Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2017

In one of our bi-monthly #marketochat’s, we discussed How to Build a Vibrant Community on Twitter with Social Media Influencer, Madalyn Sklar. Twitter continues to be a place that people go in order to find out brand information, so it is critical that you are building the right community for your brand and follower base. In this blog, we’ll cover Madalyn Skylar’s advice on building a vibrant community on Twitter from a recent #marketochat.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 28, 2017

Whether your business is in digital marketing starter kit mode or you have saturated the web with your brand’s presence already, you’re missing out if you aren’t using a content marketing strategy. The effectiveness of having a written-out, well developed, thoughtful strategy isn’t just a theory or the experience-based opinion of top marketers. It is […].

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

Who leads the Dreamforce conversation? Discover the top influencers leading conversations around Salesforce's Marketing Cloud, Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.

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Zumvu

AUGUST 29, 2017

It is the era of technology and internet advancement and you might take these things easily and effectively. One of the best resolutions to make this year is to take your search engine optimisation (SEO) to the next level.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2017

For most marketers, the idea of strategically “going dark” on social media screams marketing faux pas. From irregular posting to unorganized content, a mismanaged marketing calendar is nothing but blatant disregard for best practices. And in today’s marketing industry, companies live and die based on the organizational quality of their content calendars.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2017

Writing articles for the corporate blog is a pain sometimes. Especially, when you write posts on the similar topic every day. Find a creative idea, write a compelling article, choose an appropriate image — your daily plan. But even after these three steps, you can’t be sure that people will like it. In this post, […]. The post How to write the article people want to share appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2017

How to Develop Content for Every Stage of the Customer Journey written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. For marketers, it’s nearly impossible to get through a day without hearing about or discussing content in one way or another. As the core of your strategy, you can not view content as a bunch of one-off projects. The creation of it needs to come out of one comprehensive strategy.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 28, 2017

The dreaded blank screen stares back at you. Your to-do list is growing. You’re bleary-eyed. All you want to do is to kick up your feet at the end of a long day and enjoy your favorite beverage. It’s up to you, however, to turn the stubborn empty page into a tasty blog post that your audience devours. And that leaves you struggling to shoehorn the creation of a blog post into the days when you don’t have a minute to spare.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 31, 2017

Nobody in your audience is as reachable as the people in your email list. This is a fact. Most of your social media followers simply do not see most of your posts. Twitter? Nope – the average Twitter user spends only 1 minute a day on Twitter. Facebook? Nah – Social@Ogilvy reported that your Facebook organic reach could […]. The post Subscriber-Focused Content Marketing: How Pros Build Lists in 6 Steps appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

In this interview, Sebastian Jespersen, CEO and Founder of Vertic, reveals what it takes to evolve from tactical to always-on strategic influencer 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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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2017

Be More Productive By Working Simply written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Carson Tate. Routine, process, to-do and task lists – that’s how we get stuff done right? Turns out the most productive individuals all have one thing in common and that’s a system. In search for that one, perfect system people use GTD, Franklin-Covey, Note pad, Evernote and a variety of hybrid tricks and tools.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Ask a new business owner to tell you about their brand strategy and most will stop at their logo, which means they have none. Small business owners consistently overlook the importance of branding and do so at their peril. This problem even persists across large organizations where the understanding and use of a strong brand can get diluted, distorted or miscommunicated.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2017

There’s nothing more frustrating than taking the time to build and implement a pop-up on your ecommerce store and not experiencing any opt-ins or conversions from your efforts. Before you ditch your pop-up strategy altogether though, it’s worth taking some time to figure out why they aren’t working for you—and there are a number of […]. The post 6 Reasons Why Your Pop-Ups Aren’t Converting (and How to Fix Them) appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

We dive into the Traackr platform to understand who the most engaging and niche topic thought leaders are at Social Media Marketing World (SMMW) this year.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 26, 2017

Weekend Favs August 26 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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Hubspot Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2017

Mad Men fans everywhere remember the pivotal first scene where we learn just how talented Don Draper is at his job. Faced with an almost-impossible copywriting task, he rose to the occasion to solve a huge problem for his client, Lucky Strike. In spite of research warning customers of the dangers of cigarettes, Draper delivered the iconic slogan -- "It's toasted" -- to differentiate the brand from its competitors.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 29, 2017

The context of your content matters just as much as its quality. Contextualized content marketing is a more in-depth look at the importance of relevance. Leading digital marketers have been shouting from their rooftops for years about creating relevant content if we expect our marketing strategies to work. Michael Brito, Senior Vice President for Social Business […].

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

A professional services executive puts on her consulting hat and shares 10 actionable ways to unbeatable influencer marketing during these times of change.

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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.

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2017

Cold Beer, Strollers, and Craft Draft Hipsters – What’s not to love? written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Today I’m thrilled to share the story of my long-time friend and Kansas Citian John Couture who is the founder of the Bier Station , as a part of the “Amex Welcomed” program with @americanexpress , which is showcasing the people behind our favorite local businesses that welcome Amex.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 29, 2017

Marketers are constantly on the lookout for new and exciting ways to engage their existing users and acquire new ones. And with new marketing solutions being offered to brands every other day, choosing the right one that will best suit their needs and help them promote their business to a vast number of users is crucial. For many socially-focused marketers and service providers, Viber and Messenger ’s chat extensions offer a great solution to help them stay involved in their users’ experience wh

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2017

Small business owners face many challenges. One of them is the challenge of getting their share of the market but doing it with fewer resources. Those resources include money, human resources (man/woman hours) and more. Those are the types of resources that larger corporations may have access to, but small businesses do not. In order […]. The post Effective Content Marketing Strategies: Saving Money and Resources appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

Learn more about the significant events leading up to today's trust-based economy and why this has opened the door to relationship-driven influencer marketing.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

5 Reasons for Replacing Intuition with Data in Marketing written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Is marketing an art or science? Less than five years ago most CEOs would have classified marketing as a creative industry, requiring intuition, imagination, and talent, just 5% would have mentioned big data as the core of their success. These statistics are rapidly changing in favor of a data-driven approach, showing that over 60% of companies are using Big Data.

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Rock Content

AUGUST 28, 2017

Staying in the Zone. I’m sure you’ve been there — in the zone, crafting the perfect post that you know your audience will love. Not only that, but you’ve got a million-and-one things to say as follow-up, and you can’t wait to engage with your followers. They’re bound to have input, and you’ll be there to guide the conversation. The last thing you need is an interruption.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 31, 2017

We call the show “Unthinkable” because anytime someone uses their intuition, it feels like they did something crazy. Maybe they broke from conventional thinking — that alone feels pretty unthinkable in many jobs and industries. Maybe they came up with an incredible idea in an instant — that can be tough to understand from the […]. The post Where the Risk-Takers, Visionaries, and Creators Start [Podcast] appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

Learn from SAP's VP of Influencer Marketing to kickstart your influencer marketing, drive transformative change, and create a framework for success.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2017

The New Copywriter: Meeting Modern Content Writing Demands written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Millennials will make up roughly 35% of the global workforce in 2020 and right now many are optimistic about their career prospects – two-thirds to be exact.1 Because of the collective push for well-curated and highly targeted content in both B2B and B2C markets, skillful young writers have ample opportunity to break into the workforce through the art of copywriting.

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Rock Content

AUGUST 31, 2017

Content marketing strategy is certainly an ongoing and evolving project. But when it comes down to it, there are 5 basic steps that I apply: Here’s our high-level strategy. Goals. Topical niche. Workflows. Tools. The best content marketing strategies are high level and then broken out into tactical pieces for a specified time period. This could be six months, rolling 90 days, and oftentimes calendar (or fiscal) years.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 29, 2017

Writing a blog post is the easy part. After all, you’ve secured the perfect subject, carried out a little keyword research and written a thousand words or so of content about a topic that you’re passionate about. On top of that, once you’ve settled into a content creation routine, it comes almost as second nature. […]. The post Your Writer’s Checklist for the Finished Blog Post appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Traackr

AUGUST 29, 2017

Traackr's Founder and CEO announces a new framework to help you build your budget for your 2017 influencer marketing and answer core questions in the process.

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