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Unifying projects and products: The power of program management in martech

Martech

As a supporter of the program perspective for initiatives, I recognize the value of managing related projects, products and activities as a unified entity. While one-off projects have their place, they often involve numerous moving parts and in my experience, using a project-based approach can lead to crucial elements being overlooked. This is particularly true when building a martech stack or developing content, for example, where a program-based approach can ensure that all aspects are conside

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The Marketing Book Podcast: “Immersion” by Paul Zak

The Forward Observer

Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness by Paul Zak About the Book No one raves about boring movies, bland customer service experiences, or sleep-inducing classes. The world is rapidly transforming into an experience economy as people increasingly crave extraordinary experiences. Experience designers, marketers, entertainment producers, and retailers have long sought to fill this craving.

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Mastering Social Media ROI: Steps to Empower Your Team

Convince & Convert

The struggle is real for social media leaders, managers, and teams. Whenever you mention that you work in social media, from the outside looking in, people think that you take a photo and/or video and just hit “post” to make the magic happen. Nevertheless, we know it takes much more work to manage a brand on social media. This includes the importance of social media for discovery, reputation management, community building, and brand awareness and engagement.

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Why Marketers Should Care About Google’s Potential HubSpot Acquisition

Content Marketing Institute

Google’s may buy HubSpot. But how likely is it the deal will get done? Why would Google want HubSpot? What would it mean for HubSpot customers? Understand the possibilities and take away the one reality for every marketer.

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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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Why Invest in Case Studies: What They Are and Why They Matter

Optinmonster

Have you ever wondered why businesses invest in case studies? Not sure if case studies are worth the investment? At OptinMonster, you’ll notice that we spend a lot of time conducting case studies and highlighting them on our blog. This isn’t a coincidence or a random occurrence. In fact, we make a regular effort to communicate with our customers to produce great case studies.

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Quality over Quantity: Why Data Accuracy Matters in Healthcare Marketing

Lake B2B

In the digital age of healthcare marketing, where precision targeting and personalized messaging are the supreme aspects to make impact on potential audience, the quality of data holds unparalleled importance. From target audience acquisition to retention strategies, every marketing decision hinges on the reliability and accuracy of data.

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From Feedback Fatigue to Actionable Insights

CMSWire

Transform feedback from overwhelming to actionable, enhancing both customer satisfaction and employee engagement for business success. Continue reading.

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Meta advertisers: Glitchy automated system pushing sales down and costs up

Martech

Meta advertisers say the cost of running campaigns across its platforms has surged due to ongoing issues with its algorithm. Brands report sales and return-on-ad-spend have plummeted, while cost-per-click and cost per 1,000 impressions are up by a factor of three in recent months – with no explanation from Meta as to why. Why we care. If the reported ongoing algorithm issues continue to impact ad performance, marketers will need to take action to reduce costs by exploring rival platforms like G

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3 Strategies for Successful Customer Onboarding Compliance

CMSWire

Learn how balancing customer experience with regulatory compliance can revolutionize customer onboarding and build trust. Continue reading.

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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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The customer data platform market

Martech

The current business environment — increasingly omnichannel but with a heavy reliance on digital — requires successful marketers to capture, analyze and leverage data to deliver timely personalized interactions across every customer touchpoint. At a time when uncertainty about everything from war to global warming to economics dominates the headlines, the customer data platform is increasingly seen as one of the musthave elements of the martech stack.

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Elevating B2B Customer Retention: Innovative Strategies for Lasting Relationships

Engagio

What is customer retention and why is it important “It costs five times as much to attract a new customer than to keep an existing one.” – Philip Kotler, American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus. Customer retention: the ability of a business to keep its existing customers. Along with new business, customer retention is often seen as a critical metric for measuring the health and growth of a company.

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The Best of Ahrefs’ Digest: March 2024

Ahrefs

If you’re not one of our 280,000 subscribers, you’ve missed out on some great reads!

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HubSpot Product Update Roundup for March 2024

SmartBug Media

Welcome to our blog series, where we highlight some of the latest updates from HubSpot! As an agency specializing in full service digital marketing, we understand the importance of staying on top of the latest tools and features to help our clients reach their marketing and sales goals. HubSpot has been our trusted partner and continues to innovate with new and improved products that drive results for our clients.

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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Interactive Ads in 2024: Engaging Audiences Creatively

Bannerflow

For businesses seeking to effectively engage with online audiences, having a strategy in place for capturing their attention is crucial for success. Today's consumers are inundated with a myriad of content daily, making it essential for marketers to adopt dynamic strategies rather than relying solely on traditional, static methods. Standing out in a crowded digital landscape is key.

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Beginner’s SEO Guide: Learn the Basics & Most Important Tips for 2024

Optinmonster

Are you using SEO effectively to boost your business? SEO is a cornerstone of any digital marketing strategy and especially to any content marketing strategy. It’s essential to deliver traffic, authority, leads, and sales, but you’ll only get those benefits if you do it right. If not, your business might as well be invisible online. We know it’s not always easy to stay up to date, but you can’t relax when it comes to SEO.

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The Era of Hyper Personalisation: Redefining Customer Experience

Bannerflow

In the modern business landscape, where brands compete for attention, hyperpersonalisation has emerged as a game-changer. It’s the new way companies engage with their customers, offering tailored experiences that resonate on an individual level. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the depths of hyperpersonalisation, exploring its essence, why it's trending, how to integrate it successfully, and highlighting pioneering examples that illuminate its power.

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Everything Marketing Managers Need To Know About Email Subdomains

Litmus

“Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.” That’s the phrase that comes to mind when I think about email subdomains. From the outside looking in, it’s easy to lump all of your email efforts under a single category. They’re all one email program! The reality is that you and your company have different email initiatives all running in tandem. It’s a whole lotta eggs, if you will.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Content Decay and Revival: Identifying and Updating Underperforming Content

ClearVoice

A decline in traffic for your once highly popular blog post or a drop in engagement for your top-performing pieces clearly signals it’s time for a content refresh. Information runs stale as new trends and technology result in industry changes. The instructions you provide on how to use one platform could easily be out of date by the next year as the platform gets updated.

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MetaBanners: Ads-Chain Redefines Digital Marketing

Valasys

12th April, New Jersey: The arrival of MetaBanners, a platform powered by Ads-Chain technology, is poised to revolutionize the marketing landscape. This groundbreaking technology will force companies to reevaluate their audience targeting strategies and explore ways to optimize their advertising efforts. MetaBanners’ capabilities will fundamentally change the way marketing is conducted.

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Content Decay and Revival: Identifying and Updating Underperforming Content

ClearVoice

A decline in traffic for your once highly popular blog post or a drop in engagement for your top-performing pieces clearly signals it’s time for a content refresh. Information runs stale as new trends and technology result in industry changes. The instructions you provide on how to use one platform could easily be out of date by the next year as the platform gets updated.

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