Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2017

When it comes to building a memorable brand, it's all about consistency. When you're shopping for your favorite cereal or coffee at the grocery store, you want to be able to spot it from a mile away. The best brands stick in our brains because their presence is defined by the repetition of the same logo, fonts, colors, and images. Once we see them enough, they become instantly recognizable, bringing us a clear sense of reliability and security.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 17, 2017

Author: Ellen Gomes In the world of content marketing, it’s inescapable: Success comes down to engagement. You can have thoughtful branding, great products, and a hard-working team, but if you’re not engaging your buyers through each step of the customer lifecycle, you’ll never reach your full potential. Simply put, without engagement, a key component of your marketing strategy will be missing: your audience.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 16, 2017

We all lie to ourselves in one way or another. And this is equally true in Digital Marketing. Fortunately, we are facing the truth that consumers don’t want our banners or need our ads. We know those aren’t helping anyone. We are also facing the truth that marketing has value. And executives expect to see us deliver […]. The post 9 Digital Marketing Lies You Should Stop Believing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 16, 2017

With 1.79 billion monthly active users on Facebook logged in the third quarter of 2016, you may find the network to be a treasure trove of new customers. In this all-encompassing guide, we’ll walk you through the basics of Facebook and brand examples you can be inspired by. Audit your current Facebook Page. Figure out your content strategy. Determine your engagement strategy.

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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.

Direct Mail

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2017

5 Local SEO Mistakes to Avoid in 2017 written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. As you begin to gear up for a successful 2017 for your business, one very important thing you need to address is your local SEO. Here are a few key local SEO facts you should know: The Google 2-pack (which is Google’s organic listing of two local businesses) appears at the top of 93 percent of all searches with local intent. 60 percent of American adults search for local product and service information.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 19, 2017

Author: Ernesto Castillo In my last blog , I explained why account-based marketing is important in outbound prospecting and how it should be used for account profiling and prioritization. In this blog, I’d like to take it to the next level and touch on the importance of adding outbound prospecting into your sales development structure and processes.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 17, 2017

When you think of keywords, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the phrases people search when trying to find your products or services. While those make up the bulk of the keywords for most companies, there’s another area you should pay attention to: branded keywords. What are Branded Keywords? Branded keywords are phrases directly associated with your brand like your company name, specific product names or the company founder’s name.

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Zumvu

JANUARY 18, 2017

While we make a search on the World Wide Web (WWW), you need to make sure you are secure about your identity and personal information.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 18, 2017

Author: Nate Dame Search engine optimization (SEO) is a constantly evolving practice, as search engines continue to update their algorithms to provide a better user experience. Where SEO could once be effectively done with keyword density equations and cheaply bought backlinks, modern SEO only works as part of a holistic, integrated digital marketing strategy.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 16, 2017

Lots of bloggers get discouraged when they first start out, because no matter how much they tweet, they just can’t seem to increase their traffic. If you’re in this situation, it’s time to start thinking outside the box. With so much content on the internet, you’ll need tactics much more creative than social media to […]. The post 8 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Business Blog appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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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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Sprout Social

JANUARY 18, 2017

What if we told you there’s a free way to prove the value of the links you share on social? Well, there is. We’ve written about UTM codes before , and yet many marketers are afraid of them. We understand why. Sprinkle in an unknown acronym and mix it with the terms “code” or “strings” and those of us who aren’t crazy for analytics immediately tune out.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2017

Online Business Directories: How to Use Citations to Build a Successful Local SEO Strategy written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Gone are the days of the usefulness of printed phone books. The only use for them these days is for your grandparents (who may not even have a cell phone), to raise your computer monitor, hold open a door or prop up your feet.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 20, 2017

Author: Hila Nir The value of account-based marketing (ABM) is undeniable. If you’re not familiar with the jarring statistics, here’s a recap: SiriusDecisions research shows that more than 90% of B2B marketers consider ABM “important” or “very important,” and 73% of B2B companies plan to increase their budgets for ABM initiatives in the next 12 months.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 19, 2017

Every second, Google handles more than 63,000 searches, which, according to Search Engine Land, accounts for over 2 trillion searches per year. Seeing how so many people across the globe use the search engine, it’s no wonder why SEO is more important than ever. However, the world of SEO is ever-changing. Search engine algorithms are […]. The post 4 SEO Tricks You Must Try in 2017 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 19, 2017

We’re thrilled to share that Sprout Social has been named to G2 Crowd’s “Best Software for Marketing Teams” list for 2017, an honor we believe reflects our commitment to making social media marketing an inclusive, collaborative effort. Since 2014 G2 Crowd has annually released a “Best Software” list based on reviews. This year the evaluation criteria was adjusted to put the end user at the center.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 18, 2017

Get Rich Today by Teaching written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Danny Iny. Teaching is the new selling – has been for about ten years now. But, something has changed in the last year or two. Used to be that people could place some information online and as long as that info was useful, they were teaching.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 16, 2017

Author: Hally Pinaud “Content is King.”. When Bill Gates made this proclamation back in 1996 , the world wide web we know was in its infancy. Gates’s essay was filled with bold predictions, but one thing was already clear–the internet was ushering in a new era of content creation. “Anyone with a PC and a modem,” he wrote, “can publish whatever content they can create.”.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 18, 2017

We wanted to understand when senior executives preferred to read thought leadership content. With the help of our first Value of B2B Thought Leadership Survey this is what we discovered. The post What Is The Best Time To Publish Thought Leadership? appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 20, 2017

It’s expected that most people will take a vacation and then post pictures and videos of their trip on social. This makes marketing for travel professionals easy, right? Even in an industry overwhelmed with user-generated-content , there are challenges. How do you get folks to your travel destination when cost and time often get in the way? Sprout All Star, Keri Jaehnig , has spent years working in the travel industry and has won several state tourism awards for her social media campaigns

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2017

Weekend Favs January 14 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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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 16, 2017

From time to time, every site owner or blogger appears in a situation when it is nothing to write about. Yes, everyone knows this can be avoided if planning a content strategy. However, everybody still falls in this position. So, what to write about, if you forget to update the editorial plan? Check out this […]. The post Running Low on Inspiration?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 17, 2017

Our annual visual rendition of the most significant changes to Google’s search algo is out! This year, the search giant (if we can still call them that) has been more active than the last in tweaking the algorithm – especially the way results are displayed – in ways that anticipate and meet user intent better. … Continue reading "Google’s Biggest Search Algorithm Updates Of 2016".

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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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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 18, 2017

All sales leads are not equal. I know this is something that most sales and marketing leaders understand and it’s why they put lead qualification and validation into most of their sales, marketing and lead generation programs. They don’t want to waste time and money like the companies that Straight North recently evaluated. For more […]. The post Social Lead Validation – The Missing Ingredient From Most Inbound LinkedIn Marketing Programs appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 14, 2017

In the business world today, we can measure absolutely everything. Take your website as an example. You can measure clicks and views and how many of those views were unique. You can measure exit pages and bounce rates and conversion funnels. You can measure your traffic-generating ads in terms of CPC or CPM or CPA. O.M.G. And because we can. Read More.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 17, 2017

As millennials begin to dominate the workforce and consumer market, the way our world looks at the products and services we buy has changed for the better. Today’s consumers are more careful, cautious and educated about where and with whom they spend their hard-earned money. Successful brands are moving toward greater transparency and accountability to […].

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 20, 2017

For the 106th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Marcus Sheridan author of “They Ask You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today’s Digital Consumer.” Marcus Sheridan’s pool company struggled after the housing collapse in 2008; today, it’s one of the largest pool installers in the U.S.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 17, 2017

There are times when content marketers, content teams, marketing teams are seemingly placed in front of an empty chalk board and then given a piece of chalk and told “Here you go. Go do the thing now, please. You know, fill up the board. Fill it up with some really interesting things. Oh, and also, as quick as possible. Please.” This is true if you’re facing a quarterly strategy plan, a new month in the blog schedule, deciding on webinar subjects, getting a “more video

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