Sat.Nov 17, 2012 - Fri.Nov 23, 2012

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Don’t Be a Social Media Harlot!

Tomorrow People

Why one quality online relationship is worth a whole bunch of 'flings'? Tomorrow People’s Online PR Manager, Ahmed Ahmed , thinks that when it comes to social media, a proper relationship beats a fling any day. Do you get around? Be honest. Are you the sort of social media user that likes to post, tweet, reply, retweet, repin and share left, right and centre?

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Lead Generation: 43% say organic search drives most traffic, but only 29% say it drives most conversions

markempa

Tweet In the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report , we asked 1,915 marketers about traffic volume and traffic that converts. Here’s what the data revealed …. Q: Which of the following sources generates the GREATEST VOLUME of traffic coming to your site? Q: Which of the following sources generates traffic with the greatest CONVERSION RATES on your site?

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5 Ways B2B Can Learn from B2C Marketers

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Posted in Buying Cycle Conversion Conversion Optimization Customer Customer Experience Personalization Strategy. Business and consumer brands have traditionally approached marketing from two totally different vantage points. And it’s obvious why: buying cycles are longer, buyer mentalities are different, and products typically require more investigation before a purchase.

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Building and spending social media equity

Biznology

While I don’t believe that the richness of the online world can be reduced to a real estate analogy, that’s what I’m going with in order to explain both the way humans work, especially in concert and in community — and then I will mix my metaphors, add in some analogies about friendship and public broadcasting pledge drives — it’ll be a long journey — so, spoiler alert, I am going to give away the farm right now.

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How to Leverage Behavioral Science Insights for Direct Mail Success

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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Don’t Be a Social Media Harlot!

Tomorrow People

'Why one quality online relationship is worth a whole bunch of ''flings''? Tomorrow People’s Online PR Manager, Ahmed Ahmed , thinks that when it comes to social media, a proper relationship beats a fling any day. Do you get around? Be honest. Are you the sort of social media user that likes to post, tweet, reply, retweet, repin and share left, right and centre?

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The Intersection of SEO and Content Marketing. It’s the Unique Message That Generates Backlinks.

NuSpark Consulting

SEO isn’t easy, and as Google’s Panda and Penguin updates continue to evolve, the SEO art form has changed. . In the past it was more science; write generic or re-purposed articles, submit to article and blog directory engines, and capture backlinks. There’s a lot more to back linking of course. . There are a zillion of articles and debates on the Internet on SEO tactics and factors that contribute to high ranking.

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New Developments in B2B Loyalty Marketing

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Business marketers have much to gain from retention marketing. Business customers tend to be fewer and more valuable—meaning you can’t afford to lose even one. But how do you keep your customers active and buying from you, versus the competition? How do you prevent defection? Let’s look at the traditional approaches to retention marketing in B2B, plus some new developments in loyalty marketing being adopted by B2B marketers today, including social media and gamificat

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Video — it doesn’t have to be this way

Avitage

'Your colleague walks through your office door and announces, “let’s make a video!” Quick, what images come to mind? What feelings hit your gut? “We need: cameras, lights, production people, someone to shoot, where, when is it needed, how long will it take, what will it cost, how will we use it, …? This feels […] The post Video — it doesn’t have to be this way appeared first on Avitage.

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4 Social Media Controversies Solved

Convince & Convert

Social Media Controversies Addressed, Fresh Each Week. One of my favorite new projects is The Baer Facts , a short weekly video I’m producing with my friends at ExactTarget (a long-time client and provider of amazing interactive marketing software). My pal Kyle Lacy heads up content marketing for the company, and he and I are doing a short video rant that each week targets a social media or content controversy or misunderstanding.

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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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The CMO Guide to Building a Data-Driven Marketing Team

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Jon Miller By now, every CMO understands the need to build a data-driven marketing team. But how do you do it? In this post I share Marketo’s tips about the staff and skills you need to develop, as well as how to create a culture of metrics and accountability. Hire the Right Kind of People. If you aren’t getting the marketing metrics you need, it’s probably because you haven’t made them a priority.

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10 SEO measurements every marketer should know

Biznology

Photo credit: Danard Vincente. “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll probably end up someplace else,” said Laurence Peter. For any brand doing business on the internet, to get where you want to go, an understanding of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is required. The reasons why are simple. 80% of people who visit a website get there from typing a keyword in the query box of a search engine. 46% click on the website in the first position on first page. 90% c

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Video — it doesn’t have to be this way

Avitage

'Your colleague walks through your office door and announces, “let’s make a video!” Quick, what images come to mind? What feelings hit your gut? “We need: cameras, lights, production people, someone to shoot, where, when is it needed, how long will it take, what will it cost, how will we use it, …? This feels daunting, are we up to this, can we succeed, is it worth it, does this even make sense …?

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How to Maximize Your Customer Service on Twitter

Convince & Convert

Twitter is the new channel all brands should be using to provide customer support. It allows you to provide near real-time support on a social platform, making your services more accessible and allowing other consumers to see that you are a customer-centric brand. However, it is important to monitor your performance for this channel in terms of response time and satisfaction rate, just as you would for traditional channels such as call centers.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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What eMagine Customers are Saying: Client Recommendations

EMagine B2B Blog

eMagine is proud to have worked with some of the best and brightest clients on Website Design, Hosting, and Online Marketing in the technology, health care, medical device and other B2B industries. Today we take a look at some client testimonials on our work with them: Mark McKinnon, President of Board of Directors at [.] The post What eMagine Customers are Saying: Client Recommendations appeared first on B2B Web Strategy.

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A Simple Breakdown of All Your Facebook Advertising Options

Hubspot

Facebook seems to be launching a new form of advertising -- or some new feature within the advertising -- every day. From the launch of Sponsored Stories to the mobile promotion of app downloads, Facebook is working hard at post-IPO monetization. And while they know that marketers' interest in digital advertising is a great place to start with this whole monetization thing, they also know that they can't rest on their laurels.

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Video — it doesn’t have to be this way

Avitage

Your colleague walks through your office door and announces, “let’s make a video!” Quick, what images come to mind? What feelings hit your gut? “We need: cameras, lights, production people, someone to shoot, where, when is it needed, how long will it take, what will it cost, how will we use it, …? This feels daunting, are we up to this, can we succeed, is it worth it, does this even make sense …?

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75 People You Need to Know in Social Media

Convince & Convert

What a year it’s been. So much to be thankful for, on every level. For my American visitors, Happy Thanksgiving! And to all, sincere appreciation for the gift you continue to give me on a regular basis, the gift of your attention. I know your time is in short supply, and that you choose to spend some of it with me is gratifying and still sort of amazes me after all these years of writing this blog.

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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5 Tips to Better Website Conversion Rates: Part One

EMagine B2B Blog

No amount of increased website traffic will fill your lead pipeline if you make it difficult for your visitors to ‘convert’ on your website. For most B2B websites a “conversion” typically is measured by a visitor filling out a form, providing you with their personal information for sales or marketing follow up. Examples of registrations take place in the form of case studies, whitepapers or even a product demo.

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Facebook to Launch ROI Tracking Tool for Ads

Hubspot

So I'm scrolling through the news this morning, and you know what I saw? News of another Facebook feature test! And this one's definitely an interesting one -- an ad ROI tracking tool. They will begin rolling the tool out on Friday, and it will allow advertisers to track the actions of Facebook users post-click. Pretty groovy, eh? This tool will help advertisers track conversions to their external pages, and allow all businesses to track their success on Facebook.

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Content production? Danish companies have it right

Integrated B2B

With content marketing exploding onto the scene of mainstream B2B marketing in 2012 marketers everywhere scramble to re-adjust marketing plans to reap the benefits more comprehensive content strategy and content production. But while planning and strategy in itself aren’t easy tasks for many companies not used to the new realities and change in B2B buyer behavior content production apparently is seen as the biggest challenge to executing content strategy in 2012.

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4 Ways to Thump Your Competition with Better Facebook Analysis

Convince & Convert

Managing a Facebook page is a major part of many companies’ marketing and communication programs, but the data we use to measure the effectiveness of those efforts is sorely lacking. Facebook consistently changes what’s measured and how, adding complexity and incongruence to an already squirrely data scenario. For example, People Talking About This is the mathematical coin of the realm these days, but is a steaming gumbo of aggregated data that rolls together 13 different behaviors.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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5 Tips to Better Website Conversion Rates: Part One

EMagine B2B Blog

No amount of increased website traffic will fill your lead pipeline if you make it difficult for your visitors to ‘convert’ on your website. For most B2B websites a “conversion” typically is measured by a visitor filling out a form, providing you with their personal information for sales or marketing follow up. Examples of registrations [.

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How to Craft the Perfect Marketing Elevator Pitch

Hubspot

I'm going to give it to you straight: Everyone in your organization should be prepared to explain what your company does, and the value of its product or service. That's why one of the first things marketers and business owners should try to totally nail is their elevator pitch. It might also be why I wasn't surprised to see that nailing your elevator pitch is the first tip in a book that recently graced my desk, It's Your Business: 183 Essential Tips That Will Transform Your Small Business , by

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A New Look for MY FORMS page!

JotForm

Over the years, My Forms page became more and more cluttered. We have just released a more clean and modern look. We hope that you will like it. Please feel free to share your comments below. Using new Inbox feature, you can quickly review your recently received submissions without leaving the pa.

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Tips and Cautionary Tales for Real-time Newjacking

Convince & Convert

David Meerman Scott, WebInKnow @dmscott. David Meerman Scott , marketing strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of 8 books including Newsjacking , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the new face of the news cycle, share stories of good and bad newsjacking, and teach you how to employ his techniques to get your brand noticed.

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The Marketer’s Guide to B2B Swag Strategy

Everything is digital these days – making it harder to grab and keep people’s attention. But smart swag is different. Swag enables your sales and marketing teams to connect with their audiences in a uniquely tangible way. It reinforces relationships with your brand and persists for years. Plus, amidst a barrage of advertising messages that tend to interrupt and distract people, swag is the only marketing medium that consumers actually thank companies for!

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Six Thanksgiving Blog Post Themes to Be Thankful For

SnapApp

When it comes to creating content, original concepts aren't always necessary. Sometimes, all it takes is a little creativity within a tried-and-true formula and BOOM - you have a hit. Case in point, some of Shakespeare's most famous plays weren't original stories; they were historic accounts ( Antony and Cleopatra , Julius Caesar , Henry V, etc.). As a content creator myself, having some time-tested formulas to fall back on definitely makes my life a lot easier - and for that, I'm very thankful!

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How Marketers Are Gearing Up for the 2012 Holiday Season [INFOGRAPHIC]

Hubspot

This time of year is busy for everyone -- but marketers have to be a few weeks, and sometimes a few months, ahead of the game to ensure all their campaigns are ready and raring to go for the holiday season. Whether you're B2B, B2C, ecommerce, or brick-and-mortar, you've got some serious planning to do. That's all well and good for marketers with boundless resources, but what about the rest of us?

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What eMagine Customers are Saying: Client Recommendations

EMagine B2B Blog

eMagine is proud to have worked with some of the best and brightest clients on Website Design, Hosting, and Online Marketing in the technology, health care, medical device and other B2B industries. Today we take a look at some client testimonials on our work with them: Mark McKinnon , President of Board of Directors at South Shore Habitat for Humanity, Greater Boston Area. “eMagine was terrific from start to finish with the web redesign project for the Dedham Savings website.