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Why we mothballed the Learning Technologies exit poll

Posted on May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 by Ken Ross

The Learning Technologies exit poll quickly became one of our most popular campaigns, so why did we can it? We’ve had lots of people asking where the Learning Technologies Exit Poll is again this year. For twelve years (until the 2022 show), we questioned LT’s visitors as they left the building, crunched all the numbers […]

How to support L&D output with marketing that doesn’t stink

Posted on July 9, 2015January 11, 2019 by Ken Ross

The L&D industry’s best eLearning courses and resources are supported by some of the lamest marketing strategies we’ve ever seen. OK, so we’re a B2B marketing agency and our work is focused on marketing deliverables that bring new sales opportunities into the pipeline. We don’t usually get involved in the marketing activities that help L&D […]

Not everyone likes our top 100 best L&D companies chart

Posted on October 20, 2013January 7, 2019 by Ken Ross

Since going live with the Top 100 best L&D companies chart, we’ve had flame mail from hard working marketing folks across the L&D industry. They’re keen to criticize because their company has not made the hotlist. Other calls come in from businesses ranked at the lower end of the chart who think they should be higher […]

Top 20 most influential tweeters in learning technology

Posted on March 9, 2012January 11, 2019 by Ken Ross

The all-new, updated and revised edition of our most influential tweeters in learning technology chart is out now. It’s the only chart in the business that actually asks real marketing people in learning technology to vote for the tweeters they really like to follow, so we don’t think we’re exaggerating too much when we say […]

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