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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

10 months

Would like to remind everyone that some birds are going strong. 😉

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

Tomorrow is going to be the most Mondayest Monday ever.

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Ann Handley

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5 years

I notice Impossible Whopper trending and first thought is PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE this had better not be another lame April Fool's joke. Thank the flame-broiled gods it's not + HIGH-FIVES TO @BurgerKing ! 🍔🍔🍔 {{FINALLY 👏}}

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Ann Handley

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5 years

Why are “Soft Skills” called “Soft” when they’re the Hardest to find, Hardest to do well, and Hardest to teach...? 🤔 [graphic via the excellent @larrykim ]

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3 years

There is a newsletter about podcasts and a podcast about newsletters. We have now hit Peak Content.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

I've had so many Zoom meetings this week that I'm ready to practice Virtual Distancing, too. #justme ? #ThursdayThoughts

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8 years

"Mediocre content will hurt your brand more than doing nothing at all." Preach, @JoePulizzi ! It's all in or no in. #cmworld

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6 years

So this happened. Also: SO THIS HAPPENED!!! So. Crazy. Honored. #cmworld

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6 years

Congratulations to @annhandley , inaugural winner of the CMI Hall of Fame Hero Award! #CMWorld

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Ann Handley

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8 years

"Everything that you love and you're good at... never give up. Everything else... punt." @garyvee #SMMW16

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Ann Handley

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4 years

Someone connected with me on LinkedIn and said he had “60+ years of combined tech experience from working in 10 industries.” His first job was in 2007. I don’t think that’s how years work. 🤔

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

The Four Horsemen of the Modern Apocalypse via @briansolis #bmcvegas

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@MarketingProfs

4 years

When just one time you decide to violate your rule to connect on LinkedIn only with people you've actually met... and so you accept the connection... and the next thing you get is a pitch-slap DM, dispatched within seconds from that new connection. #nope #standdown

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Sometimes, you just need to pick up the phone. I mean, I hate the phone, too. But sometimes, "quicker" email is slower. Less efficient. An endless loop of easily misinterpreted nincompoopery. Just me?

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Ann Handley

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4 years

Who else has no idea what day this is?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

3 years

This is my favorite marketing on the Internet right now.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

My favorite 7 words in the English language: "You don't need to attend this meeting."

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t need to sign your name to your texts.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

Every flippin' day I unsubscribe from 2-3 mailing lists that have added my name without my permission. It's 2019, people! Permission is not a new idea. We can do better than this.

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Ann Handley

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5 years

That thing just happened where I'm deep in work and then suddenly a video starts playing seemingly out of nowhere... and I frantically scan the 400 open tabs on my browser because WHERE ARE YOU TURN IT OFF NOW #no

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

1 year

Dear Everyone in 2023: For your consideration. Love, Ann

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Ann Handley

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4 years

I just saw a chipmunk foraging in my yard, re-emerging after winter hibernation. I watched him for a few minutes, scampering about on his Saturday morning errands: Carefree, untroubled, going wherever he pleased. It made me jealous. Jealous of a chipmunk. That’s how broken I am.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

2018 Word of the Year: Behind the Scenes [via @merriamwebster ]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

All the wrong people have self-esteem. Decided this after a ridiculous morning dealing with nincompoops.

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Ann Handley

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5 years

Dear Everyone: Please don't buy ANY paperback version of Everybody Writes. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL PAPERBACK version, even though @amazon wants you to think there it. It has for sale an inferior printing that appears on the book's Amazon page and looks legit. IT IS NOT. 😡 #dukesup

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

For me, writing is key to 3 things: communication, creation, confidence. Why: writing is how I best communicate my ideas. It also helps me generate them. And it boosts my self-confidence to express them. Is this true for you, too?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

3 years

When your client / boss says “TikTok is just for kids.”

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@SrBethanyFSP

3 years

We did this TikTok a few days ago and it has over a million views! 😱🤩

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Ann Handley

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6 years

People of the Internet! I've been silently lobbying @MerriamWebster for this for years... and it's finally happened! Today's #WordoftheDay = my FAVE.

Merriam-Webster

@MerriamWebster

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Good morning! Today's #WordOfTheDay is 'shenanigan'

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Ann Handley

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2 years

This past week has been a hibernation from productivity. From busyness. From the hive of industry. I hope you’re hibernating, too. Slow your brain. Slow your body. You deserve it.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

3 years

Someone today invited me an “asynchronous chat on email.” Isn’t that just... email? 🤔

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

I just read an article citing a company's success and its "remarkable" ability to "churn out content." No successful brand "churns out content." They produce it with care and optimize it with love.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

1 year

Announcing my new book! #everybodyprompts PS Happy April Fool’s Day to those who celebrate. 😉

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

Order takeout. Tip generously. Buy gift cards to your fave restaurants/small biz. Keep paying the people who cut your hair/clean your house/whatever service that isn’t happening now. If you can afford it, do it. This is how we need to be there for one another right now.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Friends: This year's MarketingProfs B2B Forum is in San Francisco! Join us to learn about the latest strategies & campaign tactics in ABM, live video, blockchain... all with a B2B focus! Prices go up in 6 days... (friends don't let friends pay full price!)

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

I told @brennermichael I wouldn't come watch his talk but I lied. Glad I did because I love this slide. #Forward16

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

When you realize that a meeting starting in 15 minutes is video but your hair was counting on audio only.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

The B2B Forum is HAPPENING! Lobby taking shape! I was the official coffee greeter at 5 AM this morning! #MPB2B

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Can you relate?

Kaitlyn Frank

@kait_mpls

6 years

My boss today: "Don't spend much time on it, but it needs to be awesome." Wow, never heard that one before... #marketing #storyofmylife

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

"We have a shorter attention span than a goldfish." 🐟 There isn't a day that goes by that I don't see a marketer quoting that dumb stat. Two problems: 1) It's just not true. 2) Quit blaming the goldfish! as @DrewDavisHere says!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

My keynote at #CMWorld yesterday was about the value of slowing down. Here's the money slide. Be an agile turtle!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Email newsletters are smokin' hot again -- have you heard? But there's a way to do them well. Here's @ChandraThinks on "How to Craft an Email Newsletter That Gets Marketing Results'

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

I just found out #worldintrovertday is a thing. Happy day, friends!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

This weekend we flipped the switch to ON for our new website, new products, refreshed perspective ➡️➡️➡️ Check out the why behind the new MarketingProfs here:

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

How is it still January...? Today feels like January 57, 2020.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

I love this: Purchase a bookish face mask to support bookstores affected by the pandemic. Stay safe. Read books.

📚Out of Print: Books, worn well.

@OutofPrintTees

4 years

😷 Face masks are here - preorder yours today! Styles include Bookshelf, The Pigeon, Book Nerd, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and more. Each purchase supports bookstores impacted by Covid-19. #BooksWornWell

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

50 Top Content Marketing Influencers Speaking This Week at #CMWorld 2016 [via @toprank ]

50 Top Content Marketing Influencers to Follow - 2016

Without question, the Content Marketing World conference is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to all things content. This is where I should segue

www.toprankblog.com

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

Have decided to go ahead and elect the Official Mascot of 2022. This will now be my response to all requests, responsibilities, deadlines.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

While visiting the grocery store yesterday I realized that Panic is also highly contagious. Let's be smart and take care of each other. Okay?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

B2B Sales has a rep of being less emotional than B2C Sales. But it's not true. B2B is MORE emotional. The stakes are higher: A job on the line; a reputation at risk. Engage the heart, the brain follows happily. Connection before conversion. I think about this every single day.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

Uninspired lately? Writing a bit stale? We feel you. Gain inspiration, knowledge at Marketing Writing Bootcamp!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

PREACH!!! 🙏🏻 @thesaleslion #conex

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

Don't miss our 10th B2B Forum this fall > Prices go up next soon! #mpb2b

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

Well, friends: Tomorrow is April 1. Brace yourself for a flurry of organizations who are un-fun all year trying too hard. #HeavySigh

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

Marketers: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things [All the HELL YEAH @Kippbodnar @hubspot ]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

How to Write More Powerful Emails ✍️ 💌 [my latest over at @emmaemail ]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

"Lady ____[occupation]____." Just stop.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

It always astounds me how some companies spend tons on ads/marketing all while its employees ooze malcontent. That's just broken.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

I like how the little heart under a tweet explodes with joy when you Favorite it. That's how I interpret it, anyway. It's the little things.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

I've been publishing email newsletters for 25 years--first at @ClickZ + now @marketingprofs + most recently my personal newsletter @annhandley . Here are 11 things I've learned from 25 years of email newsletters...

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

“Your screen time is up 1 billion % from last week” phone notifications should add a HOORAY or 👏🏻 or 👌🏻or 🎉 because we’re FaceTiming + texting + checking in on everyone + working + flattening curves + just trying our best over here #welldoneyou #morescreens #NoJudgement

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

@BurgerKing Truth. (Not that it stops other brands.) THANK YOU FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE WHOPPER ❤️🍔

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

3 years

Happy 91st birthday to the late, great Shel Silverstein! More relevant now than ever.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

Hilarious setup from @AndrewAndPete ! Something is better than nothing unless it’s nothing then... well, read the rest. 😂 #SMMW19

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

The 'Less Is More' Content Strategy via @BuzzSumo @steverayson [ironically, fewer posts are often more work!]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Friends! Registration is now OPEN for the MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2018! And BIG NEWS: it's in San Francisco! Join us!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

Is today Monday?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

In other news, I’d like it to be known that I have 90+ years parenting experience over 2 species (children both 2- and 4-legged). 😂

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

DOUBLE-OPT-OUT SHOULD NOT BE A THING. Can't we all agree on that, at least?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

@MissTHR LOL!!!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

It's funny how we marketers refer to "millennials" like they are an entirely different species. Like hippopotami. Or wolves.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

PREACH @lindaboff ! #cmworld

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

Vacation re-entry is *rough*. I've been back for vacation for 3 days. And no matter how much joy or satisfaction or (in these times) flat-out gratitude you feel toward your job, turning off the Out Of Office is brutal. Just me? #keepingitreal

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

5 years

Today is the day in 2010 that @JoePulizzi & I met IRL for the First. Time. Ever. 💥💥💥 (This was before I wore suits. But Joe was already repping the orange.👌🏻)

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

The Call for Speakers for our B2B Marketing Forum is now open!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

RIP, Our Dear Friend SlideShare. It Was Good While It Lasted... [via @msweezey ]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

Just had a fun, productive planning sesh with @leeodden about our webinar Tuesday. Here's the title slide. Join us!

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

You know what's awesome? When you proof your email newsletter 42 times. Then hit SEND. Then notice that stupid-obvious typo in the SL #retaurant #facepalm 😵

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

The US is now buying more yoga pants than blue jeans via @qz

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

5 Hacks From #CMWorld For Your Content Marketing to Strike Back [via @everstring

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

How to get Tom Hanks to say yes to your podcast. (Or me, actually.) (h/t @azeckman @DougJasinski )

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

How to Measure LinkedIn Organic Activity

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

How Deadpool 2’s Elaborate Campaign Transformed the Anti-Hero Into the Anti-Marketer [Lesson for non-entertainment brands: HAVE a personality & leverage it -- don't just market your products. And quit taking yourself so seriously.] @Adweek

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

Great story about @Patagonia 's mission, marketing: [ @camclark writing @thedrum ]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

This GIF is EVERYTHING! @MissTHR

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

3 years

This fills me with enormous joy: The word “vaxications” — vacations people plan to book after the pandemic — appeared for the first time in @nytimes yesterday, according to @NYT_first_said .

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

"Everyone should blog every day, even if no one reads it." - Seth Godin #DSDAL

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Happy Mean Girls Day from both of us! #MeanGirlsDay #CMWorld

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Someone at Amazon must be a Roald Dahl fan, because today's announced short list of #AmazonHQ2 has a Golden Ticket feel. "The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last." --Willy Wonka

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

Is this a mistake or is this actually the perfect template for a cold sales outreach in 2022?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

9 years

"Strategy is a decision to take a path." @halvorson #CMWorld

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

Our B2B Marketing Forum is BRAND NEW for '17! It's still the early bird til Friday: Use code ANNLOVESME to save MOAR

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

1 year

Today is the most Mondayest Tuesday ever.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

2 years

I have a plumber here installing a new toilet. Every little while he calls me into the bathroom to show me some aspect of New Toilet -- a new flange, updated tank technology (?). TBH I'm not that interested but he's genuinely excited about his work and how can you not love that?

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

I'm really glad someone grabbed a photo of my opening slide this morning. (Thanks @bakkene !) #contentnorge

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

6 years

Marketers: What do we think? Is it time? "It’s time to stop spending billions on cheap conference swag" >

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

8 years

This 9-Year Old’s Amazing Business Plan Will Inspire You! via @larrykim [love this!]

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

4 years

What if -- when a subscriber tries to unsubscribe -- you instead challenged them to a duel...? 😂 [So funny, via @nealagarwal ]

Neal Agarwal

@nealagarwal

4 years

Pro Tip: Duels are a fair way to keep subscribers

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

7 years

I've been in Portland, Oregon, exactly 1 hour and I've already eaten pizza, a chocolate mint croissant, and ice cream. I love it here.

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Ann Handley

@MarketingProfs

1 year

Once I was driving a full pot of stew to an ailing relative. I was accelerating, decelerating, taking turns very carefully & slowly because I didn't want to spill the stew. Now every time I'm on the road stuck behind a vehicle driving maddeningly slowly... I think, "Well, maybe…

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@MarketingProfs

2 years

Dear @nytimes : I demand a refund. 😠🤦🏻‍♀️ #wordle 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩

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"Bad eggs make terrible omelets" > 4 research sources to avoid in your writing via @WeAreArticulate

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