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5 Steps to Create an Outstanding Marketing Plan [Free Templates]

Hubspot Marketing

Do you take a good, hard look at your team's marketing strategy every year? Without an annual marketing plan, things can get messy — and it's nearly impossible to put a number on the budget you'll need to secure for the projects, hiring, and outsourcing you'll encounter over the course of a year if you don't have a plan.

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Rethinking the marketing planning process for an agile world

Martech

The traditional annual marketing plan is a waterfall approach that does not support fast experiments. It talks about the “4Ps” — product, price, promotion and place — instead of focusing on the customer, their needs, and the fantastic way we are going to solve them. Old habits, bad habits. And that’s okay.

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Why we care about marketing management

Martech

Effective marketing management can help your organization achieve key objectives for your business. For example, your brand might want to gain exposure, improve revenue, or break into new markets. In a highly competitive environment, effective marketing management helps you to remain competitive.

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How Does Product Marketing Management Work?

OnPassive Marketing

Product marketing management is one of the most exciting and challenging industries today, but it’s also one of the least understood. This blog article breaks down how product marketing managers can help users find and purchase products they need while keeping the company’s overall business goals in mind.

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32 social media training resources and courses every marketer needs

Sprout Social

Brushing up on ways to prove the impact of your work across the entire organization benefits every marketer—from directors to social media managers. Here are a few social media marketing training resources that will improve your skills and show your impact. Free social media marketing training and resources. Type: Course.

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AI-powered martech releases and news: March 28

Martech

43% found AI tools to be most impactful in marketing, helping with creating content (48%), data analytics and reporting (45%) and learning how to do things (45%). 42% of startups use AI to support personalized pricing strategies using customer behavior insights.

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Why you need a Content Management System (CMS) for your company?

Rock Content

Maybe the main reason why they are not successful on the internet is the lack of technical expertise to create and manage pages and content online. That’s where the Content Management System (CMS) comes in as a definitive solution. How does a content management system work? What are the best CMSs on the market?