Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
JANUARY 31, 2020
Marketing teams often hear a mandate from their CMOs: “Be data-driven.”. That’s because the pressure is on for marketers to utilize the myriad data sets at their disposal to meet the ever-higher customer experience bar. But as a CMO, do you know exactly what you’re asking of your employees when you give this mandate? And does your team know what you mean?
Hootsuite
JANUARY 30, 2020
There are 3.8 billion people using social media today—more people than there were on the entire planet in 1971. In 2020, 3.8 billion is nearly half the world’s population. This figure comes from the Digital 2020 report from Hootsuite and We Are Social , which tracks digital and social media trends across the globe. Here are the top three stats from the report: 321 million new people joined social media in 2019, which brought the total from 3.48 billion to 3.8 billion social media users (an incre
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Neil Patel
JANUARY 28, 2020
Do you know how Google decides what website should be ranked number 1, 2, 3 and so on for any given keyword? Well, they have an algorithm for that. But as you know, algorithms aren’t perfect. That’s why Google continually tries to improve it. One way that they try to improve their algorithm is through Search Quality Raters. What’s a Search Quality Rater?
Sprout Social
JANUARY 27, 2020
Ever come across a TikTok video even though you’re not on the platform? Odds are you’ve probably seen at least one of those viral lip-syncing videos, or screencaps and gifs from meme-worthy content across your other social channels, like Instagram and Twitter. One great example of this type of meme spreading across social is the “Kombucha girl” meme.
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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.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 27, 2020
As a writer who loves covering emerging technology and human being, I'm surrounded by technology. Each morning, I wake up to my Amazon Echo's alarm and ask Alexa about the weather. On my train ride home from work, I'm taking Snapchat selfies using AR filters. When I get to my house, I ask Alexa to turn the lights to a specific hue. Then I ask my smart TV to launch Netflix or play a basic VR game on my Google Cardboard.
Hootsuite
JANUARY 28, 2020
Instagram TV (IGTV) is Instagram’s long-form video platform—and it could be a great tool for your brand’s Instagram marketing strategy. Launched in June 2018 , IGTV has a few different elements that make it stand out: Longer than Instagram stories. Regular users can upload videos that are up to 10 minutes long. Verified users can upload hour long videos.
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Sprout Social
JANUARY 28, 2020
If you’re looking for ways to revamp your Instagram strategy, look no further than incorporating Instagram advertising into your plan of action. While this tactic requires some capital to put behind it, there are plenty of reasons for brands to try it out. There are over 1 billion people accessing Instagram each month, with the average user scrolling through the platform for 53 minutes each day, and you want your brand to be where they can see it.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 30, 2020
Blogs are all about you — what you want to write about, create, and share with the world. That's probably the best part about them:the opportunities are endless. You've probably come to this post because you know you want to start a blog, but have no idea what you want to write about, or how your blog can stand out against the millions of others published on the internet.
Hootsuite
JANUARY 27, 2020
Congratulations to everyone on reaching a new decade, which means, of course, another set of updates to the Facebook algorithm. As of late 2019, average reach for Facebook posts was down by 2.2%, meaning that brands could reasonably expect their posts to be seen by about 5.5% of their Page’s followers. Big brands with massive follower counts can expect even lower averages.
Traackr
JANUARY 29, 2020
We’re navigating the gray area between entrepreneurship and exploitation, in which parents and talent agents drive revenue from children.
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Sprout Social
JANUARY 27, 2020
In our internet-driven world, using social media to promote your brand is not just a good idea, it’s essential. For internet and software companies with products and services they’re proud of, social media provides a platform to reach new customers, show off those products and establish your share of voice in the industry. . Beyond the saturation of beauty bloggers, retailers, foodies and entertainers, there’s plenty of space for marketers to achieve impactful marketing goals for their software
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 29, 2020
According to a report from Mention, roughly half a billion tweets are published on Twitter every day. The platform, which enables you to tweet out your thoughts or content in under 280 characters, is swirling with constant conversations about trends, news, and other insights. With all of these tweets, thoughts, discussion threads, and trending hashtags, it can be hard to cut through the noise and find content around topics you're actually interested in.
Content Marketing Institute
JANUARY 30, 2020
In B2B marketing, content personalization doesn’t require you to know their shoe size, family situation, pet ownership, or car model. A small amount of data combined with relevant insights can go a long way. Let’s explore. Continue reading → The post A Small Amount of Data Can Do It for B2B Personalization appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 27, 2020
When you start a business, there’s a lot on your mind: how to fund all the equipment you’ll need, how to keep track of revenue and expenses, how to produce your goods and services economically enough to make a profit, and how to get the word out about what you offer. A content strategy? Give me a break, you say. Well, you could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on some fancy ad agency to run ads no one will see since you can’t afford prime-time slots.
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.
Sprout Social
JANUARY 30, 2020
The SaaS (software-as-a-service) space is anything but static. Sounds like an understatement, right? In fact, recent data from Blissfully notes that the average business should expect almost half of their software stacks to change within the next two years. Translation? Customers are cycling through SaaS products like crazy. Even so, the cloud market is scheduled to grow a staggering 17% in 2020.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 29, 2020
When I used to work for a digital marketing agency, one of my responsibilities was to write blog content for our clients. To do this, some SEO research was required because we wanted to improve organic traffic. So, I did keyword research to figure out what the target audience wanted to read about. I was able to use the keywords to brainstorm topic ideas and pillar pages, while also creating a list of keywords we could target.
Content Marketing Institute
JANUARY 28, 2020
No one gathers together to brainstorm. A quick question can’t be answered with a stop at the desk. The project whiteboard isn’t visible to the team. Remote content marketing teams have their challenges. Here’s how to overcome them. Continue reading → The post 7 Ways to Unite Your Content Team in a Remote Work World [Tools] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Search Engine Journal
JANUARY 27, 2020
Marketers say their use of content-driven campaigns will increase in 2020, and continue to grow over the next two years. The post Use of Content Marketing Campaigns Expected to Grow in 2020 via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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.
Sprout Social
JANUARY 29, 2020
The new year is synonymous with new resolutions, with research showing three in 10 Americans have plans to make a resolution for 2020. And while some resolve to work out more or eat more healthily, marketers are setting goals to grow their careers and elevate their strategies. On the list of marketers’ resolutions? Learning to stay on top of new trends, networking with other professionals and creating relevant content are just some of the goals marketers have planned for 2020.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 30, 2020
Have you ever presented results from a marketing campaign and been asked “But are these results statistically significant ?” If you were feeling snarky, you might have responded “Well, the results are different from what we saw before. Isn’t that significant?”. All kidding aside, as data-driven marketers, we’re not only asked to measure the results of our marketing campaigns , but also to demonstrate the validity of the data.
Content Marketing Institute
JANUARY 29, 2020
For your company to be seen as a valuable information resource – not a product-hawking brand – treat your content marketing like a media outlet. The first step? Incorporate sources that don’t work for your company. Continue reading → The post How to Get Valuable External Content Sources appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Search Engine Journal
JANUARY 28, 2020
A strategy for building traffic to a new website or one that is struggling. The post How to Build Traffic to New or Struggling Websites via @martinibuster appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Ever wonder what really makes B2B buyers tick? Spoiler alert: it’s not just logic. Join us for our next session of the B2B Growth Show, "Neuroscience of B2B Buyer Behavior: Strategies for Influencing Buyer Choices" with Grant C. Gooding, where science meets strategy. You'll get the insider scoop on how emotions secretly drive decisions and how you can tap into them to win buyers over.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 29, 2020
A conference is nothing without keynote speakers. You could plan the most exciting, innovative conference in your industry for years, but the speakers you advertise will be its biggest drawcard. Attendees will travel from across the globe for the chance to hear directly from some of the biggest and most respected names in the industry. A great speaker can transform your event from something mediocre into a memorable experience for years to come.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 28, 2020
The Key to Online Advertising Is Tracking Results written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In the olden days, advertising was an expensive and risky prospect. Brands would spend lots of money up front on print ads, television commercials, or radio spots. Next, they’d hire an advertising firm to create and execute the concept. Then, they’d have to buy the air time or ad space.
Content Marketing Institute
JANUARY 31, 2020
This week Robert Rose pays tribute to the disruptive influence of Clayton Christensen. He shares a new global report that names two fields you know well as the jobs of tomorrow. And he talks risk-taking with the person of the week. Continue reading → The post Pondering the Power of Disruption and Risk in Content Marketing [The Weekly Wrap] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Search Engine Journal
JANUARY 30, 2020
Here are 11 content-led link building tactics you can use to support your SEO efforts, based on your budget. The post 11 Ways to Build Links Through Content Marketing via @BrockbankJames appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Are you struggling to highlight your impact and showcase the results of your team’s marketing efforts? Do you find it challenging to build more effective campaigns that drive meaningful results? The key may lie in unlocking the power of marketing technology (martech)—but as a non-technical marketing leader, navigating this landscape can feel daunting.
Hubspot Marketing
JANUARY 28, 2020
Deep in the sea of acronyms in the marketing world, there's an overwhelming amount to keep straight. SEO, CRM, SERP, CTR, and CToR are all important acronyms that can roll off of the tongue for most of us. What about CMS? Whether you're new to marketing or have been in the industry for years, this acronym may be completely new to you. It also may be the answer you're looking for if you need a professional website, fast, with limited technical resources.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 25, 2020
Clone of Weekend Favs January 25 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.
Moz
JANUARY 27, 2020
Posted by Dr-Pete On January 13th, MozCast measured significant algorithm flux lasting about three days (the dotted line shows the 30-day average prior to the 13th, which is consistent with historical averages). That same day, Google announced the release of a core update dubbed the January 2020 Core Update (in line with their recent naming conventions).
Search Engine Journal
JANUARY 27, 2020
A docuseries can play a vital role in your content strategy. Here are 11 reasons why. The post 11 Reasons Why You Should Use a Docuseries in Your Content Strategy via @lisabuyer appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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