Wed.Aug 05, 2015

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18 Ways To Build Trust Within Your Online Network

KoMarketing Associates

One of the key takeaways uncovered in our 2015 B2B Web Usability Report was that trust and credibility were significant attributes required in the B2B website experience. But beyond the website, it seems like the most successful vendors establish trust and credibility across all areas of the online marketing experience, right down to the individual level when possible.

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7 Must-Read Tips To Simplify Content Marketing Planning

Marketing Insider Group

Forrest Gump tells us “Stupid is as stupid does.” Well, if that is the case then we should stop being stupid with our content marketing planning. Rather, the new quote should be “Simple is as simple does.”. Simplification is the new innovator. Simplification is the new disruptor. Simplification is the key to a deeper customer connection. Too many brands have an enthusiastic, scattershot and complex approach to their digital and content go-to-market strategy.

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What’s stopping your team from agile marketing?

Biznology

Agile marketing is getting hotter and hotter. But it’s not getting easier and easier. Despite how much you want to move faster and faster, your team might not feel the same way you do. What are the things that stop your team from jumping into agile feet first? You punish the guilty. The easiest way to stop all experimentation is to penalize mistakes.

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Van Winkles Makes Strong Case for Un-Branded Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Casper is a startup that provides “outrageously comfortable” mattresses sold directly to consumers — eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Since its launch in April 2014, the brand has grown rapidly, generating $30 million in revenue over a 10-month period and expanding its team from five to 70 people. While Casper has always powered an on-brand, on-domain blog , the brand made a surprising move in June 2015, announcing its launch of Van Winkle’s , an off-brand, independent editoria

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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Why We’re Storytelling Animals with Jonathan Gottschall

Convince & Convert

Tweetable Moments If it’s any good you think, well I could never do that but… great storytellers are made, not born. jonathangottsch Tweet This. Jonathan Gottschall, a phenomenal author and English Fellow at Washington Jefferson College, has been featured by the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NPR, and more. He recently published his eighth book, The Professor In The Cage , and he’s here with us to discuss why humans are innately storytelling animals.

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Cost of B2B Lead Generation Services —Why Do they Vary So Dramatically?

LEADership

The history of commerce tells us that the more we buy, the cheaper each of those purchased items should be. Big box stores continue to lure and train customers to expect to pay less per-unit if they buy more. While stores can do this because their cost per unit lowers through economies of scale, the economies of lead generation services do not usually follow a similar pattern.

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Research Reports

SWZD

EMEDIA'S LEAD GENERATION RESEARCH REPORTS emedia is proud to sponsor original research for the benefit of the B2B lead generation community.

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Ecommerce Website Design for Different Buying Styles

Hubspot

Designing and developing an ecommerce website seems pretty straightforward, doesn’t it? Display the products and prices, provide a shopping cart and payment portals, and you’re done. Or are you? A simple ecommerce site may be easy enough to launch, but will it reach all your buyers at any time? With so many different shopping styles and personalities out there, you can be sure your simplified design leaves a chunk of buyers out in the cold.

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5 Big Brands Absolutely Crushing It With Contests

SnapApp

Why are contests such a tried and true marketing method? We all love a good game. The chance of winning big brings anticipation and the opportunity to daydream. It shouldn’t be a surprise, then, that the most successful marketing teams harness the power of gamification. Over 70% of big companies use contests to reel in new audience members. And, it’s not only fun for your audience — it’s fun for you too!

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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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How to Staff Your Content Marketing Team [Free Report]

Hubspot

Look at your screen right now. You probably have multiple tabs open, emails flooding your inbox, LinkedIn and Twitter updates constantly appearing, and you're reading this post. The internet is a crowded, cluttered space -- and somehow your content marketing needs to make an impact. The trouble is, many marketing teams don't have a definition of "impact.

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Verify Email Addresses with XVerify

JotForm

Adding extra power to your forms is one of the reasons people love JotForm. Beyond simple forms fields such as text, file uploads, and dropdowns, JotForm has close to 400 widgets. These include a wide range of specialized fields including fancy checkboxes, image sliders, and signature fields. If you.

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Canva for Work: Our First Impressions

Brandfolder

On August 6th, Canva rolled out preview access to its new design tool built specifically for the workplace. At [Brandfolder]([link] we’re big fans of Canva and often use it to.

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4 Actionable Tips for Improving Lead Quality

LeanData

As recently posted on Uberflip by Adam New-Waterson. Two months ago, I became the Chief Marketing Officer of a Series A startup, LeanData. During this time of evaluation, I’ve been learning what we’ve done in the past and how successful those efforts have been. In my previous role, I oversaw a sizable demand gen budget that included advertising, syndication, interactive content and marketing technology.

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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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Does Only One Thing Matter for a High Click-Through Rate?

Content Standard

According to Pixable, there’s one key to success when it comes to driving a click-through rate (CTR) for content: a great headline. To boost click-through, a headline must generate intrigue about the article, says Pixable CEO Andy Volanakis in his recent post for TechCrunch. A test of several different versions of the same headline revealed to the company what variations tend to draw the greatest degree of digital marketing success.

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4 Actionable Tips for Improving Lead Quality

LeanData

As recently posted on Uberflip by Adam New-Waterson. Two months ago, I became the Chief Marketing Officer of a Series A startup, LeanData. During this time of evaluation, I’ve been learning what we’ve done in the past and how successful those efforts have been. In my previous role, I oversaw a sizable demand gen budget that included advertising, syndication, interactive content and marketing technology.

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Content Marketing Must-Have: Identify Your Critical Success Factors Before Creating

Content Standard

These days, everyone from marketers to C-level executives want to know that they’re dedicating the right resources—whether it be time or money—to ensure their organization sees a return on investment. As more organizations begin to commit time and money specifically to content marketing, closing the ROI loop remains tough. It becomes increasingly more difficult to measure the ROI of your content marketing strategy if your organization has not determined what key performance indicators (KPI

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4 Actionable Tips for Improving Lead Quality

LeanData

As recently posted on Uberflip by Adam New-Waterson. Two months ago, I became the Chief Marketing Officer of a Series A startup, LeanData. During this time of evaluation, I’ve been learning what we’ve done in the past and how successful those efforts have been. In my previous role, I oversaw a sizable demand gen budget that included advertising, syndication, interactive content and marketing technology.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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7 Intoxicatingly Beautiful Package Design Examples

Brandfolder

We’ve all heard the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover.” This is a great philosophy - but when it comes to package design, we're making an exception! The truth.

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4 Actionable Tips for Improving Lead Quality

LeanData

As recently posted on Uberflip by Adam New-Waterson. Two months ago, I became the Chief Marketing Officer of a Series A startup, LeanData. During this time of evaluation, I’ve been learning what we’ve done in the past and how successful those efforts have been. In my previous role, I oversaw a sizable demand gen budget that included advertising, syndication, interactive content and marketing technology.

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Why I Ended the Jay Today Show

Convince & Convert

They say that all good things must come to an end, and this is the end of Jay Today. After 150 or so episodes of the Jay Today Show, I’m packing it in. I learned a lot doing this show for the past year. 1. I definitely proved that this format works. Short video has a real future. When we first started doing this, it was a little crazy, especially to do it as frequently as I’ve been doing it (3x/week).

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How To Create B2B Website Content That Sells

Marketing Insider Group

In the political world, there is an axiom that “money is the mother’s milk of politics.” For B2B Internet marketing and websites, the axiom is “content is king.”. Content is what people – and search engines – are looking for. It’s what drives visitors to your site and converts prospects into leads. Without great content, you’ve got a cannon with no cannonballs.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Cost and Benefits of Market Research

Hinge Marketing

What are the benefits of market research for professional services firms? Is it worth the cost? And does it really matter? These are some of the questions we get from our clients when we recommend researching their current clients and target markets. While on some level we all know that market research is a good thing, these are legitimate questions.

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B2B Digital Marketers Excited About ROI of Content

KEO Marketing

Content marketing has exploded in popularity as businesses in all sectors have realized its incredible value in helping to achieve a range of important goals. Many companies have made content a top priority, and have committed to devoting considerable time and resources towards developing and executing an effective, comprehensive content marketing strategy.

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The Science of Sleep: What Happens During the 5 Stages of Your Sleep Cycle [Infographic]

Hubspot

Until the 1950s, most people thought sleep was an entirely passive activity. Nowadays, we know that our brains are actually very active when we're sleeping. In fact, neurons in our brain fire nearly as often when we’re asleep as when we're awake -- and they consume almost as much energy. Why? Some scientists say it’s because neural circuits replay important memories when we sleep.

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