Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

More and more these days, I find myself searching for “The Magic X.” “The Magic X,” of course, is the fastest way for me to skip all of the useless & irritating things that pop up and get between me and the content I came here to consume. To an advertiser, this is obviously unwanted behavior. But to the content marketer, this could be exactly the behavior you should hope your reader is doing every time they come to your site.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In video marketing, choosing the right soundtrack can be the difference between a video that grips your audience from start to finish and one that they can barely get halfway through. Play a fitting soundtrack or jingle in your video, and you can grab your audience’s attention and evoke the specific emotions and feelings you want them to associate with your brand.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

One of the most exciting aspects of the world of digital marketing is how it levels the playing field for smaller businesses and solopreneurs. These are entities who are offering fantastic products and services which will be of huge benefit, but who may be short on the resources and budget required to market them. Gone are […]. The post Best Digital Marketing Tools for Small Businesses appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you’re trying to wrap your head around modern social media, chances are you’re a bit overwhelmed. Hey, we totally get it. It’s a lot to take in, especially since the social space is almost unrecognizable from what it was a decade ago. Back then, you might see the occasional business profile. Fast forward to present day where a social presence is an expectation for businesses, with 80% of marketers relying on social media to raise brand awareness.

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Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Over the past decade, brands have battled in a quest to digital dominion. But as the initial frenzy over internet real estate has calmed, the allure of brick and mortar is growing again. Brands that made their marks as ecommerce experts are now forging new territory, building physical stores to offer their customers a different kind of experience. Amazon is the standout example.

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Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

To improve your team's productivity, reduce turnover rates, and drive increased revenue for your company, it's critical you take the time to focus on your employees' job satisfaction. If you're wary about the tangible benefits of job satisfaction, consider this -- happiness has shown to increase employee productivity by at least 12%. Undoubtedly, your company will grow faster if you invest in your employees' happiness.

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Traackr

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We attended the WWD Digital Forum event, and here are the different influencer marketing conclusions that we draw for the end of 2018.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Becoming a Great Leader, No Matter What Field You’re In written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jason Kander. Podcast Transcript. Since recording this interview, Jason Kander announced that he was taking a step back from political life to deal with depression and PTSD symptoms he was experiencing as a result of his tour in Afghanistan.

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Moz

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Posted by -LaurelTaylor- Around 2005 or so, corporate blogs became the thing to do. Big players in the business world touted that such platforms could “drive swarms of traffic to your main website, generate more product sales” and even “create an additional stream of advertising income” ( Entrepreneur Magazine circa 2006). With promises like that, what marketer or exec wouldn’t jump on the blog bandwagon?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Companies spend a lot of time and money investing in marketing tactics that can help them achieve a bigger reach with the audiences that care about their products or services. However, there is a very important tactic that is often overlooked by business leaders and marketers – encouraging employees to promote the company and their […]. The post The Marketing Tactic Your Company Is Most Likely Not Utilizing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Litmus

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Email success looks different to different kinds of companies because they don’t all have the same business models and goals. This was made clear when we asked nearly 400 marketers what their email marketing key performance indicators are. The vast majority indicated that clicks and opens are key. Half said conversions are. Then it fell off significantly, with only one-quarter saying email revenue overall is and less than 15% saying email marketing return on investment.

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Bannerflow

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Cart abandonment is an issue facing many brands in the age of online purchasing. But nowhere is this more obvious than in the travel industry. In fact, travel marketers are facing many challenges linked to changes in consumer behaviour. With a longer sales cycle, numerous touchpoints, competition from emerging OTAs, D2Cs, and an oversaturated market – it’s a wonder that purchases are completed at all!

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Moz

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Posted by Whitespark In the past year, local SEO has run at a startling and near-constant pace of change. From an explosion of new Google My Business features to an ever-increasing emphasis on the importance of reviews, it's almost too much to keep up with. In today's Whiteboard Friday, we welcome our friend Darren Shaw to explain what local is like today, dive into the key takeaways from his 2018 Local Search Ranking Factors survey, and offer us a glimpse into the future according to the local

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Events help you know your customers and potential customers face-to-face. Done well, they’ll move attendees to buy your products and services. ‘ Why Hold Events? People buy from people they know. That’s why word-of-mouth advertising, despite marketers’ best efforts to make their work the center of attention, remains the number one reason people buy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Weekend Favs November 24 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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illumin

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Last week, we released our game changing whitepaper, Attention: The New Media Currency. This content piece, intended to assist all digital marketers at better understanding the landscape of digital video advertising and the challenges being faced, revealed some very intriguing data. In particular, it helped us to confirm a preconceived notion regarding a digital advertising metric: viewability.

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Moz

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Posted by rjonesx. Correlation studies have been a staple of the search engine optimization community for many years. Each time a new study is released, a chorus of naysayers seem to come magically out of the woodwork to remind us of the one thing they remember from high school statistics — that "correlation doesn't mean causation." They are, of course, right in their protestations and, to their credit, and unfortunate number of times it seems that those conducting the correlation studies have f

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Launching a B2B tech or healthcare brand from the ground up isn’t easy. It takes years of dedication and persistence. Once you’ve finally begun to create a digital footprint, you’ll soon realize you need more than a website to fuel growth – you’re going to need content that educates, informs, and engages. The foundation for this will […].

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Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

Hubspot Marketing

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Whether you’re a blogger, editorial writer, journalist, or any other type of writer, there are a number of different WordPress themes that allow you to share your content with your visitors on your website. Newspaper WordPress themes — despite their name — work for all types of writing. No matter your content type, the layout you’re looking for, or the design you envision for your website, there are hundreds of newspaper themes to choose from.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Without a doubt, Stories has been Instagram’s smartest invention yet. In fact, it’s hard to imagine the platform without Stories. Launched in August 2016, Stories has taken over, with over 400 million users sharing them every single day. This is great news if you’re an avid Stories user and bad news if you’re a brand trying to stand out in the crowd.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Content marketing has been steadily growing for several years now. More and more businesses realize the long-term ROI of brand-owned content. 2018 was a big year for content, as recent studies have been showing: Content marketing revenue is projected to exceed $300 billion by 2019. 86% of B2C marketers think content marketing is a key marketing strategy.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Recognition for the South American fine arts has been increasing worldwide in recent years. As more attention gets paid to the incredible art, music, and cinema coming out of South America, those hoping to make their mark on local art scenes must focus more on how to best connect with a potential audience. Whether you […]. The post How To Stun Your Audience With Amazing Audiovisuals appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

What happens when 80 senior marketing leaders come together to talk about revenue marketing and ROI? Amazing insights, that’s what! At our Marketing Nation Engage event in London, we hosted a series of roundtable sessions with marketers around the region to discuss hot topics of the day. And nothing was hotter than revenue marketing and ROI. Each of the three roundtable sessions was hugely oversubscribed, and we had standing room only for each!

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

? ?. Though an astounding 86% of B2C marketers use content marketing, the successful ones represent a smaller percentage. That’s what prompted me to identify brands excelling at content marketing. These seven retail brands have committed, consistent, and differentiated content programs. Read on to see how they deliver what their audience wants. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: How Content Can Ring Up a Better Retail Experience.

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Litmus

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Update. Yahoo! Mail introduced List-unsubscribe for its iOS and Android mobile clients on November 13, 2018. We’ve update this resource to reflect those changes. Popular inbox providers like iOS Mail and Gmail offer a native unsubscribe option—list-unsubscribe—to make it as easy as possible for users to keep their inboxes clean and unsubscribe from unwanted emails.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

We’ve spoken with hundreds of marketing and PR professionals over the last few years about their challenges in this “always on” customer-centric world. Opinions often vary but the gist is: 1) I need a team to be my arms and legs to the media. 2) I want to create stories that consistently drive awareness. Or […]. The post Why Change is Happening Now for Agency Models appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Marketing continues to undergo rapid and major changes. Consumers are turned off by mass selling, and expect personalized, 1:1 communication across the many channels and devices they use. Unfortunately, when it comes to omnichannel marketing , many marketers are still behind. The impetus is on marketing to provide a seamless experience, regardless of channel or device.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

If you’re like most content marketers I speak to, the strategies and tactics you use to grow an audience and get attention just aren’t working as they once were. A BuzzSumo study, Content Trends 2018 , confirms it; in a review of 100 million articles published in 2017, the company found social sharing was half what it was three years earlier. It’s time to look around for new ideas.

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Moz

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Posted by MiriamEllis A thousand thanks to the 1,411 respondents who gave of their time and knowledge in contributing to this major survey! You’ve created a vivid image of what real-life, everyday local search marketers and local business owners are observing on a day-to-day basis, what strategies are working for them right now, and where some frankly stunning opportunities for improvement reside.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Why You Should Focus on Designing an SEO-Friendly Website (And How to Do It) written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Your website is the heart of your online marketing efforts. So it stands to reason that it should be built with marketing, rather than aesthetics, in mind. Yes, there is something to be said for having an appealing website, and you should certainly aim to design one that has both form and function.

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