Thought leadership is a way of marketing by articulating your views on the issues that are important to your audiences. It presents an opportunity to show clients, prospects and the business community at large that you have the knowledge and insights to solve their most pressing problems. Your vehicle can take the form of a speech, a bylined article, analysis of a survey’s findings or numerous other modes of communication.

Thought leadership might encompass your proprietary view on a specific issue, cutting-edge thinking on tomorrow’s challenges, or more general insights into an industry’s problems or outlook, but your response must be grounded in your intellectual capital and speak specifically to your audience’s concerns.

Whether you are discussing critical economic issues or your solution to a specific short-term problem, your response should cut right to the heart of the matter. You must have a point of view and be able to back it up with facts and figures.

Yes, you can have a personal agenda, but making a sale should not be central to it. The use of issues-based marketing is a subtle means to that end.

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