It’s Time for Standards in Marketing Content

by | Mar 15, 2016

There are standard’s bodies for technical content. But there’s no real equivalent in marketing yet. Until they exist, there ARE things you can do to take advantage of standardization in marketing. Val has some ideas in her video – it’s short, so take a look.

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