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5 Tips on Conversation Rate Optimization

Marketing Insider Group

With Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) being a common term and practice, if you’re a marketer out there, you may be wondering “how can someone possibly have a typo in a blog title” – it’s not a typo. You see, for many businesses, creating more conversation is as valuable as creating a conversion. First, a conversion […].

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Why do you need to automate your content tagging with AI?

Biznology

If you have content, you tag it. If you have web content, you tag it in your content management system. Your authors do it every day. And it feels somehow free. You never get a bill for content tagging–people who already work at your place spend a few minutes doing it every day. So why would I need to automate content tagging? For some kinds of content tagging, manual tagging is fine.

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It's Time to Think Differently About Content Marketing

B2B Marketing Directions

Content marketing has been an integral part of marketing at most B2B companies for most of the past decade. In every annual survey conducted by the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs (beginning in 2010), about nine out of ten surveyed B2B marketers have reported their company was using content marketing in some form. Given the widespread popularity and near universal adoption of content marketing, you may be surprised to hear that some marketing industry analysts and thought leaders

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Democratizing martech: distributing power from IT to marketing technologists to everyone

chiefmartech

I am fascinated by “citizen technology.” That’s a terrible name for it, because it implies digital government technology, which is not what I’m talking about. (Although that too is a fascinating topic for discussion on another day.). Rather, the labels of citizen analyst , citizen data scientist , citizen developer , citizen integrator , etc., refer to people who are not experts in a particular discipline — such as data analysis, data science, software development, system

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

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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How to Leverage Twitter Lists for B2B Digital Marketing

KoMarketing Associates

Twitter lists are curated lists of Twitter profiles, kept in one location in a user’s profile. When viewing a Twitter lists’ unique timeline, users only see the updates associated with profiles in that list. In past blog posts we have referenced using Twitter lists for both social media and SEO program initiatives. Generally speaking, these lists help organize specific target audiences in order to better focus tactics and digital marketing objectives.

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What Qualities Should You Look for in a Marketing Employee?

Webbiquity

Guest post. Hiring is hard, particularly when you’re looking to hire someone for a role that is absolutely vital to your company’s success. While the process of trial and error is a huge (and unavoidable) part of the hiring process, there are ways to tweak your interviewing methods so that next time it’s easier to find, and hire, the ideal candidate.

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Third-Party Lead Generation and GDPR Compliance

Zoominfo

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here and mandates major changes to the modern marketer’s B2B lead generation efforts. Most marketers are (or should be) well on their way to GDPR compliance when it comes to website and landing-page form language, data transfer procedures, and documentation. Less understood, though, are the ways in which the GDPR affects B2B marketers’ third-party lead generation campaigns.

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Interview with ?Lillian Pierson, P.E.

Onalytica B2B

?Lillian Pierson, P.E. – Founder at Data-Mania | Data Strategist, Trainer & Biz Coach to Tech Professionals. Key Topics: AI, IoT, Big Data, Data Science. Location: Global with a predominantly US audience and client base. Bio: Lillian Pierson is a Data Strategist that specializes in training and advising. She’s a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Florida, with 6 years of experience working as a data professional.

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Your Business Has Been Hacked. Now What?

Marketing Insider Group

Your worst nightmare has come true. You drive into work, settle into your chair and pull up your company’s social media accounts to see if anything happened over night. The page or social media management software loads up and you find hundreds of notifications. A burst of excitement rushes through you. Did it finally happen? […]. The post Your Business Has Been Hacked.

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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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Report: Transparency, Communication Critical to B2B Marketers’ Customer Relationships

KoMarketing Associates

New research suggests that transparency and communication are critical components to developing successful relationships between B2B businesses and their customers. To better understand the important factors of B2B customer relationships, Gyro and the Financial Times’ Commercial Insight Group recently conducted a study called “The Business Feeling Index.

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Have you thought your CMS, SEO, and site-hosting strategy through?

Biznology

While tools like cPanel can install CMS platforms like Drupal and WordPress into $3.95/month web hosting services with the click of a button, there’s the cheap and easy way and there’s the right way. As they say, measure twice, cut once. Entertainment Weekly runs Drupal and The New Yorker runs WordPress. Even though Drupal and WordPress are free Open Source CMS solutions that will run on the cheapest hosting site, enterprise solutions should be developed using enterprise hardware, software, cach

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The Content Marketer’s Guide to Predictive Analytics

Zoominfo

In modern-day marketing, data is the new oil. The more customer data you capture, analyze, and act upon, the better you get at creating influential marketing narratives. In fact, 63% of marketing executives feel strongly that data-driven marketing is crucial to success in our hyper-competitive global economy ( source ). But—as the best content marketers will tell you, analyzing and applying customer data is complicated and time-consuming.

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2018 State of B2B Content Consumption and Demand [Report]: Action-based Insights for B2B Marketers

Marketing Insider Group

Cutting through the noise to deliver valuable data content marketers can use now With the goal of empowering marketers, we compiled a new look at content consumption and demand using our vast and diverse data sets. Rendering a vision of what’s really taking place throughout the content universe, the 2018 State of B2B Content Consumption […]. The post 2018 State of B2B Content Consumption and Demand [Report]: Action-based Insights for B2B Marketers appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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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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4 Ways Ceridian Delights Customers Throughout The Customer Journey To Boost Advocacy & Retention

Influitive

The rules of the game have changed—having the best software is no longer enough. Instead, delighting customers throughout their buying journey is the only way to meaningfully engage and retain them in today’s marketplace. A recent study by Walker predicts that “by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator.”.

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How to triage customer experience projects

Biznology

Right now, 9 out of 10 companies say they need to transform, and upwards of 60% of companies worldwide are in the midst of digital transformation. Their goal is to disrupt themselves and dramatically improve how their customers experience their brand. But, according to McKinsey , only 1 in 6 companies are implementing bold, at-scale strategies in this direction.

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A Marketer’s Guide to Optimizing Web Content for Voice Search

Zoominfo

B2B companies take note: Use of voice search is on the rise. In fact, 41% of U.S. adults use voice search on a daily basis ( source ). This search trend presents a unique opportunity for your company to jump ahead of the competition and generate more organic traffic to your business websites. Market research firm Gartner predicts that by 2021, early adopter brands that redesign their websites to support visual and voice search will increase digital commerce revenue by 30% ( source ).

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Weekend Reading: “Ideas, Influence, and Income” by Tanya Hall

Marketing Insider Group

For the 177th episode of the Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Tanya Hall, author of Ideas, Influence, and Income: Write a Book, Build Your Brand, and Lead Your Industry. A book is the holy grail of content marketing, and approaching it strategically from the outset ensures a return on the time, energy, and money behind […]. The post Weekend Reading: “Ideas, Influence, and Income” by Tanya Hall appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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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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Why Your Company Needs a Facebook Group

Contently

If it weren’t for Facebook groups about rats, I would have deleted my account a long time ago. You heard me. Rat groups. After I adopted my first pet rat, Ripley, in 2015, I took her home and realized I had no idea how to take care of her. While researching online, I stumbled into a thriving community of Facebook groups for rat parents. There are groups for sharing toys and cage decor, for matching rat foster parents with “forever home” adoptive parents, and for sharing related

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How do you automate tagging your web content with industries?

Biznology

If you are a B2B company, you likely go to market by industry. So, you might have products that are bought by several industries, but maybe they do different things with your product in different industries. Perhaps they don’t have the same benefits across industries. Or they use different language to describe what they do or what the benefits are.

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77% of B2B Marketers are Failing to Profit from Existing Customer Relationships

KoMarketing Associates

B2B marketers work hard to maintain relationships with their existing customers, but new research shows that they are not realizing the full revenue potential of their buyers. The CMO Council recently published the “Gaining Traction with Every Digital Interaction” white paper, which looked at how B2B marketers have maintained relationships with their customers over time.

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Announcing the Talking Stack Podcast on Martech News

Customer Experience Matrix

Over the past several months, I’ve been conspiring with MarTech Advisor ’s Chitra Iyer and Amit Varshneya and industry expert Anand Thaker to produce a podcast devoted to martech news of the week. I’m happy to announce that the first two episodes of Talking Stack were released yesterday, available here. Why this podcast? Well, there’s an awful lot of martech news every week.

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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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Key Web Development Concepts for Marketers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

When I work with my marketing team, I know we have the same goal: to provide the users of our site with the best experience possible. Though as a developer I won’t typically be tasked with creating content, there are some key metrics and concepts that I keep in mind when developing that will help both the marketing team and me achieve our goals. Here are some fundamental concepts web developers focus on when building web pages , and what they mean for you as a marketer.

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What is Mid-Funnel Content Marketing & Mapping it in the Buyers Journey

NuSpark Consulting

Your company is more than the products and services you sell. It’s an experience for your customer, who goes through different stages during the buying journey. From the time they first hear about your offering or realize they need a solution, to the purchase and after-sales relationship, they are moving through your sales funnel. At every stage of the buyer’s journey, it’s important to understand what information they need when and to find ways to provide it.

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How to Write Headlines That Get Shared And Drive Traffic

Act-On

The most important words in any of your content are the ones in the headline. Learn how to create great headlines that will generate traffic!

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Drive Revenue Success with Scalable ABM Programs: Masergy x Lattice

Lattice

At SiriusDecisions Summit 2018, Masergy was presented with ABM Program of the Year award. Lattice is proud to be a part of Masergy’s ABM journey.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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The Fearless Girl Across Generations—Just How Fearless Are We?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Sometimes you look at something and know it’s a teachable moment. Maybe it’s because you are the mom of a 16-year-old boy, and there have been many teachable moments in his lifetime. Maybe it’s because you see yourself in your 21-year-old intern, or your Millennial PR manager who takes on any challenge with a smile. Maybe you just love the theme of Marketing Nation Summit, “The Fearless Marketer.

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Marketing Your Business On LinkedIn

Go Beyond SEO

What can you accomplish by using LinkedIn to market your business? LinkedIn is the only social media networking site of its kind which targets business professionals. It has seen tremendous growth over the years since it began in 2003 and currently has 546 million users, including executives from all Fortune 500 companies. Additionally, 4 out of 5 of LinkedIn members are decision-makers in their company and according to a LinkedIn study, it is the number one platform for lead generation.

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4 Secrets of Great Storytellers

Content Marketing Institute

What’s your story? It’s a common question when you’re first getting to know someone. It begs for details about your past, your career, your family, your hobbies. You probably never hear anyone reply: “I studied content marketing as an undergraduate and earned a Ph.D. in creating great customer experiences.”. Those degrees don’t exist, of course. But that’s OK.