Tue.Nov 19, 2024

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Conducting B2B Market Research the Right Way — Here‘s Everything I’ve Learned

Hubspot Marketing

Few things bring me joy like diving into a Wikipedia rabbit hole for a few hours. I relish the chance to research topics and ideas and discover the unexpected ways they connect. And while I may relax that way in my personal life, I also use those skills in business, where I conduct B2B market research to build marketing strategies and plans. Understanding businesses as buyers is its own kind of rabbit hole.

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5 ways to integrate LinkedIn with your CRM for better sales-marketing collaboration

Martech

Linking your CRM with LinkedIn is a powerful way for sales and marketing teams to get more out of both platforms. The reason businesses turn to marketing technology in the first place is because it helps you do things like reach the right people faster, centralize information and automate key processes. When your CRM (in this case we’re using HubSpot as the CRM platform) and LinkedIn are working together, you’ll achieve those outcomes.

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How to hire an influencer: A guide for successful partnerships

Sprout Social

As brands continue to rely on multiple social media accounts to reach audiences and grow, influencers have become a fundamental part of successful digital strategies. It’s not hard to see why— Influencer marketing can increase your brand’s reach, engagement and overall credibility. But that’s only if marketers understand how to hire an influencer in the first place.

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2025: The year for “hype” normalization

SmartBrief - Marketing

Looking ahead, 2025 will be a year of “hype” normalization. While several new technology trends have taken off over the last two years — generative AI, social commerce and retail media, to name a few — what lies ahead for business leaders is the need to right-size excitement around these areas versus actual impact. In the Gartner Hype Cycle , when a new technology emerges, there is often a wave of excitement about its potential that Gartner labels the “Peak of Inflated Expectations.

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A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse

Unlock the Power of Historical Data A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse Today’s association leaders need more than real-time snapshots—they need the full story. MemberSuite: A Data Revolution reveals how a native data warehouse transforms your AMS into a strategic decision-making engine. In this free eBook, you’ll discover: The difference between a database and a data warehouse—and why it matters How to gain historical visibility into membership, engagement, events,

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AI Insights: Uncovering Customer Value

Social Media Examiner

Do you know what people really think about your business? Wondering how AI can help you determine your real value so you can stand out in a noisy marketplace? In this article, you'll discover how AI can help you make data-driven marketing decisions that resonate with your audience. From Banking to AI Strategy: Liza Adams' […] The post AI Insights: Uncovering Customer Value appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

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The B2B Buying Process: Dream vs Reality

The LeadG2 Blog

In this episode of The B2B Sales & Marketing Hotline, Maryanne and Emily dive into the complexities of the B2B buying process, exploring the gap between the ideal scenario and the reality. While many envision a seamless journey from lead generation to closing a sale, the truth involves multiple touchpoints and extended timelines. Together, they break down: How businesses often overlook the importance of nurturing leads through various stages, emphasizing the need for tailored strategies.

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What is Webinar Marketing, and Why Does It Matter?

Aspiration Marketing

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, webinars have emerged as a potent tool for businesses to reach, engage, and convert their target audience. 91% of B2B marketers leverage webinars as content strategy, underscoring their effectiveness in driving results. So, what exactly is webinar marketing?

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Why SEO and Web Design Must Work Together for Success

Marketing Insider Group

Creating a website that is not only visually appealing but also optimized for search engines is huge for reaching new audiences. SEO-friendly website design brings together visual appeal and search engine function, helping you rank well while delivering an excellent user experience. Web design and SEO are both integral to establishing a strong online presence, and each impacts the effectiveness of the other.

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What it will take to win over Holiday shoppers in 2024

illumin

The holiday shopping season is pivotal for retail advertising. This period spans from October to December, depending on who you ask. For these short few months, spending booms, and retailers garner the revenue (and profit) they need to sustain them through the next year. They bank on this rise in spending. So, with the cost of living rising continually, can retailers still count on a booming 2024 holiday season?

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DOJ seeks sale of Chrome in Google antitrust case

Martech

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing aggressive remedies in the wake of its antitrust victory against Google, including a potential forced sale of the Chrome browser, Bloomberg reports. Why we care. Chrome dominates the global browser market, and its separation from Google could dramatically reshape the tech landscape and digital advertising.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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10 Things Ops Teams Should Steal from Product Management

The Marketing Operations Leader

In this edition: 10 Things Ops Teams Should Steal from Product Management The Woes of Working in Marketing Operations POLL - What is The Biggest Data Challenge Marketers Face Today? For Paid Subscribers: The Paradox of the Job Title: Does It Really Matter? REMINDER: The Marketing Operations Virtual Event of the Quarter (MOPs Breakout) is this Wednesday!

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Setup Happy Hour - Connecting + Celebrating in 2024

Set Up

A peek into last year’s Happy Hour! In support of our vision to connect marketers with the best people and resources, we’ve hosted a Happy Hour for the Atlanta marketing community at our office for the last two years. Partners, community members, and Clients all join together to laugh, chat, and learn more about one another. At these Happy Hours we provide a “Networking Bingo” sheet to help people start conversations and guide them through networking.

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Are We Walking Backward Into the Future of Content and Marketing?

Content Marketing Institute

RIP PDFs? Peace out, PowerPoint? Bye bye, blogs? Familiar content and marketing formats are teetering on the edge of extinction. But, without the ability to predict a winning replacement, how can you evolve for the future? Try these ideas.

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Holiday 2024 Marketing Campaigns from Top Brands

Practical eCommerce - Marketing

This year's holiday marketing sees major brands mixing old-school ads with apps, social feeds, and AI-driven content. The post Holiday 2024 Marketing Campaigns from Top Brands appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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Prospect, Personalize, Profit: The New Way Sales & Marketing Teams Are Aligning with AI

Speaker: Kevin Burke, Founder & Managing Director at Digital One and AI & Automation Consultant

AI and automation are currently transforming the way sales and marketing teams operate. Generative AI crafts personalized outreach at scale, while conversational AI bots are engaging prospects in real time. Robotic process automation streamlines manual workflows by triggering tasks the moment a prospect takes a key action, and advanced AI analytics surface hidden patterns in the pipeline, improve forecasting, and help teams make data-driven decisions with confidence.

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How If Developed An In-house Agency To Ensure Success | 2020

Bannerflow

Today there are many different in-house marketing models. The most complicated and rewarding structure being that of the in-house agency. Yet, according to Bannerflow’s State of in-housing Report 2021 , only 36 percent of brands have developed a separate in-house agency.

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Brightlocal vs Birdeye: Which Online Review Management Platform Is Right for Your Business?

SocialPilot

Most customers seek online reviews of other users and treat them as personal recommendations. This means that even one negative or fake review can have an impact on your reputation. That is why you need to put your faith in a robust online review management platform. The right tool allows you to monitor customer feedback across the web, respond appropriately, generate more positive reviews, and analyze your overall online reputation.

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Bloomreach vs Klaviyo: What each platform can do & an alternative

Use Insider

Bloomreach and Klaviyo compete in some of the most important areas for many eCommerce marketers — email, SMS, and mobile push marketing. Their capabilities in these areas are similar, although Klaviyo has an edge when it becomes to email and SMS, while Bloomreach is a complete and versatile omnichannel solution. However, beyond the similarities, Bloomreach and Klaviyo are drastically different platforms.

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How To Innovate In Display Advertising With Bluestep Bank | 2020

Bannerflow

To innovate in display advertising brings rewards – and is far easier to achieve than many brands realise. Indeed, with the right people, right team structure, and right technology it’s simple to produce remarkable campaigns in-house that convert.

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Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices

Speaker: Speakers:

Ever wonder what really makes B2B buyers tick? Spoiler alert: it’s not just logic. Join us for our next session of the B2B Growth Show, "Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices" with Grant C. Gooding, where science meets strategy. You'll get the insider scoop on how emotions secretly drive decisions and how you can tap into them to win buyers over.

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5 ways B2B differs from B2C — and 3 ways they align

Martech

It’s frustrating to hear some marketers dismiss the differences between B2B and B2C by claiming, “It’s all business to human.” While it’s true all marketing ultimately targets people, this oversimplification ignores the significant distinctions between the two disciplines. Just as marketing luxury goods differs from selling unbranded jeans, B2B and B2C require unique approaches — particularly regarding the marketing technology and strategies deployed in campaigns.

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How CMC Markets Manages Digital on a Global Scale | 2022

Bannerflow

Fintech moves fast and for CMC Markets being timely with its messaging is crucial. Not only that but having the agility to work across teams, as well as deal with the unexpected means having a platform, like Bannerflow, is essential for digital advertising production.

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How Brands Can Act Responsibly During a Crisis

Hubspot Marketing

It’s been 53 days since Hurricane Helene devastated my hometown of Asheville, but I’m going to level with you: I showered in a FEMA trailer this morning, so it’s still really hard to care about send rates and conversion optimization. Lucky for you and me (and my editorial calendar), I found a story that I do care about. And my sense of humor is still (mostly) intact.

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Insights from the 2024 Setup Marketing Relationship Survey: What Marketers and Agencies Need to Know Event Recap

Set Up

Set up hosted a LinkedIn Live event led by Set up Founder & CEO, Joe Koufman , that featured Courtney Lewis , the CMO of The Variable, and Elicia Azali , the CMO of Beazer Homes, to unveil the 2024 Set up Marketing Relationship Survey – an annual report that delves into the dynamics between marketing Agencies and Clients. This year’s results, drawn from over 400 responses across industries, spotlight the evolving priorities, challenges, and opportunities in these relationships.

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Unlocking the Power of Martech for the Non-Technical Marketing Leader

Speaker: Speakers:

Are you struggling to highlight your impact and showcase the results of your team’s marketing efforts? Do you find it challenging to build more effective campaigns that drive meaningful results? The key may lie in unlocking the power of marketing technology (martech)—but as a non-technical marketing leader, navigating this landscape can feel daunting.

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Diversity and Inclusion in Tech: How to Build an Inclusive Tech Culture

Hubspot Marketing

Welcome to Creator Columns , where we bring expert HubSpot Creator voices to the Blogs that inspire and help you grow better. Sometimes I say I lived through the “good moment” in tech — when companies and teams openly championed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Or at least that’s what they claimed. During that time, it was heartening to see more people from historically excluded groups entering and staying in the industry.

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