Wed.Oct 12, 2011

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How to Outflank Your Competitors With Inbound Marketing?

Tomorrow People

As a continuation from Monday's Zoober - Inbound Marketing Methodology to Outflank Your Competition post on listening to your potential customers talking , we will be elaborating more on the next two steps you need to take in order to make inbound marketing work for your business. 2. Creating. Creating is another essential step in the Zoober methodology.

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Social Media Marketing and Darwin: Evolution or Irrelevance

Buzz Marketing for Technology

“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” – General Eric Shinseki, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff. The media landscape has evolved tremendously over the last quarter century. Consumers have evolved even faster with the advent of high-speed Internet-enabled mobile devices and social media. Have your marketing efforts evolved with them?

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10 Commandments of Email Copywriting

The Point

1. Thou shalt not direct people to “Learn More.” “Learn more” is the worst possible call to action. It means absolutely nothing. Be specific, be tangible. What is it that you’re offering exactly? 2. Thou shalt tell people What, Why, and How. Within the first few sentences of the email (headline and sub-head included), the reader should understand: What the offer is, Why he/she wants it, and How to get it. 3.

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Webinar: 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report Reveals How Marketers Can Transform Mounting Pressure, Challenges into Revenue

markempa

Tweet I am especially looking forward to the next B2B Lead Roundtable webinar. You should be, too, if you’re eager to find out how you r peers are responding to today’s marketplace, and how this represents an unprecedented opportunity to drive the highest performance from your marketing efforts. Jen Doyle, MarketingSherpa Senior Research Manager and Lead Author of the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report , will reveal key takeaways from this just-released publication, which is based on a survey o

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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Removing The Barriers

ANNUITAS

MarketingSherpa recently surveyed 1,700 marketers to ask them, What barriers exist to overcoming your top B2B marketing challenges? The results ranged from not having sufficient staffing or budget (62%), to lack of time to think strategically (39%), to not being educated in terms of best practices (26%). The summation of the research indicates that marketers must overcome these challenges before they will be seen as part of the revenue equation at their companies.

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No B.S. Social Media Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway

Convince & Convert

Video transcipt: Hey everybody, it’s Jay Baer from Convince & Convert. Hope you are doing great. Today we’re going to talk about things that are no bullshit. First thing that’s no bullshit is it is a Saturday here in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana. Going to go to the IU game with the kids. Go Hoosiers. However, it is also no bullshit that we are terrible.

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Marketers must ask themselves, “What’s your story?”

Biznology

Image by ntr23 via Flickr. If I asked you what’s the most important part of your marketing, what would you answer? Would you choose search? Social? Email? Remarketing? Display? What if I told you the answer is none of the above? Search, social, email and the rest are excellent marketing tools. They help you keep in touch with your customer and help your customer remember you when they’re ready to buy.

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Should I Open A New Social Channel? 5 Questions To Ask Yourself

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Maria Pergolino As the social media terrain becomes more populated with websites, the choices for B2B social media marketing stretch far and wide. Beyond the old (can we really say that? Facebook, has only been around for seven years, after all!) stalwarts – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – there are thousands of other sites to choose from. Such as: Focus : Access advice, research and shared information to help with business decisions.

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Know Thy Customer

Paul Gillin

In his book, The New Know , Thornton May makes a case for data analysis becoming the next frontier of corporate evolution. Having spent the past 15 years getting their transaction systems in place, businesses will now turn their attention to making sense of the massive amounts of data they are collecting. The result will be a transformation of corporate productivity fueled by deep insights into customer needs.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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7 Ebooks to Write ASAP to Generate More Leads

Hubspot

Content creation is an important part of inbound marketing success. Content generates leads, educates customers, and shortens the sales cycle. However, inbound marketing content is more than just blog posts and product web pages. Think of blog posts as a primer on a topic. You can learn a few helpful tips from a 600 word blog post, but if you want to gain a deeper understanding of the subject, you need an ebook.

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Social Media: Presence matters most

Wondering Out Loud

The lead fr0m the eMarketer article says it all: Social media marketers feel that having a presence on social sites is more important than advertising there, but there are still challenges related to keeping a community running online. And so it is today as it was in the beginning: Social media is about showing up and showing what you know. Because, let’s face it, in today’s world no one will give your ad a second look without trusting you first.

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How to Use Guest Blogging for Effective Link Building

Hubspot

Behind every successful search engine optimization strategy is a great link-building plan to bring in new inbound links to your website's best pages. This is also the step where many SEO strategies fall apart. Link building is hard work, and it's very different than what many people have done before. However, inbound links are still the most important ranking factor to Google and other search engines, so it is critically important that you do great link building if you intend to rank for competi

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Optimizing Your Website for Mobile Users

Alaniz

This article was originally posted on the SocialMediaExaminer.com website on Oct 10, 2011. The post Optimizing Your Website for Mobile Users appeared first on Alaniz Marketing.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

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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12 Reasons Your Business Blog Is Failing

Hubspot

Let's say that a couple of months ago, you decided to really start drinking the inbound marketing Kool-Aid, and you took the plunge: you started a business blog. You put in the time to get it going, published a few posts, and waited for the leads to start rolling in. So why haven't you noticed a difference? What happened to the results? WHERE ARE ALL THE LEADS?!

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3 Tips to Use Social Media for Exceptional Customer Service

Hubspot

A few weekends ago, a certain fast food restaurant upset me. At the core of my frustration was a miscommunication between the menu pricing and the total rung up at the register. After feuding with the employee for a good two minutes, I paid the bill and went on with my day—until I logged on to Twitter. I immediately tweeted at the company's Twitter account relaying my vexation with its menu’s vague messaging.

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3 Reasons to Practice Good Email List Hygiene

Hubspot

The success of an email marketing program is based on a range of factors, including eye-catching subject lines, valuable offers, quality copy, etc. But there’s one factor that you must consider before you even begin to compose copy: the cleanliness of your email list. Even if your list is entirely built on valid opt-ins, you are at risk of being branded a “spammer” if you don’t practice proper email hygiene.

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Most Users Click 2 Minutes After Content Is Shared [Infographic]

Hubspot

Successful inbound marketers should always be promoting the content they create via such tools as email and on social media sites like Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn. But what happens when that content gets shared? When do users click on it? What's the shelf life of the share? How do others share it with their networks? AddThis, a 5-year-old bookmarking and sharing service, recently crunched its large pool of data (it reaches 1.2 million users monthly) and pulled it into the following infogra

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission