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The Ideal Trade Show Checklist & Timeline

Navigate the Channel

It’s been a while since trade shows were the must-meet-and-see-events for B2B industries, but recently trade show event space and calendars are filling. Marketing departments and agencies are working to develop trade show themes and slogans, many of them highlighting being back together and pressing the restart button.

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What Is B2B Event Marketing and Why You Should Still Consider it in 2021

Oktopost

of its marketing budget for events. 77% of business decision-makers found at least 1 new supplier in the last trade shows they attended. 92% of trade shows attendees are on the lookout for new products. 99% found unique value in this B2B marketing strategy that they did not get from other channels.

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How To Build a Better Marketing Budget

Hinge Marketing

Every year professional services firms everywhere struggle to come up with a better marketing budget. Why Most Professional Services Marketing Budgets Fail. To make matters worse, most marketing budgets typically target way, way, way too many target audiences with underfunded efforts. Start with strategy.

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Digital Content Strategy for Today’s Professional Services Firm

Hinge Marketing

Many traditional, “tried-and-true” marketing techniques (think sponsorships, face-to-face networking events, print advertising, trade shows) no longer generate sufficient results to sustain a growing practice. Even firms that embrace online marketing often do it wrong, wasting precious time and money.

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tools of the trade: webinars and online presentations

The Effective Marketer

An interesting way of looking at it is by making a grid on a sheet of paper or using a spreadsheet comparing your needs versus the features required. Sample requirements grid for webinar platform selection Why list technical support and online training? United States License. United States License. United States License.

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Ongoing Management & Tracking of a Marketing Budget

Allocadia

This post is part 3 of a three-part series on building and managing a marketing budget: Part 1: How to Organize Your Marketing Budgets. Part 2: How to Build Out a Marketing Budget. Part 3: Ongoing Management & Tracking of a Marketing Budget [below]. Reconciling a Marketing Budget.

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Marketing Planning Process for Professional Services

Hinge Marketing

Any firm that wants to succeed needs a marketing plan. However, the marketing planning process that works well for consumer products, industrial goods or not-for-profits is not well suited for professional services. Creating a marketing plan takes more than just writing down some ideas about how to promote your firm.