The Marketing Blender

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Our Services. . 5 marketing budget allocation best practices. When it comes to marketing, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. That said, there are some general principles you can follow when allocating your marketing budget to ensure you’re getting the most bang for your buck. .

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

When the pandemic started, our content marketing agency actually gained customers. The reason was mainly due to unspent marketing budget. Marketers, SaaS founders and startup CEOs were pulling their money from ads and events and doubling down on content marketing. Now we ARE a little biased.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 13, 2023

In spirit of 2023’s Oscar Awards, we’re naming 10 small businesses that we believe deserve recognition for the best content marketing. Every great business owner knows that committing to the best content marketing practices can take your profits to the next level. Not convinced? We have proof! 3…2…1…Action!

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Instead of planning for 2018 when you’re already starting it in January, the most prepared B2B marketers already have priorities identified and plans for execution come January 1. We reached out to B2B marketers across different industries and asked them the following question: What are B2B marketers prioritizing in their 2018 budget?

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A new survey from SEMrush identifies some of the biggest marketing challenges you’re facing right now. From tight budgets to low traffic, and the constant need to show ROI, marketers are facing some tough times. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution to tackling the biggest ones. Key Takeaways.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 22, 2021

To build or grow a startup in 2021, you need to invest in tools that can help you optimize, automate, and improve every working part of your business – from sales and marketing to employees and customers. In marketing alone, you have over 8,000 tools to pick from. Marketing Tools for Startups. Kissmetrics . AnswerThePublic.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But budget limitations can make or break even the best, and most thorough plans you’ve set to accomplish in 2024. They’re expected to make every marketing dollar count and deliver maximum impact on a limited budget. Focus on understanding their needs, preferences, and perceptions related to your products or services.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Here are some statistics related to edtech marketing: According to GlobalData estimates , the EdTech industry will grow from US$183.4 Online education is the fastest-growing segment of the edtech market, with revenues expected to reach $350 billion by 2025 (Source: ResearchAndMarkets ). 4 Marketing Learnings From a Study.

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Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. A challenging digital marketing world. What platform do you advertise on? But let’s face it.

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 21, 2024

Influencer marketing has rapidly become a key strategy for many marketers. In fact, 80% of marketers now have a specific budget set aside for influencer campaigns. Marketers understand that people trust the words of influencers rather than their own. What is Influencer Marketing? Let’s find out.

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Emplifi

AUGUST 30, 2019

Nowadays, paid social media is absolutely essential for businesses. It’s the only way to scale your marketing quickly and get the results you need from your efforts. 2018, CMOs spent more than 21% of their marketing budget on advertising with 66% of that going to paid social media digital channels.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 5, 2024

Allocating resources and setting a budget that reflects your content marketing goals is like having a GPS for your content strategy — it keeps everything on track. It ensures you’re not throwing away money but investing where it will make the most difference and get you the best returns. Content creation.

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The Marketing Blender

MARCH 22, 2024

A robust B2B digital marketing strategy can and WILL drive growth in revenue, reputation, and resilience for your business. Otherwise, you’ll get overwhelmed by ALL the options available for marketing online. These are our best tips for helping you focus on what matters. Go deeper than demographics and even firmographics.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

In 2017, email marketing turned half a century old. Yet, B2B marketing professionals continue to rank the channel high on their list of preferred marketing tactics. Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere.

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The Point

AUGUST 27, 2019

In a remarkably short time, LinkedIn has grown to become a major player in B2B advertising (at about 20% of total industry spend, according to industry watchers ), quickly rivaling search advertising on Google. Non-Content Offers. 8 Common LinkedIn Advertising Mistakes #paidsocial Click To Tweet. Stale Creative.

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Sharpspring

AUGUST 17, 2021

Paid advertising is often one of the most expensive aspects of your marketing budget. While retargeting campaigns generally have a better ROI, your strategy still suffers if you leave it up to the algorithms — which don’t always serve your ads to the right people. The True Costs of Paid Advertising.

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EveryoneSocial

JUNE 14, 2022

Marketing is constantly evolving and the way buyers consume also changes. But within marketing, there will always be channels that are part of the overall playbook. One of those being paid advertising, whether it’s paid social (LinkedIn, Facebook) or paid search (Google, Bing). Let’s explore!

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Building brand reputation and loyalty is the top business priority for leaders in the current economic climate, according to the 2023 State of Social Media report. ROI is a critical proxy for gauging effectiveness, not to mention a jumping-off point for future budget asks.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Influencer marketing has grown beyond getting a viral moment. It has become a core element of marketing and sales strategies. Our Q3 2023 Pulse Survey revealed 81% of US-based social marketers consider influencer marketing an essential part of their social media strategy.

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Webbiquity

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Being at the forefront of marketing sometimes requires shifting resources away from old practices. That’s why 52% of outbound marketers say their marketing efforts are “ineffective”. In fact, inbound marketing is starting to be used more than outbound marketing. What is Inbound Marketing?

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 10, 2022

Influencer marketing is getting bigger in 2022. A recent report shows 76% of brands are planning to increase their influencer marketing budgets this year. If your brand’s not working with influencers on marketing campaigns, you’re missing out big time. Influencer marketing tools for social listening.

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Contently

MARCH 30, 2020

We live in a world of conflicting projections—charts that loosely map the best- and worse-case scenarios for our work and personal lives as COVID-19 looms. A number of people have reached out to me asking for advice on how to protect their budget and make the case for content. The compounding returns of content.

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Marketing is Essential During a Recession. It’s tempting to cut back on your marketing budget, but data shows that is actually not a good idea. According to a new report from Analytic Partners , if you cut back on marketing spending during a recession, your competitors may swoop in and steal your business. Click To Tweet.

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Webbiquity

MAY 2, 2019

Marketing budget allocations are being shifted from traditional, offline marketing strategies to more innovative, digital channels. And influencer marketing is one such strategy that’s become increasingly popular. Clearly, brands have realized the potential the influencer marketing holds.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

What does marketing even mean right now? So, what’s the answer to marketing in the age of disruption? Marketing isn’t a function. In this post, I’ll take you through marketing in the age of disruption and define five essential tips to help your brand make the leap to change and evolve. Quick Takeaways.

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Pam Didner

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Content is vital in B2B marketing, especially in a long purchase cycle. Yet, most B2B content marketers face challenges demonstrating their work’s ROI (“return on investment”). The best way to quantify content ROI is through demand generation and sales.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you’ve ever fallen prey to the little red notification bubble staring at you from the corner of your social media apps, join the club. The notion that social media holds a conspicuous power over its users is to many in the industry an uncontroversial one and should resonate with most business owners and social media managers.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

2020 was a tough year for B2B marketers – and everyone else. A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. The data bears this out.

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Content Standard

JANUARY 4, 2019

The history of media has always been fueled by classic rivalries. Or for those working in the digital space, content marketing and advertising. But as 2019 rapidly approaches, a new sort of understanding has started to arise in marketing offices. What could this new dynamic mean for content marketers?

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Binary Demand

JUNE 22, 2023

The quick answer is that businesses gain valuable insights into their target audience, industry trends, and market dynamics by gathering, analyzing, and utilizing data. It begins when sales and marketing teams employ a range of B2B lead generation strategies to pique the target market’s interest and lead prospects through the sales funnel.

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Metadata

JULY 21, 2022

Paid social ads can guarantee exposure, drive traffic, and encourage revenue. Organic social media is often positioned as the be-all and end-all of social media marketing. However, to really maximize your social media efforts, you need both organic posts and a paid social media strategy.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2020

While companies have relied on traditional marketing strategies for decades, some are still wondering, what is content marketing really? Content marketing, when you peel away all the layers of techniques, trends, and possibilities, is a business opportunity. What Is Content Marketing Really?

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Martech

JUNE 29, 2022

Performance marketing refers to a variety of online advertising programs where parties are paid when a specific action is completed. It’s often associated with pay-per-click (PPC) models on search engines (where advertisers pay for clicks versus impressions). Types of performance marketing models.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 8, 2024

For many companies, it’s the perfect time to start planning out content budgets — and for good reason. One, a content budget lets you allocate resources more efficiently. It determines how much you can invest in paid ads or tools like marketing automation. But what comprises a content budget?

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In the world of digital marketing, the ability to track and measure the success of marketing efforts is essential to the success of any business. One of the most important metrics that businesses track is lead and conversion attribution, which is the process of determining which marketing efforts led to a specific lead or conversion.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This points to one of the biggest barriers facing business leaders when it comes to search engine optimization. But the math is not as simple as, say, pay-per-click advertising with its straightforward transactional nature. Search engines are evolving around search intent. That’s been proven over and over again.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 24, 2020

If you’re a marketer today, anything that helps you refine your social media goals is a plus. Because the opportunities and marketing channels available to brands today are staggering. What is SWOT in marketing, though? “Oh great, another new marketing acronym.”

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