Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
Over the last decade, marketers’ opinions of events have gone up and down. To some, events can be a monumental waste of money. But to many others, there’s an increasing sense of value in running expos and conferences. They bring your best customers together and attract a wider audience from your target market. It’s what happens at the event that matters.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Few terms raise the ire of the buzzword police more than thought leadership. But what is thought leadership? When should you consider using it, and how do you balance the talent and experience of your team with the humility and authenticity today’s audiences demand? Let’s start by getting on the same page. What Is Thought […]. The post What Is Thought Leadership?
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Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
You’ve decided to hire a journalist for your content marketing team – congratulations! All the evidence says you’ve got yourself a hard-working individual used to delivering high-quality editorial on tight deadlines. Those are some darned useful qualities. But not all journos will hit the ground running. Making the switch to content marketing can take a bit of adjustment.
Hubspot Marketing
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
There is without a doubt no shortage of data for each action you take in your marketing campaigns , nor is there a lack of tools to help you measure them. The problem is, some metrics aren't as important as they look. They stick out right in front of your face as soon as you log into your analytics tool, puking an “up-and-to-the-right” graph in your face.
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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.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Social selling—where salespeople leverage social networking to connect with the right prospects and forge deeper, more meaningful relationships—has emerged as one of the hottest sales industry trends in recent times. This is mostly thanks to the growth of social media. However, many organizations are finding the process of actually implementing a social selling methodology into their sales training programs to be a challenge.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Predictive analytics fuel growth. Research shows, B2B marketers that use predictive analytics to develop their marketing strategies are 2.9 times more likely to experience above industry average revenue growth rates. Their organizations are 2.1 times more likely to be positioned as an industry leader. Prescriptive analytics defines it. By 2015, the vast majority of B2B marketers, about […].
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Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
How to Create Effective Content Without Adding More to Your To-Do List written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Content influences not only all aspects of our marketing but of our entire business as well. Content is not something you can take lightly. It needs to be front and center of your strategy and it needs to be done well. The only issue is, it’s time-consuming.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Live video streaming is all the rage these days, with both regular users and influencers using it to have their voice heard. Businesses aren’t standing on the sidelines either because they are aware of all the benefits live video content can provide. First of all, video is cheaper than ever to produce. Second, live video is great for engaging your followers, increasing awareness about your business and brand, and ultimately, generating leads and driving more customers your way.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
In 1942, Fiorello La Guardia, the mayor of New York, organized a sudden citywide raid. All at once, he sent his police officers throughout the boroughs. They busted into bars, lounges, gambling parlors, and clubs to confiscate some specific items that La Guardia was after. And then the mayor ceremoniously destroyed these items. With a […]. The post Why Storytelling Is the Secret Weapon for Great Product Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Content audits are about as popular as colonoscopies but they’re just as necessary to health – in this case, the health of your content marketing strategy. But you likely dread the tedious, time-consuming annual content audit, and reliably and predictably put it off (and sometimes never get it done.). What if you could do a content audit in only a few hours?
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Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Stop Networking and Start Focusing on Relationships That Matter written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Scott Gerber. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Scott Gerber. He is the co-founder and CEO of The Community Company as well as Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) and Forbes Councils.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Metrics, metrics, metrics! You can’t avoid them. Did you know that when it comes to tracking your social media metrics, there are millions that you could be analyzing to reach your KPIs? ( Well maybe not millions, but there are really quite a few to choose from. ) KPIs of course, are the values used by marketing and social media teams to measure the performance of your social media campaigns.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Driven by a host of emerging technologies and an influx of new insights, consumer behavior continues to evolve at breakneck speeds. Understandably, B2B marketers are hard-pressed to recalibrate their lead generation strategies in this ever-shifting landscape. The explosion of content addressing consumer concerns at every step of the buyer’s journey has developed increasingly educated consumers. […].
Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
I never gave much thought to library marketing until I met Angela Hursh, content team leader in the marketing department of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Going to my neighborhood library to browse and check out books is one of my favorite things to do; I’ve been visiting on a regular basis for as long as I can remember. As a dedicated bookworm, I took for granted the effort of marketing the library does to reach people for whom visiting isn’t second nature.
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.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
EMaaS: How Email Marketing Can Be Your Agency’s Most Profitable Service written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Enjoy today’s guest post from David Mihm. Thanks to John’s generous promotion of my content over the years, many of you probably know I’ve spent most of my career in search engine optimization. Although many of my colleagues in the SEO world were surprised when I transitioned into the adjacent world of email marketing a year ago and launched Tidings , I hope you
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
If you are a marketer, you probably think of yourself as a creative person, and when you think legal, maybe you think…not so creative. But is this a fair assessment? As someone with experience in both marketing and legal departments, I can say both are driven by a determination help the customer succeed. In this blog, I’ll outline five tips to help your marketing and legal teams work better together.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
CMOs and marketing managers today have tough choices to make when it comes to deciding which tools to use to improve customer experience. In 2018, there are an unprecedented number of techniques to take advantage of, from augmented reality mobile apps, to mind blowing experiential marketing with tools like 3D projection mapping and even a […].
Rock Content
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
“How to create an endless backlog of content.”. “Five tips for creating more blog content.”. “Never run out of content ideas again.”. We’ve all seen blog titles like these. And they come from a place of good intentions, in general: content marketers are constantly charged with creating a higher volume of content in the name of building audiences and elevating domain authority and page ranking.
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.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
Weekend Favs February 10 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.
Zumvu
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
While technology is constantly changing, there are a number of classic business techniques that are still effective.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Cold calling is joining the ranks of 8-track tape players and Palm Pilots: It’s clunky, it’s outdated, and it’s ready to be put out to pasture. Ten years ago, reaching a prospect was possible after 3.68 cold calls. Now? That number of attempts has jumped up to eight. Is it any surprise that 44 percent of […]. The post 5 Lead Generation Tactics That Are Replacing The Cold Call appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Rock Content
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
What exactly makes a content marketer truly great? Are they born that way and simply destined for content marketing stardom? Or are they developed over time, forged into great content marketers through tough content ideation sessions, countless AB testing trials, endless rounds of edits, and a sheer determination to succeed at all costs. This may be up for debate, but I personally think it’s a mix of all of the above.
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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.
Content Marketing Institute
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
“But I’m from a B2B company. How does all of this apply to us?” I must get a version of this question in almost every content marketing workshop I run. My answer is always the same: “B2B customers are people too.”. On entering the office, we don’t stuff our B2C brains into the desk drawer, replacing them with pin-striped B2B versions allocated to us by HR.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Transcript of Stop Networking and Start Focusing on Relationships That Matter written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is sponsored by Podcast Bookers, PodcastBookers.com. Podcasts are really hot, right? But you know what’s also really hot?
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
CEOs and sales leaders have long wondered: how can we drive organic growth and increase sales from existing customers? But it’s elusive. In fact, the traditional approach is no longer working. According to CEB, now Gartner, “Only 28% of sales leaders report that account management channels regularly meet their cross-selling and account growth targets.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
You’re on Amazon looking for a new frying pan, and you have no idea which kind you should buy. You narrow it down to three types. They’re the same price, they all look relatively identical, and you don’t have any associations with the brand names to draw on. They’re pretty much all the same frying […]. The post The 9 Best Ecommerce UGC Campaigns on Instagram appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
For the 162nd episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Anne Bahr Thompson, author of Do Good: Embracing Brand Citizenship to Fuel Both Purpose and Profit. For many businesses, success comes in unexpected ways. Toms grew into a $600 million company by giving away 35 million pair of shoes. Patagonia’s profits have climbed year […].
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
Building a comprehensive, large scale digital optimization program that works takes not two, but three to tango. Platform, process, people. Calling it the 3 Ps would be easy but it’s more important to spell it all out in order to let each of these 3 critical components sink in mind, most effectively. Think of the three-legged stool […]. The post It Takes Three To Tango In Digital Optimization appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
A successful Agile marketing team has two parts: the people on the team, and the formal ways the interact with each other. In other words, Agile marketing roles and ceremonies. Team structure and meetings are often overlooked during process optimization, but fine-tuning them both (and making sure they work well together) can be the key […]. The post Agile Marketing Roles & Meetings appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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