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How Can Paid Media Boost Your Inbound Marketing Efforts?

SmartBug Media

There are three distinct types of media that make up any digital marketing mix: earned, owned, and paid media. Inbound marketing traditionally couples the latter two; it’s a method to draw in your audience with stellar website content, blog articles, premium content, and social media engagement.

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Interesting Advertising Experiments HubSpot Tried in 2020 [+ Takeaways for Marketers]

Hubspot

Lo and behold, in between two of my favorite pump-up jams, I hear a HubSpot audio advertisement trickle through my headphones. It’s not uncommon for me to see HubSpot ads on social media or Google, but Spotify was a new one. So I sat down with a few folks on our advertising and editorial teams.

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The 6 Most Effective Paid Marketing Channels for SaaS Companies in 2020

SmartBug Media

The most effective SaaS marketing departments employ paid, owned, and earned media channels. For growing SaaS organizations that are doing inbound marketing , paid marketing channels can give you the awareness to put all of that great content to work. Paid Search. Display Ads.

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The 10 Best Webinar and Webcasting Tools

Webbiquity

Probably the most important is content: are you giving attendees useful, actionable information—not just a thinly veiled sales pitch? But social media, paid advertising, and influencer marketing can also play important roles. It integrates with tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, and Facebook pixel.

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Understanding the Ins and Outs of Google Ad Extensions

SmartBug Media

When launching your very first paid search campaign using Google Ads, getting your text ads to stand out can seem like a daunting task. Luckily, Google has equipped paid search experts with one more tool to help build a successful campaign: ad extensions ! What are Google Ad extensions?

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3 Reasons You Need to Run Paid Social Ads (With Tips For Each Platform)

Metadata

Paid social ads can guarantee exposure, drive traffic, and encourage revenue. Organic social media is often positioned as the be-all and end-all of social media marketing. However, to really maximize your social media efforts, you need both organic posts and a paid social media strategy.

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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

Rev

Remember those banner ads that you used to see when scrolling through MySpace or talking to your best friend via the antiquated AOL Instant Messenger? Those ads that we would see on our computers after school, or deep in a chat with your best friend, were actually the beginning of what we call Programmatic Advertising today.