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The Ultimate Guide to Product Marketing in 2019

Hubspot Marketing

During the 1950s, Volkswagen sold a bus. Although now considered a classic vehicle, the bus remains an icon for the car company decades later. The cool part? Volkswagen just introduced their new VW Bus this year — it’s electric and features modern and sleek styling. Volkswagen’s marketing for the vehicle is eye-catching, unique, and fun, and it fits the original “hippie” vibe the company was once known for.

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5 Ways to Create the Optimal Customer Experience on Your Website

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

I am sure most people have quit while waiting for a website page to load. Waiting is a hassle; we all expect fast-loading sites—anything less isn’t worth the wait in today’s time-poor world. If your website is like this, then you probably haven’t upgraded or even thought about your website for a little while now. And that’s why website speed is an essential part of your site’s performance.

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20+ Creative Social Media Contest Ideas and Examples

Hootsuite

A little inspiration goes a long way when it comes to brainstorming social media contest ideas. To get your creative juices flowing, we’ve rounded up more than 20 ideas across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat— and even TikTok. And to make things easier, we’ve sorted them by objective, from increasing engagement to generating leads.

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Your ultimate guide to social media icons

Sprout Social

Social media has become so ingrained in our daily lives that most social media icons are instantly recognizable. You don’t need to see the name of the platform to associate the blue “f” icon with Facebook or the retro camera icon with Instagram. Most people also know what would happen if they click on those icons when they see them on a website or email.

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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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12 PPC Tools & Software to Help Your Ad Campaigns Crush It

Hubspot Marketing

PPC, or pay-per-click, campaigns can be a great way to gain traffic, leads, and ROI. In fact, businesses make an average of $8 for every dollar they spend on Google Ads. Although PPC sounds like a great opportunity, creating profitable campaigns can cost you time, effort, and money. If you don’t have a strong strategy or monitor your campaigns, you could lose precious dollars.

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How to Pair AI with Inside Sales to Grow Your Business

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Inside sales has always been a high-touch and highly professional strategy for reaching out to business buyers with a targeted message. And today inside sales reps are often a company’s first line of communication with existing customers and prospects alike. To make your reps as productive as possible, you want them focused on building relationships with high-value accounts…not dialing for dollars.

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How to Build Content Creation Into Your Company Workflow

Marketing Insider Group

A strong and consistent content creation workflow is essential to your content marketing success. Content creation should not only be the responsibility of the marketing department. For a well- rounded marketing strategy that brings maximum benefits both externally and internally, you should integrate content creation with your main business processes.

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The Best 7 Ecommerce Software in 2019

Hubspot Marketing

Ecommerce is a rapidly growing industry -- in fact, online sales grew at almost four times the rate of total retail sales in 2018 and accounted for over half of the retail industry's growth. As demand for ecommerce increases, so does the number of software tools and platforms designed to help businesses capture leads, generate revenue, and grow. Finding and using effective ecommerce platforms can help your organization tap into the more than $500 billion consumers spent online last year.

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Find Your Ideal Customer with Account Insights and Profiling

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

The digital revolution has raised customer expectations massively. People want much more than just a product—they crave a complete experience. The success of your marketing campaign no longer depends on the number of leads you generate. It rests on your ability to maximize your customers’ experience. That’s why forward-thinking marketers are prioritizing account-based marketing —determining together with sales which accounts to target, why they should be targeted, and when they should be targete

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101+ Key Performance Indicators and Tips – Make the Best KPI Choices

Content Marketing Institute

A long list of key performance indicators (KPIs) can be overwhelming, but don’t let that stop you from reading. You don’t need to use them all. You just need to use them wisely. Continue reading → The post 101+ Key Performance Indicators and Tips – Make the Best KPI Choices appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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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Your Brand Is Your Culture – How That Impacts Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Your company culture forms the basis of everything you do. No matter how much time or how many resources you plow into marketing, if your audience and customers don’t align with your key values, your success will be limited. Company culture and brand are now merging and some experts already consider them to be synonymous. To put […]. The post Your Brand Is Your Culture – How That Impacts Content Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Instagram Story ads: Rules and best practices for impressive results

Sprout Social

People are becoming increasingly fascinated with Instagram Stories as a more authentic and less filtered alternative to regular Instagram posts. As of January 2019, 500 million people were using it on a daily basis–a 250% increase since 2017. And ever since the introduction of Instagram Story ads and full-screen Canvas ads in 2017, the platform has also seen a lot more advertisers promoting their products through Instagram Stories.

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How Thinking Like an Entrepreneur Can Supercharge Your Success

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Companies that thrive amid constant change and innovation share a common trait: Their leaders encourage employees to think more like entrepreneurs than traditional workers. However, thinking like an entrepreneur does not require setting up a startup inside an organization. It means leaders are inspiring employees to think for themselves, creating a culture where people want to play a role in making a profound impact with the work they do.

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How to Run a Strategy-Focused Content Workshop

Content Marketing Institute

Document your content marketing strategy with a hands-on, insightful company-wide workshop if you want to achieve big success. Follow these nine steps to lead a session to get everybody on board and working toward the same goals. Continue reading → The post How to Run a Strategy-Focused Content Workshop appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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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How to Market an Event: 15 Event Marketing Tips

Marketing Insider Group

A well-planned promotional strategy is vital for a successful event. These event marketing tips will help you get the word out about your event, reach the right audience, and build buzz for your conference, trade show, or corporate event in the run-up to its launch. Quick Takeaways An integrated marketing strategy is essential to maximize […].

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How to find a social media marketing agency

Sprout Social

If you’re struggling with your social presence these days, you aren’t alone. After all, businesses have their hands full when it comes to social media and customer expectations. But perhaps what’s most striking is just how many goals brands are tackling at the same time. Here’s a quick glimpse from Sprout’s 2019 Social Index. With so much on our plates, it’s no wonder why brands are looking for helping hands who’ve walked the walk on social media.

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The beginner’s guide to analysing and optimising display advertising

Bannerflow

Analysing and optimising display advertising is a key strategy for digital marketers. Today, marketers are able to measure and use data to enhance the performance of a display campaign like never before. But how? Learn what you need to know to successfully analyse and optimise your display campaigns, as we answer the following questions: Why optimise display advertising before publishing?

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Burger King Teaches You How to Do Cause Marketing Wrong

Content Marketing Institute

Audiences are shouting at brands through the “silence, brand” memes to stick to their mission. Yet brands are still doing cause marketing. Unfortunately, sometimes they do it the wrong way. Here’s how the Burger King team ran amok when they did it their way. Continue reading → The post Burger King Teaches You How to Do Cause Marketing Wrong appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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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How To Use Search Intent Data to Get More Leads

Marketing Insider Group

Marketing as an industry has evolved greatly over the past years. The digital transformation has largely contributed to this growth. The internet and digital media are the source of advancement when it comes to sales and marketing. Since the internet has become accessible to a large portion of the global population, the opportunities for growth […].

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Sprout Social named to Crain’s Fast 50 list for a third year

Sprout Social

Sprout Social is proud to be included on the 2019 Crain’s Fast 50 list, which recognizes the fastest-growing businesses in Chicago who are at least six years old and have achieved at least $15 million in 2018 revenue. This is the third year Sprout Social has been included on the list and we are honored to be recognized alongside the region’s best and most innovative companies. .

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Email Rules and Regulations to Follow

Duct Tape Marketing

If you’re just getting into email marketing (or even if you’ve been at it for a while!), you may be unaware of some of the rules and regulations that come along with managing a mailing list and launching campaigns. While you may be eager to get things up and running, there are some legal guidelines you should know about before undertaking any email marketing.

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Shares Don’t Cut It: Pick Better Metrics for Demand and Lead Gen

Content Marketing Institute

The only way to know the value content brings to your business is to establish standards. But it’s impossible to know how close your content is to achieving its goals without the right metrics. Continue reading → The post Shares Don’t Cut It: Pick Better Metrics for Demand and Lead Gen appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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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Most Viewed Video Ads: Hulu Leads With Sports Streaming

illumin

This week on the MVVA chart, streaming service Hulu gains enough views to take the first and second spots! Their chart-topping campaign is new to the MVVA list, featuring the United States Women’s National Soccer Team. Retail vacuum company Dyson grabbed a spot and new to the chart this week in the fourth spot is GEICO, with an ad featuring the winner of their “Best Of” sweepstakes.

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Recognizing our Agency Partner Founding Members

Sprout Social

Two years ago, we launched our Agency Partner Program with the help of key agencies, our founding members. As we evolve our agency offering and build on the learnings and collaboration we’ve had with our founding members, we want to take a moment to recognize these agencies, who offer excellence to their clients in social media day in and day out. Here is a list of the agencies who helped found the program.

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The Three Step System for Keeping Clients for Three Years or Longer

Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on the 3 Step System to Keep Clients 3 Years or Longer. I’ve been a marketing consultant for many years, working with all sorts of small business owners. Not only that, but I’ve also spent a lot of time with fellow marketing consultants, having developed the Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network. The topic of this podcast relates to any business, but especially to those in a service business or those who are marketing consultants.

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What’s Missing From Your Content Marketing Tech?

Content Marketing Institute

When asked what’s missing in a content marketer’s tech stack, CMWorld presenters waxed poetic, imagined the possibilities, and got practical. Read on for 13 tools to use now and 21 tech concepts that should exist if they don’t already. Continue reading → The post What’s Missing From Your Content Marketing Tech? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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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Here’s the Only Guide You Need for Cannabis Advertising

illumin

To put it bluntly: navigating the restrictions around cannabis advertising truly sucks. The laws are ever-changing. There are new restrictions almost every day, changes to what you can (and cannot) show on ads, updated exchanges to run with, etc. Don’t panic – we’ve put together a handy guide to help you plan your marketing strategy. We detail the current restrictions across Canada and the U.S. and put together ways you can target cannabis consumers, where you can run, and what you can say

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Delivering Episode 6: What We Saw at Salesforce Connections

Litmus

In this episode of Delivering, host Jason Rodriguez reports back from Salesforce Connections, digging into what the Litmus team saw and what it potentially means for email marketers. Be sure to subscribe to Delivering on iTunes or Spotify to listen to future episodes and join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #DeliveringPodcast. Episode Transcript.

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How to Make Your Brand Unskippable

Duct Tape Marketing

Marketing Podcast with Jim Kukral. Podcast Transcript. Today on the podcast, I chat with marketing and branding expert Jim Kukral. He is a keynote speaker and author of several books, including his latest, Your Journey to Becoming Unskippable in Your Business, Life & Career. As an entrepreneur, he has started and sold two of his own online marketing agencies.

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How I Grew My Dying Facebook Traffic

Neil Patel

Is it me, or does Facebook just want to keep you on Facebook? Every time I post a link to my site, I get less and less traffic. And it’s been this way for years. In other words, my organic reach on Facebook was dying. And to make matters worse, they give you hope every time they launch a new feature. For example, when they launched Facebook Live , you used to be able to get tons of views because they promoted it organically… but not really anymore.

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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