Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Considering the lightning speed at which technology is transforming our daily lives, it’s no surprise that the marketing landscape is evolving at a similar pace. What does the future of marketing look like? While it can be a challenge to stay ahead of the trends, shifts, and latest developments in marketing at any given moment, we’ve never shied away from a challenge. .
Hootsuite
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Instagram best practices continue to change. As new advertising, creative, and sales tools come online, brands are discovering new ways to engage users. For breakout success in 2020, you’ll need to keep up with the latest trends and make full use of what Instagram has to offer. Just consider what your brand is up against. Last year, businesses spent roughly $20 billion to advertise on Instagram.
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Neil Patel
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
There are a lot of tools out there and a ton of SEO reports. But when you use them, what happens? You get lost, right? Don’t worry, that’s normal (sadly). And maybe one day I will be able to fix that. But for now, the next best thing I can do is teach you how to grow your SEO traffic using Ubersuggest. This way, you know exactly what to do, even if you have never done any SEO.
Sprout Social
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Trends are the currency of the Internet and TikTok is the breeding ground of today’s most permeating trends and memes. If you’ve heard it, seen it or laughed at it somewhere on social media, chances are it’s already gone viral on TikTok. Everything happens bigger and faster here. Reigning queen of TikTok and member of the famed Hype House , Charlie D’Amelio , knows.
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Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Can we finally take it easy on keywords? Not really. Analyzing keywords offers ideas for content that’s relevant to searchers and shows gaps your content could fill. Here are seven free SEO tools to help. Continue reading → The post 7 Free Keyword Research Tools for Content Marketers appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Customers are increasingly demanding more from B2B organizations. They no longer want to be treated just as “leads” in your system. They want simple, fast, and intuitive solutions to their complex problems. And they have options. This is where an advanced lead generation strategy comes in. The new generation of digitally savvy customers does a bulk of their product research online.
Hootsuite
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
If you’ve been following the latest social trends , chances are you’ve made an Instagram collage. No, we’re not talking paper, scissors, and glue. Think Instagram Top Nine. Or the “LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter” meme. But brands have used the crafty artform for more than memes. Instagram collages can combine multiple photos to show off different product angles and features—or even before and after shots.
Neil Patel
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
* Please read the whole post, I have some good news at the bottom, but it won’t make sense unless you read the whole post. Do you know why I got into SEO? Not many people know this, but I grew up in middle-class America, and I wanted a better life for me and my parents. When I was 16 years old, I worked at a theme park called Knotts Berry Farm where I picked up trash, cleaned restrooms, and swept up vomit every single day.
Sprout Social
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Let’s face it. No one likes commercials popping up in the middle of their favorite TV show. Or waking up to an inbox full of salesy emails from brands they never subscribed to. These mass marketing techniques are no longer as effective. Customers now decide for themselves what to buy, who to buy from and whether they want to be advertised to or not.
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.
Hubspot Marketing
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
According to Gartner, 80% of technology will be built on an AI foundation by 2021. As AI becomes more prominent across industries, it's also impacting marketers in subtle ways that might not be obvious to them yet. While this technology was once described as "over-hyped," marketers now use a handful of AI-powered tools in their day-to-day tasks. For example, AI tools help content strategists define SEO and keyword strategies , perform SEO-related tasks like fixing duplicate content , and self-op
Search Engine Journal
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Discover five of the most useful approaches to enrich and diversify your digital marketing strategy. The post 5 Strategic ‘Must-Haves’ to Diversify Your Digital Marketing via @LWilson1980 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Startup founders know marketing matters. They also know that there’s a product to be built and investments to be won. Outsourcing marketing is one of the ways to maximize the success of a new venture. Especially as the marketing landscape grows, founders with technical and sales backgrounds simply don’t have time to study marketing’s many niches. No wonder the latest CMO Survey , conducted by Deloitte, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and the American Marketing Association, showed planned market
Hootsuite
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Can I Use This Photo on Social Media? Understanding Image Copyright. It’s well known that images click on social media. And they’re also what we click on. In general, posts with visuals get more views, likes, and shares than posts that don’t. But sourcing images for social media isn’t always straightforward. The legalese found in image copyright policies can be intimidating.
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.
Neil Patel
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
If you want to get traffic from Google, how would you go about it? Chances are you are either going to leverage SEO or pay for some ads. But what if there was another way to get traffic from Google? A way that didn’t take as long as SEO and didn’t cost money like paid ads. And no, I’m not talking about Google News… there is actually an easier way. It’s so effective that it drove 18,800 visitors to my site in the last 3 months.
Sprout Social
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
In its early years, like many other social platforms, Twitter presented content in a reverse chronological order that showed the freshest content first. As the user base and feature set of Twitter and these other social platforms grow, there’s too much content to keep up with in a simple chronological order. That’s where the current Twitter algorithm comes in, using different ranking factors to show users posts they think they’ll like.
Hubspot Marketing
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
By 2022, an estimated 330 billion emails will be sent and received each day — making it one of the largest digital communication channels. Emails can include everything from details about pressing, work-related crises to e-cards from your aunt on random holidays like Arbor Day. But email’s practical use extends beyond the personal — it can also be one of the most effective ways for businesses to convert leads into buyers.
Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Are you too busy to check your web analytics? CMWorld presenter Andy Crestodina reviews the analytics because he’s busy. Learn what he says your users are telling you about site navigation, conversions, social icons, and videos. Continue reading → The post Stop Wasting Time: Review Your Website Analytics appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
I moved into marketing in May 1997 to become a product marketing manager at Microsoft. I didn’t have any formal marketing training, but I did have in-depth knowledge of the product, having been a pre-sales consultant at Microsoft. I was fortunate to have a manager who saw my potential and was willing to invest in training me. Since then my career has followed a marketing path; even when I’ve managed multi-disciplinary teams, marketing has been a major part.
Hootsuite
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Social media statistics are a key ingredient in any social media marketing strategy. And by ingredient we mean they’re like the cilantro in your salsa: you could use dried-out flakes, but—why would you? If you’re looking to impress, you want to source the freshest available. Behold, our list of the latest social media statistics. For each of the world’s biggest, or trendiest, platforms, this list has the latest: updates on size, growth, and demographics; insights on how people are accessing, usi
Search Engine Journal
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Use these tips and tricks to create high-value, high-converting content that gets your website noticed online. The post 10 Tips for Mastering Your SEO Content in 2020 via @seocopychick appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Sprout Social
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
A huge part of social media advertising is making sure you’re targeting the right audience. Each social media platform has their own targeting capabilities, and it’s important to know the best ways to target your people on each. While you might know a lot about creating great Pinterest ads , are you showing them to the right people? Understanding how Pinterest ad targeting works is key to creating great ads that generate the most buzz, awareness, traffic and conversions for your buck
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.
Hubspot Marketing
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
This year, a 30-second Super Bowl ad slot cost roughly $5.6 million. While $5.6 million seems like a lot of money for just a slot, think about how much advertisers are spending on the additional costs of producing these commercials, often known for having A-list talent, crazy special effects, or even award-winning directors. The cost of Super Bowl advertising is so pricey that even many big brands who can afford it have chosen to spend their money elsewhere.
Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The most straightforward way to revitalize your content is to jettison things that just aren’t working. Start with these six frequent mistakes – and how to fix them. Continue reading → The post 6 Things You Should Stop Doing to Content [Tools] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Business is getting emotional when it comes to customer experience strategies. The traditional rational consumer model has been challenged by a more intuitive consumer model. Rather than viewing customers as essentially rational in their decision making, the role of emotion in our decision making has received an increasing amount of attention and consideration.
Hootsuite
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Social media lead generation is part of every marketer’s strategy—whether they know it or not. For marketers ready to move beyond brand awareness and engagement, social media lead generation is a good next step. Collecting leads on social media will help you find people interested in your company. More importantly, these leads will help you keep in touch with potential customers—whether it’s to make a special offer or share news.
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.
Search Engine Journal
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Here's how to master the right content marketing skills to achieve results and ROI. The post 10 Content Marketing Skills You Need to Master (Plus Tips on How to Master Them) via @JuliaEMcCoy appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Sprout Social
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
For social marketing professionals, it’s a constant challenge to stay up to date with the latest changes on social media platforms. Your social media strategy is the map that guides your social media marketing plans for the upcoming campaign, quarter or year. You’ve planned out the trip in a way that makes the most sense for your goals. Unfortunately, when social media platforms change their features, algorithms or other standards, it’s like your route changed right in the middle of your journey
Hubspot Marketing
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Video marketing is now one of the core pillars of content strategy. It's an incredibly powerful means of communicating your brands identity and values, while building rapport and more meaningful relationships with your customers and prospects. Nowadays, marketers are seeking increasingly creative ways to leverage video to deliver memorable ad campaigns across multichannel platforms.
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