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How to Create an Effective Nonprofit Event Marketing Plan

Marketing Insider Group

Effectively marketing a nonprofit event requires more than just hoping it becomes popular through word of mouth. At the same time, your nonprofit needs a way to publicize your event and build excitement without overspending on a limited event budget. If you have a nonprofit event coming up, whether small or large, explore the following key steps to create a plan for marketing your event.

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How GTM Leaders Can Hit Their Revenue Targets Using the Right SaaS Metrics

Webbiquity

Guest post by Aakanksha Gupta. As a go-to-market (GTM) leader or growth strategist, you know the never-ending pressure to hit revenue targets. In most SaaS categories, competition is intense, and you’ll need a solid plan in order to achieve your revenue goals. You need to know where to invest your marketing dollars and efforts and monitor them consistently.

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Filling the Gaps for a Composable CDP

Customer Experience Matrix

Back in February, I mentioned that CDP Institute had published a Composable CDP Self-Assessment Tool that asks people what gaps they must fill to convert their current systems into the functional equivalent of a CDP. I recently checked how many responses we’ve received, and was disappointed that there were just fourteen. Obviously this isn’t enough to draw statistically meaningful conclusions, especially when you bear in mind that the audience of CDP Institute members can’t be considered represe

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Goodbye Third-Party Cookies, Hello Content Marketing

Contently

We get it: Articles about the death of third-party cookies feel a little like a Boy Who Cried Wolf situation. Google has reportedly been rolling out this shift for years. The company first announced the move in February 2020—only to postpone the implementation timeline every year since. According to Forrester, in 2023, more than half of global marketers thought the whole thing was a bluff.

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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 Marketing Book Podcast: “The ABM Effect” by Alisha Lyndon

The Forward Observer

The ABM Effect: How to Win, Retain, and Grow Valuable Clients for Market-Beating Growth by Alisha Lyndon About the Book Conventional sales and marketing strategies typically involve pitching to broad markets to establish brand recognition and stimulate demand, ultimately leading to revenue generation. However, a more efficient and impactful approach is to acknowledge and treat each client as a distinct market in its own right.

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6 Ways To Try Out the Latest AI and Data Innovations From Salesforce

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Learn to unlock data and build with AI Show off your AI innovations with the #BuiltWithEinstein Quest Join an AI + Data Community Tour stop Attend the AI NOW Tour Participate in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Salesforce Developers Attend a World Tour in your city We are in the midst of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, which is creating the most significant shifts and opportunities for Salesforce Admins and Developers in decades.

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The marketing ROI problem has its roots in marketing culture

Martech

Why is putting a figure on marketing ROI still a problem? While advances in marketing analytics and technology have been made, a significant portion of businesses still report facing difficulties in calculating ROI. In the fall 2023 CMO survey , CMOs report Increased pressure from the CFO to properly report and improve marketing ROI. The problem of marketing ROI is simple, but it’s difficult to solve.

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How to Craft an Effective Local SEO Content Strategy

Contently

My partner and I have a sacred weekend ritual: Pizza Fridays. A few weeks ago, we found ourselves in Minneapolis, a city neither of us know well, for the occasion. Naturally, we turned to our go-to expert on all things local and delicious: Google. A quick search for “best pizza near me” yielded several promising prospects, and we selected one for our weekly fix.

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Are Branded Podcasts Worth the Investment in 2024?

Convince & Convert

Here’s a bit of trivia to use with your non-marketing friends: the word podcast comes from the combination of two words: iPod + broadcast. The former is in reference to the early 2000s Apple music device that has unfortunately already met its demise by being discontinued from production. Unlike iPods, podcasts have grown into a steady channel that brands and creators continue to invest budget in for both production and sponsorship costs as part of their marketing plans.

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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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The best Mother’s Day ads of 2024

illumin

Mother’s Day is a fantastic opportunity to share our appreciation with the moms and mother figures in our lives, but it is also prime time to see some great ads. The annual maternal celebration took place on Sunday, May 12 this year. In addition to showering moms everywhere with flowers and cards, advertisers jumped at the chance to share their perspectives on the importance of motherhood.

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Top Search Engine Marketing Benefits Explored

Go Beyond SEO

Want digital success for your business? Looking to grow your online presence and attract more visitors? Exploring search engine marketing benefits is what you need to gain insight. SEM has many benefits for your digital marketing. It helps choose the right keywords and gets quick results. SEM helps find your audience and increases your brand’s visibility.

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Martech spending falls to lowest level in 10 years

Martech

Marketing technology spending fell this year, reaching its lowest level in a decade, according to a new Gartner report. Martech is now getting 23.8% of the marketing budget, down from about 25.4% in 2023, according to Gartner’s 2024 CMO Spend Survey. Spending also fell for staff and agencies, while paid media grew. It went from 25.6% last year to 27.9% in 2024.

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How to Create An Advertisement: Guide With 8 Easy Steps

Bannersnack

6 minutes read If you want to learn how to make an advertisement, you are in the right place. Although dedicated to those who are just grasping the surface of this industry, this article may also help skilled marketers better organize themselves. Well, let’s get right to the subject and analyze the most important steps of the process involved in creating an advertisement.

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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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What social media tasks to automate and what to personalize

Sprout Social

When you think of a social media manager’s job, you probably picture them planning and posting content all day. But there’s much more to the job description. That clever LinkedIn or eye-catching Instagram post? Social media managers brainstormed those ideas, wrote captions, designed visuals, researched hashtags and scheduled posts for the best engagement.

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Time To Evolve Your Social Media Strategy for 2024

Content Marketing Institute

The TikTok “ban” grabs the headlines. But TikTok’s impact on other social media algorithms has a bigger impact for marketers. Is your content and marketing strategy ready?

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Steal Our SEO Report Template (Inspired by SEO Experts)

Ahrefs

Look at their SEO reports. I’ve seen many SEO reports from consultants, in-house teams, and agencies. I discussed them with SEO experts from our Ahrefs Insider community.

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AI in contextual advertising: Beyond the basics

Martech

While Google’s announcement to pump the brakes again on deprecating third-party cookies isn’t exactly a surprise, it’s also not a license for marketers to take their foot off the gas of testing alternative ways to serve relevant ads without cookies. Much of that focus is around testing all the alternative IDs that have flooded the market. However, more and more forward-thinking marketers are also reallocating some of their budgets to AI-driven contextual advertising that is proving to pack a pow

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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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How to Create an Optimized Appointment Setting Funnel That Converts!

Only B2B

Are you seeking to flood your B2B marketing and sales pipeline with plenty of leads? Of course, without filling the pipeline, pursuing potential sales becomes nearly impossible. Yet, the common pitfall is that companies often prioritize the end result – sales – without focusing on what happens after generating leads. So, how do you keep the leads moving towards the other end of the funnel?

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Artificial Intelligence 101 for Marketers and Sales: What To Know and What To Do

Square 2 Marketing

AI is everywhere, and everyone is talking about it, trying it out and having a wide range of experiences. Marketers are particularly interested in trying to figure out how to use it, what it’s good for, what it’s not good for and how it can save time while improving performance. It’s a challenging environment with tons of new products, services and applications.

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How to Build a Winning YouTube SEO Strategy

Top Rank Marketing

What’s the second most-used search engine in the world? Nope, not Bing. Or DuckDuckGo. Certainly not Yahoo, AltaVista or AskJeeves. The second most-used search engine in the world is YouTube. Over 2.5 billion users visit the site per month, and people watch over a billion hours of video on the platform every day. It’s no surprise that brands are looking to connect with an audience on YouTube.

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What Are Redirects? Types, SEO Impact, & More

Ahrefs

When you move to a new address in the US, you set up mail forwarding with the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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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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The advertising industry “has stalled” as it faces a cookieless future

Martech

Quantcast is a global digital advertising, audience insights and measurement platform. Understandably, it has been following the Google Privacy Sandbox saga with close attention. We sat down with their U.K.-based CMO Amit Kotecha in their New York office for a conversation about recent developments, including the latest delay in cookie deprecation and the new report from the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority.

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Mastering B2B Video Marketing: 10 Types of Videos that Drive Marketing Success

Trade Press Services

B2B video marketing is a staple for today’s businesses with more than 90 percent of companies leveraging the medium to reach target audiences. The dynamic and versatile medium helps B2B companies connect with decision-makers effectively. According to Wyzowl’s Video Marketing Report , individuals watch an average of 17 hours of video content each week.

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Tech Takes Over Marketing (But Not How You Think)

Content Marketing Institute

Are you spending too much on technology? A new study reveals marketing budgets are shrinking, yet spending on marketing tech is rising. But a big chunk of that tech goes unused. Solving that problem could boost your budget and ROI. Here’s how.

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Forrester is Over – Don’t Go Back to Static Data!

Leadspace

Last week our team had the privilege of attending the Forrester B2B Summit 2024 in Austin, Texas, and it was one heck of an experience. If you took the time to attend the event, odds are that you saw the Leadspace team hustling at our booth or across the show floor in our awesome shoes – but we know that it’s our approach to data profiling that really grabbed your attention.

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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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Your B2B Buyer’s Journey Keeps Changing: Here’s What You Can Do About It 

Marketri

There’s plenty already written about how the digital transformation has greatly altered the way B2B companies market products and services, especially for professional services firms that long relied on traditional marketing vehicles. But the digital wave isn’t the only force that’s changing your buyer’s journey. By understanding the factors driving a fundamental change in B2B buyer behavior, you can adjust how you go to market and achieve a higher ROI.

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3 ways to boost digital marketing ROI while reducing carbon footprint

Martech

As businesses grapple with reducing their carbon footprint, optimizing digital marketing is an unexpected solution that can also drive better ROI — a true win-win scenario. The carbon cost of clicks In 2022, fifty-five published a study (registration required) showing that the average media campaign generates 70 tons of CO2 emissions, or the equivalent of seven people’s carbon outputs in an average year.

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B2B Branding Trends for Technology Firms 

BOP Design

We’ve worked with a variety of technology firms in the B2B space, including AI generative software firms, providers of engineering technologies, and security tech application companies. While their offerings vary widely, their robust technology solutions require equally robust digital marketing platforms to explain their products and services.

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