Spiralytics
APRIL 13, 2018
Facebook is once again under fire for a massive data security scandal after Christopher Wylie , former director of research at Cambridge Analytica, revealed how a quiz app was used to gather information about 87 million Facebook users, which eventually landed in the hands of Cambridge Analytica. This data was then used to gain advantage in the 2016 elections, by delivering pro-Trump content to Facebook users.
Webbiquity
APRIL 10, 2018
Every B2B marketer knows we are in a period of rapid change. But questions abound, and many aren’t sure where to focus their attention or efforts. Marketing technology (martech) is advancing quickly. But which developments are real and imminent, and which are hype? Or at least, not important yet? Image credit: KoMarketing. Company leadership expects measurable results.
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Content Marketing Institute
APRIL 12, 2018
“It’s 2018. We can’t hoard knowledge any longer.” Andy Crestodina, speaker, blogger, etc., shared that nugget of wisdom at the recent Intelligent Content Conference in Las Vegas. If you need proof of how true his observation is, look no further than the Capital Group, a conservative, trusted financial services company that – until recently – lagged far behind its competitors in thought leadership and digital marketing.
Act-On
APRIL 11, 2018
There is no best time to email to your list. Act-On's Adaptive Journeys lets you mail to each contact at the optimal time for them, with the optimal message for them, via the optimal channel.
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 9, 2018
The world of online marketing moves fast. There are strong and rapid currents which brands use to promote their products and services, many of which will be effective for only a few years before a big change. The more a certain marketing technique is used, the more audiences around the world become accustomed to it […]. The post Digital Marketing Trends You Must Follow in 2018 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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Zoominfo
APRIL 12, 2018
Fact: Your company’s email program will only ever be as good as your contact database. No matter how great your emails are, eventually your contacts get married, change jobs, or receive promotions; their companies go out of business or merge with entirely different organizations. Slowly but surely, you’ll be left with inaccurate and unreliable data.
Biznology
APRIL 11, 2018
When you invest in promotional products, you want to make the most of them. Why just use them as giveaways at a trade shows and events? When promotional products do such a good job advertising your business, you should use them more often. Today we have 5 ways to promote your promotional products. Promote your promotional products on your website. There is no reason why you can’t offer your branded giveaways on your website.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 11, 2018
The Pantone Color of the Year for 2018 is ultra violet. This is important news for marketers, who can use ultra violet to perfect and hone their online message. There are a lot of ways in which content and social media posts can benefit from using the color, and business owners will see a spike […]. The post Why Pantone’s Color of the Year is Perfect for Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Tomorrow People
APRIL 10, 2018
A content marketing strategy is dead in the water if it can’t deliver significant sales-ready leads. How good is your content strategy? The B2B sales cycle has undergone a complete change and the length of the B2B sales cycle is shrinking as prospects engage later after doing their own research. With the move online, marketing has an even more important role to play in capturing prospects’ attention as they do their research in order to generate, nurture and deliver more sales-ready leads.
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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.
Zoominfo
APRIL 8, 2018
If content is king, consider your blog its throne. In the B2B space, consistent blogging can have a huge impact on the success of your business—i.e. more leads, heightened brand awareness, improved customer relationships, and ultimately, more revenue. If your company isn’t blogging—it’s time to start. Not convinced? Check out these numbers: 33 Business Blogging Statistics.
KoMarketing Associates
APRIL 9, 2018
To maintain good standing within a particular industry, it’s important for marketers to invest in online reputation management (ORM), but how many of their resources are going toward this initiative? Clutch recently surveyed 224 digital marketers in the U.S. to gauge their approach to ORM. Their statistics found that 54 percent of marketers believe ORM is “very necessary” to the overall success of their company.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 10, 2018
Voluminous, mighty, and complex, data’s power lies in its ability to make marketing and sales efforts more focused. Businesses need this largess level of information to hone in on their customers’ individual needs, getting ever closer to the supreme goal of ultra-personalized marketing, and finally possessing the tools and knowledge to deliver a near flawless […].
Biznology
APRIL 9, 2018
Most companies conduct various types of research to understand the needs of the market. These may include primary research, 3rd party research, brand wave studies, voice of the customer, and online surveys. In addition to those, digital capabilities come with their own sources of real-time digital insight to help keep customers’ needs and experience in focus as you plan and execute your marketing efforts.
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Zoominfo
APRIL 10, 2018
From the time social media became a viable marketing channel, B2B companies have been looking for ways to automate social processes. Although social media tools have made this easier—with features like post scheduling, conversation monitoring, and hashtag tracking—some aspects of social selling can’t be pre-planned. Today we’re covering a topic that B2B marketers have disputed for years—scripted social media.
InsightSquared
APRIL 12, 2018
Marketers look to their marketing automation platforms (MAPs) not only to execute many of their demand generation activities, but also to understand the effectiveness of their marketing programs. However marketers are largely dissatisfied with the reporting their MAPs offer. This is what the findings were in a study done by Heinz Marketing and InsightSquared titled, Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) Satisfaction Survey 2018: Are Marketing Automation Vendors Still Meeting the Needs of Today’s M
ViewPoint
APRIL 11, 2018
One of PointClear’s business development representatives, working on behalf of a global software company, made 11 touches (calls, voicemails and emails) and his persistence paid off. He landed a huge lead for our client (with a $1 billion company). The timing and number and type of touches makes up what is called a cadence, which must be carefully orchestrated.
Biznology
APRIL 12, 2018
Building a large email list isn’t enough – for successful email marketing, you have to keep the subscribers you win engaged. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you continually delight your audience. Don’t bury the lead. Excite your audience from the very first opportunity. This starts with a lead magnet that makes would-be subscribers salivate – and makes those folks squeal with delight once they’ve subscribed.
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.
Zoominfo
APRIL 11, 2018
Whether you’re a hiring manager, sales leader, or the CEO of a company, you know it can be difficult to identify and hire top sales talent. Although an intensive interview process can help you weed out unqualified applicants, you never really know how well a candidate is going to perform until a few weeks or even months into the job. Hiring the right people can directly impact your company’s overall success and revenue.
Convince & Convert
APRIL 10, 2018
It used to be you spent five minutes registering for an event and then showed up on the big day, went to a few workshops, drank two free Coronas, and went home. Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. I gave a speech in suburban Cincinnati to the Mid-American chapter of Meeting Planners International, titled “7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events.
KoMarketing Associates
APRIL 10, 2018
As marketers personalize and segment their email marketing campaigns, new research shows that email response rates are on the rise. The Relevancy Group and OneSpot recently conducted “The Email Individualization Imperative” report to gauge how different strategies have been working for marketers utilizing email. The statistics showed that marketers had an average open rate of 28 percent for personalized promotional emails and newsletters in the second quarter of 2018.
Customer Experience Matrix
APRIL 13, 2018
Trust has been chasing me like a hungry mosquito. It seems that everyone has suddenly decided that creating trust is the key to success, whether it’s in the context of data sharing, artificial intelligence, or customer retention. Of course, I reached that conclusion quite some time ago (see this blog from late 2015 ) so I’m pleased to have the company.
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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
Zoominfo
APRIL 9, 2018
Welcome to our eighth installment in our series of B2B Blog Post Round-Ups. As part of an effort to promote content we contribute to outside publications, each month we compile a list of our five favorite articles that we’ve written for other thought leaders and industry experts. Today’s edition features content about lead generation, data-driven recruitment, marketing influencer selection and more.
Contently
APRIL 9, 2018
“Content marketing is a marathon.” In the content marketing community, this phrase is our version of “there’s no place like home.” Say it enough times, at enough conferences, and all of our problems will go away. Or maybe not. Great content marketing can absolutely deliver compounding returns over time , building loyal audiences likely to buy more from a brand.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 9, 2018
One thing can make or break a sales event: the keynote speaker. In an arena like sales — where the ability to convince, compel, and influence others is essential to success — a speaker has to be able to not only share a great message, but also do so confidently. However, people who attend lots […]. The post 12 Keynote Sales Speakers You Shouldn’t Miss appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 13, 2018
More than ever, consumers seek authentic brands with a clear mission, voice, and tone. Strategically developing these features is vital to reaching and connecting with your audience. Every brand has a unique story and way of communicating that can be honed and practiced over time. Here are a few steps to help your brand find an authentic social media voice and tone, and why it’s so important to do so.
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
Zoominfo
APRIL 11, 2018
Whether you’re a hiring manager, sales leader, or the CEO of a company, you know it can be difficult to identify and hire top sales talent. Although an intensive interview process can help you weed out unqualified applicants, you never really know how well a candidate is going to perform until a few weeks or even months into the job. Hiring the right people can directly impact your company’s overall success and revenue.
Contently
APRIL 12, 2018
When I started working as a writer and editor, I thought Q&As were easy. Step one, find someone interesting and convince them to speak. Step two, speak to them. Step three, write it up. Simple. My first interview, with a United Nations diplomat for a Swiss lifestyle magazine, proved me wrong. After a recording equipment malfunction, I was so flustered I didn’t push him to elaborate on any of his points.
Act-On
APRIL 10, 2018
What are the top B2B Marketing trends you should be paying attention to in 2018? What are your peers and the best-in-class marketers focusing on this year? From personalization and GDPR to the evolving role of the CMO, here are four B2B marketing trends to watch for in 2018.
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