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How COVID-19 Has Changed Four Key Components of Marketing

RebelMouse

As the second half of 2020 begins to pass us by, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on throughout the global community. The longevity of the pandemic has left thousands of industries struggling to find an appropriate position in the marketplace that will allow them to sustain themselves alongside daily tragedy. The pandemic is far from over, but publishers and marketers are beginning to sift through the aftershocks of what COVID-19 has done to the web.

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B2B Marketing’s Role in Driving Revenue With Integrity

Fusion Marketing Partners

It is critical for everyone on the revenue generation side of the business (including you folks in the marketing department!) […].

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8 Strategies to Grow Your Business with LinkedIn Stories

Marketing Insider Group

You had to know it was coming, right? Facebook smashed Snapchat’s entire business model when it launched Instagram Stories. Stories are so successful that almost every social media app – including messaging apps like WhatsApp – offers their own versions now. . It’s time for LinkedIn to get in on the action. And time to update your LinkedIn Marketing Strategy !

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How to Get Started With Account-Based Marketing in 8 Steps

KoMarketing Associates

Account-based marketing has been around for several years now. It’s widely acknowledged as being an effective strategy, and there have been dozens of studies documenting its success. Some of the statistics that have attracted marketers to ABM include: 87% of account-based marketers say that ABM initiatives outperform other marketing investments ( ITSMA ). 80% of marketers say ABM improves customer lifetime values, while 86% say it improves win rates. ( TOPO ).

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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5 Ways To Develop Your B2B Brand

Zoominfo

As humans, we tend to apply narratives to everything. And it makes a lot of sense — we’re more engaged when we hear stories, because a story puts your whole brain to work. Narratives are the connection between cause and effect, and that’s how we think! But how does this connect to B2B brand development? Author and blogger Seth Godin describes a brand as “the set of expectations, memories, stories, and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one produ

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What is Phygital Marketing? How to Use It and 5 Consumer Marketing Examples

Marketing Insider Group

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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Report: 54% of Marketers Now Use Three or Four Different Channels for Campaigns

KoMarketing Associates

Marketers continue to use multiple channels to reach out to their target audiences, and new research shows that email, social media marketing, and events are leading the way. PFL, in conjunction with Demand Metric, recently published the “State of Multichannel Marketing” report, and statistics showed that 54% of marketers use three or four different marketing channels for their campaigns.

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5 Ways to Use Buyer Intent Data Tools to Drive Sales

Zoominfo

Buyer intent data tools make it easier to identify the when and how of a potential prospect’s consideration for purchasing a specific product or service. (This could be you!). By monitoring key search terms using cookies, you can pinpoint specific online behaviors that signal an intent to make these purchases. For instance, if a company hires a new Chief Information Security Officer, an intent tool recognizes that one of their next moves might be to search for an integrative cybersecurity soluti

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Diet, Exercise And Marketing: Self-Imposed Obstacles That Ensure Failure

Marketing Craftmanship

There are practical reasons diet companies and national gym chains spend most of their advertising budgets within two seasonal windows: in advance of the new year, when people make their annual resolutions, and in springtime, when beachgoers face the prospect of wearing a bathing suit in public. Despite best intentions, many people who join gyms in January are likely to drop out in February, and many other new members will drop out within the next few months.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

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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What CEOs Want from Marketing vs. What They Need to Know

Marketing Insider Group

What does your CEO think of your marketing team? If you’re not sure how to respond, you should work on that relationship — especially if you’re the CMO. . Marketers can fall easily into the trap of sticking to traditional roles like advertising and brand development. However, many C-suite executives now see marketing as a critical player in a company’s overall rise and expansion.

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Report: 34% of Marketers Still Do Not Have an Account-Based Marketing Strategy in Place

KoMarketing Associates

Although account-based marketing (ABM) has grown in popularity among marketers, new research suggests that many organizations are still in the early stages of rolling out such programs. Ascend2 recently published the results of the “Account-Based Marketing Approach” survey, and statistics showed that most marketers (34%) are still planning for ABM in the future, meaning they do not have an existing ABM strategy in place.

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6 Steps To Optimizing Your Sales Process

Zoominfo

You know the saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, what if you don’t know it’s broken? In the world of B2B, things change quickly. So something that worked a year ago (*cough* your current sales process *cough*), probably isn’t as effective presently. Sales process optimization isn’t a one and done activity. Rather, it’s something you have to regularly maintain and update.

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Effective Change Management for an Uncertain Future

Biznology

Change is never easy. That is why entire positions and departments are often dedicated to the management of new policies and tech. In today’s rapidly changing world, effective change management is more necessary than ever. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, it affected nearly every industry in one way or another. Businesses have had to learn and readjust quickly to mitigate damages.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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The Basics of Drip Marketing And Why You Need To Setup Lead Nurturing Today

Marketing Insider Group

What is drip marketing? How does it work? What benefits does it offer? We’ll answer these questions and more in our beginner’s guide to drip marketing. What is drip marketing, and why does it matter? Drip marketing — sometimes called drip campaigns, automated email campaigns, marketing automation, lifecycle emails, autoresponders and more — is the use of automated sets of emails that are sent on schedule following an event or trigger.

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A Simple Guide to Software Marketing - Tips, Strategies & Plans

Roketto

Marketing is weird. Software marketing is, like, really weird. When what you’re doing is working, you feel like the all-seeing, all-knowing, marketing shaman (minus the staff and bodypaint) strutting like Beyonce into every meeting.

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Did Blackout Tuesday impact corporate America? Data says yes.

Zoominfo

On June 2nd, the online world — specifically that of Instagram — woke up to a flood of black squares on their feeds. ( Over 28 million by 11:14 am , to be exact.) The photos were a part of Blackout Tuesday, a movement intended to show online support for the black community in the aftermath of George Floyd’s alleged murder. While the sheer volume of participation caused a major disruption in the online world, not everyone felt that it was positive.

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The Hidden Costs of Using the Wrong A/B Testing Tool

Convert

Using the wrong A/B testing tool can cost you money and time. Here’s why you can’t reduce churn, increase revenue, improve user experience with the wrong testing tool.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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How To Build Deeper Customer Relationships With Automated Email Nurture

Marketing Insider Group

Email automation takes tedious tasks off of your team’s plate and frees up valuable time for mission-critical activities, like answering customer questions and improving your product. How? By delivering the right message to the right person at the right time — all without manual input. “Email marketing remains one of the most effective and affordable ways to communicate with your customers, build credibility, boost your brand recognition, and increase sales.” — Forbes.

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Industrial Lead Generation – MQL vs SQL

Industrial Marketing Today

Industrial lead generation is an important, if not the #1 goal of industrial marketers. Sure, there are other objectives of manufacturing content marketing as can been in this chart from the Manufacturing Content Marketing 2020 research report published by the Content Marketing Institute. Even though “Generate demand/leads” is at #4, generating high quality leads is.

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Did Blackout Tuesday impact corporate America? Data says yes.

Zoominfo

On June 2nd, the online world — specifically that of Instagram — woke up to a flood of black squares on their feeds. ( Over 28 million by 11:14 am , to be exact.) The photos were a part of Blackout Tuesday, a movement intended to show online support for the black community in the aftermath of George Floyd’s alleged murder. While the sheer volume of participation caused a major disruption in the online world, not everyone felt that it was positive.

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What is Sales Enablement?

ATAK Interactive

Sales Enablement is a simple concept with a big impact on the future of B2B marketing. In this episode of B2B Marketing Agency Insights, Austin LaRoche, CEO of ATAK Interactive, breaks down how Sales Enablement has grown into an important tool for sales teams and how you can equip your team with the resources they need to close more deals. Video transcription below: Welcome back to B2B Marketing Agency Insights.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Improve Close Rates with a More Personal, Differentiated Sales Conversation That Stops Sales Drops

Marketing Insider Group

I recently had a conversation with an Account Director responsible for new market and existing customer growth for an Oracle Supply Chain and ERP partner that has offices throughout the US, Asia, and UK. I learned that the firm: Experiences 12 to 18-month sales cycle on enterprise accounts with most efforts leading to RFP automatically reducing margin growth.

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Featured Consultants Collective Member Profile Betsy Burroughs, Senior Consultant

Biznology

Consultants Collective Profiles introduces you to our member consultants, advisors, executive coaches, clients and other extraordinary people. These profiles go beyond the professional bio to provide a more personal glimpse and offer an opportunity for us to get to know each other better as people as we strive to create connections and build community.

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6 Steps To Optimizing Your Sales Process

Zoominfo

You know the saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, what if you don’t know it’s broken? In the world of B2B, things change quickly. So something that worked a year ago (*cough* your current sales process *cough*), probably isn’t as effective presently. Sales process optimization isn’t a one and done activity. Rather, it’s something you have to regularly maintain and update.

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These Content Marketing Rules Are Made to Be Broken

Content Marketing Institute

Should you let content marketing “rules” rule your content marketing? Twenty-three experts speaking at Content Marketing World say NO. Here are the rules they want you to consider breaking in 2020 and beyond. Continue reading → The post These Content Marketing Rules Are Made to Be Broken appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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The AI-Enabled CMO: Practical Tips for Today's B2B Marketers

Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO

On October 11th, understand how to navigate the AI landscape confidently, turning insights into groundbreaking strategies that set you apart. Why attend? You'll learn: Practical applications/Use cases How to find and assess the right AI technology Prioritizing quick wins Mastering prompt engineering Solving marketing challenges efficiently Strategies to launch pilot programs Case studies of B2Bs building smarter businesses with AI Exclusive bonus content: Actionable frameworks to get started qui

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Analyzing the Legal Audience’s Content Consumption Habits

Marketing Insider Group

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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The Ultimate Guide to Dark Mode for Email Marketers

Litmus

Dark Mode. The tech industry is buzzing with these two words, and email marketing is no exception. In 2018, Apple added Dark Mode to its desktop email client. The following year, Dark Mode came to iOS Mail. And other industry heavyweights, including Gmail, announced support for Dark Mode. There’s no denying it… Dark Mode is taking over the inbox—and making sure emails look great in this reading environment is the new big challenge for email marketers.

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Five stats to improve your 2021 marketing strategy

Sprout Social

Any social media manager will tell you part of the job is learning how to deal with and adapt to the unexpected. In 2020 alone, social marketers have had to pivot from their original strategies to deal with both a pandemic and nationwide protests. While there are still some months to go before the end of the year, it’s never too early to start thinking about how to improve your marketing strategy for 2021.

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