Sat.Aug 11, 2018 - Fri.Aug 17, 2018

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The Ultimate Guide to Public Relations in 2018

Hubspot Marketing

Are you looking to expand your business’s reach and expose your brand to new people who are likely to be interested in what you have to offer? Welcome to the world of public relations. Commonly abbreviated to PR, public relations defines how a company communicates with people. It’s how brands manage the spread of their information, so it’s similar to branding.

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5 Inspiring Content Marketing Case Studies with Results!

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

It’s hard to keep track of everything new in content marketing, especially if you consider that 91% of B2B marketers and 86% of B2C marketers indicate they are using content currently as part of their overall marketing strategy. There are many articles with best practices, proven strategies, and statistics. But there’s one thing that can beat them all: Clear, actionable, real-life examples.

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How to Define and Measure the ROI of Content Marketing?

Marketing Insider Group

There are two huge pitfalls when it comes to establishing how your organization will define and measure the ROI of your content marketing. One, getting lost in the numbers, focusing on too many key performance indicators and making it hard to get a clear picture of the impact your content is making. Or, two, focusing […]. The post How to Define and Measure the ROI of Content Marketing?

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Why Twitter Engagement Is Essential for Brands Today

Sprout Social

Twitter has grown quickly since its inception. With its crisp 140-character limit (since increased to 280), and the variety of quality content, it was an instant hit with users. However, it’s not enough to just send out an occasional tweet and expect audiences to find you. Your brand needs to stay consistently engaged to connect with your audience and drive conversation.

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How to Master Media Relations: Targeting, Tailoring, Timing

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.

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When Is the Best Time to Post on Instagram in 2018? [Cheat Sheet]

Hubspot Marketing

In high school, one of my friends was determined to find the perfect time to post her Instagram photos to maximize the amount of likes she got. She was surprisingly scientific about it, posting at different times of the day and jotting down each of her posts’ “likes per minute”. After weeks of testing, she figured out which post time raked in the most likes, and, from then on, she could easily get 200 likes on all her Instagram posts.

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10 Ways to Differentiate Your Brand Through a Better Customer Experience

Marketing Insider Group

Customer Experience (CX) is a widely discussed business topic. Companies across the world are starting to shift their marketing focus towards building a better, more intuitive experience for their users. A survey conducted by Econsultancy shows that companies are most excited about the opportunities brought by customer experience for 2018, even beating out fierce contenders […].

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Want to Prove Content’s Success? Stop Measuring It

Content Marketing Institute

What are you trying to measure? What does success look like? Too often the answers to those questions have no relation to each other. One of my favorite books about data and measurement is The Haystack Syndrome by Eli Goldratt. It’s almost 30 years old, but it’s more relevant than ever. He proposes a method to architect a system to appreciate the difference between data and information (hint: one has context and thus impacts action) and get to true business measurement.

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7 Free Project Management Software Options to Keep Your Team On-Track

Hubspot Marketing

59% of U.S. workers say communication is their team’s biggest obstacle to success, followed by accountability. Managing multiple projects at once, delegating tasks, and collaborating across teams is difficult on a good day -- but can become downright impossible when unforeseen obstacles get in the way. Miscommunication and inefficiencies in your project management process can lead to confusing and stressful experiences for your employees, and hinder your company's ability to satisfy your clients

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7 Ways Brands Take Advantage of Facebook Stories

Sprout Social

Videos are perfect for social media. They’re immersive, engaging and inherently social. The right video creates the intimacy of face-to-face interaction, without ever asking your audience to leave their sofa. It’s no wonder that social platforms around the world are investing in video. Facebook Stories is just one of the latest ways to delight your customers with visual content.

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AI In The Aisles: The Executive's Guide To Better In-Store Experiences

Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA

The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.

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Where to Build Your Content Hub

Marketing Insider Group

One way to make your content marketing more effective and to make your best content more accessible is to build a content hub. Your hub acts as your content’s online repository. It’s a sort of branded resource center or command central for your thought leadership. With a hub, not only can your audience delve deeper […]. The post Where to Build Your Content Hub appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Discover the Real Value of the E Word (and How to Embrace It)

Content Marketing Institute

“ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ” – Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride. For marketers, “that” word is engagement. And we use it a lot. We use it in strategy meetings, tweets, videos, and blog posts. We’ve selected “creating more engaging content” as one of our top priorities in Content Marketing Institute annual surveys.

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25 Case Study Examples Every Marketer Should See

Hubspot Marketing

The saying "lead by example" is important in politics and leadership roles -- and it's also critical in marketing. Sure, you can tell potential customers your marketing team is the best at running YouTube campaigns or effectively increasing a website's cost-per-acquisition (CPA), but until you offer examples, they're going to have a hard time believing you.

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How to Get Ready for Prescriptive Analytics and Boost Your Lead Gen Success

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

As marketers, we talk about analytics and lead generation all the time. But what does the term “lead generation” actually mean? And how will prescriptive analytics guide lead generation in the coming years? Lead generation is “the process of stimulating and capturing interest in a product or service for the purpose of developing a sales pipeline,” according to Marketo.

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Engage Better, Gift Smarter, Win Big: Events That Deliver ROI

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.

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Top 7 Tools for Creating a Strong Brand Identity

Marketing Insider Group

Increasingly, brands and branding are becoming ubiquitous themes for most businesses. Branding is becoming a necessary strategic tool for marketing strategists. It is not just used for large companies, but it has gained traction among small businesses, celebrities, events, and even non-profit organizations. What Exactly Is Brand Identity? Brand identity refers to the collection […].

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3 Ways You Sabotage Your Content Tech Search

Content Marketing Institute

Content technology. Sometimes it feels like we can’t live with it. But we know we can’t work without it. Consider this finding from CMI’s 2018 Content Management & Strategy Survey: 51% of the content professionals say their company lacks the right technology to manage content across their organization. And another 35% say they’re not using the technology they do have to its potential.

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How to Design a Character for Your Brand

Hubspot Marketing

Have you ever searched stock image websites and thought, None of these truly represent my brand? It can be difficult to stand out, or delight your readers, if you're using the same cheesy "marketing person on computer" image as everyone else. But what's the alternative, besides finding room in the budget to hire a freelance photographer? You might want to rethink your strategy a bit.

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How Direct Mail Automation Can Ease Your GDPR Transition

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

If you’re reading this blog, that probably means that you keep up to date on the latest marketing trends and news. If so, you have probably heard of the GDPR, and are currently trying to figure out how to navigate this new regulatory environment and maintain an effective marketing strategy. Just in case, here’s a brief introduction. The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation , is a European law that came into effect across the EU on May 25 th , 2018.

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B2B SEO vs. LMO: Whats the Difference and Why It Matters

Speaker: Speakers:

Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.

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3 Tips to Build Brand Trust with UGC-Focused Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Trust has always been an essential building block of customer loyalty and consistent conversions. But sadly, consumer trust as a whole is quickly dwindling. According to Edelman’s Trust Barometer report, trust in businesses has declined and customers are more skeptical than ever of advertising and messages that come straight from a company. However, in this time […].

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5 Steps to Small Business Search Engine Optimization

Duct Tape Marketing

5 Steps to Small Business Search Engine Optimization written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The video above is a replay of a recent live webinar I conducted. Combined with the text below you should have a pretty good feel for the steps necessary for small business SEO. If you’re looking for a highly technical post on search engine optimization (SEO), this is not the content for you, and honestly, that’s because I don’t believe SEO is that technical (unless yo

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10 Real Estate Social Media Marketing Strategies That'll Bring in New Business

Hubspot Marketing

The following is a guest post by Leslie Mann , a real estate agent with Gibson Sotheby's International Realty of Weston, MA. Most real estate agents have a social media presence, but are they really giving home buyers and sellers what they want? Buying or selling a home is an important financial (and emotional) decision. Most people are full of questions when they undertake this endeavor.

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Xerox Prints New Vision With Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

Editor’s note: Bertrand Cerisier is a finalist for 2018 Content Marketer of the Year. We’ll share insight from CMY finalists in the blog before the winner is announced at Content Marketing World in September. When you imagine the future of work, what comes to mind? Does your futuristic workspace include printers? Does it even use paper? If not, you’ve got a good idea of the messaging challenges the global marketing team at Xerox faced.

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A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse

Unlock the Power of Historical Data A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse Today’s association leaders need more than real-time snapshots—they need the full story. MemberSuite: A Data Revolution reveals how a native data warehouse transforms your AMS into a strategic decision-making engine. In this free eBook, you’ll discover: The difference between a database and a data warehouse—and why it matters How to gain historical visibility into membership, engagement, events,

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36 Rules for Social Media: Optimize your Digital Market Performance

Marketing Insider Group

Are there really rules for social media? In a world that appears to be a “free for all”, do companies have to follow rules to optimize their market performance? In this post from @thekraushalsoni, 36 rules for social media are presented (see image below). And, while such images with lists designed to drive traffic are […]. The post 36 Rules for Social Media: Optimize your Digital Market Performance appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How to Use Advertising as a Lead Generation Tool

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Use Advertising as a Lead Generation Tool written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing is a broad term that encompasses a number of channels and approaches. Advertising is just one of them, and in our increasingly digital age, it can sometimes feel like a tactic of the past. However, when advertising is used properly, it can become an effective lead generation tool.

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Influenced 2/2: Collaborating with the Luxury Influencer | Traackr

Traackr

Anthony Rochand and Jérôme Monange discuss collaborating with luxury influencers and what is required to meet the luxury brands' high standards.

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5 Effective Outreach Marketing Steps to Make You More Successful

Zumvu

Before the internet came to be, salespeople expanded their company’s reach by calling prospective clients and selling them products or services over the phone.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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.

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The Benefits of Cross-Channel Influencer Marketing Campaigns

Marketing Insider Group

It’s not as cutting edge as it was a few years ago to choose an influencer, rather than a more established celebrity, for your marketing campaign. But for many traditional marketing teams, utilizing an influencer to the best of their ability is still some way outside of the comfort zone. One of the best ways […]. The post The Benefits of Cross-Channel Influencer Marketing Campaigns appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Using Convenience to Disrupt the Competition

Duct Tape Marketing

Using Convenience to Disrupt the Competition written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Shep Hyken. Podcast Transcript. This week on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I chat with Shep Hyken. He is the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations and the author of the upcoming book The Convenience Revolution: How to Deliver a Customer Service Experience That Disrupts the Competition and Creates Fierce Loyalty.

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The Top Four Reasons We Can’t Wait to Attend Content Marketing World 2018

Rock Content

A stroll through the West Side Market, a picnic in one of the Metroparks, a morning coffee on Lake Erie. It’s nearly fall in Cleveland—a time for Indians games, weekend trips to the zoo, and… content? That’s right—content. Our friends at Content Marketing Institute have hosted Content Marketing World in Cleveland for eight years running, bringing together some of the best and brightest in the content marketing scene to share ideas and industry expertise.