Marketing Insider Group

MAY 1, 2023

It’s no secret that video has taken over the world of digital marketing. And if you want to compete with the big dogs, video is an essential tool to keep in your content marketing arsenal. We have compiled a list of the can’t-miss video marketing stats that every marketer and content creator needs to know.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 21, 2020

Consumers are spending more time on social networks; video consumption continues to increase. Even with more conservative spending habits, e-commerce spending is expected to skyrocket with people staying home. And video marketing for these companies can still be cost-effective if done correctly. What Is Performance Video?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

What does marketing even mean right now? So, what’s the answer to marketing in the age of disruption? Marketing isn’t a function. In this post, I’ll take you through marketing in the age of disruption and define five essential tips to help your brand make the leap to change and evolve. Quick Takeaways.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 13, 2023

It seems like all you have to do is think about marketing and you’ll start seeing endless ads for companies promising foolproof lead generation. The name of the game in marketing is fine-tuning your application of proven strategies through testing and reviews. How do you know which tactics work and who’s just blowing smoke?

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Martech

APRIL 19, 2024

Marketers who are judged by the number of leads they generate will push for quantity. But big-ticket purchases in B2C and B2B will help marketers see ROI with a small number of wins, which pushes some marketers toward quality. These purchase-minded consumers are also spending a great deal of time on social media.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Most companies have learned that B2B marketing budgets are much more important than they thought – and that their existing marketing strategies, well, kind of sucked. Look, we all knew B2B marketing had plenty of problems long before COVID-19: Generic, bland, and forgettable content. Impersonal ads and digital experiences.

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Top Rank Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2024

B2B Marketers Own the Customer Journey, Now What? percent of overall digital ad spending in the U.S., and MediaPost recently took a look at the gains LinkedIn has made on the top ad market shares of Meta and Google.

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Optinmonster

JANUARY 29, 2024

Do you want to know the key content marketing metrics to measure your content marketing ROI (return on investment)? To effectively measure the success of your content marketing campaigns, it’s crucial to understand the relevant content marketing metrics.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

Offline marketing is not dead. The surge in digital marketing has brought enormous competition into the digital media market, which in turn drives up advertising cost. When allocating marketing budget to digital and offline channels, many marketing organizations are throwing in the towel with offline marketing.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2023

B2B growth plan: perfecting partner ecosystem marketing 45 percent of B2B marketing decision-makers at typical B2B organizations have said that new or renewed ecosystem partners were their primary revenue source, as more B2B companies have moved towards broadening their partner ecosystems, according to newly-published Forrester Research data.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Marketing trends come and go faster than a Nascar driver through a pitstop these days. Most trends can be found on a national or even global scale, but those same trends can have an impact on local marketing. Most trends can be found on a national or even global scale, but those same trends can have an impact on local marketing.

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Marketri

APRIL 17, 2024

I talk with a lot of CEOs of middle market businesses. And while every company is unique, I hear a common thread: Most aren’t satisfied with their marketing function. The more I meet with CEOs at prospective client companies, the more insight I gain about why they’re dissatisfied and what they want and need from marketing.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There are two competing questions in search marketing that may not have obvious answers: Why spend money on a Google Ads campaign if I can just rank organically? Why try to rank organically if I can just run a Google Ads campaign? Google Ads and where digital marketers should invest their time and resources.

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Martech

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This article was co-authored with Ed Crain , President and CEO of Kingstar Media and 26-year veteran of the marketing and media industries. Over 30 years of working in the media business, I’ve seen a fair share of market slowdowns. Instead, it’s an opportunity to refine, recalibrate and return stronger. Here’s how.

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Martech

MARCH 28, 2024

Is your marketing team tired of hearing about AI? Marketing teams now find themselves surrounded by AI. There are now countless AI-powered tools available for marketers to help boost productivity, automate manual tasks, analyze data and more. To some extent, we all are. It’s part of the hype cycle of any new technology.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Content Marketing ROI is probably the biggest question I get from marketers who are struggling to build their own business case internally. We spend our time getting informed and also looking to be entertained. The first challenge we have to overcome is the belief that marketing is just about creating ads.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 12, 2024

But marketing smaller businesses can drain your energy, not to mention your bank account. Here’s how to think about marketing your business on a budget. First, look at last year’s marketing strategy A lot has changed this year, and your first step should be to reflect. Here are five strategies to help you market on a dime.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A new survey from SEMrush identifies some of the biggest marketing challenges you’re facing right now. From tight budgets to low traffic, and the constant need to show ROI, marketers are facing some tough times. Committing to content marketing is a sound investment with much greater ROI than other tactics. Key Takeaways.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 11, 2023

However, getting a good return on ad spend is challenging. A recent study found that brands overestimate ad conversions by 4,000%. Advertise on effective channels, work with micro-influencers, and make your ads engaging. Remember: People love shopping, but they hate intrusive ads. So, what really works?

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Martech

MARCH 11, 2024

Time is running out to get all those well-laid marketing plans off the whiteboards and into action. No matter where your company is at in the post-third-party preparation curve, the truth is that we won’t fully realize the impact on our marketing efforts until Google finally flips the switch and we head into the unknown.

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NuSpark Consulting

JULY 8, 2023

Attribution tracking allows businesses to understand which marketing channels and campaigns are driving the most value and return on investment (ROI). This information is invaluable, as it helps companies allocate their marketing budget more effectively and invest in the channels that yield the highest returns.

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Zoominfo

MAY 1, 2023

Every marketing team looks to leverage advertising channels to their fullest. Clicks A click on your ad indicates that your message is compelling enough to get users’ attention. For example, a user might engage with your ad and complete an additional action, or they might abandon the process.

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Stevens & Tate

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Welcome to our November 2023 edition of “What’s Trending,” where we bring you the most relevant marketing trends and insights. Stay informed and ahead of the game with our curated collection of marketing trends and reports in winter 2023. The National Retail Federation predicts a 3-4% increase in US holiday spending.

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Martech

APRIL 12, 2024

Brands report sales and return-on-ad-spend have plummeted, while cost-per-click and cost per 1,000 impressions are up by a factor of three in recent months – with no explanation from Meta as to why. billion in ad revenue. Fuel for your marketing strategy. Why we care. Experts are forecasting Meta to report $36.1

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Martech

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, yesterday reported its revenue rose 5% in the latest quarter after two straight quarters of declines on a rebound in the digital advertising market. The company cautioned the ad market remains volatile, pointing to the impact of war in the Middle East. Revenue for the third quarter was $1.19

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ClickZ

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With changing consumer behaviours and the aftermath of iOS 14’s privacy updates, this year’s report by Fospha, a leader in marketing measurement for eCommerce, is more crucial than ever. The report analyzes spending strategies, channel performance, and the importance of accurate measurement for success.

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Martech

MARCH 18, 2022

Is marketing return-on-investment missing in action ? The mystery of the marketing spend has baffled many CEOs, often illustrated by this quip that half the spend is wasted, if they only knew which half. Brenner came to marketing from sales. “[M]ost he recounted in his blog post , “ What is marketing?

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Launch Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing is an advertising model where advertisers pay a fee each time a user clicks one of their ads. LinkedIn Ads is typically the best paid social media channel for B2B while many online marketers go to Google Ads for search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns.

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Martech

MARCH 6, 2024

But reaching these users with ads that are relevant to what they’re looking for is a challenge if you don’t have the right data, particularly in the era of third-party cookie deprecation and data privacy restrictions. Are you seeing higher returns from campaigns that use email addresses?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. Do your research You need to be aware of the market conditions to allocate the right marketing budget.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As senior marketing leaders, you’re undoubtedly well-acquainted with the challenge of doing more with less. But here are a few secrets that savvy marketing leaders should know to help deliver exceptional results despite resource constraints. Re-evaluate who you’re marketing to and how. It’s good advice. Skills development.

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Contently

MARCH 30, 2020

Like many other marketing leaders, I’ve mapped out potential budget cuts in case the economic fallout from COVID-19 is worse than expected. Given how the coronavirus has changed our jobs as marketers , there’s a good chance you should too. The compounding returns of content.

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Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Social Media Today Industry Jargon Is the Silent Killer of B2B Marketing 88 percent of B2B decision-makers have said that jargon, marketing clichés, and tired buzzwords such as “disruptive” harm the credibility of brands, and Adweek recently took a look at how using the wrong words can have negative consequences in B2B marketing.

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Contently

MAY 26, 2020

When I was making the transition from journalism to marketing, my first big epiphany came from a caveman cartoon. After all, if our search ads work that way, shouldn’t content work that way too? This is why we invest so much of our marketing budget in content at Contently. Audience growth.

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Martech

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. The job of a digital marketing decision-maker within an SMB can be challenging— from the long hours to shifting budget priorities.

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Oktopost

MARCH 10, 2022

B2B Growth Marketing, Demand Generation, Field Marketing—however you badge it, it’s a numbers game. We are judged by results and the decisions we make about where to invest to get the highest return. I don’t know about you, but I hate spending other people’s money, especially when I am not sure what I am going to get for it.

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