facebook looking for this stuff? Probably not.”

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