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10 Social Media Tools That Will Wow Your Followers and Make Them Click

Marketing Insider Group

Are you looking for some tools that can take your social media engagement and conversions to the next level? Look no further. Here are our top 10 recommendations for social media tools that will wow your followers and get them to click on your opt-ins. 1. PromoRepublicPromoRepublic recently was rated first place in Product Hunt’s […]. The post 10 Social Media Tools That Will Wow Your Followers and Make Them Click appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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10 New Training Ideas for Your SEO Team

KoMarketing Associates

It’s the week of Thanksgiving, which means you are without a doubt being bombarded with “Thankful” posts. And that’s ok. We should all take some time to think about what we are thankful for. I personally am thankful for so many things that I could write a novel. But we don’t have time for that and you don’t want to read that. So, I’m not going to cop-out and tell you about the tools I’m grateful for, or the people I’m grateful for, or tell you how I’ve already had two Thanksgiving dinners this w

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The B2B Value Sale is Actually Three Distinct Sales

Avitage

Companies trying to execute a B2B solution or value sale must overcome selling problems that start at the prospecting stage and persist to the end. Symptoms include too few quality additions to the sales pipeline, protracted and lengthening sales cycles, and low win rates. A significant cause is sellers haven’t realigned messages, sales conversations, and sales process to the way buyers buy.

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Which Comes First: Lead Nurturing or Inside Sales?

The Point

For a long time, “ lead nurturing ” was thought of as something you did with the leads that sales didn’t want. The theory was: leads come in, the sales team gets the hot ones, and the rest go to lead nurturing. Today, of course, a comprehensive lead nurturing strategy is much more than that. Yes, effective lead nurturing can educate, cultivate, and maintain brand awareness over time with a group of prospects that aren’t quite ready to talk with a rep.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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5 ways to refine your mobile marketing campaign and increase ROI

Marketing Insider Group

Many mobile marketers like to tout the various benefits a well-defined marketing plan, however there are still lots of campaigns destined to flop due to poor research, lack of goals and mistimed opportunities. With thousands of how-to articles, case studies & data insights circling the web, how do marketers keep getting it wrong? Well as […].

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6 Tips for Collaboration When Producing and Sharing Great Content

NuSpark Consulting

Is your content marketing strategy plagued with glitches and slowdowns? Is there mutiny in the ranks that threatens to derail it altogether? Sometimes you have to re-think how your team works together to produce and distribute your content. This includes not just planning and production, but the way the entire process flows. Getting rid of communication bottlenecks and establishing a clearer workflow can increase the effectiveness (and shelf life) of your marketing pieces.

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7 Ways to Improve Your Site’s SEO Game Today

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Nate Dame Search engine optimization (SEO) is vital to a good digital marketing strategy: 73% of in-house marketers and 76% of US agencies said SEO provided excellent or good return on investment (ROI). 89% of worldwide marketers rated SEO successful at achieving objectives of improved search rankings, website traffic, and lead generation. But good, modern SEO also takes time.

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From Awareness to Advocacy: Interactive Content for the Entire Customer Lifecycle

Marketing Insider Group

Ask 10 different marketers what the customer lifecycle looks like and you’ll likely get 10 different answers. Each business is unique and each target customer segment is unique. No matter how you try to boil the customer journey down into one of the dozens of models, only knowing your customers will get you the right […]. The post From Awareness to Advocacy: Interactive Content for the Entire Customer Lifecycle appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Using Data to Bring Different Departments Together

Hive9

Enterprise organizations have had a big problem for years: their many departments exist in silos. Oftentimes, there are silos within individual departments themselves. When you’re dealing with a large number of people required to run an enterprise company, keeping everyone connected and communicating can be difficult.

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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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Pega Customer Decision Hub Offers High-End Customer Journey Orchestration

Customer Experience Matrix

My previous posts about Journey Orchestration Engines (JOEs) have all pointed to new products. But some older systems qualify as well. In some ways they are even more interesting because they illustrate a mature version of the concept. The Customer Decision Hub from Pega (formerly PegaSystems) is certainly mature: the product can trace its roots back well over a decade, to a pioneering company called KiQ Limited, which was purchased in 2004 by Chordiant, which Pega purchased in 2010.

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The Chief Marketing Personaliser: 5 Ways Technology Can Drive Your Marketing Strategy

Tomorrow People

How the CMO can drive innovation and deliver personalised customer experiences with the help of forward-thinking marketing technology.

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CMOs Are Behind On Disruptive Growth, And It’s Going To Cost Their Job [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Nearly 40% of CEOs say the CMO will be the first to go if business growth targets are not met, according to Accenture Strategy’s latest research ‘The C-level Disruptive Growth Opportunity,’ which surveyed over 500 CEOs and nearly 900 CMOs from organizations around the world. In spite of the fact that CEOs hold other C-level […]. The post CMOs Are Behind On Disruptive Growth, And It’s Going To Cost Their Job [Research] appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How to reach your customers at work or at home

Biznology

Have you ever wished you knew more about the consumer side of your business customers? I have just learned about a new service from the San Antonio-based database marketing company Stirista that offers a way to link an individual’s consumer record with the business record. With StiristaLINK , you can enhance your business contacts with a personal email address, their social media handles, postal home address and phone, demographics and personal interests, vastly enhancing your understanding of y

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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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Here’s Why Infographics Outperform Blog Posts

Contently

For months, my health-nut brother has encouraged me to develop a meal plan. (“Dumplings are not a food group, Erin.”) To humor him, I decided to map out what I would eat. Suddenly, my menu was no longer determined by drunken noodle cravings. I started to classify food by value. I organized components into categories—protein, fats, grains, and vitamins—that would provide enough nutrition and energy to help me through the day.

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3 Things Marketers Can Be Thankful For

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Marissa Lyman The moment November 1st rolled around, I immediately began thinking of turkey, cranberry relish, and food comas. For our international readers, November is the time of the year when Americans justify devoting an entire day to eating. I know what you’re thinking–what about the other 364 days of the year when the United States treats the McDonald’s breakfast menu like an all-you-can-eat buffet?

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Content Syndication Blunders that Will Hurt Your Brand

Marketing Insider Group

Augmenting your original content through syndication, aggregation, and curation are crucial strategies marketers use to increase their target audience reach, as well as boost demand generation. While these terms are so closely related that they’re often interchanged, it’s important to note that each one is quite distinct. Content syndication is the process of promoting your […].

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Holidays Almost Here!

Ambal's Amusings

In a mad rush through the evening chores, I went to the backyard to drop off some plastic stuff in the recycle bin and saw this beautiful sight in our neighbor’s yard. Don’t message me with – “Ambal, WTH? You are beginning to lost it yo. It is just a bunch of (bull) blurry lights.” … Continue reading Holidays Almost Here!

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The AI-Enabled CMO: Practical Tips for Today's B2B Marketers

Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO

On October 11th, understand how to navigate the AI landscape confidently, turning insights into groundbreaking strategies that set you apart. Why attend? You'll learn: Practical applications/Use cases How to find and assess the right AI technology Prioritizing quick wins Mastering prompt engineering Solving marketing challenges efficiently Strategies to launch pilot programs Case studies of B2Bs building smarter businesses with AI Exclusive bonus content: Actionable frameworks to get started qui

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Why Publishers Are a Huge Threat to Ad Agencies

Contently

Back in the days of Mad Men , agencies were bulletproof institutions. Nobody had to question how things worked. Account managers dealt with clients, creatives created, and everybody smoked. But once the digital revolution hit a few decades ago, the traditional agency model splintered into an array of concentrated niches. In this age of specialization, you can find agencies that focus solely on placements or digital or email marketing.

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How Your Content Marketing Can Get an Extra Lift From Influencers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Ellen Gomes Every industry has influencers—people who have the ability, because of their power or knowledge (real or perceived), to influence purchase decisions. Hollywood has celebrities, fashion has models, and business has its moguls. The internet is no different. Social influencers are bloggers, social media personalities, or industry experts who have developed large and loyal followings by being insightful, entertaining, engaging, transparent, humorous, and—most importantly—human.

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The Weird & Wonderful Odyssey Behind the Writing of an Ambitious Book

Marketing Insider Group

Note: I’m making the ENTIRE conversation I had with Jonathan available to newsletter subscribers 1 week from now. Subscribe at unthinkable.fm before October 30, 2016. TODAY: Jonathan Fields has written several books, hosts a top podcast, and speaks all over the world. By most measures, he’s “made it.” But his latest book, How to Live a […]. The post The Weird & Wonderful Odyssey Behind the Writing of an Ambitious Book appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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#cupofchai

Ambal's Amusings

Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things. – Chaim Potok When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in … Continue reading #cupofchai.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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How Do Your Email Engagement Rates Stack Up Against Your Competitors?

Contently

At this moment, 11 unread marketing emails are collecting dust in my personal inbox. GrubHub is trying to make me emotional about sharing holiday meals. (It’s working.) The Boston Red Sox want me to attend spring training. (Florida in March does sound lovely.) “Barack Obama” even sent an email about “fighting back.” (Yes we can?). Of those 11, I opened about half, only clicking through on one.

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How to Build a Full-Funnel Content Distribution Strategy

Kapost

In the craze to create content that converts, B2B organizations often neglect the most important part: delivering key information using a clear, organized, and repeatable distribution strategy. Between massive amounts of content created, along with more marketing channels to manage than ever before, organizations are facing a double-sided challenge.

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What, How, and When to Measure Your Facebook Marketing

Content Standard

Facebook will be a teenager in 2017; the big 1-3. This thirteenth birthday, however, won’t be characterized by awkward voice changes, slow dances at arm’s length, or smiles decorated by lime-green braces. That’s because in social media years, 13 is more like 130. In that time, you’ve become adept at Facebook marketing. You’re a genius when it comes to crafting beautiful, catchy posts and pairing them with images and videos that perfectly capture your brand’s e

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A Complete Calendar of Hashtag Holidays for 2017

Sprout Social

From Puppy Day to Awkward Moments Day, there’s an occasion for just about anything. Ignored by traditional calendars these hashtag holidays are celebrated ad nauseum on social media. Some are meant to generate awareness and promote a cause while others focus their attention on the cute, quirky and nonsensical. When positioned properly these occasions can be a great opportunity for your brand to reach a new audience.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Webinar: How to Leverage Content Across the Enterprise

Contently

Marketing analyst Rebecca Lieb likes to say, “Content is the atomic particle of marketing.” But as we get closer to 2017, we should probably tweak that to: “Content is the atomic particle of all communications.” For the last few years, marketers have tapped into the power of storytelling by creating content that inspires brand awareness, promotes thought awareness, and generates leads.

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Overcoming Common Challenges to Building a Content Operation

Kapost

While under greater pressure than ever to deliver results, marketing is operating amid greater complexity than ever due to the digital revolution: the rapid expansion and development of new teams, tools, and channels. A solid content operation tames this chaos by establishing the processes that make up the planning, production, distribution, and analysis of content for those teams, tools, and channels.

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Why the Video Platform Reigns as the Best of Internal Communications Tools

Vidyard

If you’re on an internal communications team, you’ve probably felt at some point that you’re in a bit of a thankless job. You don’t have a direct line to bringing in sales and increasing profits or building product lines. Yours is the job that’s tougher to measure – you’re focused on communicating with and engaging employees, and helping them feel connected to the business, leading to an increase in morale and productivity.