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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Author: Shanna Cook See it, scan it, share it. Your audience is hungry for content and consuming it at a faster pace than ever before. In fact, a recent study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information found that the average attention span is getting remarkably shorter, down to just 8.25 seconds this year from 12 seconds in 2000. Since your fans are consuming content faster than ever, you need to make sure that yours is short and snackable (read: easy to digest on-the-go).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Film and TV have shown us a host of nasty bosses that make our days at a desk look pretty tame. There’s a slew of horrible bosses from Don Draper , Michael Scott , Miranda Priestly and even cartoon bosses don’t fare much better. We cringe and enjoy them because we know they aren’t real. Or are they? Can Content Marketing Create Corporate Culture? What the management of some companies pass as good judgment makes the truth weirder than fiction.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

In January 2007, a man named Ron Davis uploaded a video to YouTube of his bulldog Tillman skateboarding around a Santa Monica park. It was a viral sensation, attracting tens of millions of views, and from then forward it was consistently cited by media pundits as a harbinger of things to come, an example of the kind of content future generations would consume ( Keyboard Cat was also an oft-cited product of this trend).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Acquire Your First 10 Customers and Use What You Learn to Acquire 100 More written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Photo Credit: Francesco Paoletti. Startup marketing is the most creative marketing genre. No one knows if the offering has value until it’s generated revenue. No one can give a one-glove-fits-all-step-by-step guide to startup marketing like they can for optimizing Google Adwords.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Influencer marketing has reached the big time. Global organizations are making significant investments in developing always-on influencer programs and the visibility of these programs has climbed all the way up the ladder to the CMO. As the saying goes, “with great power comes great responsibility”. As companies invest more money and resources in their influencer practices, there is increased pressure on marketers to be properly measuring influencer marketing success.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Author: Raymond Coppinger One of the subtlest, yet most important changes in marketing over the last ten years has been the acknowledgement that listening is a critical factor for success. In that spirit, we saw our recent London Roadshow as an incredible opportunity to listen to the 700+ marketers who were in attendance. With the event theme of “Inspiration in the Nation,” we wanted to understand and grab hold of the ideas that inspire and resonate with them.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Author: Rachel Yarnold The other week, thousands of people flocked to San Francisco for Dreamforce. Everyone was hungry to hear the latest, cutting-edge ideas, be amazed by new products that could transform the way their company does business, and be inspired by thought leaders from around the world. I, being one of these hungry people, was on a mission to make the most of my time and see what I could learn and apply to my marketing role here at Marketo.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Author: Camille Crandall When I first came on board at Marketo, I was amazed by the power of marketing automation and the data it provided to marketers and salespersons alike. Starting a conversation with a new prospect was easy when I already knew what they were interested in—it was like Facebook stalking for marketing and sales professionals. Sign me up!

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Author: Jonathan John According to Content Marketing Institute , 47% of B2B marketers say that their biggest content marketing problem is creating content that allows their brands to engage with readers. In other words, nearly half admit that they don’t know how to make content that interests their audience. I’m sure a similar statistic could be found with consumer marketers.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Author: Sanjay Dholakia Hey there, Marketing Nation. Today is a big day for Marketo—we are launching the CMO Nation , a new site that offers an executive perspective on the ever-changing role of the marketer. As always, you can continue to visit this blog here ( blog.marketo.com ) for all of the very best in creative insights and best practices about the art and science of digital marketing, marketing automation , content marketing, sales, and more.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Author: Lizzy Funk Starbucks has added the highly-anticipated pumpkin spice flavor to its menu, radio stations are planning their upcoming holiday music playlists, fall foliage is just around the corner, and scary Halloween decorations seem to be popping up just about everywhere I go (yes, I’m a scaredy cat). So this could all only mean one thing…it’s time to start planning your 2016 marketing programs!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Author: Chris Gillespie We can all learn something from the meteoric rise of personalized subscription services. From makeup and gifts to toiletries and gourmet dinners, companies like Birchbox, Blue Apron, Trunk Club, Kiwi Crate, and Amazon are listening to consumers and betting their entire business on getting to know you better as a person. And it makes sense.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Author: Kristen Kaighn Back in the day, omni-channel marketing was really easy. It was a simpler time when people didn’t have “nomophobia” ( google it ), and the number of channels marketers had to interact with consumers on was limited. But today’s screen-addicted, always scrolling, peer review-obeying consumers have pushed advertising and marketing into a digital explosion of touch-points.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Author: Johnny Cheng Following my blog earlier this month on win rate and velocity , we’ve finally reached the most important metric of the series… drum roll please … The Golden Ratio! With the Golden Ratio, aligning channels across conversion rate, win rate, and velocity will give you the full picture of channel performance. What Is the Golden Ratio?

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Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Author: Sesame Mish Last week, Content Marketing World (CMW) took downtown Cleveland by storm. Industry movers & shakers congregated in the vast maze of a convention center to learn the latest hacks and findings on the content marketing front. When I wasn’t checking my Fitbit (15,000 steps on Wednesday alone!), I was munching on orange-colored snacks [think: orange-frosted (and sprinkled!

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Author: Stacey Thornberry Marketing has historically been seen as a cost center with marketers constantly working to prove ROI and fighting to be perceived as a profit generator. A marketing tactic that’s traditionally seen as one of the most pricy investments? Third-party events. I’m talking about tradeshows, hosted-buyer programs, conferences―anything where you’re giving funds to a third-party in hopes of connecting with your target audience in a live-event venue.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Author: Sean ONeill Many industries felt the impact of our recent financial crisis, including automotive. Traditionally an integral part of our economy and culture, car sales in once strong markets are in decline due to lack of consumer confidence and changes in the way people buy. Today, more and more people conduct research online instead of visiting car dealerships.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Author: Lizzy Funk We’ve all done it. No matter how much experience you have in email marketing , it is bound to happen at least once in your career: You develop this amazing, compelling, simply breathtaking email that is going to convert oh-so-many people. You hit send and then lean back in your chair with satisfaction, arms crossed and feet up on your desk.

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Author: James New Warning! — Terminator: Genisys spoilers ahead… In the latest Terminator movie (Terminator: Genisys), Arnold Schwarzenegger turns out to be the good guy. Well, the good machine. He has been reprogrammed to protect Sarah Connor from other machines that come from the future to prevent her from having a son who will stop the machines existing in the first place.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Author: Ellen Gomes Advertising today is not the advertising that’s featured on the hit TV show Mad Men. Advertising has evolved. No longer is it restricted to print publications, static billboards, radio, and television. Modern technologies have opened the door to a whole new era of advertising— digital advertising. Digital advertising allows marketers and advertisers to reach and appeal to their core audiences in new ways and with more precision.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Author: Mike Telem Chances are you’ve already created many helpful blog posts, case studies, ebooks, and webinars in order to help educate your potential customers, so there is no need to convince you that content marketing works. But, one question remains: Are you maximizing their potential for lead generation across all of your channels? Today’s prospects independently research products and services before making a purchase, which creates numerous interaction touch-points.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Author: Sesame Mish One of the most common questions swirling inside the mind of the modern marketer is: Which marketing strategy will yield better results—inbound or outbound? Knowing the answer to this question—and how to effectively apply the answer to your organization—is crucial for developing a strong marketing strategy, leading to more customers and more revenue (yes, please).

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Author: Ellen Gomes According to Statista, there are approximately 1.2 million apps in the Apple App store and 1.3 million apps in the Android App store. So it’s no longer news that there is an app for everything, but it might make you wonder, “ Do I need an app? ” A question that’s often followed by the conundrum of what app to build, followed quickly by how to build an app and then “ what’s my role in building an app?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Author: David Cain B2B marketers are always on the lookout for the best way to support their marketing goals and make their sales teams successful. Typically that means leveraging a range of owned, earned, and paid marketing channels to amplify a product message and build as much awareness as possible across a wide swath of a target market in order to maximize the number of leads brought into the funnel and deliver the most sales possible out of the funnel.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Author: Johnny Cheng In my recent blog on channel conversion rate , I mentioned conversion was only the initial piece of the puzzle. To get the full picture of how effective your acquisition channels are, you also need to look at win rate, velocity, and pipeline created vs. cost. So in this fourth blog in the Marketo Institute series, we’re going to look at the next two channel pipeline metrics: win rate and velocity.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

“Our biggest competitors are our customers.” This was one of the bold statements Brent Adamson, co-author of “ The Challenger Sale ,” and the recently released book “ The Challenger Customer ” made during his kick-off presentation on challenger marketing at the Content2Conversion Conference last year. After seeing his new book released I wanted to see what Adamson had to say about Challenger Marketing and some interesting insights on the CEB website and also i

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Making the decision to outsource some of your content marketing needs could be the best decision you’ll make for your brand. Of course, you’ll have to choose your partners wisely to ensure they’ll produce the type of content that is on point, and will elevate your message to develop stronger relationships with your audience. “When you’re a brand looking for a content partner, there are many attributes to keep in mind but a few come to the forefront,” says Georgia Galanoudis , managing director,

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

93% – that’s how many organizations said they rely on content marketing for brand building and demand generation this year according to the Content Marketing Institute. With 87% of buyers stating that digital content has a large impact on their purchasing decisions this year, it’s clear that content marketing is on the ups. So who’s doing it really well?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Your content market strategy for 2015 needs to increase market traffic, respond faster and certainly be more aware of the trending and growing mobile device dynasty of consumers. Mobile marketing strategy is going to be one of the keys to your success. Mobile Devices Drive Traffic. Gavin Cooper, the Marketing Director of Taconic Biosciences , a company that specializes in creating genetically engineered mice and rats, says, “Our investment in content marketing is really paying off; and mobile d

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Everyone has a story to tell. This was the idea that inspired Dave Isay to start StoryCorps , the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered in history. In his TED Talk , Dave shared the story of how his inspiration came about. When he was 22 years old, he found his calling for radio broadcasting. Around the same time, Dave also found out his dad, who he was very close to, was gay.

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