Sat.Dec 17, 2016 - Fri.Dec 23, 2016

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Blogging for SEO: How to Write Blogs that Rank on Page One

Hubspot Marketing

Did you know that the search result in #1 position on Google gets 33% of search traffic ? And that page 1 search engine results resulted in 92% of all traffic, dropping off by 95% for page 2? Numbers don’t lie. If you want to climb to the top of search engine results pages (SERPs), well-written, engaging content alone won’t cut it. You also need to focus on writing SEO-driven, keyword-focused content that attracts not only website traffic, but the right kind of traffic.

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5 Ways to Respond to Twitter Killing Off Lead Generation Ads

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Scott Minor Many marketers, including our team at Marketo, use Twitter as an effective platform for reaching potential and existing customers. However, there was no shortage of negative press for the micro-blogging social network this year. Recently, Twitter announced that marketers will no longer be able to create lead generation campaigns with Twitter’s Lead Generation Card feature.

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8 Tips to Build Customer Relationships With Social Media

Sprout Social

When you think of brands like Starbucks or Chipotle, you’ll notice a common theme. Each has a loyal following of customers that trust and love them so much, they’re willing to stick with the brand through all highs and lows. That’s because these brands know how to build strong customer relationships. Think back to the food sickness incident Chipotle had in 2016.

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Content Marketing Tools To Make Your Business Grow

Marketing Insider Group

Here are several of the best paid and free tools you can use to create and market your content in the most efficient and productive manner. Many of the tools will optimize the way you disseminate information, and some of them will help you create more high-quality content. Buffer With this tool you may schedule […]. The post Content Marketing Tools To Make Your Business Grow appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Aligning Sales & Marketing to Drive Demand & Build Pipeline

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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.

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Why Digital Marketing? The Essential Guide to Marketing Your Brand Online [Free Ebook]

Hubspot Marketing

The way people interact with businesses has changed dramatically over the past few years with the rise of online media. In other words, your audience is spending a lot of time online, so you need to market to them there. Because of these shifts in consumer behavior, digital marketing is now a crucial part of any successful company’s overall strategy.

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How to Cultivate a Culture of Testing

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Alex Rynne A/B testing is like putting together a puzzle: you need to test and iterate until you optimize every component of your campaign, including captions, images, and calls-to-action (CTAs). Another popular analogy is the ‘Goldilocks effect.’ Is your campaign too hot, too cold, or just right? You won’t know until you taste test each one, and this is the process for each and every campaign we run at LinkedIn Marketing Solutions.

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13 Examples of Engaging Interactive Content

Marketing Insider Group

A company’s website is often the first touchpoint for new visitors coming to learn more about its services. It is the main representation of the company’s solution to a problem, the primary resource for curious consumers. A website can make you or break you, so why wouldn’t you want it to be awesome? When someone […]. The post 13 Examples of Engaging Interactive Content appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The When, Where & How of Using GIFs in Content Marketing

Rock Content

GIFs have evolved our visual language and the way we communicate with each other in a very short amount of time. They’re everywhere now. Slack channels. Emails. Social networks. Articles. Comment sections. There isn’t a digital content format or method of communication that hasn’t been taken over by GIFs. They’ve become one of the internet’s primary languages.

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The PPC Attribution Carnival: Finding Your Way Through the Maze [Gifographic]

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Johnathan Dane EDITOR’S NOTE: This gi fographic is part of The Marketer’s Holiday Calendar from KlientBoost. We’re excited to partner with them to bring you fresh insights in a fun format. . Navigating through the analytics behind your pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns can sometimes feel like a maze. With the question, “Where should you go next?

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How to Engage with Customers Using Facebook Live Video

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Engage with Customers Using Facebook Live Video written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Facebook Live is among one of the remarkable developments in the social media marketing world in 2016. According to Unmetric Discover, the number of brand mentions of Facebook Live to date is close to 40,000. One of the key features of live videos is its flexibility.

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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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4 Trends which Will Change Social Media Marketing on Twitter in 2017

Marketing Insider Group

What should marketers and business owners do to stay ahead of their competitors? I guess anything to keep their customer loyal and satisfied. I guess it is what drives changes, innovations, and new features that emerge on Twitter and other social media platforms. I’ve gathered 4 new Twitter trends that will change social media marketing […]. The post 4 Trends which Will Change Social Media Marketing on Twitter in 2017 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Small Business in 2017

Sprout Social

Does Twitter still work for small businesses? How can you get your Tweets seen? Should you invest time into it? These are some of the most common questions we’ve seen about Twitter for small business in 2016. The common theme is businesses are struggling to make Twitter work as effectively as it used to. As Twitter grew and more brands jumped on board, competition became more fierce.

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5 Considerations Before You Step Up Your MarTech Stack

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Heidi Bullock 2017 is right around the corner and you’re probably knee-deep in 2017 planning. Many of us are looking at our budgets, people, and of course technology. With the abundance of new technologies available, it can be easy to get distracted by all the shiny new objects. But with a solid strategy in place, you can navigate the MarTech landscape and adopt the best solutions for your organization to step up your stack.

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Good Customer Service: Are You Doing It Right?

Duct Tape Marketing

Good Customer Service: Are You Doing It Right? written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Whether you are a B2B or a B2C organization, one thing you already know is that you need to provide quality customer service in order to be successful. Chances are, your mission statement or company vision includes something about customer service.

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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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9 Companies That Make Content Marketing Execution Simple

Marketing Insider Group

Execution is arguably the most difficult part of content marketing. Don’t get me wrong; a solid content strategy is critical. It’s the foundation of your efforts, and studies like this have proved that documenting it makes teams more effective at content marketing. So you and your team hold meetings and workshops, discuss the big picture, and even compile […].

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Top 6 Tools That Will Make You a Better Writer

Marketing Insider Group

Writers know plenty of things when it comes to writing. The awesome and scary thing about being a writer is that there is always a place for improvement. This is why people spend a lot of time drafting for weeks, just to come up with quality content and improve their writing skills. We all agree […]. The post Top 6 Tools That Will Make You a Better Writer appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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7 Tips to Increase Email Subscriber Engagement

Marketing Insider Group

Who doesn’t want more of a good thing? It’s the holiday season, and my wife is an amazing baker. I want more of her gingerbread cookies, and your subscribers want more out of you. When your subscribers are engaged, that means they want to hear more from you and are more likely to purchase or […]. The post 7 Tips to Increase Email Subscriber Engagement appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How Will Wearables Change Your Future Marketing Strategies

Marketing Insider Group

Wearables are impacting how people interact with technology, which in turn changes how digital marketers target consumers. Like many other emerging technologies, wearables are still in their infancy, which is the perfect time for marketers to begin learning new tactics for them. Preparing for a future filled with wearables like smartwatches, smart glasses, and shoes […].

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Prospect, Personalize, Profit: The New Way Sales & Marketing Teams Are Aligning with AI

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.

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The Best Marketing Automation Tools

Marketing Insider Group

What are the most valuable marketing automation tools for your industry? Businesses are changing. So does marketing. One of the robust solutions to keep the pace with the changes is marketing automation – a set of tools helping to speed up the processes and upgrade their outcomes. April 26th, 2017, during the Online European Marketing […].

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30 Suggestions For Event Organizers: How To Rock Your Next Event

Marketing Insider Group

Almost every day, I have the pleasure of speaking with one of the most under-appreciated and hardest working group of people: Event Organizers and Conference Planners. That’s why I wrote my suggestions from some of the best marketing speakers to help you make the most of your next event. Many of those speakers offered suggestions […]. The post 30 Suggestions For Event Organizers: How To Rock Your Next Event appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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What Is A Style Guide And How To Create One [Infographic]

Marketing Insider Group

An effective style guide can greatly improve the chances of your content marketing campaign succeeding. A style guide helps develop the necessary structure needed when working with subjective material like content. These guides provide distinct expectations for creatives to follow while also giving brands the opportunity to sustain moderate control over the creative process.

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Do It For Me – The Next Big Thing in Marketing Technology

Marketing Insider Group

Sometimes you just need someone to do the heavy lifting for you. The mistake many of us make is believing that technology itself is the key to success. As marketers, we leverage technology to grow our business. And that’s a good thing. However, we often underestimate the other factors required when investing in new […]. The post Do It For Me – The Next Big Thing in Marketing Technology appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices

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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.

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3 Ways to Give Back Throughout the Year

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Rory Van Nest It’s the end of the year and giving is at an all-time high. With the holidays bringing together our friends and family, we’re often reminded of those less fortunate and giving back to the community by donating or volunteering can help us feel more connected with one another. While this makes the end of the year one of my favorite times, I’m also inspired and challenged to continue giving throughout the year.

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Planning To Launch A New Website? Here is Your 6 Step Pre-launch SEO Plan

Marketing Insider Group

When planning to start a business online, there’s a lot to think about. But one of the most important things to you need to take care of early on is drawing organic traffic to your business website. Search engine’s main task is to give us the content that is relevant to what we’re looking for. […]. The post Planning To Launch A New Website?

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Weekend Reading: “Does It Work?” by Shane Atchison & Jason Burby

Marketing Insider Group

For the 102nd episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Jason Burby, co-author of “Does It Work? 10 Principles for Delivering True Business Value in Digital Marketing.” Jason Burby is the President of the Americas Region for the digital agency POSSIBLE, part of the holding company WPP. His co-author, Shane Atchison, is the CEO of […].

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The 10 Best CSR Books to Give as Gifts or Read Over the Holidays

Marketing Insider Group

The holiday season is here. Your gifts may be picked out and ready to go, but what about something for your CSR colleagues? And what about your own wish list? The holiday break is a great time to catch up on your reading. We asked some leading CSR experts what books they have recently read […]. The post The 10 Best CSR Books to Give as Gifts or Read Over the Holidays appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Unlocking the Power of Martech for the Non-Technical Marketing Leader

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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.

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Reason Number 7,539 You Should Launch a Side Project

Marketing Insider Group

Juliana Casale’s story is not unlike most of ours, because Juliana Casale is not unlike most of us: trying hard to use her creative craft to elevate her career. But unlike many of us, Juliana recognizes something about her side project that has launched her career in B2B marketing forward. In this episode, she shares […]. The post Reason Number 7,539 You Should Launch a Side Project appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Getting Started With Authority Marketing

Duct Tape Marketing

Getting Started With Authority Marketing written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Brian Ainsley Horn. Last week I wrote about reputation management: Page One On Google is Your New Business Card. Today’s post goes hand in hand with the previous post. Authority Marketing, or showing in places that people already value, can greatly increase your reach and expertise – all things that lead to more business and the ability to charge higher fees.

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Weekend Favs December 17

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs December 17 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.