Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2020

Way back in 2012 and 2013, I interviewed some marketing influencers and leaders in the field to understand what they thought the Future of Marketing would look like. Some of the predictions on the rise of thought leadership, empathy , and culture were spot on. While other predictions , not so much. But enough about me!

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Walker Sands

APRIL 17, 2023

As a result, reporters’ and editors’ inboxes are filled with AI-related pitches, making it extremely difficult for emerging AI companies — and really, any company that wants to use AI in their business — to gain earned media coverage for their solutions. To break through the noise, AI companies can no longer rely on novelty for storytelling.

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Champion Communications

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

How to avoid cloud vendor lock-in and take advantage of multi-cloud sourcing options . In a thought leadership article for Digitalisation World, Craig Tavares, Aptum’s Head of Cloud, writes about mistakes organisations should avoid as they shift their business data from the core to the edge. Go Instore . Logicalis .

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Quick Takeaways: Spending your unused marketing budget on content marketing right now gets you a locked-in annual content plan before the year even starts. So check out all our ways to use your unspent marketing budget on content marketing. Why Use Your Unspent Marketing Budget On Content Marketing? We need a brochure. No problem.

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Martech

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Today she consults on data leadership, is a member of the Certified Data Steward Advisory Council, an advisory board member at the Mayborn School of Journalism, and a board member of Women in Big Data. A lot of IBM’s data was locked in the applications, hard-coded into the systems. I kind of feel like that in the tech world.

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Hubspot

MARCH 1, 2021

They demonstrate exemplary tendencies and particularly productive tactics — reps that put another degree of effort and strategic thought into their day-to-day responsibilities. Virtually anyone can demonstrate it in a professional context — not just ambitious budding-business owners. Some salespeople are just built differently.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There are many things you can do to help ensure you get the budget you need but it all largely depends on how you answer the questions coming from various parts of the business. How can marketing impact the business tomorrow? Figure Out How Marketing Spend Aligns with Business Goals. of company revenue in 2016) to 11.3%

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A Harvard Business Review article on salesperson attrition notes that businesses can expect turnover rates of up to 27%. From that point, business executives expect employees to hit the ground running, and that can be a shock to fresh sales talent. Dress well, and stay busy. However, it’s hardly a cakewalk.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 7, 2016

They either aren’t thinking through social media as a critical factor for their business, or, if they do have a formal employee advocacy program in place, they are executing it in a way that just isn’t sustainable or as effective as it could be. Image via Unsplash. Marketing is… crafting messages? Sales… is building relationships?

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EveryoneSocial

JANUARY 28, 2020

Pending your business objectives, you may only have this strategy and program in place for one or two key areas, potentially a combination, or maybe you are considering going company wide. Or maybe your company already has one in place and you want to take it to the next level. What is Employee Advocacy Adoption? But it’s still worth noting.

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Parse.ly

JANUARY 21, 2021

Let me ask you this, are you about to break out the bold boxing gloves to go a few rounds with leadership, finance, or the higher-ups that hold the keys to loosening up the budget for something you may have not thought of this year? Aligning with Leadership. Aligning with Leadership. If so, here’s a little help.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Vice President of Sales at ZoomInfo, Steve Bryerton, shares his thoughts on how to implement a Team Lead within your organization. Picture this: You’re a sales leader, currently responsible for a team of nearly 10+ sales development reps. I’ve seen this happen, first-hand. But, trust me, the team lead role, can work. And work well.

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nDash

JANUARY 6, 2021

How do you create content effectively when your business sells a complex set of products and services to a wide range of verticals? In this kind of business, content marketing can’t just be a side project. When Dan McDermott started at Epsilon in 2013, thought leadership responsibilities fell on a lot of different people’s shoulders.

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TaylorMadeIn KEW

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

We simply don’t put enough thought or time into the objective-setting process, so that they become a valuable part of our career and professional development. A WIG by its very nature is hard, because it demands time, thought and energy outside of the day-to-day busy-ness of our jobs. Photo by Javier Segura on Unsplash.

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The Marketing Blender

DECEMBER 28, 2020

To give you a significant head-start, we decided to put together this article highlighting 5 of the biggest marketing trends that businesses – big and small – will use to make a substantial mark even in the most competitive industries in 2021. Use these to explode your business in the next twelve months! Our Services.

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Contently

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

He created a single piece of content, and suddenly, millions of people knew about his business. You don’t need an unlimited budget or a team of 80 to drive business results (although more resources is always nice.) He locked in on a specific audience—guys, specifically people old enough to shave who wanted simplicity over luxury.

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seo.co

JUNE 28, 2020

When Do Businesses Hire Outsourced CMOs? + For growing businesses, decisions around human resources, hiring, and leadership are often the most difficult ones to make. On a very practical level, the team you mold and shape directly influences the company culture and how happy people are working for your business.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 12, 2019

Unlike traditional inbound marketing models, where marketers try to engage with the largest number of potential buyers, ABM puts an account filter on existing marketing automation efforts, forcing marketers to shift their mindset to also focus on a targeted set of accounts in lock-step with sales. The key word in that statement is “also.”.

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Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

What happens to business-as-usual when employees suddenly become the most effective marketing assets for organizations? Growth in content marketing has given in-house thought leaders platforms on which they can amplify their best ideas to the masses. There are advantages and disadvantages to this trend. Let Rapunzel Out of Her Prison.

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Content Standard

OCTOBER 8, 2020

If you’re a brand leader who, like me, has spent a good deal of the last few months locked in virtual conferences with other execs, you know this is a question that comes up more frequently now than ever. When you boil it down, these are the two levers brands have for winning over customers. But which lever do you pull? …etc.

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PureB2B

APRIL 26, 2022

Finding in-market leads for B2B businesses is crucial to achieving revenue goals. This will prevent businesses from wasting time on leads that won’t convert into paying customers. Product qualified leads: PQLs are leads that showed a verifiable desire to do business with a service provider. Defining “In-Market” Buyers.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 23, 2018

The same thing happens in business today with new ideas. Are we locked in a status-quo stalemate? Between bosses and teams, we’re caught in a conundrum. Bosses tell their teams, “I want to see more creativity! More innovation! Where’re all the great ideas?? Our competition is killing us!”. Why Experience Kills Great Ideas.

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Televerde

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It’s about recognizing that the power to redefine our lives doesn’t come from mythical powers or magical interventions. It comes from within us. It’s about the grit, the grind, and the grace with which we face our battles. And remember, every obstacle is just a plot twist in your success story, waiting for you to flip the page.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Remember, your prospects are as busy as you are, so remind them about your seminar or to visit your booth a couple of days before the event. After all, notes on the back of business cards tend to be disorganized and all too easy to lose. Then, despite nailing your booth or presentation, you’ve been disappointed in the results.

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Oktopost

APRIL 8, 2020

Businesses are being forced to rethink B2B messaging. Lock arms with partners. There is a whole new work-from-home culture that is now present. What lessons can be learned from the global economy to help marketers deploy new B2B messaging in this current climate? There are many ways to do this. Invite CEOs and CMOs into the discussion.

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EveryoneSocial

DECEMBER 17, 2020

While we can continue to tell you about all our great customers and the impact EveryoneSocial has on their businesses in various ways, we wanted to go a step further. And each use case is impacting our business in some positive and beneficial way. We work with some of the biggest companies in the world (i.e. A Look at Some Data First.

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Allocadia

APRIL 11, 2019

The first step is for our leadership to determine the growth numbers we’re looking to hit for the year ahead. They might hypothesize that by capturing additional market share from that specific competitor, they can grow the business by a certain percentage. In our business, it’s all about selling more units per store per week.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Shark Tank Fail: Teams of two pitch their very worst business ideas to a panel of judges, and the team that makes people cringe the most is the winner. It’s true: I once fell asleep during a sales kickoff. I didn’t mean to, but nature is bound to take over when you’re sitting through the sixth presentation in a row.

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EveryoneSocial

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Does the thought of an amplified audience of 1,500+ people, per employee excite you? You also do not want to force them to post, nor should commentary always be locked down. Do you want your employees to become thought leaders? I’ll admit, I don’t necessarily like the word “thought leader.” Let’s dive in. Statusbrew ).

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BenchmarkONE

JUNE 17, 2021

Influencer marketing and thought leadership . Nurture campaigns hope to address this more passive audience by offering them the chance to indulge in that brief “what if” and can potentially lock them into a desire to buy. What’s a Nurture Campaign? Newsletters and welcome campaigns. eCommerce Nurturing Targets the ‘What if’.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 13, 2013

Author: John McMalcolm Social media is growing in importance as a marketing tool , and it has enabled many large and small businesses to reach out to their target consumers more effectively. However, not every business has been able to make social media work for them. What social media blunders have you heard about recently?

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LeanData

JULY 13, 2020

Cybersecurity leader VMware Carbon Black was recognized for its pioneering Revenue Operations (RevOps) business initiative in the 2020 Summit Return on Integration (ROI) Honors program from Forrester SiriusDecisions. LeanData: Why was the move to RevOps so pivotal for your business? LeanData: First of all, Dan, congratulations!

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Hubspot

AUGUST 20, 2019

Hard to believe, especially considering the fact that 70% of jobs are found through personal relationships , according to John Bennett , director of the Master of Science at the McColl School of Business. For instance, let's say you're the CMO of a successful lawn-mowing business. a painfully, painfully awkward middle school dance.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 10, 2019

When you take a look at the major champions of any industry -- including sports (LeBron James), music (Taylor Swift), or technology (Elon Musk) -- you might have one of two thoughts. Welcome to The Science Behind Success -- a new blog series that explores the best ways to help our brains perform better at work. The Core Elements of a Winner.

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APRIL 16, 2017

He thought it was important to first staff his company with engineers, then product experts. He thought it was important to first staff his company with engineers, then product experts. Business leaders came next, then sales and customer support. This is a common story in the startup world. Marketing came last.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2020

Some look at sales commissions as the primary acquisition cost while spreading marketing budgets out across multiple business measures. Ask your business’s leaders what the ceiling of an acceptable acquisition cost might look like. Spend enough time up front locking in your objectives and a strong, well thought-out strategy.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The potential customers you connect with will only buy from your company if they believe your solution is the best fit for their business — you could go so far as to say that B2B sales is the art of bridging that gap. But how can you prove to your prospect that your specific product is the one for their specific business?

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