Contently

MARCH 30, 2020

A number of people have reached out to me asking for advice on how to protect their budget and make the case for content. Like many other marketing leaders, I’ve mapped out potential budget cuts in case the economic fallout from COVID-19 is worse than expected. But we’re not cutting content; we’re doubling down on it.

Paid Content 194

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Planning 194

Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 27, 2021

I know, I know, it’s got a circular shape in there that’s suggestive of integration, but I’ve never been able to get past the order of the words: paid, earned, shared, owned. And it’s not instructive for setting priorities in marketing. Earned – media or influencer relations. Earned – media or influencer relations.

Order 98

Order B2B Marketing Budget Programs B2B 98

Buffer

APRIL 19, 2023

Therefore, instead of focusing my marketing on building a fast following, I chose to focus on building a reputation. This meant, instead of hoping for the quick sales moment that paid ads offer, I worked on establishing long-term relationships.

Paid Search Agency 94

Paid Search Agency Ads Business Thought Leadership 94

Launch Marketing

JUNE 29, 2022

As the fintech industry evolves, grows and introduces new technologies, it is important to ensure that fintech companies are capitalizing on the most effective marketing tactics to reach the right audience with the right content at the right time. Social Media. billion people use social media regularly. Today, nearly 3.96

Demand Generation Agencies 118

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency Paid Content Advertising Agencies 118

Bannerflow

MAY 12, 2023

The social media landscape is ever-evolving and marketers need to stay updated to get the best results. In order to help you stay on track, we’ve put together some of the latest updates to social media platforms in the past week. To start a paid promotion, creators will need to enable the “Allow brand partner to boost” option.

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Social Media Media Advertising Agencies 52

ClickZ

MARCH 16, 2023

Bad news pings incessantly on our phones: the job of the media cycle is to put people in a ‘fight or flight’ mode to gain their attention. Focus on significant, simple market shifts The amount of “risk capital being invested is dramatically down , following record highs, grounding all strategies for growth.

Paid Content 131

Paid Content Brand Identity Branding Paid Search Agency 131

Content Marketing Institute

AUGUST 31, 2023

Technological disruption is par for the course in content marketing. What’s the best way to put AI’s content capabilities in play? We asked some experts presenting at Content Marketing World for their top AI tips and recommendations. But generative AI hits differently and closer to home.

Marketing AI 121

Marketing AI Content Marketing Planning Ethics 121

Brandpoint

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve all learned the hard way that no matter how much you try to plan and prep and predict, sometimes the world throws a curve ball and suddenly you’re stuck with a marketing plan that doesn’t make the most sense. But, since we’re marketers, we thrive on the unexpected, right? Manage workflows and processes ahead of time.

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Trends Planning Work Management Contingency Planning 157

Liveintent

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Some may find themselves frustrated by the continual hold up, but the delay presents an opportunity for brands of all sizes to better prepare themselves for the tremendous disruption ahead. While it’s been said many times, it bears repeating: Advertisers need to build a robust first-party data asset.

Newsletter 118

Newsletter Marketing & Strategy Lead Ranking Acquisitions 118

Webbiquity

AUGUST 26, 2021

The two most common objectives for digital marketing campaigns (and B2B marketing in general) are brand awareness and lead generation. With organic search, that prospective customer may land on almost page of your website, depending on what they searched for. Guest post by Grace Murphy. driving conversions.

Landing Pages 265

Landing Pages Paid Content Tips Paid Search Agency 265

Inbox Insight

MAY 24, 2022

Understanding the importance of multi channel in B2B marketing is one thing, but understanding what all of the related acronyms, tactics and individual channels actually mean is how you can truly begin to understand this comprehensive topic. What is Multi Channel and How is it Being Used in B2B Marketing?

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Content Standard

AUGUST 19, 2021

Silos can hold your team back—whether it’s a breakdown in communication between marketing and sales or marketing functions that just don’t work well together. Too often, content marketing is treated as something separate from the rest of your brand’s marketing.

Paid Search Agency 130

Paid Search Agency Planning Content Marketing PR 130

ConvertKit

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Why your newsletter needs a name. How to name your newsletter. 5 places to include your newsletter name. Whether an email newsletter is step one or one hundred in your creator journey, it deserves a name. Whether an email newsletter is step one or one hundred in your creator journey, it deserves a name. Jump ahead.

Newsletter 116

Newsletter Landing Pages Best Practices Ad Frequency 116

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs).

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Martech

AUGUST 4, 2022

Despite all the economic turmoil, 74% of B2B marketers expect their budgets to increase in the coming fiscal year, up from 68% last year, according to a new report. However, only 12% expect a large increase compared to 26% last year, according to digital marketing agency Wpromote’s State of B2B Digital Marketing report.

Paid Search Agency 115

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies B2B 115

Content Standard

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If you can’t take the 10 min to read this in its entirety, get the tl;dr: Generative AI has progressed to the point of generating content with enough proficiency to rival human creators. For me, this whole debate only underscores the longstanding fact that there aren’t really shortcuts to creating top-tier marketing content.

Marketing AI 117

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Generation Paid Search Agency 117

Sprout Social

JUNE 15, 2020

Is there a link between GDPR and social media? However, the impact of GDPR on digital marketing is ongoing and businesses in the EU aren’t the only ones affected. Marketers should take the time to understand the implications of GDPR, privacy laws and what it all means when it comes to social media. Good question!

Social Media 132

Social Media Social Marketing Privacy Policies Media 132

MKT1

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Educating the rest of your company on marketing is often the hardest part of doing marketing. Marketing’s actual job is to understand an audience and communicate to that audience in a value-add way. Yet, when it comes to doing this internally, marketers often fall short–very, very short.

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Planning Paid Search Agency Marketing Analytics Tools Advertising Agencies 75

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Competition for eyeballs and clicks are at a premium, so your email marketing strategy needs to constantly evolve to keep up. However, many companies still use generic tactics that haven’t been relevant in years — leading to disinterested customers frantically searching for the unsubscribe button. Is email marketing easy?

Marketing Automation Services 115

Marketing Automation Services Email Marketing Paid Search Agency Work Management 115

Contently

APRIL 20, 2021

If the pandemics of the past are any indication, we’re about to witness a decade of flourishing creativity—a content revolution that changes our culture. If one media trend dominated 2020, it was the emergence of “The Creator Economy.” who build self-sustaining businesses without media companies.

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Brand Identity Branding Content Creativity 123

SmartBrief - Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over the past decade, digital marketing, in particular social media marketing, has been noticeably transformed by the rise of the social media influencer. Influencer marketing offers a variety of unique benefits but also presents its fair share of challenges.

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Advertising Agencies Work Management Marketing Management Opinions 52

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

High quality premium content is arguably one of the most important elements of a successful content marketing strategy. Savvy professional services firms and other expertise driven sales teams develop content specifically to educate potential clients and showcase their expertise and areas of focus.

Paid Content 144

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 144

SmartBrief - Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over the past decade, digital marketing, in particular social media marketing, has been noticeably transformed by the rise of the social media influencer. Influencer marketing offers a variety of unique benefits but also presents its fair share of challenges.

Advertising Agencies 52

Advertising Agencies Work Management Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy 52

Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

When Melanie Deziel’s New York Times colleagues tweeted “ impressively produced ” and “ can’t believe I’m sharing a paid post … even mobile-friendly ” about a native ad that she and her team had created, she knew T Brand Studio had gotten some things right. What we talk about when we talk about native advertising.

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Mobile Advertising Advertising Agencies Advertisements Advertising 100

Atomic Reach

APRIL 30, 2019

What is Content Marketing ROI? In the words of the great Bill Gates, “Content is king.” If you are a marketer, is it is likely that you agree with this statement and that you see the establishment of this concept each day. They want to know the costs of content marketing and the potential revenue that can be had from it.

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ROI Content Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency 108

LeadsRX

MARCH 9, 2022

Marketing and marketing technology (MarTech) have a lot of terms and acronyms, so here’s our list of the most common – and some not-so-common – terms, complete with definitions. Attribution refers to giving credit to a particular advertising campaign or collection of campaigns for conversions. Attribution. Any-Touch Attribution.

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Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking 84

Outgrow

MAY 21, 2021

16 Unbelievably Useful E-commerce Marketing Tools You Need ASAP! E-commerce marketing can be a challenging process at times. It can also get confusing to identify which e-commerce marketing tools might be useful. This time, we’ll be noting the most feature-packed e-commerce marketing tools. But that’s not all.

Marketing Automation Services 139

Marketing Automation Services Paid Content Budget Programs Enterprise Management 139

Parse.ly

MARCH 2, 2022

Heading into 2022, we wanted to learn more about the state of content marketing—what challenges content marketers are facing, what’s working for them, and what’s not. . With that in mind, we launched a detailed survey to marketers around the world. Content teams are often small, but budgets and teams are growing.

Paid Content 59

Paid Content Content Marketing Planning Paid Search Agency 59

MKT1

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you don’t adopt AI as a marketer, you won’t be efficient or effective enough to compete—we’ve all heard this many, many times at this point. Kathleen and I are marketers and investors. Improve marketing operations and processes : Use AI to streamline your team and free up time to work on meatier projects.

Sales Management 52

Sales Management Paid Content Marketing Analytics Tools Tools 52

Marketing 261

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“We need a monthly newsletter!” ” Yep, the familiar battle cry from many online marketers… especially after seeing statistics such as “email marketing delivers an ROI of 4,400%! Email Marketing & Marketing Automation Excellence 2017 Report. It drives traffic to your website.

Newsletter 97

Newsletter Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking 97

Scoop.it

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Knowing that today’s customer journeys get longer and more complicated, marketers like to see leads as new conversions. One big question is – can content marketing help in driving leads and assist you in creating a proper lead nurturing strategy? Offer downloadable digital content. Consider hosting free webinars.

Lead Generation 76

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel 76

Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Do you have what it takes to be a social media consultant? Let’s break down ways to become a successful social media consultant and how to get started. If you need writing, social, or marketing/comms help, I’m taking clients! What do social media consultants do? This career takes time and work. I’m excited + terrified!

Social Media 106

Social Media Consulting Media Work Management 106

Sharpspring

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Marketing” refers to a broad universe of tactics, tools, and theories, but when it comes to marketing strategies for small businesses, the most effective ones truly prioritize customer relationships. A strong brand keeps up momentum even if advertising expenses rise. Here are the best marketing strategies for small businesses.

Small Business Marketing 70

Small Business Marketing Paid Content Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 70

Oktopost

JUNE 14, 2021

It takes intelligent targeting, a gentle approach, and calculated marketing strategies to embrace a new client into the sales funnel. It’s not uncommon for B2b marketers to conflate these two processes and definitions, which is an unfortunate lousy habit. . Thus, it takes market demand and converts it into actionable solutions. .

Demand Generation Agencies 145

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Generation Paid Content 145

seo.co

MAY 31, 2023

If you’re already working with a search engine optimization (SEO) consulting firm and you’re thrilled with the results, it would never occur to you to read an article like this. The same is true if you’re doing all your marketing in-house and you’re satisfied with the direction things are going.

Consulting 97

Consulting Paid Content Work Management Marketing Management 97

Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Catchy jingles, front-and-center product placement beneath boldly emblazoned brand logos, and impossibly gorgeous actors posing beside their latest purchase—it’s easy to tell when you’re watching an ad, right? This new development is worlds away from the in-your-face tactics of marketing’s past. The solution?

Paid Content 74

Paid Content Transparency Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 74

Martech

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And we were getting paid for it. After the event, what happened to all that content? She is working to change that, building a new program to repurpose more than 800 sessions of VMware event content — valuable content that will boost engagement and extend the reach of the company’s events through targeted campaigns.

Lead Scoring 121

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Budget Programs 121