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Lead Nurturing Campaigns | 6 Tips From a Small, But Mighty Marketing Team

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Everyone is going to have their own story to tell when we reflect on the start of 2020. As marketers, we will talk about the enormous role of digital and how it impacted our jobs and our businesses. Some of us had to find the quickest way to move to a digital offering, and others had the challenging task of improving their business strategy. As Global Marketing Manager at LiteracyPlanet, my small but agile team faced this situation.

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11 Digital Marketing Trends for Growing Your Business in 2021

Marketing Insider Group

Marketers have been forced into survival mode to keep their businesses afloat. While many of us are still reeling from the devastating effects of the pandemic, those less fortunate have shut their doors permanently. The businesses finding the most success today, despite the turbulence, are the ones willing to remain flexible, make change rapidly, and get creative.

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How to Effectively Use Memes in Your Content Marketing

Neil Patel

Did you know that archeologists have traced the origin of the meme back to the year 3 B.C. ? Memes, a term coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 to describe how ideas replicate, mutate, and evolve, are a way to carry a shared idea or trend to engage a target group. Over time, different groups take memes and tweak them to make them their own.

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The Art and Science of Emotional Engagement

Content Marketing Institute

Emotion can be an incredibly powerful engagement tactic when used artfully. Let’s explore the science of emotion and how you can use it in an empathetic way to create more meaningful content. Continue reading → The post The Art and Science of Emotional Engagement appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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The Best Free Graphic Design Software for Marketers and Beginners

Hubspot Marketing

When it comes to website success, what you see is what you get. While compelling text, blog, and social media content can help set your brand apart from the competition, the visual appeal of your site is the first thing users see when they follow backlinks or click through on search engine results. Recent research found that it takes just 2.6 seconds for users’ eyes to focus on a specific area of your website.

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8 Important Social Media Integration Strategies to Implement in 2021

Hootsuite

Social media integration gives your audience more ways to engage and interact with your brand. You’re creating more opportunities for them to share your content and promote your products/services for you. The best part: It’s easy to do. In fact, with the right tools (which we’ll show you) you’ll be able to integrate social media with your website, email, and other channels today.

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Social media advertising: how to run a compelling campaign

Sprout Social

If you’re still on the fence about social media advertising, we get it. Research shows that one of the top goals for marketers is increasing brand awareness, which is why more and more brands are achieving this with a paid social presence. That’s because social media has become the go-to place for consumers to research and purchase products.

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The Ultimate Guide to Dark Mode for Email Marketers

Litmus

Dark Mode. The tech industry is buzzing with these two words, and email marketing is no exception. In 2018, Apple added Dark Mode to its desktop email client. The following year, Dark Mode came to iOS Mail. And other industry heavyweights, including Gmail, announced support for Dark Mode. There’s no denying it… Dark Mode is taking over the inbox—and making sure emails look great in this reading environment is the new big challenge for email marketers.

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Get More Conversions with Lessons from 13 Irresistible Call to Action Examples

Unbounce

What’s the difference between a window shopper and a customer? I’ll give you a hint: It’s the same thing that separates a scroll-by from a click-through. Or an anonymous lurker from a known lead. The one thing that all your leads, clickthroughs, and customers have in common is that they’ve taken action. More specifically, they responded to a call to action (CTA) on your landing page, website, or ad and actively made a choice to advance through your sales funnel.

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The New Breed of Marketers | 5 Attributes That Distinguish New Marketers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Marketing has changed. And so have the people doing it. The breed of new marketers is under 40, successful and experienced – they’ve worked for big corporations and small businesses, and now they’re running their own mini-agencies. One thing connects them all: they believe marketing is not about selling. Instead, it’s about helping audiences. . 1. They talk like humans, not like businesses.

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The Power of Community: Why a Branded Community is a Must-Have for Every Association

Ever wonder why brands like Apple, LEGO, and Sephora are going all-in on branded communities? It’s because online community building is the secret sauce to connecting with audiences in ways that ads and emails simply can’t. But here's the best part—it’s not just for big corporations. Associations can create thriving online communities too. GrowthZone’s eBook, "The Power of Community," breaks down exactly why a branded online community can be a game-changer for your association.

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Why Content Is at the Center of Modern Customer Journeys

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Last week’s Experience Makers Live virtual conference held by Adobe was packed with interesting and informative keynotes and breakout sessions on a variety of topics related to modern business and marketing and sales. But there was one major theme that seemed to be the red thread, and became the point that really stuck with me: in a Covid-19 world, content and customer journeys are more important than ever. .

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Customer Happiness | 4 Tips to Measure What Truly Matters

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Do you want happy customers? . Of course, you do. No business wants unhappy customers. But how do you know they’re happy? Repeat business isn’t necessarily a sign of happiness, as proved by the concept of customers as hostages (when customers don’t want to buy from you, but feel like they don’t have a choice.) . Is it, in fact, even possible to measure happiness?

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Breathe Life Into Your Data | Tell Compelling Stories Via Data Visualization

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Time and attention, as ever, are at a premium. Especially when we must work within the limitations of speed and resources while information and markets move and change ever more rapidly. AI and machine learning make it possible to gather, analyze, and interpret data into actionable insights at inhuman speed. But this data must be understood, translated, and shared.

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Audience Segmentation with Predictive Audiences | AI for All

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

We talk a lot about marketing challenges and, oftentimes, those challenges relate to marketers of certain maturities, industries, strategies, etc. But what is one universal challenge for all marketers? Audience segmentation. With our Predictive Audiences capability coming soon, Marketo Engage is transforming this fundamental piece of marketing in the most powerful way – through artificial intelligence.

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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Trade Shows Need to Evolve | Here Is Why and How to Drive the Change

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

I have a love-hate relationship with events. Particularly trade shows. Too big, too hot, too much travel, too expensive, not enough food, never enough sleep. If I’m there as an exhibitor, my colleagues who were so keen to attend often disappear halfway through the day. If I’m there as a delegate, beyond the main exhibitors the low level of effort that’s gone into making the place look nice never fails to disappoint.

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Business Continuity | Reinvention & Digital Transformation

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

When COVID-19 showed up and became a global pandemic, no one had a playbook – let alone the definitive one – on how to respond and adapt your business continuity to the unprecedented challenges it brought. As stay-at-home orders and social distancing went into effect and business trips, conferences, and gatherings of any significant size were canceled, we were quickly reminded of how vital the face-to-face human connection is to doing business.

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Data-Driven Personalized Content | Build Customer Trust and Loyalty

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Challenging times provide opportunities for those who seek (and see) them — opportunities for companies to show their customers and the rest of the world that they are there to help when it matters most. Sometimes the course of action is obvious, but reaching each of your customers with authentic and meaningful offers requires data-driven personalized content.

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Marketing to Gen Z | Come for the Authenticity, Stay for the Experiences

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Marketers must always be evolving and adapting to markets and consumer trends, and digital marketing to Gen Z is no different. We’ve seen Generation Z coming for a while. But it’s still important to understand what makes them tick. Where do they hang out? Maybe most important: what do they value? Sure, it’s easier said than done, as many things are, but if you plan to market effectively to Gen Z it’s time to get to know your audience.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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The Future of Marketing Is Creative | Marketing 2025

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Data and creativity have always been two sides of the same coin. DaVinci studied art along with physics. And Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is not just a piano piece — it’s a mathematical expression. According to OpenCulture , the first half of measure 50 of ‘Moonlight Sonata’ consists of three notes in D major, separated by intervals called thirds that skip over the next note in the scale.

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10 Reasons Marketers Are Loving Virtual Events and 6 Solutions They Use

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Remember when “events” was synonymous with “in-person events”? Us too. Marketing has changed a great deal in a short period of time. Now, virtual events are number one on event marketers’ radar. And, despite our nostalgia for travel and seeing people in person, they’re working out surprisingly well and only getting better. In fact, virtual events are shattering attendance records.

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How to Maximize Webinar Attendance and Engagement | 5 Strategies

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Live webinars are a powerful lead generation and engagement tool. Successful webinars drive revenue and establish your organization as a thought leader in its space. However, maximizing webinar attendance takes effort. Nothing is more disheartening than spending time and advertising money promoting your webinar—only to have a handful of folks attend.

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Future of Marketing | 5 Areas You Have to Make a Priority in 2020

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Considering the lightning speed at which technology is transforming our daily lives, it’s no surprise that the marketing landscape is evolving at a similar pace. What does the future of marketing look like? While it can be a challenge to stay ahead of the trends, shifts, and latest developments in marketing at any given moment, we’ve never shied away from a challenge. .

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Accelerate Your Marketing with Automation: A Quickstart Guide

Ready to streamline your marketing efforts and achieve more with less? Our guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to: Build a Strong Foundation: Set up your automation infrastructure for success. Execute Proven Tactics: Implement effective strategies to nurture leads and drive conversions. Measure and Optimize: Track your results and make data-driven adjustments.

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Remote Working 101 | Survival Kit Remote Employees Need to Succeed

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Managing teams is one of the necessities that comes with a successful business. As you develop and expand you will need to work with a wider range of people and utilize the best of their skills. Whether you are an entrepreneur growing your business, or a team lead at an established business, remote teams are a popular way of ensuring you have the right talent and skill without needing to expand your office space and invest in areas which may not be necessary for the best results for your busines

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Digital Marketing In 2020 | 7 Reasons Why Small Businesses Need It

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Let’s start this with a statistic that should by itself be enough to have any small business owner invest in digital marketing. According to RetailDive , 87% of buyers start searching for products to buy online. Eighty-seven. It’s a massive market size to not be a part of, and definitely, the biggest reason why you should invest in digital marketing.

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Why 75% of Your Marketing Emails Are Never Read

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Emails have a short life. But many don’t have a life at all, according to a recent Adobe survey – into attitudes toward email. Amongst the many insights and data we unearthed, two that stood out for me are opened and read, which means 75% of everything you send is ignored. And when they are read, 50% aren’t considered useful. It’s easy to conclude, as is so often the case, that this must mean marketing emails are dead.

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Simple Link Building Tactics to Grow Brand Authority

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

It is no secret that link building is one of the most challenging, yet most vital tactics in search engine optimization. Google holds such high regard for high-quality backlinks, because they are the best indicators of whether or not your website is authoritative in the space. Through basic crowdsourcing, Google can use website data (number of links pointing toward your website) to determine the viability and relevance of your website on certain topics. .

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The Best Times of Day to Contact Leads

Ensure you are contacting leads on their schedule with this report! In our study of over 754,000 leads, we looked at what time of day people are most likely to respond, as well as response rates and qualification rates during business hours and after-hours. Download now to learn more.

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SEO for Voice Search | 5 Valuable Tips to Optimize Voice Search in 2020

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

What is Voice Search? Why is it Important? Voice search is a technology that allows you to say a voice command to access information on Google and other search engines. Companies like Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft created voice technologies and aliases like Siri and Alexa to be your sidekick that helps you find information on the web. But, how do these companies decide which information best answers the questions you ask?

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4 Steps to Better Lead Generation Strategy | Digital Maturity

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Customers are increasingly demanding more from B2B organizations. They no longer want to be treated just as “leads” in your system. They want simple, fast, and intuitive solutions to their complex problems. And they have options. This is where an advanced lead generation strategy comes in. The new generation of digitally savvy customers does a bulk of their product research online.

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Neuromarketing Data | Level Up Your Marketing Analytics Strategy

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

As customers and technologies evolve, marketing analytics is likely to remain essential for marketing teams across industries to demonstrate ROI, and forward-thinking companies will look to leverage neuromarketing insights for added depth and confirmation of metrics. It’s important that your metrics and marketing analytics measure with accuracy and purpose.

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Customer Trust Is the New Gold, and the Original Gold?5 Ways to Build It

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Trust has never been unimportant in business, but it has also never been more important. Human relationships breathe the air of trust, within organizations, with colleagues, co-workers, partners, suppliers, clients, and customers. Within your organization, trust is what keeps business moving. Stephen M.R. Covey wrote a whole book about it called The Speed of Trust.

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Do's and Don'ts: How to Pitch Your Press Release to Journalists

Speaker: Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, Author, Speaker

Yes - press releases are still relevant in the world of public relations! 🎯 Ever wondered how to write a compelling press release, or what are current best practices for pitching your news to earn media coverage? In this exclusive webinar with Michelle Garrett, PR Consultant, we’ll cover tips and advice to help you get the most out of each piece of news you pitch!