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First, Don’t Panic: 7 Steps to Take If Your Search Rankings Drop

Contently

It’s a situation you have probably faced as a content marketer: You publish a piece of content—perhaps a blog post—on your website. Assess the urgency of correcting the issue. After a while it hits Page One in the SERP. It drives traffic and all is going according to plan. The change may very well have been temporary.

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Our Data Shows Deadlines Will Improve Your Content Marketing ROI By Nearly 2.5x

Contently

It compels us to complete important tasks with urgency. Our jobs may not consist of saving the world, but work deadlines can still have a powerful impact on our effectiveness and content marketing ROI. How external deadlines affect content marketing ROI. Simply setting deadlines improves content marketing efficiency by 2.5x.

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Improve Your Email Campaigns With 5 Simple Email Marketing Tips

Walker Sands

On average, marketers can expect an ROI of $42 for every dollar spent on email marketing. When marketing emails fail to connect with their intended audience, they can have a number of negative consequences for businesses. Bland copy that lacks an engaging CTA results in lost opportunities and wasted marketing investment.

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Sales Strategy 101: The Ultimate Guide

Zoominfo

There are various stakeholders, priorities, markets, and channels to align, and the right mix for your business may not always be clear. A sales strategy is a set of coordinated actions, activities, and plays for go-to-market teams to follow to achieve their sales pipeline target. It’s not enough to agree upon a strategy.

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Product Descriptions that Convert & Power Words that Sell

Anyword

It’s been said that the core question of all marketing material is “what’s in it for me?” Establishing your brand as an expert in the market or as supplying the most sought-after product is a savvy move. By using power words that create a sense of urgency, copywriters can maximize the number of shoppers who take immediate action.

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The Ultimate Guide to Direct Response Marketing

QuanticMind

If that last scenario applies, you were enticed by the company’s direct response marketing—a form of advertising designed specifically to elicit an immediate response from a prospect. So, what are the components of direct response marketing? What is Direct Response Marketing? The key here (as with all marketing, really!)

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Case Story: How Cardinal Health Mastered Paid Content Distribution

Contently

But when the story is complete, brands don’t always treat distribution with the same sense of urgency. For Cardinal Health, a global healthcare services and products company that ranks among the top 25 of the Fortune 500, rethinking its content distribution model helped elevate its content marketing program to the next level.