Hubspot Marketing
APRIL 9, 2018
Did you know an Instagram post with at least one hashtag averages 12.6% more engagement than a post with no hashtags? Hashtags are powerful. They can help your posts reach a target audience, attract followers in your niche, increase engagement, and develop a more positive and recognizable brand image. Here’s the thing, though: with great power comes great responsibility (#spiderman).
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 13, 2018
More than ever, consumers seek authentic brands with a clear mission, voice, and tone. Strategically developing these features is vital to reaching and connecting with your audience. Every brand has a unique story and way of communicating that can be honed and practiced over time. Here are a few steps to help your brand find an authentic social media voice and tone, and why it’s so important to do so.
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Content Marketing Institute
APRIL 11, 2018
You know what every content marketer loves? A good tool that saves you hours of time (and money). OK, maybe that’s just me. I absolutely love online tools that help automate tedious tasks. A good tool gives an amazing ROI while simultaneously improving the output of your work. In this article, I share seven of my favorite content marketing and SEO tools.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 9, 2018
The world of online marketing moves fast. There are strong and rapid currents which brands use to promote their products and services, many of which will be effective for only a few years before a big change. The more a certain marketing technique is used, the more audiences around the world become accustomed to it […]. The post Digital Marketing Trends You Must Follow in 2018 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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.
Hubspot Marketing
APRIL 10, 2018
In 2012, J.C. Penney stopped promoting sales and offering coupons. Instead, they advertised new "everyday low prices" -- which seems like a pretty good idea, right? Except, in 2012, sales for J. C. Penney actually dropped 25%. J.C. Penney found they actually made more money when they raised the prices of their products and then arbitrarily lowered them, calling these “last-minute deals.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 12, 2018
Last year, I took a class in microeconomics, which makes me sound way more technical and impressive than I actually am. However, in the middle of production functions and indifference curves and trying to figure out what on earth a derivative is, I found myself scribbling down some notable quotables that applied directly to my day job as a marketer.
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Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 11, 2018
The Pantone Color of the Year for 2018 is ultra violet. This is important news for marketers, who can use ultra violet to perfect and hone their online message. There are a lot of ways in which content and social media posts can benefit from using the color, and business owners will see a spike […]. The post Why Pantone’s Color of the Year is Perfect for Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Hubspot Marketing
APRIL 12, 2018
If you regularly send PDF files over the internet, the guide below will make your life a lot easier. PDF, short for portable document format, is a type of digital file that allows you to send content that is readable by other users regardless of what software they use to view the file. And in order for PDFs to adapt to various viewing platforms, the file's text and images can't easily be modified once packaged into a PDF.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 11, 2018
By now, you must have seen the viral Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic , right? Nicknamed the Martech 5000, the image shows that the MarTech landscape reached a total of 5,381 solutions at the start of 2017. And as you know if you’ve seen the image, saying the landscape is complicated is a vast understatement. From CRMs to MAPs, CMSs, CDPs, DMPs, and beyond, vendors from every corner of the landscape promise you better marketing operations.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 12, 2018
The Value of Discoverable, Shareable, and Useful Content written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Creating Useful Content. There’s no way around it, there are a lot of marketing channels today. I’m counting eighteen as of now (which can obviously change very quickly). When I started my business we had six or seven ways to reach our prospects and customers.
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.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 10, 2018
Voluminous, mighty, and complex, data’s power lies in its ability to make marketing and sales efforts more focused. Businesses need this largess level of information to hone in on their customers’ individual needs, getting ever closer to the supreme goal of ultra-personalized marketing, and finally possessing the tools and knowledge to deliver a near flawless […].
Hubspot Marketing
APRIL 11, 2018
Writing a cover letter can feel like a daunting task, particularly if you don’t have a lot of “real world” experience. Fortunately, a cover letter is actually an exceptional chance to explain how your extracurriculars or classes taught you leadership and time management skills. To really stand out, it’s important to personalize your cover letter for each internship application.
Rock Content
APRIL 12, 2018
Following our formal announcement , we’d like to send our congratulations to Mary Ward , who has been promoted from ion interactive General Manager to Chief Marketing Officer of ScribbleLive. Since acquiring ion interactive in September 2017, the ScribbleLive team has had the privilege of working closely with Mary, and we are thrilled to bring her leadership to the integrated marketing organization.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 10, 2018
What Goes Into Creating An Effective Mobile Marketing Campaign? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I recently wrote a post about the importance of mobile optimization and today I want to expand further on the topic of mobile and discuss mobile marketing and advertising. I can’t reiterate this enough: When it comes to your business, if mobile isn’t currently on your mind, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity, especially when it comes to advertising.
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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 9, 2018
One thing can make or break a sales event: the keynote speaker. In an arena like sales — where the ability to convince, compel, and influence others is essential to success — a speaker has to be able to not only share a great message, but also do so confidently. However, people who attend lots […]. The post 12 Keynote Sales Speakers You Shouldn’t Miss appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Content Marketing Institute
APRIL 12, 2018
“It’s 2018. We can’t hoard knowledge any longer.” Andy Crestodina, speaker, blogger, etc., shared that nugget of wisdom at the recent Intelligent Content Conference in Las Vegas. If you need proof of how true his observation is, look no further than the Capital Group, a conservative, trusted financial services company that – until recently – lagged far behind its competitors in thought leadership and digital marketing.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 9, 2018
As marketers we love metrics. At the mention of metrics, you’re probably mentally listing the ones you use already! The difficulty I have found is that when you are presenting back campaign results to your marketing team or the whole company, those who are aren’t close to the process don’t have a framework to understand what you’re presenting. “The Q1 campaign had a 30% CTR, 15% conversion rate, and led to 150 MQLs.”.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 7, 2018
Weekend Favs April 7 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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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.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 10, 2018
In order to answer the important question of who are the top digital marketing influencers of 2018, I reached out to Magdalena Urbaniak, the Global Communications Manager for social media monitoring leader, Brand24. How do you define influence? Influence is the power of changing people’s opinions, and their minds or decisions intentionally – without knowing […].
Content Marketing Institute
APRIL 9, 2018
No matter how much time and care you put into building your strategy, outlining your editorial plans and processes, or crafting persuasive, engaging, high-quality copy, your brand’s potential for success often lives or dies by your distribution and promotion choices. Though a lot of work must happen before you reach this point, the distribution phase is ground zero for your content marketing program – the point where your goals, audience insights, tactical choices, and creative executions get pu
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 10, 2018
Many social media pros believe that having lots of followers is key. Most of the metrics they use to measure success directly link back to the size of their following, but size is not everything. Having a smaller but engaged community can actually prove more valuable. Someone may have followed your brand, but it doesn’t mean to say they care enough to engage with you.
Rock Content
APRIL 10, 2018
In some circles, highly engaging content is the Holy Grail of content marketing. And why wouldn’t it be? Creating and sharing content that your audience actually wants, that they talk about, that they share, that helps them in their job, that inspires, that guides, that converts, and ultimately leads to sales. It’s what every marketing team aspires to achieve, yet, is sometimes never realized.
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.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 13, 2018
For the 170th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed John Asher, author of Close Deals Faster: The 15 Shortcuts of the Asher Sales Method. It’s a complex, changing and challenging business world out there. Salespeople selling undifferentiated commodities are being replaced by online sales. Prospects are considering more and more transactions as commodity […].
Content Marketing Institute
APRIL 13, 2018
As a marketer, you might have noticed how traditional advertising is less effective. Even mobile ads are disliked by 70% of users. What can you do to effectively connect your products to your audience? Instagram is a good answer. Its audience has grown rapidly, totaling over 800 million (increasing 200 million between July and September 2017 alone).
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 11, 2018
There has never been a more exciting time to be a marketer. With notable industry-wide changes, big questions loom in the minds of marketers everywhere. You’ve got social selling , the resurgence of email marketing , new regulations , and countless others. We looked to you, our readers, with a recent content subscriber survey to find out what subjects are top-of-mind for you right now so we can deliver more of what you want to hear about.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 12, 2018
Just like a parent to their child, you might think your website is perfect. You’ve spent days or weeks on end designing it, building it, finding the perfect images to accompany engaging copy, and working late nights to finish it. You’ve invested so much time and energy into it, and now it’s time to sit […]. The post Finding and Fixing Flaws With Your Website appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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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