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Why Strategic Thinking Is So Hard for Digital Marketers
March 5, 2019
Why Strategic Thinking Is So Hard for Digital Marketers

Digital marketing teams deliver important messages that lead to action and drive business growth. Here are five ways to grow your strategic thinking as a digital…

How Many Meetings a Day Is Too Many?
March 4, 2019
How Many Meetings a Day Is Too Many?

I once watched someone fall asleep in a meeting. It was early in my career and I was sitting in a quarterly business review. The organizer had scheduled one hour — but…

Just Launched! — Keep Features in Sync as They Move Across Projects in Jira or Rally
February 27, 2019
Just Launched! — Keep Features in Sync as They Move Across Projects in Jira or Rally

Thousands of product teams rely on our integrations with Jira and Rally to build product and track engineering progress. We just created a better way to keep records in…

The Founder’s Paradox: How Do You Throw Credit When the Big Idea Was Yours?
February 26, 2019
The Founder’s Paradox: How Do You Throw Credit When the Big Idea Was Yours?

Few actions spark real disgust at work. But I can think of one that never fails to cause a personal fury. It is when someone takes another person’s idea and presents it…

Hey Marketing: Watch Out, Here Comes the Sales Storm
February 25, 2019
Hey Marketing: Watch Out, Here Comes the Sales Storm

Do you hear that rumbling sound? There is a storm coming — a big one. The air is growing thick and the thunder clatter is getting louder. The boom is echoing across your…

Positioning vs. Messaging
February 21, 2019
Positioning vs. Messaging

How do you tell an original story? There is usually a real-life event behind every fantastical tale. If you work in marketing, you know that for your work to ring true it…

Just Launched! — Introducing the Aha! Collaborative Text Editor
February 20, 2019
Just Launched! — Introducing the Aha! Collaborative Text Editor

The most common input in Aha! is text. Think about it — you use the text editor constantly. From capturing notes to adding descriptions for upcoming work, you spend a lot…

How to Write a Creative Brief
February 19, 2019
How to Write a Creative Brief

A creative brief is meant to keep the team on-brand, on-message, and on-track. Discover nine things to include in your creative brief.

My Name Is Mark Crowe — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
February 15, 2019
My Name Is Mark Crowe — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

I grew up in paradise on the island of Maui. I was surrounded by natural wonders and many different cultures. But early on, I realized how important it would be to get…

What every remote worker should do within the first 30 days
February 14, 2019
What every remote worker should do within the first 30 days

Your first day on a remote team. We wrote about this topic a couple of years ago and I recently started rethinking why we focused on just one day. Not because the advice…