Sat.Jun 11, 2016 - Fri.Jun 17, 2016

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8 Steps To Create A Successful Content Marketing Program

Marketing Insider Group

Does your content marketing strategy look very much like this process? You realize your competitors all have a content marketing program, so you decide that you will launch one too. You rush to develop your content strategy, copying everything your competitors are doing. Then you ask one of your marketing managers to take on the […]. The post 8 Steps To Create A Successful Content Marketing Program appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The 24 Best Online Writing Tools and Apps

Webbiquity

The top challenge identified by marketers in the recent B2B Marketing Trends study was “producing better content.” With more than 90% of both B2B and B2C marketers now using content marketing, success is no longer about simply creating more content, but about developing higher-quality output: more targeted, more relevant, more personal. And though video and other video content forms are growing in importance, text remains the dominant for of content for marketing and sales.

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Microsoft Buys LinkedIn for $26.2 Billion: Get Ready for Software Vendors as Data Owners

Customer Experience Matrix

Microsoft surprised pretty much everyone today by announcing a $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. This is fascinating since Microsoft intersects with LinkedIn in several areas: Dynamics CRM software, Office productivity software, and Bing online advertising. It gives Microsoft access to a rich trove of personal and company information, something it didn’t have before (although Microsoft probably collected more personal and company data than most of us realize).

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The Ugly Truth About Beautiful Content

Sales Engine

If you plan to join your competitors and the leaders of your industry in the move toward content marketing , there is something you should know. If your aim is to produce really good, informative, and nurturing content (and that should be your aim, because what’s the point otherwise?), it’s not going to be cheap. Or easy. You’re not Coca-Cola; no one expects you to hire the world’s best creative minds or to spend billions on marketing.

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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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Outbound VS Inbound Lead Generation: Know the Difference [Infographic]

Marketing Insider Group

At the beginning of every lead generation initiative, it’s important to understand the difference between inbound and outbound lead generation. The concepts behind each approach use different execution methods so it’s vital to comprehend the logic behind them before you start out. Here’s a quick guide to inbound and outbound lead generation, and what each […].

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ZenIQ Account Based Marketing System Maps Buying Centers, Finds Data and Exection Gaps, and Recommends Actions to Fill Them

Customer Experience Matrix

When I first starting thinking about Account Based Marketing, I assumed that an ABM system would let marketers replicate at scale how sales teams manage key accounts: that is, to analyze each account in depth, set goals specific to that account, and then execute against those goals. But most vendors serving the ABM space have taken a much narrower approach, either in providing data about accounts, managing campaigns against externally-built account lists, or providing account-level metrics such

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Why Your Employees’ LinkedIn Profiles Should Be Part of Your B2B Marketing Strategy

KoMarketing Associates

We’ve covered the benefits of using LinkedIn for B2B marketing before, but many companies fail to see the benefits of helping employees with their own profiles. Because employees list their current job on their own profile, potential clients, colleagues, and hires could be looking at someone’s personal profile from a company before getting to the company’s official page or group.

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Check Out These 10 Underutilized Traffic Sources

Marketing Insider Group

As a startup marketer, what channels do you exploit in order to increase traffic to your site? In my experience, most marketers focus on organic and paid search, as well as social media and email marketing … sound familiar? If it does, that’s fine – these are all really important channels. Any marketer – startup […]. The post Check Out These 10 Underutilized Traffic Sources appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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One size doesn’t fit all: meeting the needs of customers through personalised marketing

Tomorrow People

Seeing customers as an individual - focusing on the customer journey. Making customers matter; delivering relevant content.

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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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Strikedeck Adds Automation to Customer Success Management

Customer Experience Matrix

I first started paying attention to “customer success management” systems when I realized they were assembling data from multiple sources to build a consolidated customer view – something that could potentially serve other departments throughout the organization. This made them a fifth subtype of Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), along with systems based on marketing, lead scoring, sales advisory, and tag management.

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Have You Met “The Advocates”? (We Think You’ll Like Them…)

Influitive

Hot under the collar about the overly automated last decade, common-law marketing personas Joe Buyer and Jane Consumer are getting hitched and seeking a legal name change. Meet The Advocates. Curbing the corporate-imagined script of the past several years, The Advocates no longer adhere to your best guess at buying behaviors, common characteristics and typical trends.

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An Inquiry vs. A Lead: What’s the Difference and Which is More Important?

Marketing Insider Group

Many marketers and sales people assume that inquiries and leads are one and the same, but in fact, they are very different animals. Before we define what an inquiry is, let’s first clearly describe what it is not: An inquiry is NOT: — An individual who fits your target market — A user who signs up […]. The post An Inquiry vs. A Lead: What’s the Difference and Which is More Important?

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Calculating Net Promoter Score (NPS) in B2B markets

Savanta

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is perhaps the most widely used metric in customer satisfaction and loyalty research. Here at Circle, our view is that NPS isn’t always the best metric in B2B environments (we explain why here ), but it does have a role to play. So, assuming it is the right metric for your business, how do you calculate Net Promoter Score (NPS)?

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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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Accelerating Waves of Marketing Technology: My Interview on Scott Brinker's ChiefmartechTV

Customer Experience Matrix

I had the pleasure last week of appearing as the first guest on Scott Brinker's chiefmartechTV , an internet broadcast that will features interviews on marketing technology topics. The official topic was accelerating waves of marketing technology , although we did manage to sneak in Personalized Mona Lisa. You can view the broadcast here. See if you can count how many times my cat forces her way into the picture.

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Why email marketing still matters–and how to make it work

Biznology

Andrew Schulkind recorded a webinar on how to make email marketing campaigns work for you. Unless you’re selling goods or services with a buying cycle of “right now” (like lattes) you need a way to stay in touch with prospects as they move through the buying cycle toward a decision. That need is particularly crucial early in the process, when prospects aren’t yet open to talking to a salesperson.

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11 Overused Stock Photos to Ban From Your B2B Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Have you ever seen a piece of content and had a déjà-vu moment? You say to yourself, “I’ve read this before, and I know I’ve seen the gray-haired man holding an iPad somewhere.” B2B content has become pretty formulaic. Insert ‘Top 10’ list headline here. Insert stock photo of a businessman jumping in the air there.

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Bad Copy is Your Campaign’s Weakest Link

The Point

In the days of Mad Men, advertising clients wouldn’t dream of writing their own copy. Advertising was about big ideas, big concepts, and crafting that story was left to the professionals. In the digital age, all that has changed. With rare exceptions, “big idea” marketing is regarded as a quaint anachronism, especially in the B2B world. Who has the time, anyway?

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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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Why You Need Both the Big Picture and Small One

Hive9

One of the benefits of marketing performance software is that businesses can break down their data silos to start seeing the marketing big picture. That high-level view is important, but it’s just as important to see all the smaller components that make up the larger story.

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Will apps replace websites soon?

Biznology

Not too long ago the phrase “there’s an app for that” became quite popular. Now it seems that there may be an app to replace the mighty website as a business tool. If you think about it, it seems like there is indeed an app for everything and every place. Just about every store, business, or restaurant you go into has their own application to download.

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How to Use Storytelling to Engage and Persuade Consumers

Marketing Insider Group

Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of persuasion. Going back to biblical times, the entire point of fables was to persuade the population to do the right thing. Nowadays, storytelling is used to sell us everything from cars to vacations. As you may have noticed by all those new cars on the streets, it’s […]. The post How to Use Storytelling to Engage and Persuade Consumers appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Why Content Marketing Needs Ghostwriters

Contently

In the season two finale of the CBS hit Madam Secretary , the Secretary of State sends her speechwriter, Matt Mahoney, to deliver a graduation speech on her behalf. It’s the secret wish or fear of those who master words behind the scenes: to claim the spotlight for their unrecognized work. Matt opens the speech by acknowledging the awkwardness of the situation and then delivers a poignant address about the value of anonymous contributions.

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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3 Keys to Effective Inter-Organizational Partnerships

ANNUITAS

As children, our parents imposed a lot of boundaries upon us. The boundaries were meant to keep us safe, to give us structured responsibilities and to help us learn the ways of respectful communication. We all like boundaries as they help us enable and govern effective relationships, both personal and professional. In business, boundaries are important as well because they help us achieve focused effort and extreme productivity.

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Credible or not? 5 questions to evaluate research sources

Biznology

Scanning through my newsfeed recently, a headline caught my eye. It linked to a blog post covering a topic I’ve been researching for a client, and the study it cited is just what I need to prove our point. But… not so fast. Although the post was published just a couple of days earlier, the data supporting the author’s argument was outdated by years.

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9 Tips To Take The Boring Out of Your Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Do you feel like you work in a boring industry, or think your product or service isn’t interesting enough, to be able to create compelling content that won’t bore people to death and will get them talking about your brand? Sure, under normal circumstances real estate services may sound pretty snooze-worthy. But when you’re looking to buy […]. The post 9 Tips To Take The Boring Out of Your Content Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Red Rice Dessert

Ambal's Amusings

That summer vacation, I was in my Chittappa (Uncle) and Chitti’s (Aunt’s) house. It was election year. The local TV channels had movie and election news marathon. My cousins and I were glued to TV during the movie runs and played outside during the election runs. Chitti made all kind of fun snacks and desserts … Continue reading Red Rice Dessert.

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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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Have You Met “The Advocates”? (We Think You’ll Like Them…)

Influitive

Hot under the collar about the overly automated last decade, common-law marketing personas Joe Buyer and Jane Consumer are getting hitched and seeking a legal name change. Meet The Advocates. Curbing the corporate-imagined script of the past several years, The Advocates no longer adhere to your best guess at buying behaviors, common characteristics and typical trends.

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Scaling ABM with Predictive Analytics and Marketing Automation

Lattice

We’ve been talking a lot lately about the importance of scaling your ABM programs to your top 500 or 5000 accounts. Why are we so focused on this? Because organizing your team around a key set of target accounts helps aligns sales and marketing against the same metrics, increasing value for the company through improved team efficiency and increased revenues.

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3 Ways to Gather Actionable Insights From Google Analytics to Inform Your Marketing Plan

Marketing Insider Group

Okay, I’ll admit it immediately. Google Analytics is pretty intimidating there are a lot of windows and tabs and there is a lot of information out there for you to digest. But, be honest now, are you actually using Google analytics? Or do you use it like most people in that you only really look […]. The post 3 Ways to Gather Actionable Insights From Google Analytics to Inform Your Marketing Plan appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.