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The Psychology of Colors in Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Design plays an important part in content marketing. An interesting looking site is more likely to retain the attention of visitors than something boring or simply average. In turn, sites that rely on content marketing tactics like blogging need to use images to help break up the text and give their readers’ eyes a break. […]. The post The Psychology of Colors in Content Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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10 Tips for Increasing Your Influence

Onalytica B2B

Most content on our own site and across the industry has a strong focus on influencer marketing from the brands’ perspective: why B2B brands should do influencer marketing or how B2B brands can implement a successful influencer campaign – to name a couple. What we have neglected to explicitly mention is that the byproduct of more brands doing influencer marketing is that more individuals are earning themselves a living from being an “influencer” We’re not sure

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Five Tips to Help You Write Outstanding Content For Your Blog

Webbiquity

Content is king, and blogs often make the best castles. Unfortunately, many people struggle to consistently write the type of high-quality content that attracts and holds readers, and stands out in search. These five tips can help you more dependably write outstanding content for your blog. Organize Your Content. Poorly organized content is difficult to follow, and it isn’t appealing.

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How to Leave Voicemails that Generate Results

ViewPoint

Have you ever scheduled a meal for you, your significant other and close friends? Did it take more than one or two phone calls, emails and texts to settle on a date, time and venue? Of course! Multi-touch, multi-media and multi-cycle processes multiply results. Done right, you can expect that 20 – 40% of the leads you generate to be the result of a call back or email reply.

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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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The Infographic that Will Revolutionize Your Approach to Content Creation

Marketing Insider Group

Here’s an important question. When you come up with your content marketing strategy, do you consider the psychological impact of what content you choose? Taken even further, to what extent does psychology influence how you craft that content? You probably took a course on consumer behavior in college but in practice, marketers tend to neglect […].

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8 Lessons From Online Dating For Email Marketers

DiscoverOrg

Earlier this year I tried my hand at email marketing here at DiscoverOrg. I figured it’d be pretty easy. After all, you’re just dropping some buzzwords into a few compelling sentences, right? Wrong. Not only was writing a good, short, email message to prospects difficult – it felt familiar. Where had I felt this severe frustration in writing a really convincing AND brief message?

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Why Measuring Success on Cost Per Lead is a Huge Mistake

ViewPoint

In the search for the holy grail of marketing KPIs, we want ones that correctly emphasize ROI over lead cost, tie lead generation to overall revenue and profits, identify the most successful marketing initiatives and deliver insights that can be leveraged to run future high-return activity. Cost-per-lead is not the correct metric for measuring marketing initiative success for the following reasons: It incorrectly incents volume over quality.

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How to Improve Your Email Open Rates

Marketing Insider Group

Email marketing was a huge piece of the marketing puzzle in 2016. Virtually every company with any kind of CRM system was emailing their contact list on a regular basis. And who can blame them? It’s hard to ignore a marketing channel that averages a 3800% return. Despite the fact that email marketing has. The post How to Improve Your Email Open Rates appeared first on PureB2B.

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Use Knowledge Delivered Strategy to Show Content Value

Avitage

A Different Approach to Content Marketing Justification B2B content marketers must continually defend budgets and tactics, especially content investments, by proving performance. This is part of a persistent struggle to raise marketing credibility and awareness of its impact in the business. Too many executives, and especially the sales organization, still don’t see it.

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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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What Exactly is “Disruptive Marketing?”

Prospectr

You may have heard the buzz term “disruptive” marketing. …But is it just another marketing-hype term? Or does it mean something more than that? I think the latter. Take a look: 1. What Makes Disruptive Marketing Different Than Any Other Form of Marketing. When you market your products or services, you usually adhere to some abstractly defined set of “best practices.” Consultants and other “thought leaders” often preach these things.

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4 tips to improve your YouTube channel

Biznology

If you’ve turned to YouTube like many other businesses, you need to know one rule–and it’s one that is tough for many to execute. That rule is that volume wins. Viewership will rise when you produce more videos, but you can’t publish content that is rubbish and hope it performs well. Consistency is hard work but is the way you can create a cadence with your viewers.

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10 Brands Show Us How Email Marketing is Done

Marketing Insider Group

An essential aspect of nurturing new sales leads is email marketing. It’s a strategy that allows you to reach out to your prospects on a more personal level with relevant content. According to a report by Salesforce, 49% of marketers claim that email is directly linked to the success of their business efforts. Direct. The post 10 Brands Show Us How Email Marketing is Done appeared first on PureB2B.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Seasonal SEO

KoMarketing Associates

Oh Valentine’s day. The day of overbearing love, overpriced flowers, sappy cards, delicious chocolates, and my 15 th favorite day of the year. Valentine’s day is the day many people use as an opportunity to profess their love for one another. But it also presents a digital marketing opportunity for B2B organizations. I’m talking about seasonal SEO. Seasonal SEO is a tactic online marketers can use to drive more organic traffic and gain more visibility to their sites during seasonally-specific pe

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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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Augmented Reality: What Is It and Why Do B2B Marketers Need It?

Kaon

In a world of constant change, many successful companies are now adopting a digital engagement strategy across their entire customer lifecycle. Interactive experiences on websites, smartphones and tablets are everywhere we turn these days. And now we are about to be driven by immersive experiences. Many of these new marketing technologies are being adopted in the B2C world, but B2B companies must also take notice.

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Why every business needs a social media business audit

Biznology

Not active on social media? You are losing ground to competitors. But you already know that. While your business may be posting to social media and doing all the right things, you must regularly assess where you stand on your most important social channels. Or, you will struggle to consistently improve your social strategy. Too many brands and businesses try to “do more on social” before assessing where they are and where they want to go.

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Nine Lessons in B2B Thought Leadership [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

We surveyed over 200 senior executives at FTSE 350 organisations to better understand how they view and use content marketing. The results bring good news to those in charge of a B2B firm’s marketing and communication programmes – if they heed these nine lessons. The post Nine Lessons in B2B Thought Leadership [Research] appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Report: More Organizations are Embracing Agile Marketing Strategies

KoMarketing Associates

A number of companies are turning to agile marketing strategies to resonate with their customers and drive results, according to new research. The “Future of Marketing” report from Forbes Insights and Aprimo found that 29 percent of respondents “strongly agree” that their companies fully embrace marketing agility. However, 74 percent stated that the agility of marketing operations is a challenge.

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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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Infographic: How Event Marketing Can Boost Your Content Strategy

Contently

Internet users are bombarded with ads on almost every app, website, and social platform. That’s why—no matter how great your digital strategy is—making an effort to meet your consumers in person can set you apart from the competition. As a new infographic from NCC Home Learning points out, event marketing gives businesses an opportunity to showcase their products, humanize their brands, and create memorable experiences with their audiences.

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What promotional products are on your desk? [survey results]

Biznology

When it comes to promotional products, there is one thing for sure, this marketing method and advertising tool has stood the test of time. Even in today’s highly competitive digital marketing and advertising field, promotional products are still relevant and an effective means of promoting your brand and increasing sales. To help us understand how effective promotional products and branded merchandise really is, the British Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA) often commissions surveys t

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What to Consider When Investing in Content Marketing for Existing vs. New Customers

Marketing Insider Group

When developing your content marketing strategy, plan to create content toward both your existing customers and prospective ones still learning about your company. One of the biggest content marketing mistakes made by enterprise marketers is creating content suited toward everyone, instead of personalizing content to different segments of your audience. “The key difference between content […].

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Promoted Content: 5 Steps to Take Before Launch

KoMarketing Associates

Thanks to the digital age we live in today, it’s very easy for brands to get their messages out via free marketing channels like blogs or social media. Years ago, early adopters of these platforms reaped the benefits of what were relatively untapped markets. Oh, how the times have changed. Here’s what the digital content landscape looks like now: While marketers can still get their messages out with these channels, the competition for customer attention is fiercer than ever.

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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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Weekend Update: Should You Publish Every Day?

Contently

In 2006, Time magazine realized its readers were too busy during the week to flip through each issue. When they finally could devote enough time to read the articles, the news was already old. So Richard Stengel, the magazine’s former editor-in-chief, made a drastic move. The publication would hit newsstands on Friday instead of Monday morning. “I think that really saved the magazine,” said Tracy Schmidt, director of social media at Crain Communications and an independent socia

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4 Delicious Recipes to Sweeten up Your Marketing

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Lisa Marcyes Well, it’s that time of year again. The season of flowers, cards, baby cupids, and stuffed animals is among us. Whether you’ve been looking forward to Valentine’s Day all year or it’s just another day on your calendar, I figure one thing everyone welcomes are the sweet treats the holiday brings. While I was searching for my favorite sugar cookie recipe this weekend, it got me thinking about all of the ingredients that go into a successful marketing strategy.

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The Need to Prioritize ROI Isn’t Going Away: 5 Digital Marketing Metrics to Master

Marketing Insider Group

Social media trends and popular content marketing techniques may come and go, but the need for numbers will never change. You will always be able to count on the importance of ROI. In fact, demonstrating your return on investment may be more important now than it ever was. Most CEOs expect their CMOs to give […]. The post The Need to Prioritize ROI Isn’t Going Away: 5 Digital Marketing Metrics to Master appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Survey: B2B Marketers to Invest More of Their Budget in Branding Initiatives

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers realize the importance of their organization’s brand, they are investing more of their budget in branding initiatives. “The B2B Brand Strategy” white paper from Spencer Brenneman recently showcased survey results of 150 B2B marketing executives to learn more about their brand strategies. Statistics showed that over the past five years, 86.7 percent have seen an increase in spending on brand investments at their organization.

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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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8 Tips for Hiring B2B Marketing Talent

Hive9

Despite the powerful tools and technologies on the market, human capital is still a major factor in marketing success. Building out a solid marketing organization requires being able to both identify talent and cultivate and keep it once spotted.

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4 Value Selling Tools to Move Leads Down the Funnel

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: David Svigel Buyer behavior has changed; contact with your prospects occurs later in the sales cycle, and your leads come armed with more information than ever before about your products and services. What does this mean for marketing? It’s up to you to create and guide the conversation throughout the customer lifecycle. Thankfully, you can prepare for this by leveraging tools that sell value, rather than features, to increase lead quality and sales velocity.

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Why You Should Hire Marketers With Strong Industry Relationships

Marketing Insider Group

Whether naturally empathetic and gifted in communication or fostered through years of experience, or a perhaps combination of both, it’s safe to say that there are talented marketing professionals available in every industry, across every vertical, and at every stage on the org chart. With today’s marketing landscape as diverse, distributed, and competitive as ever, […].

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