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Marketing Vs PR: What's the Difference?

SmartBug Media

One important way to do this is to have a comprehensive marketing and public relations (PR) strategy. Many people may view marketing and PR as interchangeable, but they are in fact two distinct forms of communication with unique goals and objectives.

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Marketing Automation vs Sales Automation

Oktopost

B2B marketing and sales professionals are fighting a daily battle to convert a finite number of leads. This is why automation of B2B marketing and sales activities appears inevitable. It’s clear that organizations looking to scale up embrace automation tools and solutions to boost their marketing and sales operations.

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Integrating Social Leads into the Demand Generation Funnel

The Point

And yet, at most B2B companies, social media is still relegated to a role loosely defined as awareness, community-building, or even PR. Are B2B marketers ignoring a huge opportunity? In addition, the platform integrates with leading marketing automation platforms, such as Eloqua, HubSpot, Marketo, and Pardot.

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B2B Marketing Department Structure: Finding the Right Approach

Act-On

This all depends on the size of your content budget and team, the volume of content you produce, and the business goals content marketing is meant to achieve. Common exceptions Here are some of the most common gray areas to b2b marketing department structures: Social media can live under Growth or Brand (or Content!)

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Importance of Marketing Automation Software for Businesses

Valasys

Marketing automation relates to the system whose purpose is performing marketing actions by avoiding physical effort. The importance of marketing automation is vast in the present marketing industry. In other words, marketing automation refers to an umbrella phrase for every tool, outlet, or solution.

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5 Easy Ways to Have Your Corporate Blog Drive Measurable Demand

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Blogs are historically the province of the PR team, and so they’re not often looked at as a vehicle for driving leads, sales engagement, and revenue. But it doesn’t necessarily take all new content or a massive blog redesign (read: time and money) to have even the most PR-centric blog start generating real value.

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14 Marketing Over Coffee Podcasts You Need To Hear

Marketing Insider Group

Healey Cypher Image Source: MarketingOverCoffee Did you know that being a better person can lead to happiness, luck, and overall success? In this marketing podcast, Healey Cypher, co-founder and CEO of BoomPop, shares his journey and really proves the value of being a good person.