DiscoverOrg

MARCH 24, 2016

Sales, at its core, is simply making connections and relating to other human beings who have a problem – one that they hope you can solve. This can make sales very personal, and everyone has their own unique closing strategy or skillset that helps them (and their offering) stand out. However, it’s important to remember that every lead you prospect to also has a unique personality and communication style, and it’s essential to quickly match up “vibes” if you want to start building trust.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 24, 2016

In marketing your brand, it’s important to find a balance between the cost and the results. Particularly for a new brand that’s trying to grow, the goal is to maximize your ROI, by finding the most effective strategies for the least amount of money. Here are some of the best and most cost-effective marketing strategies […]. The post 7 Cost Effective Marketing Strategies For Growing A New Brand appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 24, 2016

Last week I turned 34. No, I’m not telling you this because I’m looking for belated birthday wishes (although I will accept belated birthday presents). I’m telling you this because of what happened leading up to 34. For the month leading up to my birthday, I was convinced I was turning 33. In fact, Stacy and I had an entire conversation about how she was a year and a half older than me (she’s not).

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 24, 2016

Dear Scott: Congratulations to you and Third Door Media on another great MarTech conference. (And, as an aside, I’m astounded that you found time to write a blog post on the Stackies within a day of the conference ending. Do you NEVER sleep?) I think I’m still technically on the advisory board for this conference, so I thought I’d share some thoughts.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 24, 2016

Constantly coming up with new content for your content marketing can be a real hassle. There are just so many things to consider in order to produce the right content! Thee 15 tools will help simplify the process and help you succeed. 1. Ubersuggest Ubersuggest is helpful for people who need to find the right […]. The post 15 Awesome Tools To Help You Succeed As A Content Marketing Writer appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 24, 2016

If a subject matter expert (SME) speaks and no one hears him, is he really a subject matter expert? Well, yes and no. He is an expert. However, the expertise is going to waste. There are many ways to unleash your subject matter expertise with social media. You just have to start building your reputational […]. The post How To Avoid Being An Unknown Subject Matter Expert appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 24, 2016

With #FlipMyFunnel , the San Francisco event only a few weeks behind us, it seems as if Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is now the “shiny new object” that has captivated the attention of B2B marketers. Just in the last few days, I have received countless emails from organizations declaring ABM the new way to conduct marketing; that “ABM has now gone mainstream”, and the pronouncement of an “Industry Account-Based Marketing Framework” from our friends at SiriusDecisions.

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Biznology

MARCH 24, 2016

This is the fourth and final post on “digital casualties.” Check out the first three posts here , here , and here. As all things digital get most attention these days, there may be a tendency to forget that we are essentially analog beings living in an analog world, with real issues that, at least for the time being, go much beyond the binary realm of zeroes and ones.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 24, 2016

In a time where companies vie to stand out amid a seemingly never-ending stream of content, two brands are making waves for their unique disappearing acts. The twist? Both were cleverly executed in order to raise awareness for the same cause: #BringBackTheBees. Burt’s Bees Loses the B’s, Literally. The next time you’re on Instagram or Twitter , look more closely at Burt’s Bees’ accounts, and you’ll notice that something major is missing: the B’s!

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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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Vidyard

MARCH 24, 2016

Johnson will help Vidyard scale its video marketing platform as he did for Hootsuite’s social media platform. KITCHENER, Ontario – March 24, 2016 – Vidyard, the video intelligence platform for business, today announced the addition of Steve Johnson to serve as company president and chief operations officer. Johnson most recently held the role of chief revenue officer for Vancouver-based Hootsuite, where he helped the company capitalize on the huge rise of social media for business.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 24, 2016

Telling Stories With Numbers. Though this is Tom Webster’s second appearance on the Content Pros Podcast, he visits this week for a special and timely reason. In addition to doing market research for brands on consumer behavior and marketing effectiveness, Tom’s employer, Edison Research, is also the sole provider of exit polling data for American political elections.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 24, 2016

Author: Heidi Bullock Earlier this week, the big marketing technology (MarTech) conference swept through San Francisco, giving marketers and technologists a sense of new and upcoming solutions, and what technologies are truly standing the test of time. Every year when this time rolls around, I personally really look forward to Scott Brinker’s updated Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 24, 2016

Anyone who has ever conducted research on how to build a brand will tell you there is a surplus of vague and conflicting information out there. With so many lists, step-by-step instructions, and promised secrets to successful brand building, it can be a challenge to know where to even begin—or who to trust. Part of the confusion stems from the fact that establishing and building an effective brand is often a process of trial and error.

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PureB2B

MARCH 24, 2016

It is no secret that marketers are constantly on the lookout for new business leads , since lead generation efforts are geared towards converting those leads. But, when too much emphasis is placed on generating and closing sales instead of strategic thinking, conversions can result in short-term wins at the expense of nurturing long-term customer bonds.

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Vidyard

MARCH 24, 2016

Johnson will help Vidyard scale its video marketing platform as he did for Hootsuite’s social media platform. KITCHENER, Ontario – March 24, 2016 – Vidyard, the video intelligence platform for business, today announced the addition of Steve Johnson to serve as company president and chief operations officer. Johnson most recently held the role of chief revenue officer for Vancouver-based Hootsuite, where he helped the company capitalize on the huge rise of social media for business.

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PureB2B

MARCH 24, 2016

It is no secret that marketers are constantly on the lookout for new business leads , since lead generation efforts are geared towards converting those leads. But, when too much emphasis is placed on generating and closing sales instead of strategic thinking, conversions can result in short-term wins at the expense of nurturing long-term customer bonds.

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Lead Liaison

MARCH 24, 2016

Yes You Can! Identify People that Visit Your Website. So, you’ve got a website up and running and you think you’re doing well in terms of attracting people to your website. While that’s certainly a positive step, you might be missing another critical piece of the puzzle. You also need to identify people that visit your website. Why does that matter, you might wonder?

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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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Circle Studio

MARCH 24, 2016

The post What Social Media Platforms Should My A/E/C Firm Use? appeared first on circle S studio.

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Convert

MARCH 24, 2016

Last week our entire infrastructure and data storage moved from U.S. to Frankfurt, Germany (EU). We like to share why we made the choice for a carbon neutral hosting environment that is located in a country as tightly regulated regarding privacy as Germany. Since October 6th., 2015 our legal team has been struggling with the.

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Marketing In Real Life

MARCH 24, 2016

An effective public relations program integrating feature articles, press releases, videos and other content delivers quantifiable returns as sales leads, clicks and social media engagement. But its more powerful abilities have a hard time fitting into a metric that can be neatly measured like clicks. Among these abilities are buzz, brand recognition, positioning for leadership and more.

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Brandfolder

MARCH 24, 2016

Battle of the Brands is back, with a special presidential edition! As the election heats up, we thought it’d be interesting to take a look at the presidential branding of.

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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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Sales Engine

MARCH 24, 2016

Inbound marketing , a term popularized by Hubspot, is all about producing content that extends the boundaries of company-owned web properties in order to catch the attention of prospects and entice them to engage with your web properties, including social channels and blogs. It certainly beats cold calling, and in an ideal world, we’d have so many inbound leads coming through our websites that we have to hire more sales people to deal with them.

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Hubspot

MARCH 24, 2016

Biting your nails. Chewing with your mouth open. Speaking before you think. This is the kind of stuff we usually think about when we think of "bad habits.". But what about the bad habits that are hurting your performance at work? There's a whole host of things many of us are guilty of doing every single day that research shows ends up really hurting our productivity.

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chiefmartech

MARCH 24, 2016

So many projects converged for me at the MarTech conference this week in San Francisco. An amazing cast of speakers and sponsors, who knocked it out of the park (thank you!). The release of the 2016 marketing technology landscape. The shipping of Hacking Marketing. But my favorite was the unveiling of the 2016 Stackies Awards. 41 marketing teams , at companies large and small, B2B and B2C, invested time and effort to each create a single 16:9 slide that visually represented their marketing techn

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Hubspot

MARCH 24, 2016

When it comes to reaching and engaging target audiences, distribution is only part of your marketing equation. In addition to choosing the right channels for generating visibility and making members aware of new opportunities, organizations need to develop compelling messaging and increase goals around newsletter subscriptions, new member sign-ups, existing member renewals, and donation.

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Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 24, 2016

Creating high-quality content is critical to content marketing success. With more than 2 millions blog posts published every day, you need a way to make your content stand out. But you’re probably wondering, “How do I create high-quality content that drives traffic and engagement?” Today, I will make things easy for you. I am going to show you 17 techniques you can use to improve the quality of your content in no time. 1.

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Hubspot

MARCH 24, 2016

Did you know that it only takes a tenth of a second to make a first impression? In other words, when you meet someone for the first time, you need to be on your game from the very beginning. This includes being aware of everything from the words you choose to the body language you convey. Whether you're meeting new connections, team members, potential employers, or customers, I've put together a list of tips designed to help you put your best foot forward and make a killer first impression. 9 Ti

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Hubspot

MARCH 24, 2016

We all know that sources of website traffic can vary greatly from business to business. While some businesses are social media powerhouses, driving thousands of visits through Facebook, Twitter, and more, other businesses are organic search specialists, and derive most of their traffic from scrupulously optimizing pages and posts. And while there's no single right answer when it comes to driving traffic, the head of HubSpot Research, Mimi An, wanted to know: What does the average traffic breakdo

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