PureB2B

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Discover how AI transforms B2B lead generation & lead scoring. Harness the power of AI for precision targeting, personalization, and automation.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Imagine a world where machines pen our stories – sounds like sci-fi, right? Well, that future might be closer than we think. At Marketing Insider Group, we teamed up with Renegade.com and CMO Huddles for a groundbreaking study: ‘Man vs. Machine.’ We wanted to see how AI, like ChatGPT-3.5, measures up against the creativity of human writers.

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Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Is your B2B strategy performing the way you expect it to? Is it giving you the results you want and need? In order to keep up with the competition, you need to constantly grow your team’s strength and define your brand. Modern marketing is constantly expanding, and your audience will change, requiring new marketing strategies and tactics. To stay on top of your game, you need to spice up your social media marketing.

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FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is one of the top goals for B2B marketers. Why? A significant reason is that improving CRO creates a beneficial ripple effect. It can lower customer acquisition costs by getting more ROI from existing visitors and users. Like a rising tide, when CRO goes up, it can influence other metrics and lead to higher revenue per visitor and more customers.

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Ready to become the email wizard your team didn’t know they needed? Join our live webinar to uncover the secrets of mixing AI magic with human flair, crafting emails so good your audience can't help but write back. We'll spill the beans on: Scaling personal touches Tracking metrics (like revenue, duh) Building smarter campaigns that actually work Oh, and we’re throwing in multi-channel tips too—think LinkedIn ads and webinars that wow.

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The Mx Group

DECEMBER 12, 2023

These 16 video stats will make a clear case for getting your company, products, employees and customers in front of the camera to support marketing efforts.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Plain language brings a power too few decision-makers appreciate. This study proves that clear communication can attract a B2B audience and make them more likely to convert. Plus, get the resulting data-driven writing tips.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 13, 2023

As a social media brand or content creator, getting an audience hooked on your uploads is as fundamental as it is challenging. Luckily, that’s where videos come in handy as the perfect medium to propel your ideas into the world, making the intangible sound compelling. However, sometimes the view counter isn’t ticking up as expected, and that awesome video you made is ultimately unhelpful in bringing your brand closer to your audience.

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Social Media Video Marketing Media Eye-Tracking 147

Martech

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This is the second of two articles exploring data silos in marketing. Part one can be found here. Every company has issues with siloed data. Many companies know this but continue to use systems that provide information to various parts of the organization. This is where organizations face their most significant obstacle — lack of leadership with vision.

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Planning Marketing AI Customer Surveys Guidelines 142

Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 6, 2023

What’s ahead in content and marketing for 2024? AI gets a lot of attention in these predictions, but in surprising ways. Plus, these experts forecast the impact of social media and world turmoil and give a healthy dose of hope.

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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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SendX

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sometimes, your ISP (internet service provider) will try to control the rate at which emails are sent from a particular sender or IP address. This is done to manage server loads and prevent abuse. However, it may sometimes be problematic for a sender who does a lot of outreach.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Starting your own business isn’t as easy as it looks. It’s rare to find a business that immediately clicks with its market and runs smoothly without a ton of work. This begs us to ask the question: Why exactly do startups fail? How often does this really happen? Understanding why startups fail is key, and the reasons are quite varied and deep. If you’re thinking about starting your own business , here’s what you need to know.

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Act-On

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Migrating to a new marketing automation platform can be intimidating. But it doesn’t need to be. Consider first whether you even need to perform a full migration. Changing providers offers a unique opportunity to take a look at your current programs and lists and determine what’s working, and what’s not. You might not need a full migration.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As the end of 2023 rapidly approaches, here’s a quick look back at the posts, old and new, that grabbed the most attention this year. Image credit: Magda Ehlers on Pexels It’s an interesting mix, covering metrics and analytics; martech tools; AI (of course—wasn’t this pretty much the year of ChatGPT?); and a couple of oddball guest posts that generated a surprising degree of interest.

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The rise of AI and the fall of the cookie are profoundly changing programmatic advertising. With Chrome’s third-party cookie deprecation looming, the industry must adapt. With an overwhelming array of new and old technologies, many advertisers feel uncertain about how to proceed. Dstillery CEO, Michael Beebe, outlines a straightforward 4-step approach to streamline and enhance your post-cookie targeting strategy: Leverage first-party data.

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Vision Edge Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2023

[link] Imagine the business world as an intricate puzzle, with each piece representing a different participant in the business community: prospective and existing customers, suppliers, channel partners, influencers and connectors, and competitors. Just as solving a puzzle requires fitting the pieces together, businesses can strategically connect the dots of their ecosystem to create a comprehensive picture of growth and success.

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The Forward Observer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Growth Leader: Strategies to Drive the Top and Bottom Lines by Scott K. Edinger About the Book Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue. However you define business growth–total revenue, net income, margin expansion, number of products and services, or customer loyalty–sustained and strategic growth requires an organization to do more than sell by simply communicating the value of its products or services.

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Paid Search Agency Differentiation Buyer Personas Marketing & Strategy 171

SendX

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Email marketing for bloggers. Yep, we need to talk about it because it’s so important, and yet so many bloggers are either not doing it or are doing it the wrong way.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In a world where every click counts and attention spans are shrinking, it’s more important than ever to make sure your content not only reaches your audience but also resonates with them. This isn’t just about throwing content into the digital universe and hoping for the best. It’s about strategically placing your message in front of the right eyes at the right time.

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Paid Content Distribution Cost Per Thousand Cost Per Click 315

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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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Act-On

DECEMBER 9, 2023

When you set up nurturing sequences, it’s far too easy for them to get lost and forgotten, with staff turnover and programs continuing to run on autopilot. Revisiting your email marketing automation workflow and automation should happen regularly. We’ve been running automated programs for many years here at Act-On, and eventually ended up with 37 different sequences running.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Guest post by Scarlett Finley. With the increasing popularity of voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google Assistant, voice search optimization has become a vital element of a robust SEO strategy. Image credit: Mohamed_hassan on Pixabay This post explores the nuances of voice search and delves into techniques to elevate your website’s ranking in the use of voice assistants.

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The Point

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A client asks: “We recently purchased a list of email addresses from a reputable vendor for use in a campaign targeting competitive installations. Do the new Google/Yahoo deliverability rules make using a third-party list too risky? How should we approach the campaign differently?” My response: First, whereas the new rules (see below) increase the potential risk from using purchased lists, they don’t necessarily render such tactics irrelevant.

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Deliverability Rules Purchase Marketing Automation Services 157

The Forward Observer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue by Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop About the Book Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard? Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing. Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups. Yet revenue growth remains…lumpy. Slow.

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Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Startups Buyer Personas 164

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SendX

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In a world where content is king and everyone is a publisher, how do you make your voice heard? Your challenge as a publisher is twofold: creating quality content is just one part of the equation; ensuring it reaches and resonates with your audience is the other. With countless creators vying for attention, this blog dives into practical, no-nonsense email strategies tailored for publishers.

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Marketing & Strategy Email Marketing Marketing Strategy Practices 397

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Effective marketing strategies for complex products are essential to driving business growth. The strategies help build awareness, boost engagement, provide comprehensive customer experiences, and increase brand loyalty. At the end of the day, a good marketing strategy generates revenue that is pivotal for both sustaining and scaling a business. The problem is that you can’t use the same marketing strategy over and over again like a generic template.

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Act-On

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Considering a new marketing automation platform? You’re not alone. 23% of companies switched their provider in 2022! Unnecessary complexity and low utilization are driving the “Big Switch.” Marketing orgs only use 33% of their martech capabilities. Is it time to make a switch? Signs You Need to Consider a Switch Do any of these sound familiar? If so, you may need to join the 23% who switched.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Gone are the days when SEO was important just for the SERP. User behavior is changing, and studies show that around 31% of consumers use social media channels to find answers to their queries. The millennials and Gen Z are among the top groups driving this change, and it’s projected to grow over time. If you’re growing your business and footprint online, this is the best time to understand social media SEO.

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Social Media SEO Cost Per Click Media 151

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Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Marketers will improve customer experience in 2024 so brands can remain competitive and demonstrate to customers that they matter. Every year the bar gets raised. In 2024, keys to customer success will include better personalization delivered at scale by ramped-up automation and generative AI. And better digital content will surface, if organizations put in place the necessary guardrails for generative AI to fuel the anticipated content surge.

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The Forward Observer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

DISCOVER Questions® for Connections, Clarity & Control: The 10th Anniversary Edition by Deb Calvert About the Book Field research, interviews, and practical application + updates for communicating effectively in these turbulent times. DISCOVER Questions® is a framework to make your questions more purposeful. This is the book that will help you appreciate questions, be more deliberate in what you ask and how you ask it, and prepare you for dealing with various conversational barriers like inf

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Buyer Personas Barriers Click Rate Marketing & Strategy 164

SendX

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As an email marketer, you put a lot of effort and time into creating engaging and relevant content for your subscribers. But often, your messages end up in the Promotions tab instead of the inbox.

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