Ambal's Amusings

JUNE 30, 2011

It is called Content Marketing World 2011. Joe has rounded up the best and brightest marketers on the planet. Joe Pulizzi , content marketing evangelist, is putting together the greatest show on earth for marketers. Joe, is the co-author of Get Content. Get Customers. Check out the Agenda and FAQs for Content Marketing World.

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Content Marketing FAQ Content Storytelling 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 30, 2012

Get the answers to those questions and more here in a dozen of the best posts and articles about WordPress from the past year. Rob Cubbon details 10 best practices for optimizing WordPress content, from ideal use of keywords and plugins to sitemaps, redirects and image optimization. Which plugins are the most popular / useful / vital?

CMS Development 100

CMS Development Best Practices Marketing Analytics Tools Lead Scoring 100

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Best marketing blogs when you want to do a deep-dive. Best niche marketing blogs. Social Media Hat has been around since 2011 and has won awards for its marketing content. The team at Moz hand-picked their best social media marketing articles and put them together for easy access. Social media marketing blogs.

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Newsletter Planning Paid Search Agency Work Management 134

Webbiquity

DECEMBER 19, 2023

8: The 12 Best Competitive Intelligence and Benchmarking Tools Here are the 12 best tools for comparing your brand’s performance to your top competitors in terms of web traffic, social media brand mentions, target keywords, online advertising, organic search visibility, and other factors.

Paid Search Agency 178

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Screencast Planning 178

Everything Technology Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

Take the 2011 B2B Content Marketing Survey It may sound easy to create crisp definitions of market segments, buyer personas, and buying stages, and then to build compelling content for each relevant intersection of these three (or more) dimensions. The 2011 B2B Content Marketing Survey takes less than 5 minutes to complete - take it now.

Customer Surveys 100

Customer Surveys B2B Marketing Content Marketing Webcast 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 11, 2011

Year-on-Year Growth Rate (Client Count) Year Ending: Infusionsoft, OfficeAutoPilot, HubSpot Pardot, Marketo, Eloqua, Manticore Technology, Genius All Vendors Combined June 2011 52% 68% 55% December 2011 97% 93% 97% So, what does this mean? Is the marketing automation bubble about to burst? Not necessarily.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Manticore Marketing Automation ActiveConversion 120

Everything Technology Marketing

JANUARY 1, 2011

It is January and time again for the obligatory 2011 predictions. Many marketing experts have strong opinions on what they think will happen in 2011. I asked you to rank the marketing areas you think will become more important in 2011. Happy New Year! Marketing will be expected to show how it impacts new revenue generation.

Work Management 100

Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management Lead Scoring 100

ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Wiley, 2011). As an editor and marketer, I spend a lot of time thinking about the “how to”—in other words, how to translate the best and more interesting marketing ideas into truly actionable steps for organizations looking to grow their business. Follwer her on Twitter @marketingprofs.

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B2B Marketing Trends Marketing Management Planning 120

Everything Technology Marketing

MAY 31, 2011

SlideShare views for the new report " 2011 B2B Content Marketing Trends " are off the charts - looks like we have a topic that is really resonating with B2B marketers. Companies spend an average of 20 percent of their budgets on content marketing. The most popular channels to deliver content: website, live events, email.

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Marketing Report Trends B2B Marketing Content Marketing 100

SnapApp

DECEMBER 29, 2011

2011 was a big year for SnapApp! Best SnapApp Sweepstakes: Magic Beans. Best Use of Like-Gating in a SnapApp: CSN Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Eagles. Best Most Creative Placement of a SnapApp: IAB Ad Unit. We were thrilled to see clients creating so many amazing quizzes and sweepstakes.

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Best Practices Microsite Viral Marketing Buzz 48

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I know I am fully immersed in reading about the best songs, books, movies, tweets, blogs, etc. Whatever the reason for humanity’s obsession, here’s my simple objective: to share with you the B2B Marketing posts that generated the most traffic, conversation and sharing in 2011. And wishing all of you great success in 2012!

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B2B Marketing Peer-to-peer Planning B2B 100

ViewPoint

DECEMBER 20, 2011

I appreciate the manner in which each has clearly presented B2B marketing and sales challenges, solutions (in the form of best-practice strategies and tactics), and results in areas like the following: Content marketing. Jason Kort is one of the forces behind Marketing Automation Times What I learned at Dreamforce 2011. Inside sales.

Blogger 120

Blogger B2B Thought Leadership Work Management Marketing Management 120

Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2024

Avoid Becoming Too Efficient Business “best practices” often lean toward leaner models of working. At its peak, it had over 85 million subscribers worldwide in September 2011. Here are six considerations to keep in mind as you build a culture of innovation in your business. All of which is good.

First-Mover Advantage 147

First-Mover Advantage Dwell Paid Search Agency Bandwidth 147

Ambal's Amusings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Joe Pulizzi has rounded up over 100 of content marketing thought leaders to weigh in on content marketing and social media predictions in 2011. Download the 2011 content marketing and social media predictions eBook. What is my content marketing prediction for 2011? Content Marketing Action for 2011. Minimize your content.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Content Social Media Twitter 100

Navigate the Channel

AUGUST 3, 2023

Much of the advice about presentation tools focuses on new tech, but let’s start this by reminding you that you are the best or worst presentation tool. Tip 1 If you’re nauseated at the thought of presenting , the most reviled and most widely used software, Microsoft’s PowerPoint, is a strong contender for what’s best to use.

Budget Programs 65

Budget Programs Tools Tips Best Practices 65

markempa

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Tweet For proven approaches to drive the highest return on the money you’ve invested in marketing and sales this year, watch the replay of the second half of our webinar presentation, “ Six Funnel Focal Points to Finish 2011 Strong. ”. Learn the fastest, easiest approach to ensure you’re using the best lists.

Webinar Metrics 120

Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel Case Study 120

Engagio

JANUARY 19, 2021

That’s a 5233% growth since 2011!). Additionally, technographic data can be used in your artificial intelligence algorithm to identify your best customers. Once you identify the technographic characteristics of past qualified accounts and your best customers, you can incorporate that technographic profile in your ICP.

Ideal Customer Profiles 133

Ideal Customer Profiles Demand Generation DemandBase Marketing AI 133

Webbiquity

APRIL 5, 2012

Kevin Stirtz identifies some of the top local directories for SEO and provides an extensive and provides an extensive list of additional resources for local SEO expertise including Top 10 Local Search Directories By Importance by GrowMap and The 20 Best Local SEO Citation Sources for The United States by Dev Basu.

Tactics 100

Tactics SEO Tips Best Practices 100

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

It’s an exciting day, and the lineup for the 2011 edition of Social Media Success Summit has been announced. As a presenter, I am of course biased, but this may be the best combination of social media thinking in one virtual conference ever assembled. Do you agree?

Social Media 114

Social Media Media Banner Ads Webinar Metrics 114

Biznology

DECEMBER 2, 2011

What do you mean that the holiday season of 2011 is over? Heck, we’re still in the same calendar week as Cyber Monday 2011! Whatever you have done for the online shopping season for 2011 is already in place and running. Whoa there, big fella!!! It just got started? Have you lost your bits and bytes? ” mentality.

PPC 80

PPC Social Media Conversion Rate SEO 80

Biznology

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I am declaring 2011 the Year of the Online SMB. They frequently represent the best (and the worst) of the American entrepreneurial spirit, and they don't like it when someone calls them stupid, which is what the Internet marketing industry does in not-so-concealed fashion. Are you ready? Those stories are old and recycled to death.

SMB 80

SMB Marketing Budget Internet Marketing Google 80

markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

In just 45 minutes, you’re going to learn how to effectively seize the next three months to drive the very best outcomes and begin 2012 from a place of power. Identify the best timing and methodology for contacting prospects – how long to persevere and when to call it a day.

Webinar Metrics 120

Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Resources B2B 120

Webbiquity

MARCH 12, 2012

What are the best practices for pitching journalists in this new environment? What are the (current) best practices for pitching bloggers? Find the answers to these questions and more here in a dozen of the best social PR guides of the past year. How can PR pros optimize their use of social media tools?

PR 100

PR Blogger Tips Best Practices 100

Webbiquity

MAY 17, 2016

4 Best Content Planning Tools. 10 Best Content Research Tools. For example, almost no one looked for information about “content marketing” prior to early 2011, but interest really soared a couple of years later, with search volume tripling between December 2012 and January 2014. Google Review Count: 1,190,000.

Planning 145

Planning Research Tools Sample 145

markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In May , Brandon Stamschror, Senior Director of Operations for MECLABS Leads Group, and I expounded on the powerful combination of excellent data and the human touch to make the best use of sales time and resources. The results were astounding – the difference between the best- and worst-performing lists was $581 per lead.

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 120

Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    Paul Greenberg put it best this year when he said buyers today do not want to be an object of a sale but a subject of an experience.    Over used yes but the best example is Apple. 

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Trends Conversion Buyer Personas 100

Webbiquity

MAY 3, 2011

Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011. Lose Weight Tomorrow! Gretchen Rubin. gretchenrubin. Maybe next year….

Twitter 100

Twitter B2B Thought Leadership Enterprise Management Work Management 100

JotForm

JANUARY 12, 2012

We thought this is also a good time to reflect on 2011. This was the best year we have had by far.Doubled Our Userbase!- We are all excited and fired up about 2012. We’d like to thank each of you for participating in the JotForm Story this past year. Number of users: Increased from 350,000 to 650,00.

Best Practices 48

Best Practices Product 48

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Sights of Dreamforce 2011. The Sights of Dreamforce 2011 was posted at Modern B2B Marketing - Marketo Best Practices Blog. | [link]. However, I am happy to provide you with a visual experience of what has been described as half industry trade show, half rock concert. View more presentations from Marketo.

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Trade Show Marketo Conference B2B Marketing 48

Hubspot

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to Ibarra, the best way to feel like a leader is to act like one. Zapier has been a remote-first company since its 2011 founding. All the subtle signs that said, You're doing a great job! This book will help restore your confidence. In other words: Your thoughts follow your actions, not the other way around.

Work Management 101

Work Management Peer-to-peer Best Practices Act-On 101

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

This blog post was inspired/updated from a previous Heinz Marketing blog post written by Matt Heinz “ 10 best practices for better cold calling ”. In the original blog post, Matt gives some great best practices on cold calling specifically but, I am going to dive into email as well. Use a clear, direct, and catchy subject line.

Outreach 78

Outreach Practices Best Practices Cold Calling 78

The Effective Marketer

JUNE 14, 2011

According to the report, adoption of email marketing is high, with 88% of B2C companies already using email and 10% planning to use before December 2011. Best Practices in Email Marketing. The report says email budgets will stay flat in 2011, but 4 3% of email marketers expect email effectiveness to increase over the next three years.

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Marketing Budget Practices Budget Programs Forrester 100

Biznology

MARCH 20, 2018

Today is one of those best-of Chris Abraham’s blog posts on blogger outreach, long tail blogger outreach, influencer marketing , and micro-influencer marketing. Sam believes this is dead and that it’s closer to 70%/20%/10%, according to some research by Paul Schneider (from back in August of 2011).” “Off to the races!

Long Tail Marketing 199

Long Tail Marketing Blogger Outreach Paid Content 199

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This book was originally published in 2011 and has been updated several times. It is has been the best-selling […]. For the 150th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Mark Schaefer, author of the revised and expanded fourth edition of The Tao of Twitter: Changing Your Life and Business One Connection At A Time.

Twitter 180

Twitter Best Practices Business Social Media 180

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2020

Blame a few fuzzy data in a 2011 study. Life’s about to get real for all those marketers who thought all they had to do was write “best plumber in Pittsburgh” and sprinkle that phrase at awkward places in every post they write. As Anita Lettink shows, that old saw is a bit of a myth. Geolocation Marketing Looks to Reach $38.1

Marketing AI 567

Marketing AI Stats Planning Case Studies 567

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

The flurry of big privacy announcements at the end of 2010 – each one trying to outdo the others – made clear that US privacy is coming alive in 2011. Companies with all kinds of new and unique business models are proposing different self-regulation best practices.

Privacy 48

Privacy Phishing Marketing Proposals Paid Search Agency 48

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Moz did that eye-tracking study back in 2011 when Google was just starting to show video thumbnails in search results when there were fewer of those than we see today. To point Google to the best-fitting image, use fundamental image SEO principles as well as structured markup. Use schema.org to label product photos as “products.”

SEO 158

SEO SERP Conversion Eye-Tracking 158