Strategic Insights for Professional Marketers

Webinars & Videos

Keys for Successful Digital Leadership

How can your marketing team and organization thrive through ever-accelerating change? Author and Senior Lecturer Jonathan Copulsky shares research-backed insights on building a digitally mature team that can repeatedly pivot as the business landscape evolves.

Data-Inspired Creativity: How to Use Data as More Than Information

See how to unlock the creative power of data to drive marketing and strategies and campaigns. Dyani Marvel, a marketing executive who teaches the Strategic Creativity course, shares tips and an inspirational case study in this short IMC Professional Expert Session video.

Blogs

How Roy Wollen Uses Data Analytics to Solve Customers' Problems

December 15, 2022 07:28 AM
Roy Wollen, marketing expert and instructor in Medill’s IMC Professional Program, knows that successful marketing begins with using data to understand the client’s needs and uses data-derived insights to drive action. Learn more here about the thoughts he shared in a workshop for the Chicago chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA).

Essential Digital Marketing Skills

September 14, 2022 02:32 PM
We hear and see these phrases frequently, but what exactly is digital marketing and what are digital marketing skills?

Customer-Centric Marketing and Digital Intimacy

September 12, 2022 01:23 PM
As technology advances in a mobile-first environment, customers have access to a seemingly unending supply of products, services, information and ads. End-users on any channel encounter constant marketing efforts that may or may not be relevant for them.

How Marketing Technology Can Transform Your Business

August 18, 2022 10:38 AM
In today’s industries, marketing technology (or MarTech) is no longer suggested, it’s expected. Whether it’s an email to confirm a payment, or an ad for a wedding dress after you’ve googled “engagement rings,” organizations of all kinds are deploying new and unique ways to reach potential customers.

What Is Brand Trust? Why It’s Your Most Valuable Asset

September 29, 2025 11:29 AM
Understand the concept of brand trust, its importance for growth, and effective methods to gain and maintain your audience’s confidence.

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