Hubspot Marketing
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Today’s B2B buyers rely on digital channels through every stage of their journeys -- even long after in-person sales interactions with reps. As a result, commercial organizations’ efforts to identify, nurture, and pursue opportunities “serially” -- first through digital engagement via marketing, followed by a hand-off to sales for in-person interaction -- is failing to support the way customers actually buy.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Are you making the most out of the traffic coming to your online store? You may have several users, but if you’re not converting them to sales as best as possible, you could be leaving a lot of money on the table. Small tweaks and changes could very well make the difference between a customer purchasing or leaving your website. In this blog, I’ll show you five effective ways you can start increasing your ecommerce conversion rate to increase revenue and achieve your goals.
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Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
It’s a hazard of the job for content marketers. When you read or see a piece of high-quality content, you wonder how it got created. You ask yourself, “What does this company do to create great content? Is it great for business too?”. The simple answer is high-quality content serves both audience and business. “It’s written in such an energetic and engaging way that it will trigger the audience to take actions,” says Massimo Chieruzzi, CEO of AdEspresso.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Every business wants to get its name out there, but when you’re a small business with a modest budget, it’s hard to come up with traditional and online marketing ideas while balancing marketing expenses against the expenses of actually doing business. And with advertising costing as much as it does, it’s no wonder that so […]. The post Small Business Marketing: Brands On A Budget appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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Marketing and sales might be two halves of the same coin, but how often do they feel like they’re tossed in completely different directions? It’s time to bridge the gap, align your teams, and start building a pipeline instead of frustration. Join us for this insightful webinar to transform your siloed teams into a powerhouse partnership. What you’ll learn: A clear understanding of why sales and marketing alignment is crucial for business growth.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 31, 2018
Although the exact day and time you post content to Instagram matters less than it used to -- since your followers’ newsfeeds are now organized by relevance, engagement, and other factors versus post age -- it’s definitely still important. Here’s why. Let’s say 10% of your audience is online on Tuesday at 3 p.m. You post a creative GIF showcasing your latest product.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
JANUARY 31, 2018
You’ve just shared your video with the world. The view count is coming in and looking at the numbers, you feel the investment was worth it. Should you be excited? Well, not just yet. To be honest, the view count is the least important metric because it doesn’t really come close to the only metric driving your video strategy. In fact, what counts as a video view on many social platforms is 3 seconds or more, or just opening the video.
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Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 29, 2018
In 2018, content marketing will continue to influence marketing and business in a bigger, and more impactful way. 2017 saw us become remarkably more sophisticated in the types of content being offered and the level of depth and strategy being used. As we move into 2018, factors such as more widespread adoption of marketing automation, the […].
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 30, 2018
Influencer marketing has skyrocketed since it first made its mark. That's very much due to the way purchasing decisions have changed over the years. You might recall, for example, a story about how many women no longer trust celebrity endorsements. That's because most consumers, research shows, seek product and service recommendations from those who are, above all, knowledgeable and credible.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
JANUARY 29, 2018
Now is the time of year people start thinking about what’s next in their careers. For some, there may be a next step up the ladder to consider, but for many others, the idea of starting a business is at the forefront of their minds. The new year is naturally a time to consider taking your hypothetical venture and testing it out to see whether there’s a viable business there.
Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Do you tune out when people talk about structured content? The conversations can get stunningly abstract. Stodgy even. And the way some people talk about structured content, it can come off as a miracle cure: Lower costs! Happier audiences! Efficiency! Accuracy! Consistency! Set your content free! Hard to picture? Sound too good to be true? Having worked with structured content as a technical writer (creating user manuals for medical devices), I’m here to tell you this approach can deliver on it
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Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 30, 2018
Most CMOs know exactly what they are looking for when hiring marketers. Creative problem solving. Original vision. Leadership, perseverance, some grit. A mind brimming with brilliance. And, of course, skills and experience in the area you are hiring for. Great. What you want is clear. But, as every marketing manager and CMO knows, actually finding […].
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Content Marketing is About Customers, Not Keywords written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Content Marketing for Small Business. I’ve had content marketing for small business on the brain recently so I thought I’d write about it today. “ Boy, there is a topic that hasn’t been covered recently,” said nobody in a long time.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
As marketers, we’re always on the lookout for the next great thing to help propel our campaigns to profit and attract more of the right buyers. At the same time, while we’re obsessed with the thought of “doing something different, something creative” to reach our objectives, we’re not always sure about where to start. We’re almost afraid of parting ways with the status quo and ultimately concede to taking baby steps instead.
Content Marketing Institute
JANUARY 30, 2018
Have you ever had one of those days where you wish you could start your content marketing team over? One of those days when you want to fire everybody, figure out what you really need, and then hire (or rehire) as needed? That moment of frustration likely ended quickly because you knew firing your content team wasn’t an option and probably wasn’t the best solution.
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.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
If you’ve been keeping track of your marketing channel return rates, you might notice that your biggest ROI comes from – surprise – email marketing. Based on statistics, email is the main driver of leads and revenue for B2B marketers at 73 percent and 63 percent, respectively. Furthermore, email as a platform is said to […]. The post The Unwritten Rules of Email Marketing [Infographic] appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
How a Virtual Assistant Can Save Your Sanity and Grow Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jess Ostroff. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Jess Ostroff. She is the Founder and Director of Calm at Don’t Panic Management , the first virtual assistant agency to embody a people-first approach to virtual assistant success.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
JANUARY 30, 2018
As a digital marketer, you have a myriad of tools you use to engage and attract customers. Your stack most likely includes a marketing automation platform , web content management system (CMS), analytics platform, and other tools. While it’s essential to use the best tool for the job, the goal should always be to present a seamless experience to your customers.
Rock Content
JANUARY 29, 2018
The Value of a Strategic Partnership. What happens when one of the world’s foremost SEO providers partners with the industry-leading SEO enterprise platform? You get one of the fastest rising digital marketing agencies in the U.S. and a company that has received industry awards for its explosive growth, excellence in digital marketing and company culture.
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.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 29, 2018
Imagine that cyber pirates have seized your business’s online identity. They now have control over your public communication channels, including your website and social media platforms. This deliberate takeover is brandjacking. It’s the act of assuming the online identity of a brand with the intention of ruining the company’s reputation. Brandjacking negatively affects your credibility. […].
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 30, 2018
The Importance of Visual Elements in Your Brand Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. When you’re building your brand, including the development of your story, personality, core message , brand promise and so on, you need to be sure to include a strategy for visual components as well. No matter how great your business and messaging are, let’s face it, visuals are usually the most effective way to capture your audience’s attention and build brand rec
Lusha
JANUARY 27, 2018
My name is Lusha – I help marketing professionals save time and meet their goals faster. Today I’d like to cover lead generation – how to acquire relevant traffic and convince your users to convert into leads. There are many aspects to lead generation, starting from how to get the traffic, and ending with specific techniques on how to turn users into leads and leads into actual business.
Rock Content
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Ah, Super Bowl season. Whether you are a lover of football or simply enjoy watching the spectacle for the commercials and halftime show, the Super Bowl is hard to ignore. We thought we’d help you get into the Super Bowl spirit by writing a post chock-full of plays. Just as quarterbacks have their favorite plays for winning games, social sellers have their favorite plays for winning at social selling.
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 31, 2018
How often do you spend weeks or even months putting blood, sweat, and tears into a new marketing campaign, only to have it fall flat? You swear you did everything right, but when it comes time for the results to pour in, they never show. It’s a marketer’s worst nightmare. The likely culprit? Bad buyer […]. The post 5 Reasons Why Your Buyer Persona’s Aren’t Good Enough appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 31, 2018
Using Your Personality and Authentic Self to Build a Platform written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Chris Ducker. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Chris Ducker. He is a serial entrepreneur and keynote speaker who has been on this show before when we talked about his bestselling book Virtual Freedom.
Lusha
JANUARY 27, 2018
My name is Lusha – I help marketing professionals save time and meet their goals faster. Today I’d like to cover lead generation – how to acquire relevant traffic and convince your users to convert into leads. There are many aspects to lead generation, starting from how to get the traffic, and ending with specific techniques on how to turn users into leads and leads into actual business.
Content Marketing Institute
JANUARY 29, 2018
Editor’s note: Even if you read this title when CMI published it three years ago, you’ll find the updated information and new examples helpful to your content curation. Content curation taps into the power of existing owned, social, and third-party media to enhance and extend your content marketing resources. This doesn’t mean content curation is free.
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 30, 2018
Thought leadership can help you shorten your sales cycle and lend credibility to your brand. And research shows that B2B leaders are paying attention. Nearly half of the C-suite says they vet an organization by its thought leadership and 81% say their trust increases after engaging with thought leadership content. Our clients have had similar […].
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 27, 2018
Weekend Favs January 27 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.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 31, 2018
As content strategists, we spend a lot of time talking to business people about the importance of storytelling to their business. When the subject comes up, a lot of folks get nervous. They say things like, “Well, I’m no Hemingway!” or some other nervous response. The pressure of storytelling can keep a lot of people from even trying. But here’s the thing: we don’t have to be Hemingway to be good at stories.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
For the 160th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed David Aaaker, “The Father of Modern Branding” about his newest book, Creating Signature Stories: Strategic Messaging that Energizes, Persuades and Inspires. Content is king in the digital age, and stories are the key to content. That’s because stories are much more effective than facts […].
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