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How to Manage an Account-Based Sales Team

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

If you’re keeping up with the latest B2B trends, you’ve probably heard or read the term “Account Based” recently. Many B2B organizations deal with a smaller lead pool and longer sales cycle, which means you’ve probably had to adjust your marketing campaigns accordingly. And, that’s where account-based marketing and sales come in.

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What Happens When You Make Gated Content Free?

Hubspot Marketing

Whether you love ‘em or hate ‘em, chances are, you have an opinion about forms. Trust us -- they’re not evil. We still use them, and still believe that many marketers should continue to do so, too. But truth be told, the "Should we gate our content?" question has been flying around HubSpot for a few years now. We’ve looked at the topic through various lenses, from SEO, to lead generation, to channel-specific implications.

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5 Hacks To Get More Leads

Marketing Insider Group

The burning question on every marketing client’s lips. How to get more leads for my business? What can marketers do to invite more people into a brand experience? There are plenty of practical methods for generating quality leads. Blogging. Sharing and caring on social media. Strategic landing pages. Event marketing. Email. Most marketers are using […].

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How do We Prevent Our Websites from Being Hacked

Zumvu

Regardless of the total number of pages, nature and complexity of functionalities in a website, every live URL is at the risk of being hacked. You can't assume your site is less susceptible to wicked attempts.

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

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.

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Top Tips For Successful Community Building on Twitter

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Are you struggling to build a strong community for your business on Twitter? It’s easier than you think. You can be successful by making a plan, delivering quality content, organizing with Twitter lists, participating in active Twitter chats, and knowing your Twitter analytics. A company that successfully embraces Twitter and builds its community around it will move beyond likes and followers.

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In-House vs. Hiring an SEO Professional: Which Path Should You Choose?

Duct Tape Marketing

In-House vs. Hiring an SEO Professional: Which Path Should You Choose? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Search Engine Optimization is an essential part of the marketing mix today – few businesses can afford to ignore or abdicate this tactic. If you have a well-optimized website, and a content-driven SEO strategy , you are guaranteed to improve your rankings.

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A Guide to Low Cost and Effective Advertising in Social Media

Zumvu

Are we talking about social media advertising that is going to cost as little money as possible, or are we talking about lowering your budget’s social media marketing percentage?

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Technical vs. Engagement SEO: The What, Why, and How of Modern SEO

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

An effective SEO strategy leads to increased organic traffic, more qualified leads, better brand awareness, and—ultimately—increased revenue. If your SEO program isn’t providing all of these benefits, you may be allocating too much time to the wrong tasks. It’s time to revisit your strategy. Because SEO has changed a lot in recent years. Veterans of the early days will tell you horror stories about keyword density and link farms.

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How to Free Up More Time In Your Work Week

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Free Up More Time In Your Work Week written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Mandi Ellefson. Podcast Transcript. What’s your biggest problem? Is it time? Focus? Delegation? Those are the problems I hear about all the time and are seemingly the most difficult to solve. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Mandi Ellefson, a scalable freedom strategist and founder of The Hands-Off CEO.

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Empathetic Marketing: How To Connect With Your Customers

Marketing Insider Group

Have you made empathetic marketing part of your strategy in 2017? If not, you should. Let me explain. I interviewed Michael Brenner (@BrennerMichael) the CEO of MarketingInsiderGroup.com. Michael has received recognition across the Internet for his knowledge and role in shaping content marketing as we know it today. He’s a sought-after keynote speaker and co-author of The Content […].

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

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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Integrate Salesmate with Squarespace for Unlimited Business Growth

Zumvu

So you are pretty happy to collect information from loads of visitors by embedding a Squarespace sales lead form in your website. Congratulations! You are doing really good.

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When and Why to Use Landing Pages

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Marketers have started to realize that most web pages have a major fault: They’re not designed to win customers. Mostly, they’re distracting, they’re overwhelming, and they’re bad at guiding prospects through the marketing funnel. That’s why many marketers count on a relatively new tool (compared to billboards) to generate leads and make sales—the landing page.

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Transcript of How to Free Up More Time in Your Work Week

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How to Free Up More Time in Your Work Week written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. john: So what’s your biggest problem? Is it time, is it focus, is it delegation? Those are the things I hear all of the time so that’s why I’m speaking with Mandi Ellefson. She is the CEO of the Hands Off CEO.

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What Can B2B Marketers Gain from Growth Hacking? [Infographic]

Marketing Insider Group

What can you gain from growth hacking and how can you develop a mindset to be better at B2B marketing? To help answer this question, I interviewed Neil Patel (@neilpatel), co-founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar, and KISSmetrics. He also helps companies like Amazon, NBC, GM, HP and Viacom grow their revenue. As marketers, we can reject […]. The post What Can B2B Marketers Gain from Growth Hacking?

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

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.

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The Best Press Release Distribution Sites and PR Platforms

Zumvu

Press Releases are more important than ever. A press release is just releasing your news online on the digital platform and making it viral amidst the potential viewers.

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5 Lessons Sales Can Learn from Dating

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

If we have said it once, we have said it a thousand times…business is all about the relationships you build. We are all familiar with the traditional ways of selling, the old-school push to sell sales tactics and of course, the ABC message—Always Be Closing. However, this outdated message fails to address how buyers buy today. Relationships between brands and customers have changed.

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Transcript of The Power of Little Ideas

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of The Power of Little Ideas written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: “Innovate or die.” That’s what Peter Drucker said and I think a lot of people took that to mean that you had to create a company that disrupted an entire industry and you should be looking for ways to innovate on your products and services like nobody ever thought about, but I really think it was misunderstood.

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The State of Social Media Influencer Marketing in 2017

Marketing Insider Group

As an entrepreneur, you must have thought a lot about your marketing campaign and considered how to make it both effective and affordable. Or if you are about to venture into the world of entrepreneurship, it’s good to think about how you want your products to be represented to your potential customers. You must have […]. The post The State of Social Media Influencer Marketing in 2017 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

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.

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25 Ways To Make Your Blog Stand Out From The Crowd

Zumvu

Nowadays, the blogosphere is heavily crowded with millions of blogs and it is more than just a challenge for bloggers to get their blogs out of obscurity.

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The True Power of Contextual Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

In marketing, the primary goal is to send the right message to the right people at the right time using the right channel. This is what “marketing context” is all about. According to the Harvard Business Review, the four Ps of traditional marketing (price, placement, promotion, and product) needs to be shaken up and. The post The True Power of Contextual Marketing appeared first on PureB2B.

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5 Reasons Why Businesses Are Failing With Marketing Automation

Marketing Insider Group

5 reasons why businesses are failing with marketing automation and how you can take a no-fail approach instead Marketing automation has transformed the world of marketing. In fact, Google searches for marketing automation alone have reached an all-time high, showing that search volume for marketing automation has been growing at huge incremental rates.

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Lost your keys again? 3 stages to find missing keywords by analyzing competitors

Marketing Insider Group

Exploring the niche, we can assess the whole situation, learn the weak and strong points of competitors and find inspiration for the own project. But there is a fine line: some people overuse this method, some avoid it at all. Let’s figure out how to keep the balance. In this article, I’ll tell you how […]. The post Lost your keys again? 3 stages to find missing keywords by analyzing competitors appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

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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Weekend Reading: “Perennial Seller” by Ryan Holiday

Marketing Insider Group

For the 132nd episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts. In Perennial Seller, Ryan Holiday (author of multiple bestsellers including Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising and Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions […].

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How This Entrepreneur Found The Secrets To a Successful Business

Marketing Insider Group

Many entrepreneurs have a dream to make a six or seven figure income from their home. This is what drives most of us to quit our 9 – 5 day job and work toward these goals. If you’re reading this, more than likely, you’re an entrepreneur who has these same visions in mind for you […]. The post How This Entrepreneur Found The Secrets To a Successful Business appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The Power of Little Ideas

Duct Tape Marketing

The Power of Little Ideas written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Robertson. Podcast Transcript. “Innovate or die.” That’s what Peter Drucker said, and I think a lot of people took that to mean that you have to create a company that disrupts an entire industry and that you should be looking for ways to innovate on your products and services like nobody has in the past, but I personally think that line was misunderstood.

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These Are The 12 Best Event Marketing Tools

Marketing Insider Group

Though digital marketing dominates headlines, event marketing remains the indispensable mainstay of brand promotion and lead generation across industries and company sizes. According to recent research, live events remain the top lead generation source for B2B marketers. Writing in Forbes, John Hall contends ” the power of face-to-face interactions in strengthening connections is lost in […].

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

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

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7 Best Online Proofreading Tools for Writing Error-Free Blog Content

Duct Tape Marketing

7 Best Online Proofreading Tools for Writing Error-Free Blog Content written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. No blogger ever wants to allow any errors in their content. We do our best to have our articles and other content 100% error-free because we do not want to be viewed as some illiterate rednecks. While we know that allowing a single spelling error by accident does not make you an illiterate redneck, we also know that the Internet is a very competitive and often aggressive e

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10 Must Have Tools to Monitor, Analyze and Respond to Brand Mention

Duct Tape Marketing

10 Must Have Tools to Monitor, Analyze and Respond to Brand Mention written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. What are people saying about your brand? I am not speaking about those paid advertisements or reviews on popular blogs that you have been orchestrating. I mean real, organic brand mentions from your user base. Chances are you have no idea, not unless it has been a major complaint that has come directly through your customer service office.

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Concentrate on Visitor Experience to Increase your Sales Pipeline

Duct Tape Marketing

Concentrate on Visitor Experience to Increase your Sales Pipeline written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Keeping your sales pipeline healthy reduces the worry for businesses that they are not receiving enough income. There are trends throughout the year that can affect the pipeline so how do you keep it topped up at a satisfactory level the whole year?

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Weekend Favs July 15

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs July 15 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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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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