Sat.Jan 20, 2018 - Fri.Jan 26, 2018

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Intentional inventing: own the intellectual property that leads the future

Biznology

Lesson for leaders. Innovations rule today’s world, so everyone wants to innovate. Innovations are filed for patenting and claimed as property before they are launched. If someone else had your idea first and patented it, you might not be able to use it. But when you create something special, the first intellectual property (IP) step is simple: Describe your idea to a patent researcher and ask the FTO question: “do I have freedom to operate ?

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How to Create the Best Content For Your Marketing Automation System

KoMarketing Associates

Most content marketers have two core beliefs about content: That “good” content (high-quality content) will outperform “bad” content every time, i.e. that good content gets more results. That good content takes more time to create than bad content. For instance, an epic blog post that takes 20 hours to create will get more business results than a blog post that takes just one hour to dash off.

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Google’s Biggest Search Algorithm Updates To Know For 2018 [Infographic]

Marketing Insider Group

It’s been happening since the past few years and 2017 was no exception. We are talking about the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Google algorithm updates. And make no mistake, these are the kind of updates that hit your site when you least expect them to do so. Only, when you aren’t paying enough attention. To begin with, the […]. The post Google’s Biggest Search Algorithm Updates To Know For 2018 [Infographic] appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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I Need Hot Leads, and I Need Them Now

The Point

When you work primarily with high-tech clients , you learn to cope with a great deal of short-term thinking. Tech companies have short-term horizons for a number of reasons: * Many are private and depend on short term results to prove viability and therefore ensure their ongoing funding. * Many are competing in early stage markets and need to get in front of their competitors quickly before consolidation and attrition take their toll. * Technology changes rapidly, and tech companies often have

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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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Stripped bare: The content marketing secrets to know — before you sign up an agency

Tomorrow People

Stop flirting with your content marketing agency — build a loving relationship with them and get the most out of your marketing investment in our new 10-part blog series. In our new 10-part series, we’re going to pull back the curtains on the client-agency relationship, showing you how to get the most out of your content marketing agency spend. Ready to get going?

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Your Marketing Automation Is a Content Marketing ROI Machine

Marketing Insider Group

The right marketing automation technology can push the reach of your content marketing strategy, giving you more impact and providing insights to help you improve even further. The outcome? Content marketing that’s more efficient and more powerful, and which offers a better return on investment; always a welcome trio of advantages. Your marketing automation, when […].

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Survey: Social Media Marketing Prioritized in SEO Efforts

KoMarketing Associates

Marketers are continuing to invest in SEO, and as they do so, research shows that they are shifting their focus toward social media marketing in the new year. Clutch and Ignite Visibility recently conducted the “How Organic and Paid Search Inform SEO Strategy” survey to gauge how marketers are targeting their SEO efforts. The top SEO priority – answered by 20 percent of respondents – was social media marketing.

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Tell your tech business video story with a diagram

Biznology

A good way to come up with a story for a tech business video is to find the diagram that tells the story and extract what you need. By “the diagram” I mean the one that’s probably on Slide 9 of the sales deck or Page 6 of a white paper. Diagrams of solution architectures, processes, even the vision behind a strategy, make a great starting point for developing a video.

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Five Types of Software You Need to Run an Online Business Smoothly

Webbiquity

Guest post by Rait Raak. Running and managing an online business isn’t easy. You need all the help you can get to manage your documents, projects, employees, sales…the list goes on. So, many online business owners turn to business software solutions to enable them to do more and do it more efficiently. The problem is that there are sooooo many online business solutions out there, and finding one that seems specifically tailored for your business is never easy.

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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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Artificial Neural Networks: What Every Marketer Should Know

Marketing Insider Group

Artificial intelligence in marketing is a subject that is dominating the industry right now. From all the current applications in marketing automation and predictive analytics, to the all-important question: What’s next? To get a better understanding of where this profound shift in technology is taking us, let’s take a look at the thought processes that are […].

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Customers Continue to Challenge Marketers to Deliver Personalized Experiences

KoMarketing Associates

As marketers look to enhance the customer experience, new research shows that personalization is becoming increasingly important. Epsilon Marketing published “The Power of Me: The Impact of Personalization on Marketing Performance” and discovered that 90 percent of customers believe personalization is “very/somewhat appealing.” Approximately 80 percent claim that they are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalized experiences.

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Sales ops offer tips for onboarding new technology vendors

InsightSquared

Guest blog by Joe Rodden, Sales Systems Manager at Catalant Technologies. In previous posts , I’ve discussed how to evaluate the costs of a new sales tool, and offered some general best practices for managing your tech stack. To help you roll out the new technology your sales leadership just purchased, I’ve outlined some general guidelines you can follow to help the organization onboard a vendor successfully. .

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How To Reinvigorate Your AdvocateHub With The Multi-Channel Model

Influitive

As an Influitive customer, you get access to one of the most engaging and resource-rich communities in the advocate marketing world—we call it “Influitive VIP.” And if you’ve been in VIP recently, you probably noticed it looks a little different. Not only does our AdvocateHub look better, but this new approach is also more strategic.

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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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Which Content Syndication Networks Are Right for You?

Marketing Insider Group

If you’re not already syndicating your content in one way or another, you really should be. The online world is a big and cluttered place, so it isn’t reasonable to think that you can limit the distribution of your content solely to your own blog. It’s always a good idea to get your blog posts […]. The post Which Content Syndication Networks Are Right for You?

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What Two Drastically Different Leaders Taught Me About Building Trust

Contently

I recently interviewed two leaders who have each influenced hundreds of millions of people. Over the course of two days, I spoke to Evernote CEO and former Google[x] executive Chris O’Neill, and General Stanley McChrystal, founder of McChrystal Group and the commander of U.S. Forces in the Middle East under Bush and Obama. O’Neill and McChrystal are known for getting the best out of people.

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5 Effective strategies for A/B testing search

Biznology

What do you really know about your customer’s experience in site search? If you’re getting ready to migrate from one search engine to another, how do you know that the new engine will be better? These are tough questions to answer, but there are methods and measurements that can ensure you’re not trapping your customers in the new search engine. Most companies don’t measure site search well.

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57% of IT Buyers Prefer Email Pitches from Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

Marketers use a wide range of channels to reach out to buyers, but which methods resonate most with IT professionals? Spiceworks recently conducted a survey among 500 IT buyers in the U.S. and U.K. to gauge which methods work best when attempting to reach out to industry professionals. According to the data, 57 percent of IT buyers prefer to be contacted via email.

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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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Marketing and Sales Content – Differences That Matter

Marketing Insider Group

What IS the difference between marketing and sales content? This is a good question to ask across your organization. The answers will reveal people’s thinking and understanding about “content” in general. Notice how clear, specific, consistent and actionable the responses are. Or not. Why does this matter? Effective sales content is a strategic imperative when […].

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Beyond Cadence—The Importance of All Outcomes

ViewPoint

For more than 20 years we’ve talked about multi-touch, multi-media, multi-cycle processes that multiply results. At least one software company literally took PointClear’s playbook, which includes details about the multi, multi, multi approach, and turned it into a red-hot piece of software. Wish I had thought of that. Multi, multi, multi (which is multiple dials, voicemails, emails and in some cases direct mail across several sales cycles) has been re-termed “Cadence.

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Facebook’s Relevancy Score: What You Need to Know

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

If you run paid advertisements on Facebook or are thinking about doing so, then you may have read about the various statistics that are measured, which show the performance of your campaigns. One particularly important statistic to note is the relevance score. In this blog, paid search specialists Hallam Internet discuss what a Facebook relevance score is, how it works, and how you can improve yours.

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10 Reasons You Don’t Know Where Your Most Profitable Customers Are Coming From

Leadspace

Not all customers are created equal when profitability is considered. That’s why it’s important to know your goals, what KPIs will best meet those, and set up a good tracking system for what or whom you’re engaging. So, let’s take a look at the reasons why you might not be able to identify your most profitable customers, and 10 solutions to help you do so: 1.

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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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Can You Defend Yourself from these Digital Marketing Campaign Killers?

Marketing Insider Group

By 2020, digital marketing ad spend across the world is expected to reach a collective – wait for it – 335 billion dollars to grab the ever-increasing prospects of connecting with customers online. However, this great opportunity for success also comes with an increasing chance of failure – in fact, a CoSchedule survey found that […]. The post Can You Defend Yourself from these Digital Marketing Campaign Killers?

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The Perfect Lead

ViewPoint

Merriam-Webster defines the holy grail as: “an object or goal that is sought after for its great significance.” Can companies reach the holy grail of marketing—the perfect lead? Well, what is a perfect lead? Those of us at PointClear do not believe in the alphabet soup of acronyms such as BANT, ANUM and the granddaddy of all acronyms, MAN. What is wrong with these formulaic approaches to lead qualification?

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3 Ways SEO and Rankings are Changing in 2018

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

75% of people don’t scroll past the first page of search results. Search engine leads have a whopping 14.6% close rate. And 70% to 80% of people skip straight to organic results, ignoring paid ads completely. But you probably already know all of that. You already know how important landing within the first ten results of a Google search is. You know how that can help your business generate passive traffic, leads, and conversions.

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B2B Content Marketing Trends to Shape Your Strategy in 2018 and Beyond

Spiralytics

The content marketing landscape is like a runaway train. It’s tough to keep up because everything moves so fast—thanks to search algorithms and the emergence of new technologies like marketing automation and big data. There are now more platforms than ever where consumers and audiences can be reached.

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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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How to Uplevel Your Content Operations

Marketing Insider Group

At some point B2B executives realize that adding resources and technology to the traditional content operations process produces only marginal improvements. Digital era content requirements are rising exponentially. They will not be addressed with the current process. This will become even more evident when marketing begins to adequately support B2B sales content requirements, as well as […].

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Google’s Featured Snippets FAQ: How to Get More Traffic From Search Engines

Content Marketing Institute

Google is the most effective vehicle for driving targeted clicks to your content. But a tricky thing about Google is it’s always changing. You need to adapt to the tweaks and updates to earn and retain high rankings. One big change is the introduction of featured snippets. The best way to be the featured content is a huge topic that confuses content marketers more and more, so I decided to address some of the most frequent questions people ask me about featured snippets. 1.

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4 Reasons Chatbots Will Improve UX in 2018 & Beyond

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Creating a superior customer experience is critical for companies today. Customers are savvier than ever and enjoy the ability to choose based on the more attractive offer. Customer experience involves practices of planning and responding to interactions to satisfy or outdo expectations, thereby, snowballing consumer fulfillment, devotion, and support.