Thu.Oct 24, 2013

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PowerViews with Jill Rowley: Social Employees Should Connect and Amplify

ViewPoint

'A lot of people don’t know how to use LinkedIn. Many see it as a job board where they can post their resume, not as a hub that connects people with like-minded interests. In a business-to-business world, the main connectors are on LinkedIn, but many people are underutilizing this social media platform, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Jill Rowley, aka the Eloqueen.

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Trends and Predictions On The Future of Content Marketing [Slides]

Marketing Insider Group

'This week I presented at the BtoB Magazine’s Digital Live conference in New York. The topic was the future of content marketing. And I walked the audience through the trends and some of my own predictions related to content marketing, marketing and even the future of business itself. Some Content Marketing Trends: Everyone uses content marketing but no one feels they are very good at it.

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3 Tips to Help Content Marketers Understand Sales Cycles

Biznology

'Photo credit: Wikipedia. Content marketing takes time and effort. When marketers don’t see results, determining the return on investment isn’t easy. If you’re constantly struggling with your business blog and exasperated with the lack of qualified leads, you may be missing key points in your content strategy. Simply posting a blog per day won’t amount to anything if you’re not taking your customers’ sales cycles into account and adjusting your marketing strategy accordingly.

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Tell a Story to Sell a Product

Crimson Marketing

'You’re sitting in a stuffy meeting, trying desperately to pay attention to the presentation instead of running down your list of daily to-do’s. You’re mentally drilling down on item 7, when all of a sudden the presenter has your full attention! How can this be? Turns out, he’s telling the most fascinating story about a cave diving experience on a family vacation and you find yourself riveted.

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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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Volkswagen UK Caters to Dog Lovers with New #woofwagen Campaign

Convince & Convert

'Following the trend of integrating social media with traditional ads , Volkswagen UK has introduced a new advertising campaign targeted at dog lovers. The campaign, which premiered during the UK’s X Factor on October 19, leverages a variety of cute dogs to showcase the company’s breadth of vehicles. While clever and engaging as an advertisement alone, what’s unique is how the company pulled this campaign through to its digital and social channels.

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How to Write a Blog Post: A Simple Formula to Follow

Hubspot

'According to Ignite Spot , 77% of Internet users read blogs, 6.7 million people blog on blogging sites, and 12 million people blog via social networks. Blogging is clearly here to stay. As marketers, blogging is essential to our jobs -- but it isn''t easy. We have to come up with a topic, write something engaging , optimize it for SEO , and take a ton of other steps to make sure we are writing the best possible post that stands out from other similar topics online.

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Nacho Average Video Campaign: What B2B Brands Can Learn From Doritos

Vidyard

When it comes to content sustainability, there’s a lot of marketers under pressure to produce new assets on a regular basis. Content reuse and curation can definitely help to lessen content overwhelm, but there’s also a case for crowdsourced video. Now, I don’t know about you, but when I think of the best B2C brand sourcing user-generated content, I immediately think of the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl video campaign because the folks over at Frito-Lay know what’s up.

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How to Write a Press Release [Free Template]

Hubspot

'Sometimes, old-school is a good thing. We love Throwback Thursday, 80s-themed parties, and Chuck Taylors (which have made a triumphant comeback). Unfortunately, old-school isn’t so trendy when it describes your company’s public relations strategy. Public relations should always be evolving, innovating, and improving to mirror how technology is shifting human behavior.

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How to Get Started with Website SEO – Webinar Recording and FAQs – Part I

LeadSquared

Our last webinar on “How to get started with Website SEO” was a great success, thanks to the active participation of our attendees. Just in case you missed the webinar, below is a compilation of a few of the most important questions that were asked. Question 1. Can Google’s Hummingbird detect natural patterns in search data and store them?

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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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Marketing With Excel: 6 Ways it Can Make Your Life Easier

Hubspot

'I love spreadsheets. A lot more than the average person. (I know, I don’t get out much.) Usually a declaration like this leads to a conversation surrounding pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, and data-driven decisions. While that may be a major factor in the great love story between Sana & Excel, my love is a little bit more unconventional than that. See, I used to think spreadsheets were just rows and columns meant for formulas that were determined to give me a stomach ulcer.

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Website SEO Tips – Webinar Recording and FAQs – Part II

LeadSquared

This article is a continuation of my previous blog post on ‘How to get started with website SEO’ You can also take a look at the webinar here. . Question 1. How to rank higher in general Google search? Here are a few things that you should keep in mind to rank better: a.) Provide unique & informational content in your website and blog.

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The Complete Checklist for Creating Compelling Calls-to-Action

Hubspot

'Lots of times, when marketers want to make a big impact on their marketing, they focus on going after a big project: big email campaigns , big website redesigns , big social media plans , big everything. But while big projects can have big payoffs, you don''t have all the time in the world to execute them. You''ve got lots of other things on your plate -- the only free time you have left in your day is the 43 minutes on Wednesday between scarfing down your bagged lunch and your weekly 1:00 p.m.

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4 Big Takeaways from MarketingProfs’ B2B Marketing Forum 2013

SnapApp

B2B content marketers struggle to get out of B2C’s shadow, do more with less, and measure ROI. MarketingProfs recently held its 7th annual B2B Marketing Forum from October 9-11, and SnapApp was a proud sponsor. While there, we took in some thought-provoking presentations, enjoyed spirited roundtable discussions, and met great people who are on B2B content marketing’s frontlines.

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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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ValueStory wins Richy's Award

The ROI Guy

'Leading sales training and performance improvement consultancy Richardson recently recognized Alinean''s ValueStory for a Richy''s Award as a Top Communications Tool. The award highlighted ValueStory''s unique ability to help Sales engage earlier with provocative insights, and to help get stalled deals moving again with compelling visual storytelling and credible 3rd party financial justification.

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You Know You’re a Content Marketer When…

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

'Author: Dayna Rothman 1. You get excited about the prospect of proofreading a 20-page document. 2. And then you can’t stop complaining about all of the typos and grammar issues. 3. You refer to all written material as content. 4. And then you don’t understand why people have no clue what you are talking about. 5. You take it personally when your content has poor conversion rates. 6.