Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Did you know that the search result in #1 position on Google gets 33% of search traffic ? And that page 1 search engine results resulted in 92% of all traffic, dropping off by 95% for page 2? Numbers don’t lie. If you want to climb to the top of search engine results pages (SERPs), well-written, engaging content alone won’t cut it. You also need to focus on writing SEO-driven, keyword-focused content that attracts not only website traffic, but the right kind of traffic.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Author: Scott Minor Many marketers, including our team at Marketo, use Twitter as an effective platform for reaching potential and existing customers. However, there was no shortage of negative press for the micro-blogging social network this year. Recently, Twitter announced that marketers will no longer be able to create lead generation campaigns with Twitter’s Lead Generation Card feature.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 28, 2016

With the year coming to a close, it’s time set your eyes toward 2017. What social media tactics and strategies do you have planned for the new year? In order to help get those creative juices flowing, we’ve put together a list of some of the top social media marketing examples of 2016. Instead of copying these examples, use them as inspiration.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I have always believed that content marketing means companies leaving behind their tired old promotional ads, brochures, and requests for a demo. That’s why marketers are acting like real publishers focused on helping their audience become educated, informed, even entertained. Because if you are good enough to build an audience, then great things happen to your business. […].

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Speaker: Karen Swim, APR

Relevance is the currency of modern media relations—and personalization is how you earn it. In this new webinar with industry leader Karen Swim, APR, we'll explore proven strategies for precision targeting and crafting personalized pitches that resonate with journalists and build stronger relationships over time. You’ll also learn how to ensure your media lists are accurate and up to date, craft outreach that gets responses, and streamline your workflow without sacrificing quality.

Rock Content

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Content marketing has become one of the most prominent techniques used by brands to attract, educate, and convert an audience. While content marketing is a powerful and proven technique alone, you can combine content marketing and digital branding to achieve greater results. How are Content Marketing and Digital Branding Complementary? Your digital brand is composed of your digital identity, visibility, and credibility as defined by the Digital Branding Institute.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Seasonal events and celebrations present different opportunities for different business sectors. For many brands, seasonal opportunities are huge and often the most commercially critical times of the financial year. But planning an effective seasonal campaign not only takes a lot of organisation, it also takes a considerable amount of time. For this reason, smaller brands tend to let these opportunities come and go without making the most of them.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Author: Anastasia Pavlova Last week, I attended the #FlipMyFunnel conference in Atlanta. It was a great gathering of B2B thought leaders, innovators, and account-based marketing practitioners that highlighted how marketing and sales professionals are winning with ABM. The night before the event began, Terminus hosted the #ABMies awards ceremony, with opening remarks from Sangram Vajre , CMO and Co-founder of Terminus and Founder of #FlipMyFunnel, a moving presentation from the non-profit organi

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 19, 2016

When you think of brands like Starbucks or Chipotle, you’ll notice a common theme. Each has a loyal following of customers that trust and love them so much, they’re willing to stick with the brand through all highs and lows. That’s because these brands know how to build strong customer relationships. Think back to the food sickness incident Chipotle had in 2016.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For the 100th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast I was thrilled to interview Dr. Philip Kotler, the man widely regarded at “The Father of Modern Marketing.” A faculty member since 1962 of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Dr. Kotler is the author of over 55 marketing books (translated into more than […]. The post Weekend Reading: “Marketing 4.0” by Philip Kotler appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA

The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.

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Rock Content

DECEMBER 21, 2016

GIFs have evolved our visual language and the way we communicate with each other in a very short amount of time. They’re everywhere now. Slack channels. Emails. Social networks. Articles. Comment sections. There isn’t a digital content format or method of communication that hasn’t been taken over by GIFs. They’ve become one of the internet’s primary languages.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Page One on Google Is Your New Business Card written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Do a search for your name, your company name, your product or service names. Whatever you find on page one in the Google SERPs amounts to a significant collage of how your brand is seen in the wild today. See, it doesn’t matter if your best client tells their best friend you are the most awesome thing since people started using the word awesome – Google you they will and what they find is all p

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2016

For all of the greatness that the internet affords -- cute animal videos , GIFs , and interesting blogs -- I think its biggest downside is how distracting it can be. How many times have you sat down to work and been pulled into a pit of procrastination ? Perhaps you get absorbed in updates on social media, or maybe you click through Wikipedia trying to determine what exactly Gina Rodriguez’s first TV role was (it was on Law & Order ).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Author: Jeff Kupietzky Variety is the spice of life, but when it comes to your email marketing campaigns, it’s tough to find the right mix of spice and substance to satisfy your subscribers’ expectations and needs. These days, personalization is KING, generating higher transaction rates, open rates, and click-through rates, which means that customizing the content for each and every recipient is absolutely critical to getting—and keeping—their attention.

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Speaker: Hanan Polinovski, Events Manager and David Brown, Sr. Marketing & Events Lead

Are your events living up to expectations? Are you getting quality leads from your sponsorships? Have you ever wondered if that branded notebook actually makes an impact? Get ready to transform your event strategy! Join event marketing pros Hanan Polinovski from Printfection and David Brown from Bonusly for a fast-paced webinar about turning your event efforts into serious ROI.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In order to drive in-store traffic offline, nowadays you have to execute your strategy online. It might feel counterintuitive, but 90% of shoppers turn to social media for retail and often look for help with buying decisions. With that shift, consumers paved a new purchase journey for retailers to follow. Change isn’t a bad thing–it’s quite the opposite.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Marketing automation tools save marketers a lot of time – but there are so many more benefits beyond that. These tools also let us gather insights about how our subscribers are consuming and interacting with our messages. Marketing automation tools also allow us to better serve our customers by sending meaningful, targeted content that really […].

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Rock Content

DECEMBER 5, 2016

If you’ve ever bought a dog or thought about buying a dog, you know just how tough it is to get buy-in from internal stakeholders. Parents, significant others and even landlords can be major obstacles in letting a canine friend move into your home. Situations like these, when high-consideration products (or pets) are being evaluated, is where content marketing shines.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Disrupt or be Disrupted written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In a few short years much of what you do, make, fix, sell, and ship, won’t mean much to anyone. In fact, there’s a pretty good chance that if you stay put doing whatever it is your business does right now – you’ll be out of business. If you want to survive, let alone thrive, you must tap new trends and produce new ideas at an accelerating rate.

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Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Do you take a good, hard look at your team’s marketing strategy every year? You should. An annual marketing plan helps you set your marketing on the right course to make your company’s business goals a reality. Think of it as a high-level plan that guides the direction of your team's campaigns, goals, and growth. Without one, things can get messy -- and it's nearly impossible to put a number on the budget you'll need to secure for the projects, hiring, and outsourcing you'll encounter over the c

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Author: Ernesto Castillo Marketing automation isn’t just for marketing. As a sales leader or rep, marketing automation is fundamental to understanding your prospects’ behaviors, leveraging them in your follow-ups, and making the right connections. In my experience as the Director of Enterprise Sales Development at Marketo, I’ve seen firsthand how marketing automation generates more quality leads and contacts that turn into great sales opportunities.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We are excited to share that Sprout Social has been named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2017, an honor based entirely on our employees’ reviews of the company. The Glassdoor Best Places to Work list is released annually as part of Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards, and it is unique in that winners are determined based on feedback their employees have voluntarily and anonymously shared in Glassdoor reviews.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Social networks are becoming more and more popular. In 2016, about 70% of Internet users are social network users and these figures are expected to grow. A few years ago, we were happy to get likes from friends and relatives; today, we share tips and skills, promote services and buy goods, etc. Many well-known […]. The post The Future of Social Media appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Rock Content

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Hyatt recently introduced World of Hyatt, the hotel operator’s new loyalty program, and the brand did a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) to showcase its features and answer questions from members. The brand made its SVP of Loyalty available for the live Q&A. And they were trolled. Hard. Here’s one example: And another: Responses like that are not exactly what a marketing or corporate communications team envisions when they pitch a live Q&A to boost engagement and build trust with customers a

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 9, 2016

5 Under Used Strategies to Make Your Customers Feel Valued written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. There’s a misconception that great customer service requires endless resources and personnel, complex software systems, and outsourced call centers. While those tools can certainly help large corporations feel more connected to their clients — perhaps increasingly so through automation and social media “bots” to jump on quick replies — there are still few substitutes for human inter

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Hubspot Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2016

There’s something kind of cool happening in the world of marketing. Actually, there’s always something cool going on here. But as you may have recently heard, people are paying a lot of attention to something called account-based marketing (ABM). After all, over the past year, there’s been a 21% increase in the number of companies that have a full account-based marketing program in place.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Author: Mike Tomita As the role of marketing continues to expand, it’s more challenging than ever to keep a pulse on what changes are occurring in the field. Continued learning is critical, and if you’re not taking the time to keep up with industry news and marketing trends, your efforts may fall flat. If you’re worried you might have missed something major this year, we have you covered.

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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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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2016

If you’re a brand, you want eyes on your product or service–and more importantly, you want people to come back. To stand out in the crowd, your brand might’ve adopted Instagram. However, does your audience consider you one of their favorite Instagram accounts to follow? Being a network based on visual entertainment creates endless possibilities to showcase your brand, company voice or design talent.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2016

I’ve always told people being a marketer is like being a mad scientist. We’re all in dark, damp labs working up the next lead generating creation. The only difference is we don’t have an Egor by our side. Or maybe your offices look different than mine. (Kidding) When it comes to creating effective email marketing […]. The post Start A/B Testing Your Email Marketing Campaigns Like A Mad Scientist appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Contently B2C

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Three things in life can instantly turn my smile into a frown: dealing with a Philadelphia Eagles loss, realizing it’s Sunday when I’m outside a Chick-fil-A, and clicking on a video that serves me a pre-roll ad. Turns out, I’m not the only person upset about that last one. According to data from an August 2016 report by Nielsen and Newlio, over half of people fed a pre-roll video will skip it—and that’s just one of the popular avoidance tactics.

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