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Top 7 Trends in Social Media for Marketing Agencies in 2019

DrumUp

Ten years ago, you could’ve successfully marketed your clients’ products without social media. Today, there’s no chance. Social media is the first place after Google where customers look for products, and, what’s even more important – brand image. 87% of consumers would purchase a product based on values, and the average revenue increase when a.

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Unique Challenges of Manufacturing Content Marketing in 2019

Industrial Marketing Today

I just finished reading the Manufacturing Content Marketing 2019—Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report published by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and sponsored by IEEE GlobalSpec. Lisa Murton Beets (@LisaBeets), Research Director at CMI said, “The data suggest that manufacturers have a way to go with putting the audience’s informational needs before their own sales/promotional message. […] The post Unique Challenges of Manufacturing Content Marketing in 2019 by Achinta Mitra appea

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What Does 2019 Hold for Digital Marketing? 9 Agency Owners Bare Their Hearts

Marketing Insider Group

As 2018 draws to an end and the holiday shopping season picks up steam, marketers find themselves standing at crossroads yet again. Consumers are growing increasingly aware and doing a lot more research before they buy, regulatory authorities are closely watching what firms do with data, and technology continues to mold buyer behavior at breakneck […].

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The Definitive List of Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Holiday Season SaaS Deals

SendX

Black Friday & Cyber Monday are over. But, SendX is still offering a deal. SendX ?—?SendX is an intuitive, Feature-Rich, Affordable email marketing software that help's businesses run email marketing campaigns at scale. With its Opti-Send technology, SendX can drive up to 2X more open rates for your email marketing campaigns. Deal - 25% OFF across all MONTHLY plans.

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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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Influencer Marketing Tips Going Into 2019

Onalytica B2B

Yesterday we hosted our fourth Influencer Marketing Huddle event, gathering senior marketing and PR professionals from B2C, B2B and Not-for-profit brands to bounce ideas and experiences off each other, listen to brand & influencer panels, presentations & case studies and participate in practical workshop sessions where they can effectively create their strategies and outline next practical steps.

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5 Questions Answered on Small Business Marketing Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

Figuring out a marketing strategy when you’re the owner of a small business can seen daunting. Before you start worrying about marketing, though, it’s important to learn the most you can about your business and set goals that can help you succeed first. Knowing what demographics you’re going to market to as well as how […]. The post 5 Questions Answered on Small Business Marketing Strategy appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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If you’re a tech marketer, you need these 8 content marketing trends for 2019

Tomorrow People

Tim Lozier, marketing director at ETQ, gives his insights into the future of content marketing, why webinars will become more critical, and how storytelling marketing has changed the software industry. The market of software technologies is one of the most rapidly changing industries nowadays, and we at ETQ recognize this. Clients are no longer passive consumers — they want active results and real answers to solve real problems.

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Your Sales Year is Coming to an End. Are you ready?

InsightSquared

It’s two weeks until December. Holiday music is already playing in every store you set foot into, your weekends are starting to fill with egg-nog and apple pie induced festivities and every morning you find yourself layering up with an extra hat or scarf before you step outside. Tis’ the season! December around the corner also means your sales year is coming to an end.

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Purpose-Driven Marketing Comes to Town

Customer Experience Matrix

“If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made” runs the old joke. The irony-impaired managers of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) seem to have taken this as serious advice, last week announcing creation of a “Center for Brand Purpose” that will help companies publicize their social purpose. Confirming the worst stereotypes of marketers as cynical hucksters, the press release promotes its mission with the argument that “purpose-led brands grow two to three times faster than their co

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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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When Does Outsourcing Social Media ROI Make Sense?

Marketing Insider Group

Outsourcing social media ROI may sound far-fetched, but it’s not. Many teams, organizations, and brands outsource certain social media tasks, including ROI. ROI is a business term meaning, “return on investment.” When companies find it hard to communicate returns on their social media efforts, they look to outside resources to help bring things together.

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The Definitive List of Black Friday SaaS Deals

SendX

Cyber Monday is over. But, SendX is still offering a deal. SendX ?—?SendX is an intuitive, Feature-Rich, Affordable email marketing software that help's businesses run email marketing campaigns at scale. With its Opti-Send technology, SendX can drive up to 2X more open rates for your email marketing campaigns. Deal - 25% OFF across all MONTHLY plans.

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Customer-Powered Sales: 3 Top Tactics for Using Advocates To Build Trust With B2B Prospects

Influitive

When evaluating new products, B2B buyers don’t want to speak with sales reps. After all, why should prospective buyers trust someone whose greatest motivation is likely to be hitting their monthly sales quota? That is why prospects may ignore attempts you make to build a relationship over the phone or via email. Instead, they seek.

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Thomson Reuters’ head of content and campaign marketing on why emotional marketing is an unmined gem

Tomorrow People

“Customers will feel less likely to leave you if they are connected to you in a way that’s not transactional,” says Antonia Wade. Traditionally seen as a trick deployed only in consumer marketing, savvy B2B marketers are learning how to track, measure and market to the customers’ emotions. Antonia Wade, head of content and campaign marketing at Thomson Reuters tells us how she rebuilt the marketing function, putting customer emotions at the center.

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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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How Insights Into The B2B Lifecycle Can Prevent A Marketing Blind Spot

Marketing Insider Group

The speed at which changes in buying behaviors and decision-making are occurring is a challenge faced by B2B organizations. With data and technology as drivers, the time at which insights can serve as relevant is shrinking also. This phenomenon of speed in changing behaviors will cause a shift in thinking on the gathering of human-centric […].

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The Definitive List of Cyber Monday SaaS Deals

SendX

Ellen Davis, was the senior VP of research & strategic initiatives for the National Retail Federation (NRF) when he coined the term Cyber Monday in 2005. He had been noticing a recurring spike in online sales on the Monday following Thanksgiving. People were making purchases from their work computers where they had faster internet connections so that their kids couldn’t get a sneak peek at their gifts.

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8 Tactics & Tools PPC Marketers Should Be Thankful for in 2018

KoMarketing Associates

2018 has been a crazy year in the world of PPC Marketing. Advertisers have seen new tools, drastic interface changes, and a complete re-branding of Google’s paid program (RIP AdWords). Just like the holiday season, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the ever changing PPC world. With Thanksgiving only a few days away, it’s a perfect time to get in the mood of being grateful.

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Make Every AR Experience Magical with These Best Practices

Kaon

Kaon AR ® (augmented reality) is designed to be intuitive and easy to use on any mobile device compatible with Apple’s ARKit or Google’s ARCore (newer Apple or Android devices running the latest versions of the mobile operating systems). However, there are several best practices and tips we have compiled to ensure that every AR experience you, or your customer, has is as realistic and magical as it should be.

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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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The Role Subscription Marketing Will Play In Personalization

Marketing Insider Group

Marketers may not be familiar with the concept of the uncanny valley, but they should be: The personalization movement sits at its trough, and consumers are clamoring for them to pull it out. Proposed in 1970 by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, the uncanny valley concept was first applied to humanoid robots. When an entity appears […]. The post The Role Subscription Marketing Will Play In Personalization appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Win More Business on Your First Call: A Beginner’s Guide

Zoominfo

First impressions are important – especially as a sales rep trying to win more business. When you get on the phone with a potential buyer for the first time, every word you use can make or break a future sale. With so many tasks to accomplish during a first call, it’s easy to forget the simplest one – making a good first impression. If you’re struggling to capture your prospects’ interest during your first call, it may be time to freshen up your strategy.

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5 Trends that Will Define the Future of Marketing Automation

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

The evolution of marketing automation has had a profound influence on marketers and buyers alike. From the days of spray-and-pray email marketing and complicated database marketing, the technology and expertise of marketers have truly elevated marketing automation as a practice. Today, we use technology to analyze buyers’ digital body language to personalize, engage, and incite action on dozens of channels.

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How buyer personas help you make better videos

Vidyard

“Defining your target market is one of a marketer’s most important tasks.” One tool that has become essential to defining a target market is the buyer persona, especially with the rise of social media and video. Video is one of the fastest-growing types of marketing content and with good reason; 52% of marketing professionals worldwide name it as the medium with the best return on investment (ROI).

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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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Thanksgiving is every day for companies pursuing AI in marketing

Biznology

Thanksgiving in the US is almost upon us, and it puts me in a state of mind of being thankful for many things. But as an advisor to several AI companies, I have realized that they should be giving thanks every day. Here are just a few things they should thank their lucky stars for: Digital transformation. Data is the fuel of AI, and marketing had very little actionable data before companies transformed all the marketing to online.

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SEMrush Social Media Events Calendar 2019

SEMrush

As a community or social media manager, you will be glad to have this event calendar at hand. It allows you to filter the events by month, category or even country to help you build exceptional thematic and occasion-based campaigns. Add a bit of fun to your marketing activities with the SEMrush Social Media Events Calendar 2019!

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How to Read the Complex Digital Landscape to Better Track Your Audience Journey

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

As an avid hiker and kayaker, I understand the value of deciphering complex landscapes to identify the fastest, safest, and most successful journey. As a marketer & consultant, I often apply the same skills to decipher digital behaviors. To engage audiences as individuals , we must be able to track personal progress within the audience-brand journey.

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24+ Sites to Find Free Images You Would Actually Use for Your Marketing

Buffer

Here at Buffer, we think a lot about visual content. We’ve shared our own study on the importance of images in Twitter posts for more social sharing. We’ve explored tools that help anyone create visual content. Our social media management tool incorporates image posting because we know how important that element is to engage your followers and fans.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Converting with Extra Copy: 5 Long-Form Landing Page Examples

Unbounce

We all know how effective a short, concise landing page can be. It’s quick to read and, depending on the offer up for grabs, can convince visitors to purchase or opt-in fast. But there are benefits to building long-form pages too. For starters, longer pages can provide in-depth info visitors need to make informed decisions, helping you attract more qualified leads from the start.

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User Experience (UX) Pillars: The Secret to Boosting Website Conversions

Spiralytics

Tons of website builders allow people to create as many sites as they want in a snap. Whether you wish to customize your site or use a template, you should always look at how functional your website is. Failure to think of your consumer is one of the most common user experience mistakes out there.

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How to Create High-Value Sales Enablement Content

Kapost

There was a time when most businesses saw content as something that customers engaged with only during specific phases of the buyer’s journey. Today, more companies understand the critical role. The post How to Create High-Value Sales Enablement Content appeared first on Kapost Content Marketing Blog.

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