Sat.Nov 03, 2012 - Fri.Nov 09, 2012

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Optimizing the Lead: 4-step lead generation analysis

markempa

Tweet When you think of the word optimization, you might think of writing keyword-stuffed blog posts for search engine optimization or running split tests for landing page optimization. But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized. Including lead generation. On a webinar today for ReadyTalk at 1 p.m. EST – “ Planning for 2013: How to best utilize top lead gen tactics in the New Year ” – David Kirkpatrick, Senior Reporter, MECLABS, and I will review the basics of the lead g

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Does a 200% Return on Investment Sound Exciting?

Tomorrow People

Marketing has changed radically over the past couple of years and companies that don’t move with the times and embrace inbound marketing are being left behind. The old-fashioned ‘push’ methods of marketing are too expensive and easily tuned out by today’s sophisticated digital audience. The internet and social media have changed the rules of the game.

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Four Ways to Evolve Your Online Conversions

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Posted in Conversion Conversion Optimization. When you think about it, the Darwinian idea of evolution is not a far cry from the way we as marketers adapt and change to new technology. With new ways of selling, new channels for promoting a brand and new ways of engaging customers, we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of the game. And now in the era of rock-solid online competition, we have to evolve even further and ask ourselves: What does it take to lead the online conversion movement?

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In A Social Business The Marketing Nerds Will Win

Marketing Insider Group

There is one clear sign of a vibrant and growing marketing team: it attracts more of the right people and sheds the rest. In the digital marketing age, that means 3 things: digital and social business leaders who use analytics to drive their decisions. Marketing leaders need to look around and determine if they are attracting these leaders of the future or if they are leaving to drive the marketing efforts of your future competitors.

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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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Shareaholic Becomes a (Top Notch) Content Curator

Webbiquity

Shareaholic, a content discovery and sharing tools vendor, yesterday announced Shareaholic Channels , a new way to find the most relevant, fresh content based on topic. Of the more than 200,000 publishers who use Shareaholic tools (such as social sharing buttons at the bottom of this post), the company selected the top 25 bloggers in each of the following seven categories to feature: • Food. • Parenting. • Fitness. • Fashion & Beauty. • DIY. • Social Media Marketing. • Personal Finance.

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A Brief Guide to Increasing Website Conversions with Video

NuSpark Consulting

More and more I have been becoming a believer in the power of videos on websites and landing pages for conversions. I’ve been reading various studies on the connection between video and conversion increase, and all have supported the use of video marketing as a key tool to increase engagement and conversions. Videos offer a number of benefits; most importantly: Videos allow you to demonstrate a product or solution simply.

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Your online reputation should be a culmination of you

Biznology

Everybody indeed wants a shortcut. I just wrote something about this in relation to building online social media communities over on the Huffington Post and so I thought I would extend the idea to online reputation management (ORM) as it’s practiced both in your own life (as the resulting splatter painting of your life online, over time, unintentionally) and as it’s managed by my company, Reputation.com.

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Marketing Strategy and Planning: How To Avoid Marketing Budget Disasters

Marketing Insider Group

It’s that time of year again and I have to ask the only question that matters for those of us involved in marketing strategy and planning: Do you know which marketing programs have worked and which ones didn’t? And what was the return on the investments you made? I am always completely amazed at how few of us can answer this question. And I understand this is hard.

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I have seen the future of B2B marketing. It’s on Forbes.

Chris Koch

I’m sure I don’t need to introduce you to Forbes’ “BrandVoice” program (used to be “AdVoice). The guy who manages the platform at Forbes, Lewis Dvorkin, (if he also created the platform he’s a freakin’ genius) recently wrote about its power to disrupt traditional journalism , citing my new employer, SAP, as one of the companies that sometimes get more hits for the stuff it posts than Forbes’ own journalism.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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Blog Writing: 5 Tips to Break a Blogging Rut

Writing on the Web

Business blog writing is tough. No matter how long you’ve been writing on your business blog, sooner or later, you’ll find yourself in a blogging rut. How do you break out of blogger’s block ? There are many reasons that people blog – the most important being to convey their personal message in a clear, concise way. Here are other key reasons blog writing is key for your business: Building an online base of targeted customers.

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Top 5 Social Business Myths

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. As companies go through their social business journey, there are several “truths” about their use of social media that are not necessarily observed in real life, but still get treated as dogma, as if social technologies were so special and enigmatic that deserve a quasi-religious status. In this post, I’ll elect my top 5 social business myths, but of course, lists shouldn’t be dogmatic either: the intent of this post is just to raise awareness tha

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Marketing Strategy and Planning: How To Avoid Marketing Budget Disasters

Marketing Insider Group

It’s that time of year again and I have to ask the only question that matters for those of us involved in marketing strategy and planning: Do you know which marketing programs have worked and which ones didn’t? And what was the return on the investments you made? I am always completely amazed at how few of us can answer this question. And I understand this is hard.

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Why Inbound Marketing Will Cost More

Digital B2B Marketing

Inbound marketing leads, according to Hubspot, cost 62% less than leads from outbound marketing. But don’t expect that cost advantage to last. One of two things is happening: Inbound isn’t really more cost effective. Maybe Hubspot’s sample is biased or methodology is bad, but for whatever reason, the 62% isn’t true. Inbound really is more cost effective today and early adopters are reaping the benefit.

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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

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Finding Elmer in Hurricane Sandy

Marketing Craftmanship

This is where I found Elmer, the Volunteer Craftsman. One week ago today, my wife and I spent most of the night in total darkness lying on a mattress we had dragged into the front hallway: the location we determined to be the safest in the house…other than the basement, which we considered our retreat of last resort. On the other side of our front door, Hurricane Sandy lived up to expectations.

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Five Digital Media Marketing Lessons in Sandy’s Eye

Biznology

Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife. I have a stock answer whenever I’m asked why I’m good at PR: “It’s all about the relationships.” In PR, your success or failure is 90% driven by the types of relationships that you have with the media. Cultivating those relationships takes up a fair amount of your time and represents one of the greatest intangibles, which is what makes PR so hard to quantify.

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The Five Metrics that Must be on Your Marketing Dashboard

Vision Edge Marketing

'by Laura Patterson, VEM and Julie Schwartz, ITSMA. Marketers are always asking us, “What are the five most important metrics that should be on our marketing dashboard?” These marketers want a template; a quick and easy answer so they can move on to their next challenge. Well, we’re not giving them the easy way out. That’s because if you start building a dashboard for your leadership team with the individual metrics, you’re starting at the wrong place and you’ll end up with something that is use

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B2B Marketing Has a Perception Problem

Digital B2B Marketing

Do you care if potential prospects see your services as high value or a complete rip-off? Of course you do. This is about the perception each individual has about you. This is about your brand. Perceptions are created by experience with your products, service and people, through what other people say about you (even competitors) and through your own marketing.

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The AI-Enabled CMO: Practical Tips for Today's B2B Marketers

Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO

On October 11th, understand how to navigate the AI landscape confidently, turning insights into groundbreaking strategies that set you apart. Why attend? You'll learn: Practical applications/Use cases How to find and assess the right AI technology Prioritizing quick wins Mastering prompt engineering Solving marketing challenges efficiently Strategies to launch pilot programs Case studies of B2Bs building smarter businesses with AI Exclusive bonus content: Actionable frameworks to get started qui

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Deciding to Build 200 Videos for the Channel, Chapter Four

Avitage

The executive team at WE-CAN Technologies is considering investing in the development of videos to drive growth through its channel partners. They asked Max Wilson, Director of Marketing, at WE-CAN Technologies, to develop an execution plan. Max has already sent an email that validates the number of videos that would have to be developed and an email that outlines a pragmatic approach to developing the videos.

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Using emotion to close the deal in online marketing

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. If you sell online, you know the problem. How many people place things in their carts but don’t come back? For some e-Commerce companies, they convert fewer than 20% of orders placed in carts, usually because they are withholding pricing (or shipping charges) before the item goes in the cart. But all e-Commerce sites find a drop off when some percentage of their customers abandon their carts.

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5 Lessons From the Best Example of Content Marketing Ever?

Convince & Convert

Marketers sometimes say things to me like, “Well, nobody in our industry is doing that kind of robust content marketing, so why should we start?” Here’s the deal. Your industry doesn’t matter. What matters is that big companies are embracing big content, and in so doing they are changing the expectations of YOUR customers , whether you like it or not.

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What Do Buyers Want?

The Effective Marketer

You have created all that content, invested in a marketing automation system, and still the leads are not converting. Who is to blame? First, take a closer look at your content and answer the following questions: 1. Does it have your product name sprinkled throughout? 2. Does it focus on what your product does and describe features? 3. Does it use technical terms and acronyms?

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Lets Get Physical: How to Blend Direct Mail Marketing with Your Digital Strategy

Speaker: Akeel Jabber, B2B SaaS Investor and Growth Marketer at Horizen Capital

⭐ Are you ready to boost campaign success? Consider the untapped potential of integrating direct mail marketing seamlessly with digital marketing strategies. Combining the physical, tangible impact of direct mail with the dynamic reach of digital marketing can be a game-changer, significantly increasing your ROI when done right. Direct mail grabs attention, making it great for reaching your target audience 📩 Digital marketing keeps the momentum going, driving action 📲 So.

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I Need 200 Videos for the Channel, Chapter Four

Avitage

'Initiative Investment Decision The executive team at WE-CAN Technologies is considering investing in the development of videos to drive growth through its channel partners. They asked Max Wilson, Director of Marketing, at WE-CAN Technologies, to develop an execution plan, (Chapter One). Max has already sent an email that validates the number of videos that would have […] The post I Need 200 Videos for the Channel, Chapter Four appeared first on Avitage.

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Why you should consider centralizing your search keyword lists

Biznology

Photo credit: Wikipedia. Last month, I wrote about 2 challenges to keyword collaboration. Among other things, I argued for the importance of developing a corporate keyword database for digital marketers. Without keyword collaboration, your digital assets will compete for the limited time and attention of your audience. Chances are, a relatively small set of words are both relevant to your product offerings and your client’s needs.

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Does a 200% Return on Investment Sound Exciting?

Tomorrow People

'Marketing has changed radically over the past couple of years and companies that don’t move with the times and embrace inbound marketing are being left behind. The old-fashioned ‘push’ methods of marketing are too expensive and easily tuned out by today’s sophisticated digital audience. The internet and social media have changed the rules of the game.

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{Free eBook} – A Field Guide to the 4 Types of Content Marketing Metrics

Convince & Convert

A field guide to the 4 types of content marketing metrics from Jay Baer. Too often, content marketers tell themselves that they can’t accurately measure their results, or a tactic isn’t measurable, or that they don’t feel comfortable measuring content. These are defeatist statements, hanging over your content marketing like a dark cloud. If you find yourself falling into this camp, don’t fret: You still have time to get on the right track.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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I Need 200 Videos for the Channel, Chapter Four

Avitage

'Initiative Investment Decision The executive team at WE-CAN Technologies is considering investing in the development of videos to drive growth through its channel partners. They asked Max Wilson, Director of Marketing, at WE-CAN Technologies, to develop an execution plan, (Chapter One). Max has already sent an email that validates the number of videos that would have to be developed, (Chapter Two), and an email that outlines a pragmatic approach to developing the videos, (Chapter Three).

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4 Ways Pinterest Secret Boards Benefit B2B Marketers

B2B Marketing Traction

I’m excited about the new feature Pinterest launched today – secret boards with the ability to collaborate on them with others. While it’s a great feature for planning holiday shopping or that surprise birthday or anniversary party, it also has some great benefits for B2B marketers. As a marketing consultant, I’ve already been using Pinterest to pin ad campaigns that I like.

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Industy Analyst Extraordinaire Jeremiah Owyang Discusses Social and the Changing Consumer

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

by Jason Miller Jeremiah Owyang is an Industry Analyst on Customer Strategy and a Partner at Altimeter Group. He is the author of the top blog Web Strategist and is an expert on how companies can connect with their consumers using a variety of online tactics. I was lucky enough to be able to catch up with Jeremiah at a recent conference and he took the time to answer some very important questions facing B2B marketing professionals on a daily basis.

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