Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Few would argue about the power and value of educational content – whether a blog, an e-newsletter, a white paper, or a how-to video. Let’s look at eight brands that give their audience opportunities to get an education in unique and entertaining ways. Creating educational #content can differentiate your brand, says @johnoxford1.

Education 111

Education Marketing Strategy Branding Energy 111

Litmus

APRIL 17, 2020

It’s harder than ever to win over new customers, so now is the perfect time to focus on keeping the ones you already have. Email marketers, let’s make customer retention your number one priority. Even during less challenging times, it can cost up to 16x more to acquire a new customer than retain a current one.

Email Marketing 123

Email Marketing Customer Marketers Marketing 123

Litmus

OCTOBER 16, 2024

” Both strategies are valuable, but for building lasting customer relationships, customer lifecycle marketing is your go-to playbook. It’s the difference between sending generic emails and creating personalized content that boosts your email marketing ROI. What is audience segmentation?

Health 96

Health Customer Journey User-Generated Marketers 96

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

Are you worried prospects will think your email marketing is spammy? Email marketing has gotten a bad rap. Like other innovative technologies that marketers have gotten hold of over the years, it’s become the object of much derision. Gary Vaynerchuk famously talks about how “marketers ruin everything.”

Email Marketing 109

Email Marketing Whitepaper Customer Acquisition B2C 109

Hubspot Marketing

MARCH 3, 2025

When I worked in-house at a SaaS company, marketing felt like an endless challenge. We covered all the basics: paid campaigns, blog content, and email marketing. We didnt fully understand how customers found and engaged with our product. Effective SaaS marketing goes beyond generating leads. Something was off.

Customer Acquisition 58

Customer Acquisition User-Generated Customer loyalty Marketers 58

Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Brands earn $38 for every $1 they invest in email marketing programs, according to Email Marketing ROI: The Factors That Lead to Better Returns, a research report published by Litmus. In other words, brands generate a 3,800% ROI on email marketing. Email opt-in (permission marketing).

Email Marketing 108

Email Marketing Shipping Real Estate B2C 108

Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2024

From the moment I started my company, Motif Skincare , I knew I was entering a crowded market with high customer acquisition costs. It would be challenging to compete with influencers and larger brands when it comes to fueling new customer discovery.

Email Marketing 129

Email Marketing Customer Acquisition PR Health 129

Neil Patel

MAY 30, 2025

B2B buyers increasingly expect to engage with suppliers across marketing channels, leading to an average of 10 types of interactions across the buyer’s journey. Content Marketing to Generate Leads Blog posts are a key part of content marketing for manufacturers. Which channels or campaigns perform best?

Manufacturing 70

Manufacturing B2C Thought Leadership Marketers 70

Power Digital Marketing

JUNE 3, 2025

Align sales and marketing teams to nurture key decision-makers within target companies. Use Email Marketing and Marketing Automation for Nurturing Set up automated email sequences with personalized content to nurture leads over time.

Key Performance Indicator 52

Key Performance Indicator Outbound Marketing Whitepaper Thought Leadership 52

Buffer Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2024

From the moment I started my company, Motif Skincare , I knew I was entering a crowded market with high customer acquisition costs. It would be challenging to compete with influencers and larger brands when it comes to fueling new customer discovery.

Email Marketing 103

Email Marketing Customer Acquisition PR Health 103

Vertical Response

JUNE 4, 2025

To combat marketing amnesia, brands should enhance customer engagement through personalized communication, consistent branding, and monitoring customer feedback. Utilizing email marketing and social media effectively can reinforce brand identity, maintain customer interest, and ultimately prevent marketing amnesia.

Branding 59

Branding Customer Customer loyalty Email Marketing 59

Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

Demand generation programs can help your organization reach new markets, promote new product features, build consumer buzz, generate PR, and re-engage existing customers. Essentially, demand generation is a long-term, education-focused marketing strategy that prioritizes reaching and engaging “out of market” buyers.

Inbound Marketing 132

Inbound Marketing Whitepaper Real Estate Non-Profit 132

Martech

APRIL 15, 2022

In B2C marketing, companies sell directly to the end customers. B2C marketing has a more transactional aspect with a higher volume but a generally lower price per sale. B2B marketing often relies on educational content to communicate with business clients. Email marketing. Content marketing.

B2C 125

B2C Marketing Automation Platform Gen Z Whitepaper 125

Neil Patel

MAY 18, 2021

CRO programs are essential to growth because they improve customer experience, conversions, and sales. Conversion rate optimizations can even lower your customer acquisition cost by improving conversion rates with visitors already on your site. It’s not about quick wins, but rather ongoing testing, optimization, and education.

Education 138

Education Customer Acquisition Copywriting Shoppers 138

Scoop.it!

AUGUST 16, 2022

You need to have the right thought process and create emails with engaging content and attractive offers that stand out. An email newsletter is the perfect scaffold that allows you to send educational content and keep the subscribers hooked. Iterations are the key to make your email marketing strategy more effective.

User-Generated 105

User-Generated Thought Leadership Customer Acquisition Email Marketing 105

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Gary uses an example of his days as a pioneer email marketer in the 1990s, when he was getting open rates greater than 90% — a pipe dream in today’s marketing environment. Continually focus on making a lasting connection with customers. Educate leaders in your organization. Pay attention to emerging technologies.

Content Marketing 141

Content Marketing Marketers Marketing Customer Acquisition 141

Scoop.it!

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Do you know why they call customer acquisition a journey? Because it is an actual journey, traversing the lead stage to the paying customer stage. . You have audiences distributed across every stage of this customer journey, represented by a marketing funnel. Instead, it should educate, entertain, or inform.

Entertainment 105

Entertainment Customer Journey Education Customer Acquisition 105

Use Insider

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Email marketing 101 What is email marketing? Email marketi ng is a digital marketing strategy that sends targeted emails to a specific audience. Even in 2024, it remains one of the most effective and direct ways to communicate with your customers. What are the benefits of email marketing?

Email Marketing 52

Email Marketing Customer loyalty Marketers Marketing 52

Search Engine Land

MAY 15, 2023

After working on numerous audits, I found that most of them struggle with SEO issues that impact their customer acquisition costs and diminish revenues. Education / Exploratory – Main Website Pages 4. SEO cannot play alone in the game of marketing and business. Demand Capture – Paid Search / Affiliates 2.

SEO 111

SEO Customer Acquisition User-Generated Customer Journey 111

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 1, 2016

Niche forums are much more akin to customer surveys, but on a larger scale. Utilizing both sets of forums in tandem will yield the most effective data to implement change in your customer acquisition strategies. Niche forums are much more akin to customer surveys, but on a larger scale.

Thought Leadership 94

Thought Leadership Customer Acquisition Real Estate Transform 94

Lusha

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Examples Blogging, SEO, social media, email marketing, webinars Cold calling, email blasts, trade shows, TV ads Inbound lead generation is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s about building relationships, attracting customers who are already looking for what you offer, and becoming a trusted resource.

CRM 52

CRM Whitepaper eBook User-Generated 52

Rock Content

APRIL 27, 2020

To help you optimize your brand results, we have created this Marketing Automation guide. We’ll cover: What is Marketing Automation? What are the differences between Marketing Automation, email marketing, and CRM tools? How to build a successful Marketing Automation strategy? Conversion Rate.

CRM 82

CRM Customer Acquisition User-Generated Marketers 82

Businesses Grow

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

They are located in Seattle and have a monthly marketing budget of $1,000 The response: Start a blog on the company website to share tips and stories from other electric bicycle riders. This will create a sense of community and give customers a chance to learn more about the product and how to use it. Create a social media presence.

Customer Acquisition 145

Customer Acquisition User-Generated Marketers Marketing 145

Sprout Social

MAY 24, 2022

As consumers turn to social media for everything from education to entertainment and more, the channel’s role in a successful integrated marketing strategy expands. Email marketing campaigns. Customer acquisition cost. The balance shifts again. Now, social strategies apply to more than just owned media.

Key Performance Indicator 121

Key Performance Indicator Transform Communications Customer Acquisition 121

Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2024

There are too many marketing roles and functions to provide a single definition applicable to everyone in this field. Before we dive into the various positions you can find within a marketing department, let’s discuss tools and education necessary to become a marketer. Some internships can lead to full-time jobs, too.

Copywriting 126

Copywriting CMO PR Social Media Marketing 126

Martech

JANUARY 30, 2022

What would having a single view of your customers do for you? For example, do you want to reduce churn by targeting customers with more relevant offers? Or increase the profitability of customer acquisition efforts by creating more accurate lookalike audiences? What systems would we integrate through the CDP?

Customer 98

Customer Key Performance Indicator Transform Customer Acquisition 98

Martech

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Target customers. B2B and B2C upper mid-market and enterprise marketing teams, supporting retailers, banks, insurance, e-commerce, education, travel, hospitality, media, manufacturing and entertainment. Some key customers are Cuisinart, Harlequin, PayPal, Republic Services, USO and Wiley. Product overview.

Marketing Automation Platform 121

Marketing Automation Platform CRM Manufacturing B2C 121

Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2023

Why social video conversion rate matters Social media conversion rates help demonstrate the return of investment (ROI) of social media by connecting your team’s efforts to larger business initiatives like purchases, product launches, partnerships and customer acquisition. Use your data and analytics as your north star.

Customer Acquisition 98

Customer Acquisition Analytics Education Entertainment 98

Martech

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Ways to leverage data to deliver something meaningful back to customers. This article will look at the first part of the customer journey: acquiring and educating new customers. Defining the acquisition stage The acquisition stage marks the beginning of the customer journey.

Customer 87

Customer Customer Journey Customer Acquisition Advertisers 87

Vertical Response

JUNE 23, 2024

Understanding the Concept of Target Audience A target audience is a specific group characterized by behavior and specific demographics, which is narrower than the target market representing the general consumer base a company aims to sell to. Here are some key steps to follow: Start with enticing offers to engage customers.

Gen Z 98

Gen Z Customer Acquisition Market Research Analytics 98

Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The campaign was an overwhelming success, leading to a significant increase in sales, social engagement and reach, brand awareness and new customer acquisition. A post shared by PANTEE® (@pantee). The results. The campaign organically increased web traffic by 122% month-over-month in November 2021 without any supported paid spend.

Branding 109

Branding Fashion Retail Customer Acquisition 109

CXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal. Common examples include: Average order value; Sales conversion rate; Cart abandonment rate; Customer acquisition cost; Customer lifetime value; Bounce rate; Click-through rates; Pop-up engagement rates; ROI (return on investment; Average inventory sold per day.

eCommerce 107

eCommerce Marketing Strategy Retail Marketers 107

Hubspot Marketing

MARCH 21, 2024

Our yearly business recap shows the construction industry saw decreases in customer acquisition metrics. Despite these challenges, now is the best time to double down on your construction company's marketing efforts. Educate your audience. Leverage email marketing. Establish authority. Build trust.

Marketers 126

Marketers Marketing User-Generated Promotion 126

Litmus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Focuses on long-term customer value, not just quick conversions. Lifecycle email marketing Lifecycle email marketing focuses on how email can support customers at each stage of their journey. Key differences: Uses email as the main communication channel. We just need to make that mindset shift.”

Management 82

Management Marketers Marketing CRM 82

Businesses Grow

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Mark Schaefer is the executive director of Schaefer Marketing Solutions. He is the author of some of the world’s bestselling digital marketing books and is an acclaimed keynote speaker , college educator, and business consultant. The Marketing Companion podcast is among the top business podcasts in the world.

Pharmaceutical 137

Pharmaceutical Shipping Branding Education 137

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

the first 4 search results define marketing as something that “persuades,” “promotes,” and “convinces” people to do something. As I’ve explained so many times, Marketing is about understanding the needs of an audience, and helping them to become educated about the best way to solve that problem. They are wrong!

Marketing Strategy 107

Marketing Strategy Marketers Marketing PR 107

Sachs Marketing Group

JULY 11, 2023

These could include search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertising (PPC), email marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, and more. A B2C e-commerce brand, meanwhile, might invest heavily in Instagram and Facebook ads, PPC ads for immediate visibility, and email marketing for customer retention.

Digital Marketing 75

Digital Marketing Marketing Strategy Whitepaper Marketers 75