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10 Ways Marketing Automation Can Save You Time (and Money)

Outbound Engine

We’re all busy. Honestly, we seem to be busier than ever. Ask someone, “how are you?” and it’s pretty likely some form of “I’m busy/work is busy/the kids are keeping me busy” will be in their answer. Small business owners feel this pinch even more as they aren’t subject to the standard 9-5 many others are.

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Are the patterns in your data leading you in the wrong direction?

Vision Edge Marketing

For this article to be valuable let’s start with two assumptions about your data: First, that you have quality data, and second that you are capable – or have access to capabilities – to effectively analyze your data. If these two assumptions are off track, establish an initiative to address these as soon as possible. Why? Regardless of what your function, inside or outside of Marketing, quality data , that is complete, consistent, accurate, valid, and up to date, is pivotal for making high-conf

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When Did Programmatic Advertising Start: A History Lesson

Rev

Remember those banner ads that you used to see when scrolling through MySpace or talking to your best friend via the antiquated AOL Instant Messenger? Your mom would tell you not to click on them because it would give the computer a virus, or wait, maybe that was just my mom. Those ads that we would see on our computers after school, or deep in a chat with your best friend, were actually the beginning of what we call Programmatic Advertising today.

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Introduction to the Marketing Attribution Challenge

InsightSquared

One of the main responsibilities of your marketing team is determining which campaigns are the best campaigns. This is no small feet. Even with the seemingly infinite amount of data spilling from your Salesforce instance, even with the growing number of available marketing enablement technologies, marketers are struggling to prove out their revenue impact. .

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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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How to Save Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

You shouldn’t develop your digital marketing strategy with a “set it and forget it” mentality. Your business must evolve over time to keep up with advances in technology and changing consumer habits, and the same is true for your digital marketing strategy. If you don’t continually review and adapt your marketing strategy, there’ll probably come […].

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Study: Marketers Still Face Challenges with Strategic Social Media Marketing

KoMarketing Associates

Many marketers are turning to social media to appeal to their target audience, but new research shows they still face a number of challenges when it comes to strategizing and implementing this tactic. In Sprout Social’s recently published “The State of Social Media Marketing 2019,” developing social strategies that support business goals and identifying and understanding target audiences represented social media marketers’ greatest challenges.

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Introduction to the Marketing Attribution Challenge

InsightSquared

One of the main responsibilities of your marketing team is determining which campaigns are the best campaigns. This is no small feat. Even with the seemingly infinite amount of data spilling from your Salesforce instance, even with the growing number of available marketing enablement technologies, marketers are struggling to prove out their revenue impact. .

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Why Do We Write So Much About Employee Engagement?

Marketing Insider Group

Most employees feel desperately disengaged from their work. How can your company enjoy marketing success with such low levels of employee engagement? Corporate wellness consultant Naz Beheshti put it best. In her January 2019 Forbes piece, Beheshti points out that 66 percent of the workforce doesn’t show up to work with “passion, purpose, presence, and energy.

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5 Ways to Build Up Customer Loyalty

Zoominfo

Why does a customer remain loyal to a particular brand? Businesses have posed the question of how to build and strengthen customer loyalty throughout history. But it’s more pertinent than ever before in today’s crowded digital landscape, where businesses struggle to build and maintain customer loyalty in an ever-expanding field of competitors. Now if you’re already frightened about the future of your business, take a deep breath and keep reading.

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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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Report: B2B Marketers May Want to Focus on Developing More Innovative Content

KoMarketing Associates

As B2B marketers look to reach out to C-level prospects and customers, new research suggests that they may want to make their content more innovative to capture the attention of these individuals. NetLine recently published the “2019 State of B2B Content Consumption and Demand Report” and discovered that Executive VPs (22 hours) and Individual Contributors (24 hours) are typically the fastest to consume required content.

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You Have More Employee Advocates Than You Think

Biznology

The following is a sponsored article from our partner, GaggleAMP. A common excuse to pursue an employee advocacy strategy is that people don’t think their employees want to be part of an employee advocacy program, but that’s just not the case. In fact, you have more employee advocates than you think. Many people in your organization are already mentioning your brand or sharing your branded content on social media, so they’re willing to promote your brand and be advocates for you.

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In Order to Grow Your Business, You Have to Know This One Secret To Effective Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

For your business to grow and succeed, you must market your business. However, before this can happen, you have to know what marketing really is. Marketing ain’t what most people think it is (ads) and it has changed dramatically in the digital era. Marketing today no longer revolves around outbound techniques. It’s no longer one-dimensional, […].

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Since Consumers Still Hate Digital Ads, Brands Should Invest in Better Content

Contently

My favorite YouTube video shows a baby panda sneezing. It’s 19 seconds long, so it’s easy to watch if I need a little cheer during the day. However, over time that cheer has been dampened by pre-roll ads that play automatically. Sometimes I can skip them, but there have been a few times I’ve had to sit through ads that were longer than the video itself.

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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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5 Ways B2B Technology Companies Can Build PPC Negative Keyword Lists

KoMarketing Associates

Running a successful PPC campaign for a B2B technology company goes beyond coming up with a robust set of keywords to bid on. With search queries from potential customers changing at such a fast pace in the industry, it is essential to not only determine when an ad should appear, but also when it shouldn’t. This is where highly targeted negative keyword lists come into play.

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Innovation Security in the Age of Hacking

Biznology

In September 2016, Verizon was in talks with Yahoo! about their anticipated acquisition when Yahoo! was obliged to announce that it had been the victim of the biggest data breach in history (that we know of) in 2014. In the course of several announcements, they revealed that over three billion user accounts had been compromised including the real names, email addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers of people around the world.

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How to Avoid 4 Common Outbound Campaign Mistakes

Marketing Insider Group

Outbound marketing remains one of the most effective prospecting channels, but potential customers are developing even less patience for outdated communications tactics. To make the most of your outbound strategy, avoid common mistakes that send emails into the trash. Consumers deal with hundreds of ads and messages every day, starting from the moment they pick […].

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How to Do Programmatic Advertising (That Delivers an ROI)

Rev

What is programmatic advertising? Programmatic advertising is the next level of display ads. Also known as banner ads, you likely recognize display ads as the promotions found on website sidebars, footers, and headers. Before a display ad crosses your path, marketers hold an online auction to determine who will snag the ad space. Programmatic advertising automates this process.

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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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Report: 63% of Marketers Still Struggle to Assemble Unified Customer Data

KoMarketing Associates

Many marketers are now turning to customer data platforms (CDPs) in order to reap the full benefits of their analytics. However, new research suggests that not all marketers have been successful when it comes to assembling CDPs and implementing them in their strategies. The Customer Data Platform Institute recently published the “Understanding CDP Users: CDP Institute Member Survey 2019” to provide more insight into how marketers are using CDPs, as well as where there is room for improvement.

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Voice Engine Optimization’s Growing Importance

Biznology

While VEO — voice engine optimization — isn’t critical yet for most B2B businesses, it’s importance is clearly growing, even for those firms that aren’t currently feeling its impact. To date, VEO is directly mostly on location-based or time-dependent products and services. For example, local movie theaters, where a search query might be, “What time is The Angry Birds Movie 2 playing near me?

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Marketing’s Role as a Revenue Engine: Lessons from the Front Line

Marketing Insider Group

By John Nash, Chief Marketing Officer, RedPoint Global No business function is spared the impact from digital transformation’s widening use of data and analytics. Marketing, however, stands alone in terms of the breadth and depth of those impacts, both strategically and operationally. Technology advancements allow marketers to completely re-imagine how we engage with customers and […].

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What to look for in your marketing planning solution.

Hive9

One of the best quotes about planning ahead comes from that iconic Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” This is particularly apt in the world digital marketing, where a lack of specific strategies to achieving clear goals will sink any business, big or small. For that reason, we’ve listed five features every marketer needs to look for when selecting an effective marketing-planning software solution.

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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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How To Build An Effective Email Marketing Plan

Only B2B

One of the best and most effective ways to increase your product or service’s awareness is to create a highly effective email marketing plan. The count of email accounts that. The post How To Build An Effective Email Marketing Plan appeared first on ONLY B2B.

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How are you managing the changing nature of B2B customers?

Biznology

What do customers want, and are you delivering? Ask a business executive and they’ll tell you that everything they do is for their customers. Which is all well and good, but how many B2B companies are really paying attention to the changes in what customers want? I had an interesting conversation with Steve Shaffer, CEO of Insite Software , a leading B2B eCommerce company.

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5 Mistakes to Avoid with Your Employee Advocacy Program

Marketing Insider Group

An employee advocacy program can be a fantastic way to build brand awareness, reach a wider audience, and attract new talent. However, it’s critical that such a program is planned and managed carefully so you can make the most out of your efforts. A poorly executed employee advocacy program will be ineffective, but it could also be damaging to your company and brand reputation.

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How to Develop a Content Strategy: Start With These 3 Questions

Content Marketing Institute

If your content doesn’t connect with an audience, success isn’t an option. But to get the audience, you first must answer these three essential questions. And use these resources to create an effective content marketing strategy. Continue reading → The post How to Develop a Content Strategy: Start With These 3 Questions appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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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10 Tips To Write Email Marketing Content That Will Convert

Only B2B

When it comes to creating email marketing content, the major determinant of your campaign’s success or failure depends on the way you put your message in front of your users. The post 10 Tips To Write Email Marketing Content That Will Convert appeared first on ONLY B2B.

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How to take good Instagram photos: 5 tips to try now

Sprout Social

When Instagram first began in 2010, smartphone cameras were still lacking in features and quality. Instagram photos were taken with the in-app camera and on today’s screens, those old posts look blurry and pixelated. Now, the feed is a mix of smartphone photos and professionally processed photos. The smartphone camera is good enough now that it’s possible to use it on the fly and some won’t even know the difference.

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Perfecting Your Digital Call-To-Action (With Examples!)

Marketing Insider Group

Update: This post originally published in Oct, 2018. Let’s face it, a digital call-to-action is needed if you want your audience to take the next step. Traditional content can certainly have a call-to-action (and often does). However, a digital call-to-action is arguably the most important factor when it comes to your online messaging. Your social media posts, online content, and digital forms must see some action to be successful.

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