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In B2B, Marketing Professional Services Is Different. Here’s How to Do It Right.

The Marketing Blender

In B2B marketing, professional services is an industry that requires a specialized approach. After all, you are often selling your “smarts” (expert knowledge that drives value in the service) instead of a tangible product. Why Is Marketing B2B Professional Services So Hard? You are selling VALUE.

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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

In this blog, we’ll cover: How to budget for your marketing needs Optimizing your marketing budget: Best practices Marketing budget breakdown Sample marketing budget How to budget for your marketing needs To set a marketing budget, you will need to look at past records, do thorough market research and analyze your team’s needs.

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What Is Sales Commission? Formulas, Examples, and Best Practices

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Done the right way, commissions can be a powerful incentive to give your best and go beyond your comfort zone. In my 20-plus-year career, and as founder of the Harris Consulting Group, I’ve learned some valuable lessons, tips, and best practices when it comes to structuring sales commissions. 1 x $5,000) = $100,500.

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8 Methods to Writing Creative Email Subject Lines [With 72 Examples]

Marketing Insider Group

Let’s dive into some of the best psychological hacks to get people to open your message, as well as 72 examples to get you inspired. The best way to get people to act (or click) is to invoke emotions like curiosity, urgency or even anxiety. Here are some real-life examples: 18X ROI From Just.01%

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The State of Modern Accounting Marketing Budgets

Hinge Marketing

How do today’s accounting firms build and utilize their marketing budgets? For over a decade, the Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) has partnered with Hinge to research, analyze and provide the valuable insights accounting marketers and executive leadership teams need to develop high-performing marketing programs.

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6 Questions to Ask When Creating Your Email Marketing Budget

Zoominfo

More than 86% of businesses surveyed in 2016 indicate that they plan to increase their upcoming email marketing budgets ( source )—and you should too. Before you can determine how much budget to allocate to email marketing, it’s important to establish your goals and priorities. Do you have access to the right tools?

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Use Your Unspent Marketing Budget On Content Marketing For Next Year

Marketing Insider Group

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. We’re gonna suggest you use your unspent budget on content marketing. How To Use Your Unspent Marketing Budget.