Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 27, 2016

Author: Patrick Groover Let’s face it, resources are limited and money doesn’t grow on trees. Some of the biggest challenges that marketers face are the cost of programs and the infrastructure needed to support multi-channel communication in this digital age. Throughout my career, including my current role as a Solutions Consultant, I’ve seen how many business decisions sacrifice long-term functionality for a short-term gain in cost savings.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2016

Like the interest earned on your savings account, the returns on your content marketing efforts can grow significantly over time. “Content is one of the few forms of marketing that has a compounding return,” Tomasz Tunguz, a former Google product manager and now partner at Redpoint Ventures, said in a podcast with HubSpot CMO Mike […]. The post The Compounding Power of Content Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Zumvu

JULY 27, 2016

Facebook Live offers some exciting reasons for businesses to adopt it as a powerful video marketing strategy, reach out to the targeted audience and leave a lasting impression.

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Contently B2C

JULY 25, 2016

Attribution is a chief challenge for digital marketers, and that’s especially true for luxury brands. While 40 percent of luxury purchases are influenced by a digital experience, e-commerce purchases account for only 4 percent of luxury sales. Research predicts that online luxury sales will triple by 2020, indicating a heightened need for luxury brands to understand the campaign touch points that lead to online conversions and developing 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

JULY 26, 2016

Author: Leah Hamilton Disclaimer: This blog post is for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Th e opinions presented in this blog do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Marketo. Unfortunately, I don’t really need to introduce the idea of spam to you. No, not the (beloved by some) canned meat product, but the clutter of unwanted, unsolicited, and unnecessary emails that pretty much anyone with an email address has experienced.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2016

Cost per acquisition (CPA) refers to the amount of marketing or advertising money spent to convert or acquire leads who click on your site or respond to your call to action (CTA). Put in simpler terms, ask yourself: how much of your marketing budget has to be spent to get a paying customer? To find […]. The post 15 Effective Ways to Reduce Cost Per Acquisition appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2016

Podcasting Best Practices written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jessica Rhodes. I love podcasting, but not for the same reason so many other people are hyping it right now. Yes, you can build a business and make a bunch of money podcasting – just like you could five years ago with blogging. But the reason I love it and promote it for every small business is because it’s an awesome way to create content and a sneaky way to build authority and

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 28, 2016

Author: Janet Dulsky Regardless of your politics, Hillary Clinton has become the first woman to capture a major-party nomination for President. In a big first for American politics, 96 years after women won the right to vote, a woman is in the running to become president. CRACK!!! This first is just one of many firsts for women recently: Janet L. Yellen became the first female Chair of the Federal Reserve Board.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 27, 2016

Written by Katherine Boyarksy, Lead Generation Specialist at HubSpot. When it comes to promoting content, using your current channels can be tiring and can become tapped out pretty quickly. With more and more companies straying away from their dependencies on email – including us at HubSpot – it’s important to consider how you can optimize […].

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Zumvu

JULY 27, 2016

Google+ is a viable marketing option which if put to the right use, can generate useful leads for your business, boost your website’s traffic

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 28, 2016

Why You Must Act Now to Become the #1Rated Provider in Your Area written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Pixabay. It’s no secret that getting positive ratings and reviews about your business on third-party websites is an important part of marketing these days. Study after study has confirmed that a majority of consumers trust online reviews of local businesses and use those reviews when making buying decisions.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 29, 2016

Author: Mike Stocker Facebook’s recent announcement of their new Offline Conversions API generated a lot of buzz and excitement among marketers and for good reason. The new API provides stores and retailers with a way to see how many people made offline purchases after seeing a Facebook campaign—connecting offline conversions to digital campaigns. They can then use these offline activities to optimize their ad campaigns and ad spend.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 25, 2016

Content creation can sometimes seem like throwing a penny into a wishing well; you get your hopes up, toss your penny, and then watch it float to the bottom, lost among hundreds of other pieces of change. And now there are more pennies in the content marketing wishing well than ever. According to the Content […]. The post Here’s Why I Didn’t Engage With Your Content appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Zumvu

JULY 29, 2016

Pinterest is an effective tool that steers traffic to your business website more than any other social media source and improves the SEO ranking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 23, 2016

Weekend Favs July Twenty-Three 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 online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 25, 2016

Author: Ashika Balani With rapidly evolving digital marketing and the proliferation of devices, marketers are faced with the challenge of staying ahead, or simply keeping up, when it comes to capturing and keeping their audience’s attention. How can they do it? Take a page from Hollywood, which understands that they need to be on top of the latest trends in order to create compelling content that captivates their audience.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 26, 2016

The lifeblood of any social media campaign is ‘shares’ from your followers. You want word of your business to spread far and wide, raising awareness and hopefully sales. However, a successful campaign needs more than just a hyperlink and a pretty image. Write the right post, and the customers will come flocking. These tools will […].

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Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2016

Marketers fight an on-going battle to get products and services in front of target customers and prospective clients. Unfortunately, some of us are in incredibly competitive industries. We battle each day for things like impressions , shares and clicks. If we want to succeed in reaching our audiences, we must explore new channels. One amazing way is to create strategic marketing alliances with other companies to help elevate your content and increase the reach of your campaigns.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2016

What to Do When the Dream Comes Dressed in Fear written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Pretty much anyone who has chased a dream – launched a product, opened a business, set a goal – has experienced moments of fear. In some cases fear so gripping it derails, but mostly feared cloaked in some form of self-doubt that’s just strong enough to keep you stuck where you are.

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Rock Content

JULY 25, 2016

Content marketing is “always on” and it’s putting new pressures on marketers. Last year 88% of B2B marketers said they were using content marketing, but only 30% said that they were effective at it. Marketers have to keep up with the content-hungry beast, and this means they have to be efficient with the time and resources at their disposal.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 25, 2016

Can you believe we’re more than half way through 2016 already? It feels like just yesterday when we were making our 2016 content marketing predictions last year. In 2015, 88% of marketers said content marketing was core to their overall marketing strategy. Their top five priorities included creating more engaging content, developing a better understanding […].

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Sprout Social

JULY 27, 2016

With a limitation of 140 characters, Twitter instills users to be creative and succinct with social media. Not only that, but with more than 310 million active users, it’s tough to know how to stand out and be heard. Following the most essential Twitter best practices can make you more visible to your customers. But much like your product launch or social media marketing strategy , you have to know where to start before you can see any success.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 28, 2016

10 Insightful Stats to Boost Your PR Efforts in 2016 written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Pixabay. If you are a business owner, you are already familiar with public relations and their input in the success of your business. PR is something no one can avoid since you can either have good or bad relations. This makes the whole process a rather challenging one because it relates to both the organization and the individuals’ appearance and behavior.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2016

Having an irresistible call to action (CTA) is an important and necessary step toward generating quality leads for your business. When a visitor reaches your landing page, you’re pretty much asking them to complete some sort of action, usually filling out a form in order to access a content offer or purchase a product. Not […]. The post How to Design an Irresistible CTA appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 24, 2016

Quality. It’s a word that’s tossed around pretty often. You hear it. You see it. You say it. But what does it really mean? And more importantly, how does it help your business stand out? Quality: The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something. Maybe you […]. The post Why Quality Wins the Internet appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 23, 2016

Gut: Hey Brain, want to write something that’ll almost certainly expose us to massive criticism? Brain: Uhhh, no? Gut: TOO LATE DOIN’ IT HERE WE GOOOO!!!! As a content creator, I don’t really care about data. There. I said it. Don’t misunderstand: I know I’m supposed to care about data. I’m supposed to end that opening sentence with, […].

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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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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 26, 2016

In B2B marketing, calls-to-action are not one size fits all. Best practices are channel-specific. A powerful email call-to-action could make for a lousy social media CTA. In this article, we’ll explore what works in four different channels – email, landing page, blog, and social. Plus, we’ll exhibit some great examples of each to inspire your […].

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2016

If a picture is worth a thousand words, we should be able to take some pointers from that picture to write our words. Great design succeeds for a reason, and many of those reasons are transferrable to how marketers go about writing compelling content. Here are a few principles that designers stick to that you […]. The post 5 Things Great Design Can Teach You About Great Writing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 26, 2016

Demand Gen Report recently released new data on the current state of lead scoring, which spotlighted some important insights marketers need to know. From the overall effectiveness of lead scoring to the importance of team collaboration, the data point to a few key areas for improvements that can make this aspect of lead generation much […]. The post 3 Important Takeaways from DGR’s Lead Scoring Survey Report (and Implications for Content Marketing) appeared first on Marketing Insider

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2016

I’m throwing this out there to the B2B marketing world: You don’t need a Pokémon GO strategy. There, I said it. I probably should have written this post last week when we were thinking of Pokémon responses for SnapApp, but I didn’t. Why? Because we didn’t need a Pokémon GO strategy. Plus, I was busy […]. The post Why You Don’t Need a Pokémon GO Strategy appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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