What are the best ways to build an awesome, effective, industry-leading economic development marketing team? If you’ve already constructed your dream team, props to you, because putting together a team who embodies such a crucial role within an organization is no easy feat.

We’ve learned a lot along the way, working to forge an innovative and forward-thinking group of marketers. Our colleagues at Kiss Metrics put together a list of six lessons, and a few of those hit close to home for us, which we’ve detailed and put our own spin on below.