Sat.Nov 19, 2016 - Fri.Nov 25, 2016

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3 Things Marketers Can Be Thankful For

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Marissa Lyman The moment November 1st rolled around, I immediately began thinking of turkey, cranberry relish, and food comas. For our international readers, November is the time of the year when Americans justify devoting an entire day to eating. I know what you’re thinking–what about the other 364 days of the year when the United States treats the McDonald’s breakfast menu like an all-you-can-eat buffet?

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6 Creative Social Media Tactics to Produce Better Content

Sprout Social

Marketers are under a lot of pressure to make sure their campaigns get noticed on social media. With so many businesses active across all social platforms, the content you’re publishing has to be more innovative, creative and engaging than ever. As a rule of thumb, you should avoid gimmicks and cheesy marketing ploys. And recreating an approach that worked for one brand won’t always pan out for yours.

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10 Social Media Tools That Will Wow Your Followers and Make Them Click

Marketing Insider Group

Are you looking for some tools that can take your social media engagement and conversions to the next level? Look no further. Here are our top 10 recommendations for social media tools that will wow your followers and get them to click on your opt-ins. 1. PromoRepublicPromoRepublic recently was rated first place in Product Hunt’s […]. The post 10 Social Media Tools That Will Wow Your Followers and Make Them Click appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Are One-Off Requests from Sales Impacting Your Content Marketing Strategy?

Rock Content

Content marketing plays an integral role in an organization’s overall strategy and success. As a result, content marketing is heavily relied on by many different departments for a multitude of requests and projects – but especially by the sales team. Content marketers, how many times have you fielded these questions from the sales team? Can we get a case study on XYZ company?

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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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7 Ways to Improve Your Site’s SEO Game Today

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Nate Dame Search engine optimization (SEO) is vital to a good digital marketing strategy: 73% of in-house marketers and 76% of US agencies said SEO provided excellent or good return on investment (ROI). 89% of worldwide marketers rated SEO successful at achieving objectives of improved search rankings, website traffic, and lead generation. But good, modern SEO also takes time.

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A Complete Calendar of Hashtag Holidays for 2017

Sprout Social

From Puppy Day to Awkward Moments Day, there’s an occasion for just about anything. Ignored by traditional calendars these hashtag holidays are celebrated ad nauseum on social media. Some are meant to generate awareness and promote a cause while others focus their attention on the cute, quirky and nonsensical. When positioned properly these occasions can be a great opportunity for your brand to reach a new audience.

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Long-form Storytelling & Thought Leadership: A Content Marketing Success

Rock Content

Long-form storytelling is having a moment right now. Brands and media alike are using narrative arcs to capture and engage audiences for extended amounts of time. I’ve written about long-form storytelling recently – from both brands and media – all to lead up to a bigger piece of content that I’m very excited to share with you. Long-form content (1,200+ words) becomes a story when it follows a narrative arc – meaning it has a premise and a plot (a beginning, middle and end).

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How Your Content Marketing Can Get an Extra Lift From Influencers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Ellen Gomes Every industry has influencers—people who have the ability, because of their power or knowledge (real or perceived), to influence purchase decisions. Hollywood has celebrities, fashion has models, and business has its moguls. The internet is no different. Social influencers are bloggers, social media personalities, or industry experts who have developed large and loyal followings by being insightful, entertaining, engaging, transparent, humorous, and—most importantly—human.

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5 Psychological Tips for Selling on Facebook

Sprout Social

We as consumers like to think that we’re above marketing tricks. We’re savvier than when we were shopping 10 years ago. We use tools like price-comparison apps and budget-prompted push notifications to help us shop better. Use consumer psychology to your business’ advantage. This doesn’t mean you use evil tactics to deceive your customers. Consumer psychology is all about knowing your customer’s buying habits.

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From Awareness to Advocacy: Interactive Content for the Entire Customer Lifecycle

Marketing Insider Group

Ask 10 different marketers what the customer lifecycle looks like and you’ll likely get 10 different answers. Each business is unique and each target customer segment is unique. No matter how you try to boil the customer journey down into one of the dozens of models, only knowing your customers will get you the right […]. The post From Awareness to Advocacy: Interactive Content for the Entire Customer Lifecycle appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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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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The Key to Ranking Your Local Business in Google

Duct Tape Marketing

The Key to Ranking Your Local Business in Google written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. For local businesses, showing up on page one is a must – showing up in the Google 3-pack (or whatever it is called this week.) can be the difference between thriving and merely surviving. All Google products evolve as they find ways to make search better and, let’s face it, make more money from that fact.

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How Do Your Email Engagement Rates Stack Up Against Your Competitors?

Contently B2C

At this moment, 11 unread marketing emails are collecting dust in my personal inbox. GrubHub is trying to make me emotional about sharing holiday meals. (It’s working.) The Boston Red Sox want me to attend spring training. (Florida in March does sound lovely.) “Barack Obama” even sent an email about “fighting back.” (Yes we can?). Of those 11, I opened about half, only clicking through on one.

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7 Tips to Optimize Your Social Media Conversions

Sprout Social

We know how powerful social media can be for branding. It’s one of the most effective ways to reach the masses and build awareness for your company. But there’s another side of social media that’s equally important–converting social media followers into leads or customers. Social media conversions are the ultimate sign of success for marketers.

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Content Syndication Blunders that Will Hurt Your Brand

Marketing Insider Group

Augmenting your original content through syndication, aggregation, and curation are crucial strategies marketers use to increase their target audience reach, as well as boost demand generation. While these terms are so closely related that they’re often interchanged, it’s important to note that each one is quite distinct. Content syndication is the process of promoting your […].

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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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How to Successfully Scale Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Successfully Scale Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with David Finkel. So here’s the big question – you started a business, so do you own a business or did you create a hard, sometimes low-paying job? To me, the big distinction lies in your ability to successfully scale and get free from the daily demands of the business.

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CMOs Are Behind On Disruptive Growth, And It’s Going To Cost Their Job [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Nearly 40% of CEOs say the CMO will be the first to go if business growth targets are not met, according to Accenture Strategy’s latest research ‘The C-level Disruptive Growth Opportunity,’ which surveyed over 500 CEOs and nearly 900 CMOs from organizations around the world. In spite of the fact that CEOs hold other C-level […]. The post CMOs Are Behind On Disruptive Growth, And It’s Going To Cost Their Job [Research] appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The Weird & Wonderful Odyssey Behind the Writing of an Ambitious Book

Marketing Insider Group

Note: I’m making the ENTIRE conversation I had with Jonathan available to newsletter subscribers 1 week from now. Subscribe at unthinkable.fm before October 30, 2016. TODAY: Jonathan Fields has written several books, hosts a top podcast, and speaks all over the world. By most measures, he’s “made it.” But his latest book, How to Live a […]. The post The Weird & Wonderful Odyssey Behind the Writing of an Ambitious Book appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The ROI of Lead Scoring

Duct Tape Marketing

The ROI of Lead Scoring written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. According to the Content Marketing Institute, more than 85% of marketers consider lead generation to be their top priority in 2016 – a telling statistic on the priorities of the modern marketer. However, lead generation neglects a critical element for creating a real return on investment: lead scoring.

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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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Weekend Favs November 19

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs November 19 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.