Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Maybe the coming year is the year when brands start to “market like the year we are in” as Gary Vaynercheck has eloquently said. My 2013 Marketing Predictions included bets that content marketing conversations would mature. For 2014 , my marketing predictions were all about content, data and culture.

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Unbounce

OCTOBER 1, 2019

After exploding onto the scene in 2013, Zola quickly became the fastest-growing wedding startup in the United States, trouncing old-school competitors with their headache-free approach to big-day planning. How Can Ecommerce Marketers Get More Sales Through Targeted Messaging? By now, you’ve probably heard something about Zola.

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Whenever someone mentions the term “branded content,” my mind still drifts back to the original inspiration for my love of the technique: BMW’s The Hire. Branded content is the best vehicle for marketers to bridge the gap b/n awareness and affinity, says @joderama. Click To Tweet. In the name of brand love.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 5, 2013

Social Media Controversies Addressed, Fresh Each Week. They are the expandable tweets that typically are used to hold photos or Vine videos, like this one from Lowe’s ( read more about Lowe’s excellent new Youtility marketing program ): Put that old rake head to good use by turning it into a tool hanger. v/bYwJZ7JrrEK.

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Content Standard

MARCH 27, 2015

As an advocate for the power of original brand storytelling , I’m often skeptical about the need for paid amplification of these stories. As the head of marketing of a young, high-growth company, I often struggle with the questions of where, when, and why we should loosen or tighten our purse strings. billion in 2013.

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Digilant

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Google released their voice technology in 2012, Microsoft released Cortana in 2013, and Amazon released Alexa and the Amazon Echo in 2014. Differentiating voices : One of the main reasons people enjoy voice assistants is because of the personalization level. Devices will continue to get better at differentiating different voices.

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Joe Pulizzi’s new book Epic Content Marketing: How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter and Win More Customers by Marketing Less (McGraw-Hill, 2013). Make Mobile Your Top Channel Strategy. Repurpose All Your Content.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Last year in my 2013 marketing predictions post , I predicted that content marketing would mature in many organizations, that brands would take themselves out of the stories they tell and finally put an end to the notion that marketing equals promotion. 2014 will be about 3 things: culture, data and content.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Zero Paid Media as the New Marketing Model , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the two types of entrepreneurs, the idea behind his revolutionary startup, and how Kickstarter has helped him prove his point. This week: From ExactTarget , a free whitepaper entitled The Mobile Idea File. Listen Now.

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QuanticMind

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Welcome to Chapter 1 in our upcoming eBook, Digital Future: Predictive Advertising, which will provide broad strategic insights, executive interviews and key research for CMOs, VPs and other marketing leaders seeking to gain a competitive edge through marketing technology. In other cases, you inherit them.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 11, 2018

After all, having an income chart like this is the main goal of many online entrepreneurs: For many entrepreneurs looking to build an online business, or marketers looking to monetize their web traffic, affiliate marketing is often how they got started with generating income. What is affiliate marketing? Who are the merchants?

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

); //. Marketing News & Expert Advice. Search Engine Watch. Strategies Data-Driven Marketing Marketing Automation Marketing to Latinos Conference Call Local Retail Sports & Entertainment Politics & Advocacy Automotive CPG Financial Services Healthcare & Pharma Agency Spotlight. Ad Industry Metrics.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 6, 2012

In case you didn’t know, I am IBM’s representative to the Google Tech Council, a consortium of B2B tech search engine marketing (SEM) leaders. Since I started focusing on SEM for IBM, I have trained thousands of content producers, information architects, developers, metrics analysts, and executives on search.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 7, 2013

In our last interview, Paula Cusati suggested that we will need the ability to adapt and be creative in the rapidly changing world of Future of Marketing. list (that focuses on potential customer’s brand) check out this list on technology marketing. I love the challenge of a new market and decoding the value to the consumer.

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Onalytica B2B

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

There was once a day when the only way to communicate was to write a real letter, physically talk to a person or dial a telephone. The evolution of technology has allowed social media to evolve in parallel. What were once standalone websites and online chat services; are now advertising spaces and business opportunities.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Thank goodness for voice search, am I right? Although, here's the thing about voice search: A ccording to the 2016 State of Inbound report , a huge number of marketers are making SEO their #1 priority. But how does voice search fit into that strategy? Are marketers even thinking about it yet? That's great.

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Outbrain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Why should marketing be any different? What are marketing automation platforms? Marketing automation platforms are software designed to automate a wide range of repetitive, ongoing marketing tasks. What is marketing automation primarily used for? What are the benefits of marketing automation?

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Vidyard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Mobile created a monster; a multi-screen, multi-channel consumer that can make marketing analytics a nightmare. At any given moment this new breed of customer has the world at their fingertips with instant access to internet, email, social media, video, search, apps, and so much more all on a tiny handheld device.

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Hubspot

MARCH 29, 2018

Black hat SEO is a practice against search engine guidelines, used to get a site ranking higher in search results. These unethical tactics don’t solve for the searcher and often end in a penalty from search engines. Black hat SEO seeks to game search engine algorithms, rather than solve for the user. Keyword Stuffing.

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2015

We’ve reviewed beginners’ B2B email marketing techniques , intermediate techniques , and A/B testing. These techniques are getting you one step closer to a well-rounded email marketing engine. This likely inflates their market share compared to other email clients such as Yahoo!

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Hubspot

JUNE 6, 2013

1) Mobile Video Is Booming. Foursquare is running an experiment that lets small businesses in New York run paid promotions within the service, AdAge reports. 4) Retailers Still Top Digital Ad Spenders. Retailers are ramping up their digital ad spending and remain the top buyers of digital ads, eMarketer reports.

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Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Creating targeted content that emphasized ideas over products generated huge email open-rate increases for one B2B company. As highlighted in a recent Marketing Sherpa editorial , a shift toward more educational email content resulted in a 48-percent gain in open rates for Hammock, a specialist in marketing-content creation.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

In the last 11 months, there have been tons of updates to our favorite social networks, several of which were extremely relevant for marketers and business owners. Many of them were just little tweaks, but a lot -- 16 in our estimation -- had a huge impact on marketers' jobs. 2) Mobile-Only Facebook Ads.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Marketers personalize emails to provide recipients more relevant content. In fact, in-house marketers who personalize their web experiences see on average a 19% uplift in sales ( Source: 2013 Monetate/eConsultancy ). 1) Show mobile viewers mobile-friendly content.

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seo.co

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Local SEO – Table of Contents. Why Isn’t My Business Appearing in Google Local Search? + Where to Share Your Content for Local SEO. + Do Other Local Business Ads Threaten Local SEO. Most Valuable Content for Local SEO. + Where to Share Your Content for Local SEO. + Local SEO vs. National SEO. +

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The story is no different when it comes to marketing on the internet. While many of us are familiar with “tried-and-true” ways to acquire and retain customers online -- paid search, email marketing, etc. -- there’s a whole new wave of exciting technologies that are emerging right now. 1) Native Advertising.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 14, 2014

“Big data” is one of the trendiest buzzwordy terms in marketing/technology/business today. 2014 B2B Content Marketing Trends–North America: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs. 2014 B2B Content Marketing Trends–North America: Content Marketing Institute/MarketingProfs.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Many media companies will install a commenting plug-in--and leave their community strategy at that. The heart of community is engagement, and media companies that are able to inspire just that will have a competitive edge in tomorrow’s landscape. of surveyed media companies cite subscriptions as their greatest source of revenue.

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Hubspot

MAY 23, 2013

Lately, the whole marketing community is abuzz about content. Content is a necessity for any successful inbound marketing strategy, and with more and more marketers creating it, it''s becoming increasingly difficult to stand out from the barrage of content out there -- a lot of which is, well.

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Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A recent report analyzing the cross-channel communication strategies of 30 leading publications found a de-emphasis on the personalization of the customer experience, says, Michael Huard, Content Marketing Manager, Iterable. In the world of marketing, personalization is crucial to success, seeking the one-to-one conversation.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2013

These companies just made some smart marketing decisions that led to some serious growth spurts along the way. Uber, a mobile app that connects riders to taxis and car services, took this event as an opportunity to help. Also, after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Uber provided free rides to area hospitals.

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Valasys

AUGUST 9, 2019

The best practices in Search Engine Optimization have evolved over the years to coalesce the ever-evolving research methodologies of the B2B prospects. With the start of mid-2010, SEO & content strategists started working in conjunction , to complement each other. Before that, the role of content was viewed as secondary.

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SnapApp

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And as the content marketing landscape continues to rapidly evolve, it makes sense to look to research to identify trends and patterns that can help guide your strategy. That’s why we’ve gathered 54 content marketing stats all in one place – so you can start thinking about how this data will inform your plans for 2018. .

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Or have too many social media marketing statistics.” ” Well, she actually only said the first part (which is debatable), but certainly would have said the second part (which isn’t) had social media been around in the 1930s. How effective is social media in comparison to other digital marketing channels?

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Brightedge

JANUARY 13, 2020

In doing my research for this post, I found fewer digital marketing books than I expected on each of the topics I wanted to cover. However, if you are reading this post then you, like me, prefer good old books over digital marketing books for self-education. Digital Marketing for Dummies. rating on Amazon, #53 in web marketing.

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Buffer

JANUARY 2, 2019

2019 is here and gone are the days where generating audience engagement on social media was primarily a passive process. The brands that are successful in delivering personalized experiences to their audiences are the brands that are likely to thrive with their social media strategies in the coming year. Table of Contents.

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Hubspot

MARCH 30, 2020

In 2019, WhatsApp reached 2 billion global users and solidified itself as the most popular mobile messaging app worldwide. Most recently, in 2018, the app innovated even further by adding a group chat option and group video calls. Because of this, neither you or your brand could create public accounts that users can easily search for.

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