Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Having been in the Internet marketing profession for eight years now (seven of which have been specific to SEO and search marketing,) I’ve worked for several companies that employed both “black hat SEO” and “white hat SEO” programs. Now, as I reflect on my experience, I solidify my belief that actualizing ethical, white hat SEO strategies […].
DiscoverOrg
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
This is second installment detailing DiscoverOrg’s TiLT Sales Development Challenge and it’s 10 core learning modules. Read the first one here. Are you leaving money on the table by not empowering your sales development teams with the ability to connect with prospects? Modern sales teams are now more data-driven than ever before. Access to high-quality contact data, market trends, and emerging predictive analytics tools allow for rapid segmentation of high-quality accounts and prospects.
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Kabbage
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Content is everywhere these days. For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. But if you’re like me, then chances are you’re pretty selective with your blog subscriptions and visits.
The Point
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Started in 2008 as the world’s first open source video player, JW Player pioneered video on the Web and today has customers in 193 countries, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual bloggers. The company’s flagship product, JW Player, is live on more than 2 million sites with more than 1.3 billion unique monthly views. In 2015, JW Player piloted a small-scale, in-house SEM program on Google AdWords to gauge the potential efficacy of using search advertising to drive qualified leads for
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Sales and marketing alignment is key to driving success regardless of your industry. It’s also an issue that many companies find to be a struggle. The disconnect stems from these teams’ seemingly disparate goals. The marketing team is expected to generate as many leads as possible, while the sales team is under pressure to turn […]. The post 10 Tips to Align Your Sales and Marketing Teams appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
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KoMarketing Associates
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Most B2B marketers are familiar with web analytics tools, such as Google Analytics. For much of the world, it’s a must-have (free!) tool to discover insights into how your website is performing. In China, however, it’s a different story. A site will become very slow when there is Google Analytics code inserted on the page. The challenge is, if the code is removed, how can marketers gain the insight they need on site traffic?
ANNUITAS
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Perfect is the enemy of Good. The quest for excellence shouldn’t be confused with pursuing perfection, yet it’s a trap many marketers fall into. Many enterprise marketers get caught up in producing the “perfect” campaign or the “perfect” web site. This is a clear case of missing the forest for the trees. It also means that many don’t have the organizational fortitude to build a truly sustainable demand generation program.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Since social media channels have come into existence, brands have been trying to figure out how to leverage them as sales channels for consumers. If brands wanted to sell to women, they thought they had to get in front of them on Pinterest. Needed to reach young men? YouTube was the channel of choice. However every few […]. The post Should Brands Rely on Social Media to Connect with Consumers?
Onalytica B2B
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Over the years, brands have shifted their approach from traditional generalised advertising to direct marketing- a practice which completely makes sense when you’re aiming to appeal to an array of audiences varying in: age, culture and beliefs. After all, each generation differs vastly from the generation before, giving each a completely different outlook on anything from fashion to societal and political issues.
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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.
Kabbage
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Content is everywhere these days. For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. But if you’re like me, then chances are you’re pretty selective with your blog subscriptions and visits.
ANNUITAS
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
*This post first ran March 2016 via ANNUITAS.com. If you have spoken with a data scientist in the past few years, you’ve probably heard him or her talk about “R.” R is a statistical programming language created in 1993 and is the modernization of the classical programming language “S.” According to the most recent O’Reilly Data Scientist Salary Survey , R is used by more than half of all data scientists and could very soon outpace Excel’s usage in modern data science.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
70% of B2B marketers expect their organizations to produce more content next year, according to the latest annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends research from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs. With so much B2B content out there competing for your target audience’s attention, what can you do to make sure your content […].
ViewPoint
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
I've written many blog posts on the fact that cold calling isn't dead. In fact, doing the right amount of research, adding a personalized touch to your outreach attempts, and a lot of persistency will help you get in the door for more prospects than you might think. Using these gold calling techniques will help you have faith in the cold calling process.
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Hive9
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Real-time data has become a common expectation in marketing technology products. Once you know the option exists to see how your marketing campaigns are playing out instantaneously, who wants to wait days, weeks, or months?
Contently
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Last August, Interpol arrested a 40-year-old Nigerian con artist, known only as “Mike,” who was the alleged mastermind of an email scam cartel that swindled over $60 million from victims around the world. Mike operated various email schemes including the infamous “Nigerian Prince” ruse, which elaborately establishes a heartbreaking and potentially profitable tale before asking for money.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Last month, Steve Rayson, Director of Buzzsumo, published a post that had the content marketing community buzzing. (Pun intended.) This post, titled The Future is More Content, looked at the debate over which content strategy is the best: Producing high-quality content or producing high volumes of potentially lower-quality content. The arguments for producing high-quality content […].
Convince & Convert
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Image via Unsplash. Every day, the average social media user is inundated with a ton of posts. Most of these might be from friends and people she follows; the others are from brands vying for her attention. Considering each link posted to social media enjoys a half-life of around three hours , brands must search constantly for novel ways to promote their posts to keep them relevant for longer.
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.
Biznology
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Website speed has long been recognized as a important factor that impacts search engine rankings. And a top factor in Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Slow website speed creates a bad user experience, one that may result in visitors not coming back to your website or going to your competition. And that it even more important than search rank because search engines don’t buy products, people do.
Contently
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
At the beginning of 2016, Peloton Cycle asked its employees to share their New Year’s resolutions on YouTube. Besides getting more sleep and drinking more water, there was a common theme: They wanted to be more ambitious. Turns out Peloton executives had the same idea. Last month, the at-home fitness brand took the number one spot on the Crain’s New York Business 2016 Fast50 , a list of the fastest-growing companies in New York.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 5, 2016
The following is a guest post from Unthinkable contributor, Jina Chan. These are her practical takeaways for helping you find your authentic voice, pulled from our episode, Zig When Others Zag. As craft-driven creators, we do our best work when we listen to our intuition. Sometimes that can be hard to do, with so many voices […]. The post How to Find Your Authentic Voice appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Kaon
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
As the world moves increasingly toward digital strategies for almost every aspect of individual and corporate life, it is important to recognize that we can’t simply “digitize” existing processes or assets, and expect the results to be better. The digital marketing world is fundamentally different in three important ways: You are never done.
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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
Biznology
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
According to Syndacast , 74% of all internet traffic in 2017 will be video-based. This is a figure that continues to grow as mobile usage skyrockets and customers are looking for faster, more entertaining content to consume. If, right now, your website only features written content, you might want to consider sprucing things up. When integrated properly, videos are a fantastic way to give your brand a face and increase customer interactions.
Contently
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
I reached out to five tech companies for this story: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Medium, and WordPress. All five have vested interests in the publishing world. Medium and WordPress are the obvious ones: They’re both well-known content management systems. At this point, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are practically publishing platforms, even if they may not define themselves that way.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Digital marketing in retail is an endlessly evolving discipline. Not only do you need to know how to reach and engage with consumers this time around, you need to know how you can do it better next time. And every time after that. So, which strategies are you using to engage your customers and prospects […]. The post Top Digital Marketing Strategies For Retailers appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Author: Ellen Gomes The fast-moving world of content marketing is filled with an abundance of opinions trends, and insights. In fact, it can be hard to distinguish the signal from the noise. To help you along, we’ve compiled a list of 20 of the top content marketers in both B2B and B2C. While by no means an exhaustive or definitive list, it’ll get you started in the right direction.
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
Industrial Marketing Today
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Industrial email marketing doesn’t get as much respect as it deserves. I’ve read articles where people have claimed that email marketing is dead thanks to social media. That is simply not true when it comes to industrial marketing. Let’s say you are a provider of engineering services and you sell to the Medical Device industry. Typically, […] The post Industrial Email Marketing for Targeting Engineers in Long and Complex Sales Cycles by Achinta Mitra appeared first on Industrial Marketing
Contently
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
“We just really need to build a community around _.” This is the fill-in-the-blank cliché that marketers and entrepreneurs bandy around at every tech and marketing conference. That includes Web Summit, which brought 70,000 tech folks around the globe to Lisbon to pitch, drink, and wonder just what the hell happened in America on Tuesday night.
Marketing Insider Group
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Is advertising dying? Gabe Leydon, CEO of one of the world’s largest gaming companies Machine Zone, seems to believe so. You can read his critiques and watch his full interview at Re:Code/Media conference earlier this year here. And Leydon isn’t alone. David Beebe, a former media and marketing exec at Disney-ABC Television Group, who currently […].
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