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Content marketing metrics and analytics: it’s all about you

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For example, Facebook may generate the most orders of any social media network, but if you’re say, a B2B professional services firm, whatever orders you do generate come at a huge opportunity cost: namely, the much higher return you’d likely realize if you devoted your resources to your LinkedIn presence. . Do your own analytics!

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Influencers: the key to content marketing

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I recently had the pleasure of participating in a B2B digital marketing forum hosted by The Conference Board and led by Mike Moran and Tim Peter. They all seemed to grasp the concept, but had difficulty putting it into practice. But in B2B marketing, celebrity endorsements often appear like the hype in the ads audiences tune out.

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Is your personalization for your visitors… or for you?

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Explicit data often doesn’t feel like merchandising because you’re simply reflecting the best product for their particular needs based on what they’ve told you. Personalized content recommendations make suggestions to a visitor about the best content they can check out next. In practice, it doesn’t even matter whether it’s B2C or B2B.

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Spinning stories for superior sales

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When applied to content marketing practices, storytelling can make the difference between content that’s quickly forgotten and content that is taken to heart and encourages action. You have to start with great content–really your best work. B2B companies can create emotional connections, too.

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Where’s marketing technology headed? Chris Jacob, Director of Product Marketing for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, shares his thoughts.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud now includes email marketing, mobile marketing, social media marketing, digital advertising and analytics–all powered by Einstein, Salesforce’s AI technology. Hester: What is your organization doing to help marketers learn how best to use technology? Skilling Up Marketers of Today and Tomorrow.

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Five levers of relevance for digital authors

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This post is just for those who don’t want to geek out on it but just want some practical advice on how to increase relevance for their audiences. Keywords are the best clues to relevance. So they use a lot of trial and error to find the result that will give them the best answers they need with the least amount of effort.

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Why are marketers afraid of data?

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All the talk about agile marketing , analytics , and using “test and learn” methodologies to improve your marketing depends on data. You’re undoubtedly very familiar with any number of intimate details about your very best customers. Digital, at its core, is all about the numbers. What do you know about these folks?

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