Hubspot Marketing
MARCH 24, 2017
Whether it's International Cat Day, Pizza Day, or Talk Like a Pirate Day, it seems like almost every day, the internet is celebrating a holiday. Whenever I log onto Twitter, I quickly scan what's trending on the left-hand side of the screen. Have you ever had this experience -- when you see an obscure holiday or observance day trending, and you think to yourself "Yup, I'm celebrating that"?
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MARCH 21, 2017
Author: Jessica Minasian In marketing, the word “perfection” might conjure up images of running effortless campaigns and initiatives. Though, as we know, that’s not always the case. Marketing is sometimes imperfect. We face challenges and must forge ahead. This begs the question, should marketers strive for perfection? Perfectionism can prevent you from getting off the ground because you’re waiting for an ideal state, which may or might not come before your deadline.
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Sprout Social
MARCH 22, 2017
How much time did you put into creating you Twitter bio? If you just treated it as an afterthought or rushed to finish, there’s a strong chance it’s probably not as strong as it could be. You don’t have to spend hours crafting your Twitter bio, but you should put more effort into it than most brands realize. Instead of just going through the motions to get it done, follow these tips to create a Twitter bio that serves as more than just a placeholder.
Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 20, 2017
Content marketing is a long game. A successful initiative involves a great strategy, clear goals, and high-quality writing. But above all, your content needs time to create a ripple effect. Thought leadership isn’t built in a day, and it’ll take a little time to see content marketing ROI. But how do you know when it’s […]. The post Content Underperforming?
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
MARCH 23, 2017
If your website takes longer than three seconds to load, you could be losing nearly half of your visitors, according to data from Akamai. It's pretty simple: the faster the speed of your website, the happier your visitors will be. Optimizing page load time leads to noticable improvements in customer experience, conversion rates, and ultimately, your sales revenue.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MARCH 22, 2017
Author: Ellen Gomes If you’ve been keeping up with digital marketing trends, then account-based marketing is most definitely on your radar. In fact, you’ve probably heard about it so often that it may have started to feel like just another buzzword. But account-based marketing is not to be ignored and it’s not just another buzzword. Buzzwords become dated terms as time passes, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg for ABM as more B2B marketers than ever are realizing its significant impact
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Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 23, 2017
Forward-thinking B2B firms are using interviews, surveys and editorial advisory panels to improve their content marketing programmes. The post Three Ways To Bring Your Customers Into The Content Creation Process appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 22, 2017
4 Questions You Must Answer to Develop Your Marketing Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Developing a marketing strategy for your business can be tough, especially if you don’t know where to start or what to focus on. I’ve found that if I get stuck while putting together my own strategy, or a marketing strategy for clients, I just need to refer back to the four questions below to help guide the way.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MARCH 24, 2017
Author: Chandar Pattabhiram The countdown is on! In just one month, I’ll be taking the stage for my fourth Marketing Nation Summit and I couldn’t be more excited. This year is going to be bigger and better than ever before. What I love about Summit is that it gives everyone a chance to learn, share, and grow in the world’s most vibrant community in the world for engagement– The Marketing Nation.
Sprout Social
MARCH 20, 2017
Gone are the days of posting to Instagram, crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. With algorithmic changes and the increasing need for paid social efforts, the time to rely on your core Instagram analytics data is now. To fully understand how well your content performs on Instagram, you need to dig deeper than simple vanity metrics. Whether you’re an individual or business running 10-plus Instagram accounts , you need the right tools to analyze and improve your campaigns.
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
MARCH 20, 2017
When a recent global analysis by Meaningful Brands took a look at content marketing efforts around the globe, covering 1,500 brands in 15 different industries, it uncovered a harsh reality for digital marketing – 60% of content being created is underperforming. This failing content is considered by consumers to be irrelevant and serves the sad […].
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 23, 2017
How to Use Facebook Ads to Drive Sustainable Traffic & Boost Sales written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Regardless of your business model, incorporating Facebook ads into your marketing funnel can be a dependable way to drive customers to your site and, ultimately, boost sales. The concept is simple enough: You target prospective buyers on Facebook with an ad.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MARCH 20, 2017
Author: Stefan Bhagwandin Marketing automation means a lot of things. It’s an umbrella term that covers everything from intelligent, data-driven campaigns to deep audience segmentation. . Within this category, mobile marketing automation has emerged to cater specifically to app marketers. While the principles remain the same, mobile marketing automation connects directly to mobile-only messaging channels like push notifications and in-app messages, giving marketers a holistic view of their cam
Sprout Social
MARCH 24, 2017
Creating content is easy, but creating content that your audience consistently shares is something else entirely. At this #SproutChat , the folks at BrandExtract and the Sprout community shared best practices for creating on-brand content that will reach the right people and have a meaningful impact. Check out additional advice from the team on creating brand content that earns shares.
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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
MARCH 21, 2017
You’ve heard it before. Visual content is powerful. Some would even say it is even the future of content marketing. It was forecasted that by this year, 74% of all internet traffic would be video content. And by 2020, 75% of mobile data traffic is predicted to be video. With 60% of marketers and small […]. The post 4 Interactive Video Marketing Examples That Mastered The Medium appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 24, 2017
5 Mistakes Businesses Make When Conducting a Content Audit written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. A content audit of your website or latest marketing campaign is an absolute must. But let’s be honest: most marketers and business owners despise them and are terrified of them in equal measure. They can be tedious, time-consuming, and confusing.
Hubspot Marketing
MARCH 20, 2017
The word "guerrilla," in its written form, seems very intense. It conjures images of rebellion and conflict. Put it next to the word "marketing," and it makes a lot of people ask, "Huh?". But guerrilla marketing isn't some sort of combative form of communication. After all, that would be highly disruptive, which violates the inbound methodology. In fact, it's actually a very unconventional form of inbound marketing, in that it raises brand awareness among large audiences, without interrupting th
Sprout Social
MARCH 23, 2017
Sprout’s platform enables teams to better collaborate and more easily manage their workflow. We’ve recently released many enhancements to further refine user roles within your team and configure profile and admin settings to maximize productivity and value from the platform. Whether you are managing a team of two or dozens, Sprout’s collaboration tools ensure that teams are set up for success within the platform by offering a broad range of functionality that can be utilized across d
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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
MARCH 22, 2017
Ecommerce can be a brutal space. Depending on your niche, you might be competing against monsters like Amazon, Target, New Egg, or other well-established players. You might be competing against all of them. It can seem like it’s impossible to win. Even if you have a great product or a fantastic brand, you don’t have the budget or the name recognition to muscle out these giant retailers.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 18, 2017
Weekend Favs March 18 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.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
MARCH 23, 2017
Author: Nate Dame Videos are becoming increasingly important for B2B marketing. Companies with dedicated video marketing strategies generate more leads , earn more revenue, and enjoy better brand awareness than those engaging in all other forms of marketing. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are great places to get eyes on your video content, but prospects aren’t necessarily in work- or buy-mode as they scroll through these platforms.
Sprout Social
MARCH 22, 2017
A plataforma do Sprout permite que as equipes colaborem melhor e gerenciem mais facilmente seu fluxo de trabalho. Lançamos recentemente muitas melhorias para refinar mais funções de usuário dentro de sua equipe e definir configurações de perfil e de administração para maximizar a produtividade e o valor a partir da plataforma. Não importa se você gerencia uma equipe de duas ou dezenas de pessoas, as ferramentas de colaboração do Sprout garantem que essa equipe seja constituída para o sucesso den
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
MARCH 21, 2017
Without data, content marketing can feel a bit like a high-stakes game of roulette. However, even though engagement rates are generally down, content marketers can take heart that prospects still appreciate useful and targeted content, including downloadables such as whitepapers, ebooks, checklists, guides, toolkits, SlideShare presentations, and the like.
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 22, 2017
Get Anybody to Do Anything You Want written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Podcast Transcript. The title of this post is misleading and maybe even a bit disturbing to some, so let me clarify that I mean for good only! By studying human behavior and language, you can put yourself in the best possible position to do good and help others by virtue of the products and services – and more importantly – the results you can bring.
Hubspot Marketing
MARCH 20, 2017
There's quite a bit of information out there to support the claims that people are moving farther away from broadcast television, and closer to the digital realm. And within that landscape, people are straying from their desktops and laptops, and opting to get online via mobile with more frequency. At least, that's what the folks at Nielsen and Google have found in their research.
Sprout Social
MARCH 22, 2017
La plataforma de Sprout les permite a los equipos colaborar mejor y administrar más fácilmente sus flujos de trabajo. Recientemente, hemos lanzado muchas mejoras para perfeccionar las funciones de usuario dentro de su equipo y configurar los ajustes del perfil y de administración, para maximizar la productividad y el valor de la plataforma. Ya sea que estés administrando un equipo de dos personas o decenas, las herramientas de colaboración de Sprout garantizan que los equipos estén configurados
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
Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 24, 2017
For the 115th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Jeb Blount, author of “Sales EQ: How Ultra High Performers Leverage Sales-Specific Emotional Intelligence to Close the Complex Deal.” Jeb Blount explains that the sales profession is in the midst of a perfect storm. Buyers have more power—more information, more at stake, and more […].
Duct Tape Marketing
MARCH 22, 2017
Transcript of Get Anybody to Do Anything You Want written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Transcript provided by Verbatim Transcription Services. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John: What if you get anybody to do anything you wanted? On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I’m going to visit with sales trainer Phil Jones, where he talk about his magic words and this is not just for salespeople, in fact this is for non-sales people.
Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 20, 2017
In April of 2016, Scott Brinker argued that Agile marketing is “crossing the chasm from early adopters to more mainstream organizations.” Just a few days later, Jim Ewel agreed that “Agile Marketing is starting to go mainstream,” but he wasn’t prepared to declare the chasm cleared. Then, in October, the Agile Marketing Facebook group opened […].
Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 18, 2017
There’s an old saying from an ancient Greek philosopher: “It’s pretty lazy to open an article with old sayings.” (I’m not sure the source… 😉 ) In the marketing world today, we’re witnessing same trend with podcasting that we experienced during blogging’s rise to ubiquity years ago: sameness. It’s not that “noise” is the problem, per se, it’s that copying “what works” from.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
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