54 days ago by Erika Andersen

Just read a great article [1] by Dave Balter, a serial entrepreneur, talking about humility. I loved it because it rang so true: Dave came to understand the importance of humility for leaders after almost destroying his own company through arrogance. There's a happy ending - Dave recently sold his c ...

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145 days ago by Brian Cavoli

This is a cross-post of an article Dave Balter wrote here for Forbes. For more discussions and thoughts on the importance of humility in business leaders, check out HumilityImperative.com . This article is by Dave Balter, the founder and chief executive of the Boston-based social marketing company B ...

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149 days ago by Brian Cavoli

This is a cross-post of an article Dave Balter wrote here for CNBC.com. For more discussions and thoughts on the importance of humility in business leaders, check out HumilityImperative.com. We’re living in an era where many leaders are put on a pedestal. CEOs are conveyed as all-powerful celebritie ...

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167 days ago by dealsbennett

FutureM was conceived as a way to bring together many thought leaders and practitioners from the “new world of marketing.” There is a great deal of “new” marketing going on right here in Boston. This is not your 30-second tv spot crowd…rather those driving innovation in social media, inbound, mobile ...

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173 days ago by dealsbennett

Dictionary.com defines “Humility” as: “ The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.” Humility is a very important aspect of leadership especially when you are leading an organization that is in the business of innovation. There is no prede ...

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226 days ago by Dave Balter

This is a cross post of an article appearing here on the Better Business Banter blog. I recently spoke with Dave Balter, serial entrepreneur, CEO of BzzAgent, and radical agent of change in loyalty marketing. We focused on the characteristics of loyalty based marketing, the Net Promoter Score, and h ...

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264 days ago by Danielle Cormier

Boston social marketing company BzzAgent is being acquired by the world’s third-biggest retail chain, Tesco. The London based subsidiary of Tesco, Dunnhumby, is reported to be buying BzzAgent for $60 million. BzzAgent is an agency that provides free products to a network of “agents” who in return sp ...

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