Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

“Don’t talk to strangers.”. Whether or not this is good life advice that people should follow, it’s a saying that most are familiar with. Even though this suggests we might have difficulty engaging with strangers, marketers have no problem selling to strangers. We spam unsegmented email lists and display annoying pop-ups on websites. We spend exorbitant amounts of money on digital advertising —without even taking the time to learn about our audiences.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Envision your favorite website. Does it have a theme? Is the content organized in a way that makes sense? Does it match the overall aesthetic and look of the company’s branding? Are there images and other visual features paired with the written content? All of these elements, which are common on successful websites, can easily be implemented on your own site with the help of a theme or template.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Truly? Yes, truly. Let’s face it, most leaders of Marketing organizations – and many other types of organizations for that matter – talk a good game about the importance of being data-driven. It’s a good sound bite, in large part, because it’s both rooted in common sense and it embodies the modern in “modern marketing.” But actually being […].

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In Summer 2018, Instagram finally smashed the 1 billion users milestone. Today, Instagram is one of the most popular social platforms on the web. It’s a place where people create, share and interact with both their friends and their favorite brands. 80% of Instagrammers follow businesses on the channel. As with any social platform, brands that want to get the most out of Instagram need a substantial following.

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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.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The best salespeople pay attention to buying cues from their customers. If there are no buying signals, they move on to a better lead. They are persistent when they sense a deal can be closed quickly but recognize that sometimes timing issues are at play. By giving their prospect space and following up a little later down the road, they build trust, rapport and when the time comes, they close the deal.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

News flash -- your email address from high school won’t cut it in the real world. Even if “baseballbro25@aim.com” serves as a nostalgic reminder for your peak athletic years, it’ll look like an eyesore on your resume and prompt any recruiter or hiring manager to automatically chuck it in the trash. That said, there’s probably at least one person who has the same name as you, so the email address with just your first and last name has most likely been taken by now.

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Litmus

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As a marketer either doing business in an EU country or holding data on EU-resident customers, the work that went into preparing your email marketing program for GDPR ‘s May 25 deadline is just preliminary. GDPR has long-term effects that will require fundamental shifts in your email strategies. Below are three skills that you’ll have to master to be a successful email marketer a post-GDPR world: 1.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In reviewing the latest research on account-based marketing (ABM) best practices, it struck me that they mirror what sales and marketing leaders have tried to follow for decades. There is, of course, a modern twist to them. It reflects today’s technological capabilities as well as marketing’s new focus on accounts. So, what are companies that succeed at ABM doing that sets them apart?

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2018

A memo (also known as a memorandum, or "reminder") is used for internal communications regarding procedures or official business within an organization. Unlike an email, a memo is a message you send to a large group of employees, like your entire department or everyone at the company. You might need to write a memo to inform staff of upcoming events, or broadcast internal changes.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Content marketing heavily relies on technology, which means it evolves quickly. Mobile search, video marketing, SEO – all of that has been changing and advancing content marketing for the past few years. You are either keeping up or falling behind. Today’s content distribution tactics call for experimenting with many emerging channels, so let’s look at the latest technology trends that you should embrace to diversify and empower your content marketing.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Black Friday is around the corner. Brands are gearing up for the infamous day that they’ll go from operating in the red to black (if you didn’t know—that’s how the day got its name). Since its inception, social media has played a significant role in Black Friday advertising. In this post, we’ll explore how you can win this year with a killer Black Friday social media strategy.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2018

If you’re anything like me, there’s always a certain amount of anxiety around product releases. Mainly because so much can go wrong or block the tracks. The truth is that managing through a project is more about people than processes. People are doing the work, people are giving you feedback, and people are presenting new work that can impact timelines.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Event marketing isn’t just what happens at the event. You need a pre- and post-show plan. While the pre-event email may be a simple message to guide people to visit you, what are you doing post-event? Simply sending an impersonal “great to see you” email with a call to action to sign up now just […]. The post Content Marketing and Trade Shows: How to Drive Conversions Post-Event appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Imagine you publish two blog posts. In one week, one page shows up in 1,500 searches. The other page appears in 850 searches. It’s clear which one is on the right track. Or is it? Metrics can be misleading. If you don’t go below the surface, they’re done in vain. So, which metrics give you deeper insights to improve your SEO strategies , and which don’t?

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Litmus

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Enthusiasm for email interactivity is at an all-time high. Marketers told Litmus that creating interactive email experiences was going to be the biggest design trend of 2018 , and that’s a year after marketers declared that 2017 is the year of interactive email. Marketers are right to be excited. Allowing subscribers to click in an email and activate additional content within that email reduces friction by not forcing them to visit a website or app.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Traditional database maintenance usually involves some combination of list vendors, professional database cleansing services, email scraping, and good old-fashioned personal outreach. There’s no perfect process. And with B2B data decaying at such a rapid rate—about 70% annually —for many businesses, even employing every strategy doesn’t quite cut it.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Many businesses utilize keyword research for SEO purposes, trying to ensure they rocket to the top of relevant searches and get themselves in front of their customers. With that said, SEO is not the only reason your business should zero in on high-quality keyword research. Keyword research can provide you with insights into your customer’s […].

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 22, 2018

At a time when the demand for business transparency is greater than ever–especially on social–smart businesses know that building a brand people feel like they can trust needs to be a company-wide effort. But while research indicates that people define transparency as being open, clear and honest, employees often look to executive leadership to be a living example of how that actually manifests for their business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Five Tips That Make Asking for Referrals Less Intimidating written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Asking for referrals can be tough. It can feel like you’re being pushy or imposing on someone’s time. But in reality, the majority of happy customers are more than willing to give a referral when asked. While the first hurdle in asking for referrals is getting over your own insecurities or mental blocks associated with the process, here are five additional tips that make asking fo

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Traackr

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this blog post, author and global marketing strategist Joel Backeler offers insights on the 2018 State of Influence 2.0 and what you should learn from it.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Marketing can take you on a long hike. The one thing I can guarantee you about the journey is that getting more leads are not better if you don’t know how to nurture. The goal of lead nurturing is to help potential customers on their buying journey. It’s not just about converting leads to becoming […]. The post 4 Steps To Do Lead Nurturing That Helps More Customers Buy appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 23, 2018

It’s that time of year, where a global community of agency partners, experts and transformative industry pros join Sprout Social in one inspiring space. We get to the heart of the buzzwords, get to know one another, and ultimately, walk away with the knowledge to help our organizations thrive. Last year’s Agency Partner Day was such a success that we decided 2018 needed to see more—more speakers, more partners, more food, more drinks, more space.

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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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Base.ai

OCTOBER 23, 2018

One of the classic questions I get is: “How do I measure and show results from customer advocacy?” Some even add “and quick results” to the query. Although customer advocacy should be viewed as a growth strategy, it can be fine-tuned to show results early on. That’s because customer advocacy is a business initiative with real goals, measurements and improvement paths.

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Moz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Posted by DarrenKingman Content link building: Are infographics still the highest ROI format? Fun fact: the first article to appear online proclaiming that "infographics are dead" appeared in 2011. Yet, here we are. For those of you looking for a quick answer to this strategy-defining question, infographics aren’t as popular as they were between 2014 and 2015.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Does your brand have a clear voice and tone guide? If it’s just something you “know” then it may not be communicated as easily as you think. To clarify, let’s look at what voice and tone are. A brand’s voice is not what you say, but how you say it. Voice is consistent; tone may shift depending […]. The post How to Create a Voice and Tone Brand Guide in 7 Steps appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Vince Molinaro. Podcast Transcript. My guest this week on the Duct Tape Marketing podcast is Vince Molinaro. He is an expert on creating a healthy, resilient leadership culture, and is the author of the best-selling book The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming an Accountable Leader.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Zumvu

OCTOBER 21, 2018

If you are new to the world of eCommerce, then you really need to be aware of the period that is almost at the doorstep – the holiday shopping season.

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Moz

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Posted by MiriamEllis They say you can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip, but when the turnip (and your biggest potential competitor) is Google, the lifeblood of the local business locations you market could depend on knowing where to take control. As Google acts to confine ever-more stages of the local consumer journey within their own interface, local enterprises need to assume as much control as possible over the aspects of the Google Knowledge Panel that they can directly or indirectly influen

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 25, 2018

As time marches on, social media becomes a more important part of doing business. Through social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, businesses can reach out to more potential customers, communicate with them, and generally do better business. Optimizing your social media requires analytics, such as KPI according to NetBase. Even though most people […].

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Transcript of Building Accountable Leadership to Transform Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. John Jantsch: You know, leadership might be the hardest job for an entrepreneur. You’ve got to decide that you want that job, you have to understanding that it’s an obligation, and let’s face it, it is hard work every

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