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11 Insightful Content Marketing Books From 2017 for Newcomers and Seasoned Pros

Content Marketing Institute

No matter how large or small your business is, or how experienced you are in content marketing, these recently published books can help you take your content marketing to the next level. I’ve included David Sax’s The Revenge of Analog as a bonus because it’s too good not to be included in every content marketer’s bookcase.

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‘Tis the season: Retailers can expect 32% more social messages this holiday season

Sprout Social

Mobile-first shopping grew by 20% from 2016 to 2017 and in 2018, consumers ranked social as their number one source of inspiration for purchases. A look back at holiday 2017. Small retail businesses (50 employees or less) received an average of 925 messages a day in November and December 2017. Sprout Social analyzed more than 2.9

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The complete guide to creating a Black Friday social media strategy

Sprout Social

But, if you have several Facebook Audience types or if you have segmented email marketing lists—you should create different Black Friday social promotions for those market segments. She could also segment her campaigns according to shop location (i.e. Recreational Equipment Inc.)

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The customer data platform market

Martech

BlueConic’s pure-play CDP is designed to give transformation-minded organizations and their growth-focused teams, such as marketing, ecommerce, digital product and experience, and analytics, access to unified, actionable, and privacy-compliant firstparty customer data. Those reporting that they had implemented a CDP fell from 31% to 25%.

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Buyer’s Guide to the Best Content Marketing Books of 2018

Content Marketing Institute

Bottom line: Whether you’re looking for a book to help you reinvent your content marketing or a gift for someone who realizes they need a fresh approach, the shelves are filled with options. Here are some of the best options published in 2018 (and, in one case, the closing months of 2017). Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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Personalized marketing: What it is, benefits & real-life examples

Use Insider

For more details on CDPs and their importance, check out our guide on how CDPs help marketing teams drive growth and efficiency. #2 2 Smart segmentation Market segmentation is the process of grouping customers together based on shared characteristics and behaviors.

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2 Zero Risk Predictions for 2017

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

I love Marketo’s team, brand, product, and partners and can’t wait to see what we do together in 2017! Which leads me to 2017. You’ll see best-of-breed applications in segments like CRM or marketing get bigger and broader. I think we can be a consolidator in marketing! To net it out, they win more.