Webbiquity

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Guest post by Samantha Waites. An effective marketing strategy and sales business plan are essential to drive growth. Revenue marketing tries to close the gaps between sales and marketing by combining closed-loop data feedback and automation to ensure no money is wasted. Image credit: Austin Distel on Unsplash. Here are six ways revenue marketing can positively impact your business. 1.

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Smashmouth Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Your prospects may be looking for a solution to a problem that your company can solve. But they’re not contacting your salespeople for help. They’re searching for answers, reading content, and comparing options online. Green Leads CEO Mike Farrell joins Tessa Burg on the Leader Generation podcast to talk about intent data—buying signals that show which prospects are actively looking for potential solutions.

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Search Engine Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Technical SEO professionals need to diagnose and provide solutions for a better, more user-centric experience. Here's what you need to know about improving CWV. The post Advanced Core Web Vitals: A Technical SEO Guide appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Instacart hits the content jackpot with a fresh year-in-review report. Adobe offers some ‘ugly’ gifts. And a small chocolate shop curates a sweet treat of an email newsletter. Read our take on these content examples. Continue reading → The post 3 Hot Takes: A Viral (Foods) Report, an ‘Ugly’ Content Gift, and an Email Treat appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Speaker: Neal Boornazian, President and Nancy Harhut, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer - HBT Marketing

Direct mail has consistently remained a powerful tool in the marketer's arsenal, but in an age of digital dominance, its effectiveness hinges on the strategic integration of behavioral science. 💡 When you incorporate powerful behavioral science principles into your direct mail marketing strategies, you can prompt the hardwired decision-making shortcuts your audience relies on — and that automatically unlocks new avenues for engagement, conversion, and brand loyalty.

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Search Engine Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Bigger isn't always better – check out these creative ways SMBs can outrank even the largest competitors in search. The post SEO For Small Business: 5 Ways To Punch Above Your Weight appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Search Engine Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Explore 10 fundamental areas of digital marketing knowledge and opportunities you may want to tap into as you plan for the months and years ahead. The post 10 Digital Marketing Fundamentals Every SEO Pro Should Know appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

After losing his job and his marriage at the same time, John Felts needed work. He fell into sales while on an interview for an IT position. After nearly a year of struggling to make it in sales, his big break came when he started selling to a local blood bank. In this week’s episode, John tells us how he managed to stand out by giving his blood, sweat, and tears … and more blood Available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple | Spotify | Website Brace Yourself We’ve got milli

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Martech

DECEMBER 17, 2021

With marketers facing increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of the budget they’re allocated for programs, marketing attribution and predictive analytics solutions are tailor-made for proving how tactics and media channels contribute to the bottom line. But deciding whether or not your company needs a marketing attribution and predictive analytics tool calls for the same evaluative steps involved in any software adoption, including a comprehensive self-assessment of your organization’s bus

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

ZoomInfo’s podcast, “ Pretty Big Deal ,” shares big stories from salespeople about the deals that shaped their careers. Launched just over a month ago, we’ve already learned some pretty important lessons. As we round out the year, here are four compelling takeaways to help improve the way you sell. 1. Leverage Relationships In episode one, Bryan Tunick, a ZoomInfo sales manager, had to think quickly when a pretty fantastic deal nearly turned into a 90% discount.

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Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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readwrite

DECEMBER 17, 2021

While the pandemic has had a huge, disruptive impact on marketing, it’s still crucial to observe what will happen in the digital marketing and advertising spaces. The more accurately marketers understand trends, the more chances they have to beat the competition. Which ad tech trends are in demand in 2021 and which ones will boost the market beyond 2022?

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Search Engine Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It’s time to revisit our ad testing best practices. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to A/B test responsive search ads (RSAs). The post How To A/B Test Responsive Search Ads: Step-By-Step With Tips appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Martech

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Marketers are expanding their omnichannel playbook to include digital out-of-home (DOOH) and delivering contextually relevant ads to hyperlocal audiences, according to new findings released this week by the DPAA, a global out-of-home trade association. What they found. Two-thirds of marketers surveyed had activated a new DOOH campaign in the previous 18 months.

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Search Engine Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2021

What is SEO? Read about the basics you need to know to get started and learn the 3 biggest tips to SEO success. The post How Does SEO Work appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.

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Martech

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In this competitive environment, marketers must understand which online devices and offline behaviors belong to a consumer and who that consumer is. As the clock ticks closer to the disappearance of third-party cookies, marketers want to make sure they are reaching all their customers – the known and unknown. Will identity resolution be a smooth transition without third-party cookies?

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DAGMAR Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Behind every powerful law firm lies an effective SEO strategy consisting of several intricate tools and techniques that work in tandem to improve your website’s visibility in search engines. Schema markup is one of those tools. According to Search Engine Watch , pages with schema markup can rank four positions higher in search engines. Despite this remarkable discovery, less than 1 percent of companies have incorporated schema markup into their website–automatically providing those that do with

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Martech

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Marketing work management platform Wrike on Friday announced several updates, including one that claims to be able to predict a project’s success. What’s new? Wrike said it has added a new artificial intelligence layer to the platform dubbed AI Project Risk Prediction. The AI portends to be able to gauge success level by comparing projects set up in the platform to the millions of other projects that exist across its pool of customers.

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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Sales and marketing team alignment makes a lot of sense, and in most small-sized professional services firms, they go hand-in-hand. But as companies continue to grow, it’s not uncommon for sales and marketing to fall out of sync, and this can lead to significant losses in visibility, profitability, and growth. . In fact, a recent study showed that sales and marketing misalignment can prevent nearly 75% of leads from converting into sales.

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SEMrush

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We added the product’s category name to the title of product pages on an ecommerce site. Check out the result of this SEO split test.

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Roketto

DECEMBER 17, 2021

SaaS companies are unique creatures in the business world. While some companies rely on large transactions to drive company revenue, SaaS companies are a different animal. SaaS success is based on a large number of smaller transactions and recurring revenue through subscriptions or continued service to stay afloat.

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Litmus

DECEMBER 17, 2021

We’re back! It’s that time of the month where we recap the shifts that took place with email client market share last month. Let’s take a look at what happened in November 2021. Top email clients. If you’ve been following along, you’ll recall that last month we introduced a new grouping for Apple clients. Apple iPhone (iOS Mail), Apple Mail (macOS Mail), Apple iPad (iPadOS Mail), and Apple Mail Privacy Protection (MPP-impacted opens) will now be listed under “Apple”.

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SendGrid

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Below, we’ll walk you through the step-by-step process for how we prepare teams to build the right email solution from the get-go—regardless of expertise. The post Preparing to Onboard a Twilio SendGrid Email Application appeared first on SendGrid.

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Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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DivvyHQ

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Content marketers have come to rely on technology to streamline processes and ensure consistency, but there are so many tools to choose from. In this post, part of a content marketing platform comparison series, we’re digging into the similarities and differences between DivvyHQ and Welcome (formerly Newscred).

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Ignite

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It goes without saying that businesses are continuously looking for ways to meet--or exceed, if at all possible--their sales goals. To do so, CEOs and sales operation teams often focus heavily on the heavy hitters within their company. We all know them when we see them: the salespeople who are the absolute best sales team members within their companies because they are always the hero in any sale.

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6sense

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Let’s play Revenue Team make-believe for a few paragraphs. Let your mind drift to an ideal future state dreamworld where your revenue team is working with clean data (a miracle!), have perfectly mapped messaging & content to buying stages (hallelujah!), have mastered your multimedia output ( mon Dieu! ), and have even supercharged your social program (zounds!).

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MarketMuse

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Differentiation is the hallmark of a data driven content strategy. Here's what you need to publish compelling and carefully planned content.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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6sense

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Last week, we announced the publication of Want to Build a Successful B2B Community? Take a SoulCycle Class , an ebook written by 6sense CMO Latané Conant. It’s brimming with hard-earned actionable insights that can help your organization create its own successful B2B communities. It’s absolutely worth a look. Check it out here. If you’d like a sneak peek before you download the book, we’ve got you covered.

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readwrite

DECEMBER 17, 2021

While the pandemic has had a huge, disruptive impact on marketing, it’s still crucial to observe what will happen in the digital marketing and advertising spaces. The more accurately marketers understand trends, the more chances they have to beat the competition. Which ad tech trends are in demand in 2021 and which ones will boost the market beyond 2022?

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Drew Neisser

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Want to teach an old dog new tricks? Teach them shoshin. It’s a word from Zen Buddhism that means “beginner’s mind,” a state of approaching any challenge with a childlike eagerness. It’s about infinite curiosity, about the constant learning process, about being an open canvas to all the possibilities out there. It’s the shoshin mindset that drives everything at LTI , a global IT and digital solutions company with 40,000 employees around the world.

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