Hubspot Marketing
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The other day I was trying to find the perfect dress pant yoga pants because I wanted comfortable, professional clothing options. When I searched for "dress pant yoga pants" on Google, I found the brand Betabrand. Amazingly, the company dominated the top four search results. The first two results were their website, the third was their Amazon page, and the fourth was a review of their product.
Hootsuite
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Twitter statistics, we have them. Here are all the hard numbers you need to know if you’re planning to tap Twitter’s audience in 2020. For some brands, Twitter might seem risky or divisive—though whether it causes or reflects political polarization is up for debate. But for those brands who ‘get’ Twitter, the rewards are many. As with most established social media platforms , Twitter’s user growth has been evening out for a while.
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Neil Patel
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Google announced that it has been rolling out a new update called Bert. I know what you are thinking… does this update really matter? Should I even spend time learning about it? Well, Bert will affect 1 in 10 search queries. To give you an idea of how big of an update this is, it’s the biggest update since Google released RankBrain. In other words, there is a really good chance that this impacts your site.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Today’s customers don’t buy because you’ve hired a glitzy ad agency to make an award-winning TV commercial. After seeing one too many products fail to meet the ads’ promises (remember New Coke?), customers lost faith in ads. If your content marketing strategy is more New Coke than the moneymaker it should be, read on. We’ll show you how to fix it. What consumers want is more information, truthful information, as in “How does it taste?
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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
OCTOBER 28, 2019
I fly Southwest Airlines almost exclusively. They offer reasonable prices, make it easy to rack up points, and always have fun and kind flight attendants. One thing I’ve noticed about Southwest is their branding is on point. Whether I’m booking a flight on their mobile application, being served my go-to in-flight ginger ale, or walking through the terminal at Midway Airport, I’m surrounded by Southwest’s consistent brand colors, messaging, and imagery.
Hootsuite
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Social media image sizes seem to change constantly. One moment you have the perfect cover page for your account. The next, it’s been resized, and looks all pixelated and wrong. It doesn’t help that information about official dimensions and image sizes are harder to find than a civil discussion on politics on Facebook. But not if you consult our guide to social media image sizes first!
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Sprout Social
OCTOBER 29, 2019
So you want to design a logo for your company or organization. If you have the resources, our first suggestion is to hire or commission a designer. Designing a logo may seem simple, but ask any good designer and they’ll tell you it’s not. The design process rarely is. Plus, you get what you pay for, and we want you to have the best. But if you need to start building your brand’s visual identity and hiring a designer isn’t an option for you, we’re here to walk you through it.
Hubspot Marketing
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Nowadays, video is an undeniably popular channel for marketing purposes. In fact, in 2019, 87% of businesses use video as a marketing tactic -- a number drastically higher than just two years prior, when only 63% used video. If you're an email marketer, I'm willing to bet you've considered how you might spruce up your subscription and click-through rates with video.
Hootsuite
OCTOBER 28, 2019
What are social media metrics? And why are they important to track? As a social media professional, they’re your chance to demonstrate the value of your work, and the impact of the decisions you’ve made. If your boss asks you to talk data, take the opportunity to be a pro and go beyond the surface-level, “vanity” metrics—the likes and shares and retweets.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Pillar pages can help you create a user experience that works for visitors AND search engines. Learn three of the most common types and see them in real-life examples. Then get to building. Continue reading → The post Which of These 3 Content Pillar Types Should You Build? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 30, 2019
One of the biggest challenges in marketing today is increasing retention and lifetime value of existing customers. By optimizing this value, brands have the opportunity to improve business performance. The key to successfully enhancing this value is through a Voice of the Customer (VoC) program. Developing a customer advocacy approach includes many facets, including data, measurement and research.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
OCTOBER 31, 2019
There are three big brands that get a disproportionate share of many people’s disposable income, not just because of the products and services they provide, but also because of the way they go about talking to customers. Amazon, Nespresso, and Netflix do one thing right above all else – they create an experience that can leave people feeling satisfied and happy.
Hootsuite
OCTOBER 28, 2019
It’s difficult enough to keep up with the Kardashians these days, let alone the cool things brands are doing on social media. But it’s important to stay on top of things. These days, simply having an overactive, wisecracking Twitter account isn’t enough to stand out. And frankly, it’s become kind of annoying. Whatever Twitter’s intentions were, this is what it has become pic.twitter.com/P06aEc694u. — Adam Graham (@grahamorama) May 20, 2019.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The best email marketers are switching to lifecycle campaigns. Tailored to the recipient’s stage in the customer journey, these emails result in higher conversions than other trigger emails. Continue reading → The post Why You Need to Get a Life(cycle) Email Marketing Program appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Want to create truly valuable SEO content? Find subject matter experts. Here's how to do it. The post How to Find Subject Matter Experts Using Slack & Other Web Communities via @s_watts_seo appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The idea that millennials are killing brands has become a bit of a running joke on the internet. Headlines like, “ How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise ” and “ Blame Millenials for the Vanishing Bar of Soap ” make us laugh, but in many ways, they aren’t entirely off-base. The consumer landscape is changing, and savvy brands are using purpose-driven marketing to stay connected.
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Since joining the social team at Sprout, I’ve grown a lot—both as a social media practitioner and as a creative contributor. Learning to maximize my bandwidth is an ongoing journey, but it’s been one of the most important ways I’ve found more time and space to grow. I’ve always heard the saying, “I wish I had more hours in the day,” but that mentality always led me to burnout.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Do you view numbers as something akin to Frankenstein’s monster? To get over the fear, you need an “exercism” – this five-step workout will train your writing muscles to wrest all benefits from numbers. Continue reading → The post 5 Writing Tricks to Treat Your Audiences appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Follow these four tips to create a content plan that can help increase your brand reach and conversions on Instagram. The post How to Create Your Instagram Content Plan via @mansidhorda appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2019
When it comes to creating engaging experiences with your students, personalization is key to your marketing strategy. However, marketers often get caught in a rut thinking they’re achieving it if they remember to include: ‘Hi First Name’ in their emails. So how can your university leverage personalization? The reality is that personalization is far more vast and complex than addressing someone by name, and students expect much more when they are interacting with your site.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Why Obtaining Backlinks is a Lot Like Networking written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Obtaining backlinks is an important part of building out your SEO strategy. When you have a fair number of backlinks from reputable sites, it signals to Google that your site is reputable, too. By establishing yourself as a trustworthy presence on the web, you’ll find your pages getting prioritized in Google’s rankings, ahead of your competitors that are relative unknowns in the
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Are you listening or just waiting to speak? Too many of us are waiting. Doing the same in our marketing. We’re “waiting to content” rather than really listening to the audience we’re trying to serve. It’s time to change that. Continue reading → The post Do Marketers Need Hearing Aids? Tips for Active Audience Listening [Research] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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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.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Increase conversions on your content marketing campaigns by communicating the benefits of what you have to offer. The post Features vs. Benefits: How to Hit Your Content Marketing Sweet Spot via @seocopychick appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The idea that millennials are killing brands has become a bit of a running joke on the internet. Headlines like, “ How Millennials Killed Mayonnaise ” and “ Blame Millenials for the Vanishing Bar of Soap ” make us laugh, but in many ways, they aren’t entirely off-base. The consumer landscape is changing, and savvy brands are using purpose-driven marketing to stay connected.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Getting the Meeting with Contact Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Stu Heinecke. Podcast Transcript. Today on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I visit with marketer, cartoonist, and author, Stu Heinecke. He is a cartoonist for the Wall Street Journal and a founder of Cartoonists.org , a collective of well-respected cartoonists who donate their work to benefit charities.
Traackr
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Influencers and their followers alike are becoming ever more vocal about the industry's waste.
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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.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Here are five ways to make sure that your older evergreen content is still getting the attention it deserves. The post How to Promote Your Old Evergreen Content: 5 Tips via @KristiKellogg appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Content Marketing Institute
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
This week Robert Rose is thinking about the danger of losing spontaneity. He offers a fresh take on Google changing the way search works and talks with Kathy Klotz-Guest about how to promote a culture of experimentation in business. Continue reading → The post How to Plan for Spontaneity and React to Google’s New Algorithm [The Weekly Wrap] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Bringing Marketing and Product Development Together written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jill Soley. Podcast Transcript. On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I visit with author and product and marketing executive Jill Soley. Soley has been developing, launching, and nurturing products for nearly 20 years; she’s currently the Chief Product Officer at the agile project management software firm Obo.
Moz
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Posted by Emily.Potter A/B testing your SEO changes can bring you a competitive edge and dodge the bullet of negative changes that could lower your traffic. In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Emily Potter shares not only why A/B testing your changes is important, but how to develop a hypothesis, what goes into collecting and analyzing the data, and thoughts around drawing your conclusions.
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