Directive Agency

APRIL 15, 2022

Too often, companies can get stuck in a sort of tunnel vision, focusing only on one digital marketing solution for their business, either SEO or PPC. This article will highlight each digital marketing component providing the unique benefits while also including the drawbacks of having tunnel vision in each. What is SEO?

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Hubspot

MAY 20, 2020

For marketers, the resulting shift in business landscape has required us to review our previous strategies and make adjustments that will allow our clients to continue thriving in the wake of unforeseen circumstances. Should you be advertising in 2020? Where should you advertise? But what does this mean for advertisers?

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Paid social advertising has changed a lot since Facebook (now Meta) introduced ads at an event in 2007 featuring executives from Blockbuster, CBS, and The Coca-Cola Company. Why are ABM and ungated content in the spotlight right now? Let’s say HubSpot’s Marketing team runs this ad on LinkedIn.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

There are probably other companies that do the same thing. Digging into your competitor’s approach through a marketing competitor analysis is critical to putting together or updating your brand’s marketing strategy. And this informs your marketing game plan. What is competitor analysis in marketing?

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Martech

APRIL 26, 2022

You’ve heard about the results companies are getting with account-based marketing (ABM) and you want to know what it will take to make it work for you. Like any digital marketing campaign, the cost of running ABM campaigns consists of multiple components with multiple line items within each component.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Some marketers think there is a big difference between B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business) marketing, but the fact is, there are facets of both that have similar qualities. Because of this, B2B marketers can employ many “traditional” B2C strategies of marketing into their own campaigns.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Looking for B2B leads on social media? billion active social media users are out there, and many of them are just who you are looking for. The sheer volume of users flocking to social media sites proves that it only makes sense to target prospects where they congregate. What is Social Selling?

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The Point

JUNE 24, 2022

How should companies adapt their demand generation playbook to better serve the needs of the self-serve buyer? Key Finding 1: Buyers have all but replaced vendor-provided content. As in the consumer space, B2B buyers use a variety of content to research prospective purchases: social media, Google search, review sites.

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Hubspot

MARCH 6, 2017

With all that time invested, you can't stop at just embedding the video on a homepage or sharing it on social media and hoping someone watches. While great content is bound to be found, it's also important to be proactive about gaining the attention of and educating prospects and those unfamiliar with your brand.

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 18, 2020

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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Hubspot

MAY 11, 2020

And while everybody seems to know what not to publish these days, many marketers are asking: what should we put out into a world in the throes of a crisis? And how to be there for their audience without adding to the noise. Consumers are increasing searches for valuable information and engaging with businesses at record rates.

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Navigate the Channel

AUGUST 11, 2022

It might seem like events are no longer necessary in this era of digital marketing, but live events are still a powerful tool for building relationships, rewarding past customers, and showcasing your team and your products. 99% found unique value in this B2B marketing strategy that they did not get from other channels.

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Directive Agency

AUGUST 3, 2020

While a majority of B2C companies are crushing the social media marketing game, many B2B organizations are lagging behind. It’s going to take a lot more than a stellar Facebook ad to turn a prospective buyer into a paying customer. Facebook advertising for B2B brands. The problem? Let’s get started.

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Directive Agency

MAY 20, 2020

When potential customers Google a keyword, find your product, and begin showing an interest, keep in mind that they may not be in the market for your product specifically. For example, if you Google the term “log analysis”, many ads for log analysis platforms show up. Total Addressable Market (TAM) on LinkedIn. test it out.

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Inbox Insight

JUNE 7, 2020

79% of B2B marketers say that improving ROI of marketing activities is a key focus for 2020. And when it comes to inbound marketing specifically, proving ROI isn’t so straightforward. Why you need to measure your inbound marketing efforts. Successful inbound marketers don’t make decisions based on gut feelings.

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Metadata

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What did $42M in spend on Facebook and LinkedIn tell us about successful paid social ads? A lot—but mainly, it showed us the four elements of paid social ads —the ad format, channel, audience and offer type—must work in harmony to drive leads, pipeline and ROI. First, what’s an offer type?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The people who came the year before may be your biggest supporters and are more likely to immediately purchase the tickets, even if you don't have all the details for the event hammered out quite yet. Rather, use an email marketing service to send a personalized email to your contacts and prospects. Add a date limit, too.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 21, 2017

These days, it’s a given that anyone involved in digital marketing understands the importance of social media, from a content and engagement perspective. Developing a social media marketing funnel “mindset” so that you can think like a conversion optimizer when planning and executing your social media campaigns!

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Oktopost

APRIL 22, 2019

It’s hard to deny that it is the biggest marketing concern in 2019. Especially, for B2B and Considered Purchase marketing. digital companies now have a veritable plethora of viable and effective marketing channels available for lead generation. So, what’s a marketer to do?!

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ScanmarQED

MARCH 17, 2021

ways to deal with marketing measurement is to combine disaggregate tracking insights with aggregate analysis.? talking about using Marketing Mix Modeling?(MMM)? Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM)?is These learnings when applied to optimizing media budgets help drive long-term performance.?But?it that warrant it. ?. It works by?looking?at

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Directive Agency

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A hyper-important part of any go-to-market plan is making sure you understand who your product is for and how best to reach them in the SaaS space. So without out any ado whatsoever, let’s get into how to organize a go-to-market plan for your SaaS brand. Building your TAM (Total Addressable Market) .

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Paid media and inbound marketing are often considered at odds or even opposite approaches to marketing. In fact, no intelligent inbound marketing plan is truly complete without the right paid media ad strategy. What Is Paid Media Advertising? Paid Media versus Free Media.

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Single Grain

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Running paid advertising campaigns on social media has become a staple in any digital marketing strategy. But in an ever-changing environment where bids rise and new ad types become available, advertisers struggle to stay up to date with the latest changes.

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Single Grain

AUGUST 31, 2023

B2B marketing is tricky because of how unconventional it can be. And that’s where we come to the topic of paid social media advertising for business-to-business companies. Work With Us Paid Social Media Advertising’s Standing in B2B Verticals Prepare for a paradigm shift.

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Digilant

APRIL 2, 2024

social network ad spending by an impressive 10 percent. This year, eMarketer now expects social network ad spending to hit $82.9 The upswing in social ad spending reflects just how important social media advertising is for brands and agencies within the current digital reality.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

Marketers, can we be honest with each other for a second? On a scale of 1-10, how much do you really understand the world of paid advertising? Despite the fact that 45% of small businesses use paid ads , pay-per-click is still a concept that eludes many of us. When done right, PPC can earn you quality leads.

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Huptech Web

MARCH 2, 2023

It has emerged as a new buzzword in online shopping, representing the interaction of social media and eCommerce. By leveraging social media platforms to facilitate transactions, businesses can create a more seamless shopping experience for their customers, increasing sales and brand loyalty.

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Act-On

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Getting started with pay-per-click (PPC) advertising—or any type of digital advertising—can be downright overwhelming. Advertising has its own special lingo and library of acronyms involved, and new tactics and technologies are constantly emerging. What is Account-Based Advertising? What is an Ad Audience?

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In 2012, DNA testing and the implications of one’s genetics got the public’s attention with the launch of AncestryDNA and an aggressive marketing campaign by 23andMe. have heard of at least one type of genetic testing company, if not tried one as a consumer. What does all of this mean for genomics companies today?

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

But because of this mix of traditional and digital marketing, “Disgraceland” has over 100 million downloads for a podcast that’s less than two years old. The debate between traditional and digital marketing is long and lasting. It ultimately comes down to which one fits the needs of your company. What is Traditional Marketing?

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SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The more data you put in the hands of a marketer, the more informed and strategic their decisions become. That’s where urchin tracking module (UTM) tags become an essential tool in a marketer’s arsenal to ensure we’re able to report at a deeper level. Why they are important for marketers to use.

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Directive Agency

JUNE 24, 2020

In a recent interview with our Director of Marketing, Hannah Mans, she outlines the successes that Directive has found with LinkedIn conversation ads. Conversations ads were launched by LinkedIn back in March of 2020, and since then has been an important topic of conversation (no pun intended). What do conversation ads do?

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Directive Agency

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

I am the co-founder and CEO of Directive Consulting and today we’re going to be discussing the power of asking “why” in search marketing. We find that positioning and knowing why someone chooses your product and service is, at the end of the day, the most important thing about marketing.

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QuanticMind

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We close out a jam-packed Day 1 at SMX East 2016 with a variety of SEM insights from every corner of the paid search strategy playbook. The 2016 Search Marketing Expo is underway in New York City, offering a snapshot of digital advertising trends in paid search engine marketing.

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