Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 3, 2023

Does your business consistently share several types of marketing collateral? If not, you’re missing out on major opportunities for conversion. Sure, the product descriptions and prices on your website are important – but they’re not enough to convince prospects that you offer trustworthy, high-quality products and services. That’s where marketing collateral comes in.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How does a relatively small marketing organization scale its content strategy and deliver more valuable content to its customer base? Customers crave useful and informative content, but in a busy company, there are only so many hours in a day—and often not enough to produce the quantities of content it needs. The solution is to outsource content creation to a marketing firm experienced in writing compelling, high-powered articles.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Google’s helpful content update sets the stage for gaining more site traffic. Understanding the search engine’s latest algorithm adjustment is key to ranking well, growing your online presence and avoiding loss of visibility. Google aims to maximize user experience by identifying sites with both helpful and unhelpful content. Engaging content is boosted to rank higher and irrelevant content is knocked down the ladder.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Do you feel overwhelmed by the prospect of building a content strategy that covers all bases? Unsure about the real ROI on your current content marketing efforts? Stretched thin by the constant tasks required to keep publishing content? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re not alone — and it’s probably time to hire a content writing agency.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Chances are that your small business has explored a variety of marketing strategies over the years. However, business owners can sometimes overlook ways to enhance their marketing that are right in front of them, such as their point of sale system. Your POS system is actually not as unorthodox a marketing tool as it might first seem. Many small businesses have experimented with their POS system and marketing endeavors to find creative strategies with tangible results.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 31, 2022

In today’s crowded and increasingly digital marketing landscape, you need a strong content strategy in order to reach your audience. Here’s why: Your content strategy is what makes your brand visible on search engines. It helps the right customers find you at the right time and provides the best possible user experience once they’re on your website.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

With the year drawing to a close, business owners – as is their wont – look towards the New Year and the opportunities it may bring. While it’s always tempting to cast a wistful eye back over the previous twelve months, what really matters is the events looming on the horizon: the coming trials, challenges and openings. In this article, I’m going to share 4 practical tips to get your small or medium business ready for next year.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Developing quality content is crucial to build your brand and attract key audiences, but it’s definitely something easier said than done. Your best bet might be outsourcing your content creation to a team of writers. Since your brand and reputation mean everything as a business, you need to be completely satisfied with your content before clicking publish to ensure you’re making a solid first impression to potential customers.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

A great case study is like gold for marketing and sales teams looking to drive conversions. This is particularly true in the B2B world , where potential clients are looking for proof of long-term results with other companies before making their own buying decision. Knowing how to create a case study that clearly demonstrates your company’s ability to deliver is key to a complete B2B marketing strategy.

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JUNE 9, 2021

How can companies create content that is meaningful? It’s an important question to ask, especially when content marketing is part of your strategy (and we think it should always be part of your strategy). It’s easy to fall into a trap of churning out content without stopping to assess whether or not it’s really resonating with your target audience. And while consistent and high-volume content is a core part of content marketing, failing to make your content meaningful leads to overspending, low

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2021

Who is the one true king of marketing? Common guesses may include ads, conferences, or even brand ambassadors on social media. But none of these even come close. What if I told you the answer was quality content? Content is king today and will still be on the throne tomorrow. I’ll prove it to you – just in case you’re skeptical. In 2020, 70% of marketers were already actively investing in content marketing ( HubSpot ). 79% of B2B content marketers say their organization has a content marketing s

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APRIL 28, 2021

If you were to step back in time into a marketing conference from a decade or so ago, content marketing SEO would be the buzzword you’d hear on everyone’s lips. But back then, content was only a vehicle for injecting keywords into blog posts and other website content. Lots of them. Because, you know, SEO. And if you didn’t stuff your content full of them, the divine bots wouldn’t grace your posts and web pages with the number one position in the search results.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 12, 2021

Event sponsorship is one of the most effective ways of monetizing events and delivering marketing ROI. However, when it comes to virtual event sponsorship, additional considerations are needed to create packages that can be used to attract the best sponsors. Marketers need to gain a holistic view of the entire virtual event experience to identify promising opportunities.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2021, many top marketing agencies and tech companies are still hosting digital marketing conferences. Some are virtual, while others are still planning (and we are all hoping for in-person B2B digital marketing events later in 2021. With virtual events, you may think that we lose something that accompanies traveling, meeting marketing experts and peers face to face, and sitting in huge auditoriums with dynamically engaged marketing speakers.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2020

You don’t always need to hire a specialist agency or invest a large part of your budget to improve your SEO. You don’t necessarily need a lot of time either. While it’s true that your digital marketing strategy should be long-term and ongoing to see the best results, you can also make a big improvement to your SEO in a short space of time. This seven-day guide will take you through some straightforward steps to improve your SEO that could make a big difference to your ranking.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Bad presentations are brutal. Unfortunately, we’ve all been there in some way, either as the presenter or as an audience member. Let’s paint a visual. As the presenter, you catch people nodding off in the back, scrolling on their devices in the front, and daydreaming about better days. Meanwhile, you’re sweatin’ bullets, time has conveniently decided to slow down, and you’re still talking too fast!

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Can you remember the last time you worked in your office? Not just to grab your mouse and comfy chair, but actually entered the office before 9 AM and stayed until after 5? For me and my NetLine marketing colleagues, it was March 14th; we’ve all been working remotely ever since. I’m sure the story for many of you is the same. Regardless of whether we’re talking about the commercial or residential side of the industry, the Real Estate profession certainly finds itself in a curious place.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Whether you’re launching a new small business or already have an existing one, you need to develop a marketing strategy that prioritizes a strong online presence. With 97% of people researching local businesses online, it’s essential to meet potential customers where they spend the most time on. However, growing your small business in the digital landscape isn’t easy.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Unfortunately too many people are looking for work. So if you’re interviewing for a new job, it can be easy to get wrapped up in the excitement. And It’s tough to know what it’s really going to be like once you start. First, you should realize that the biggest predictor of job satisfaction is the relationship you have with your immediate manager and I know because I’ve had 53 jobs.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

What is phygital marketing? Nope, it’s not a typo. This is a real thing. And we’re gonna define it for you: Phygital marketing involves merging the worlds (and words) of both physical and digital experiences. For example, phygital marketing involves communicating with potential customers who might toggle between in-store and online shopping. While mobile shopping continues to rise, customers also use their mobile devices to enhance in-store shopping experiences. .

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In our second blog in a series on the Impact of Coronavirus on B2B Content Consumption , we noticed an interesting trend. By the late Spring, the one professional audience that had the most voracious appetite for content related to the virus and working from home was the Legal field. Considering that most of the content consumption occurring on our platform is being initiated by by a balanced mix Financial, IT , HR, Sales and Marketing professionals, seeing the sudden flurry of Legal activity r

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2020

What does a CMO’s (chief marketing officer) salary have to do with their influence? It’s an interesting question. Logically, we think the higher the salary, the greater the influence on a company. While marketing remains a critical aspect of business growth, CMOs are losing ground in the realm of influence. But that doesn’t mean marketing doesn’t matter.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2020

LinkedIn’s State of Sales Report shows that 44% of sales and marketing teams are seeing a significant drop in responsiveness to social and email messaging. Many blame it on C-19. But buyers want to engage with experts and they want support for their current and future challenges. So, why are sales and marketing teams challenged to build strong social relationships so they can overcome sales plateaus, sales drops, and sales troughs?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2020

One of the most central tenets of Agile is to always be focused on delivering value to your end customer (which is one of the reasons it jives so nicely with marketing). In that spirit, our AgileSherpas (myself included) spend a lot of time sharing information on marketing agility with anybody and everybody who’ll listen. As part of that effort, I recently joined the Content Marketing Institute and Workfront on a webinar about Agile marketing , and, as happens so often, there were far more amazi

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 17, 2020

“How do they do it?” my clients ask, as they look at the number of blog articles by their industry’s top producers. “How many articles should I publish to increase my traffic and leads?”. Often, it feels as if we can never quite write enough content to keep up with the “big guns” in our industry. Then, we read that we need to write 2-4 articles per week ?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 16, 2020

A picture speaks a thousand words – but video content marketing attracts and engages users even better. One study found that visitors spend 88% more time on a website with video. If you’re a switched-on marketer, that’s one statistic you cannot afford to ignore. Video has long been touted as one of the biggest things in marketing. It enables businesses and brands to project their personality, to showcase the very human team behind the logo, and to build a genuine connection.

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JUNE 16, 2020

We all know that companies advertise their products or services to let potential customers know about their brand and what they have for sale. But, there is such a thing as too much advertising? Call it information overload, the nearsightedness on the part of marketers, or anything else you want, the reality is, people hate ads. We’re all bombarded with ads in our daily lives with everything from bus stop ads and billboards to television commercials and digital advertising.

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MARCH 31, 2020

It’s always essential to get the basics right. Looking at this year’s digital marketing trends can help your business get in on the ground floor of tomorrow’s leading-edge strategies. Let’s take a close look at the most critical aspects of the digital marketing trends you can’t ignore in 2020. Quick Takeaways: Taking the lead in digital marketing is essential for businesses in 2020’s high-tech marketing environment.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Your employees are the most important asset in your organization. Investing in employee engagement means more than just implementing initiatives to keep your employees happy. Highly engaged employees are the driving force behind any successful organization. When your employees truly believe in your company values and that the work they are doing is important, they’ll go above and beyond to help achieve your mutual business goals.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 2, 2020

Having a rich and unified understanding of the voice of the customer through data and insights is important to any brand. But to truly achieve customer loyalty, reach long-term sustainable growth, and lower your customer acquisition costs, you’ll need to connect with their heart. This shift is essential to any brand that wants to ally with buyers on an emotional level.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 2, 2020

Whether you own a small business or manage marketing for a large corporation, you probably spend a great portion of your budget on pricey marketing activities, including your website and related IT. But if you’re leaving your website as a static entity, like a television set always tuned to the same channel, you’re making a grave mistake. By adding a blog and, better yet, hiring a blog writing service , you’ll get better ROI than any other marketing activity.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Although decisions about a company’s marketing strategy aren’t as critical to life and limb as are those of a warrior on the battlefield, they are critical to the lifeblood of the company. As former Navy SEAL and Forbes business leadership consultant Brent Gleeson points out, there is indeed a vital thread that runs through all decision-making, both in the boardroom and on the battlefield.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 8, 2020

The aim of marketing has always been to get and keep new customers to drive growth for our business. In the past, traditional product-led marketing techniques were used to great effect. We could talk about how amazing our product is, justify the price, and let buyers know where to buy it. The dawn of the social, mobile web has disrupted that world. Now we need to break through the endless noise of content, ads, and cat videos to earn our buyer’s trust.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The new year is rapidly approaching, and marketers are on the hunt for more budget, stronger skillsets and new strategies to bring their ideas to fruition. With this in mind, PAN Communications presents its 3rd annual CMO Predictions campaign, designed to assess the industry landscape and provide marketers with a look at upcoming challenges and trends.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Everyone knows that in order for you content marketing efforts to be as effective as possible, you need to have a plan. But coming up with a plan is only part of the solution. Aligning your team so that everyone is executing on the plan effectively is another part. Planning and executing on your marketing strategy is one thing when you’re operating solo.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

When implemented appropriately, gamification serves as an important element of a company’s strategy to get its employees to engage with corporate social media. Employees who are activated through games and competitions to expand their employer’s reach and recognition on social media can be huge assets to their employer. After all, the more “likes,” shares and followers that a business gains on social media, the greater the company’s social media reach can be.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

If you’ve read the news lately, you’ve come across Greta Thunberg’s name. Since skipping school to protest at Sweden’s parliament building in 2018, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist represents the teen-led climate strike movement. Thanks to Thunberg and the millions she’s inspired, it’s become clear that young people view climate change as a defining issue of their generation.

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