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3 Ways to Ensure You Get the Marketing Budget You Need in 2018

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Likewise, revenue is not the only key performance indicator (KPI) that matters. The post 3 Ways to Ensure You Get the Marketing Budget You Need in 2018 appeared first on Marketo Marketing Blog - Best Practices and Thought Leadership.

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The work isn’t done: Make brand activism more than a moment

Sprout Social

Nike and Colin Kaepernick said that in 2018 , and even in the short time since then, consumers’ expectations for brand activism have continued to evolve. As a professional who is responsible for speaking to your customers externally, and for them internally, make accountability a key performance indicator.

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What We’ve Learned About Creating a Successful Digital Marketing Campaign

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

And you have all five stages of the buying journey mapped for each of your key personas. This is 2018. It’s important to understand and be prepared for your key performance indicators prior to launching a campaign. So do your competitors. Scott Minor, Online Marketing Program Manager, Marketo.

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3 Keys to Maintaining Your Business as Marketing Budgets Shrink

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

It would seem that marketing budgets are the first to go on the chopping block when performance isn’t what’s expected in Q1. After marketing budgets saw a modest increase in 2017, Unilever announced for 2018 that it was cutting its ads by 30% and that it was slashing the number of agencies it works with by half.

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The Unsung Relationship Between Customer Experience & Marketing: Delivering the Brand Promise

Hubspot Marketing

A 2018 study by PWC on Customer Experience made it clear — responsibility for delivering a winning CX belongs to the entire organization. Additionally, in a recent Digital-IQ report released by PwC on winning digital strategies, 65% of respondents see customer experience as critical to advancing business performance. Is it Sales?

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The Case for Email Marketing Metrics: Top 5 Best Practices

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

By the end of 2018, an estimated $500 billion in digital commerce revenue will be attributable to email marketing, reports Gartner. Only 1/3 of CMOs say ROI of total marketing spend is a key performance indicator, reports Gartner. Email matters more today than ever before. How did they influence sales and opportunities?

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21 Things to Do (or Not Do) After a Social Media Algorithm Change

Content Marketing Institute

Heed the advice from these 21 experts who are presenting at Content Marketing World 2018. HANDPICKED RELATED CONTENT: Road Map to Success: Monitoring and Measuring Your Content’s Performance. Keep an eye on your key performance indicators (KPIs) to see how the algorithm impacts your desired actions. Don’t play.