July, 2019

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The Ultimate Guide to Content Distribution

Hubspot Marketing

Year after year, hundreds of marketers report increased efforts and spending on their content marketing — or the intention to do so. But great content is a waste if your audience doesn’t know it exists. Content distribution is an integral, if not the most important, part of your content strategy. In recent years, there’s been a rapid influx of content … met with dwindling demand.

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How You Can Use Customer Data to Create Better Content for Your Customers

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Your customers provide a huge amount of knowledge about their wants and needs through their data. Customer data can help brands formulate strategies that have more chances of succeeding and improve their conversion and growth rates. Additionally, brands can use customer data to create content that is search engine friendly and optimized according to their audience’s needs.

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Advanced Hack: How to Improve Your SEO in Less Than 30 Minutes

Neil Patel

I’ve been testing a new SEO hack and it works no matter how old or how new your site is. Heck, you can have barely any links, and I’ve found it to work as well. Best of all, unlike most SEO changes, it doesn’t take months or years to see results from this… you can literally see results in less than 30 minutes. And here’s what’s crazy: I had my team crawl 10,000 sites to see how many people are leveraging this SEO technique and it was only 17.

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How to Write a Social Media Policy for Your Company

Hootsuite

A social media policy is a crucial tool for any organization that uses social media. In fact, it’s a crucial tool even if your organization doesn’t use social media. Because your employees almost certainly do: 72% of Americans use at least one social media platform. Yet 63% of Americans say their employer has no social media policy. A social media policy isn’t just a set of rules.

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How to Create a Community Your Members Can't Get Enough Of

Here’s Your Blueprint for Year-Round Member Engagement. Are you ready to transform your association into a thriving, 365-day community? Download GrowthZone’s ebook, How to Create a Community Your Members Can’t Get Enough Of , and learn strategies for leveling out the peaks and valleys of member engagement. This guide provides actionable strategies to create consistent networking opportunities, deliver value-packed content, and foster connections that your members won’t want to miss.

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2020 Content Marketing: What’s Clear and What Needs to Be in Focus

Content Marketing Institute

If hindsight is 20/20, then this article offers both hindsight and foresight. Over 25 CMWorld 2019 speakers put on their 2020 content marketing glasses to see where marketers are passing the vision test – and what’s still blurry. Continue reading → The post 2020 Content Marketing: What’s Clear and What Needs to Be in Focus appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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How to Save Money on Your Next Marketing Event

Marketing Insider Group

Running a marketing event can be a highly effective way to promote your brand, engage with your customers, and generate new leads. Event marketing can offer an impressive ROI, but only if you don’t overspend on the event itself. You don’t need a huge budget to run a successful event. If you’re looking for ideas […]. The post How to Save Money on Your Next Marketing Event appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The 5 Things Salespeople Need to Build Their Personal Brand

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

When I launched into the wonderful and terrible experience of planning my wedding, I had one budget item I would not budge on: florals. While I appreciate their beauty, the idea that I was supposed to allocate 20% (TWENTY. PERCENT.) of my budget to something that was completely perishable was baffling to me. I scoffed at the recommended percentage and proudly proclaimed to my wedding investors (aka my parents) that we would dedicate no more than 10% maximum.

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How to Track and Improve Your Rankings Without Spending Money

Neil Patel

Can you guess how most people improve their rankings? Well, they either hire an SEO firm, which is expensive, or they do it themselves, which is time-consuming. There must be a better solution, right? One that still gets results, doesn’t take as much time and doesn’t cost any money. Well, I’m about to make a major upgrade to Ubersuggest in the next 30 days that will help you do just this.

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16 of the Best Facebook Ad Examples to Inspire Your Next Campaign

Hootsuite

As of April 2019, Facebook’s potential advertising reach globally is 1.887 billion people. That represents 32% of everyone over the age of 13. Statistics also show that people continue to interact with Facebook ads. The average Facebook user clicks on 11 ads in 30 days. But there’s a lot of competition out there, so only the best Facebook ad examples will get one of those coveted 11 clicks.

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Content Is NOT the Same as Content Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

An e-book is not content marketing. Social media posts are not content marketing. Does your brand market with content? Or do you do content marketing? Explore the difference and learn the eight steps to really do content marketing. Continue reading → The post Content Is NOT the Same as Content Marketing appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Tips To Increase Your Email Open Rates – Based on Data

Marketing Insider Group

Email marketing continues to be a channel for marketers to nurture and convert prospects. However, you have to get your contacts to open the email first. Email open rates can vary based on many different factors but there are things you can do to increase them. To determine how to increase email open rates, we’re […]. The post Tips To Increase Your Email Open Rates – Based on Data appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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The Ultimate Guide to B2B Marketing in 2019

Hubspot Marketing

Effective marketing is difficult to get right. Between creative demands, budget limits, and channel decisions, marketers have a lot to juggle when developing their marketing strategy. The biggest determinant of effective marketing, however, is your audience. If you’re not properly targeting your buyer persona, your promotions and advertisements will likely fall on deaf ears.

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Email Isn’t Dead; You’re Just Doing It Wrong

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Email is dead—or at least that’s what the headlines claim. Sure, getting to “inbox zero” might be everyone’s focus today, but brands shouldn’t count out the power of a well-executed email campaign just yet. Why Email Still Works. Marketers have argued about the viability of email campaigns ever since email became widely adopted as a marketing channel.

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How to Rank Your Old, Outdated Content

Neil Patel

What percentage of your search traffic is driven by your top 10 pages? Chances are, it’s a large portion. Just look at the screenshot below. You’ll see that my top 10 pages drive 28.7% of my search traffic. That may not seem like a high number, but I have 5,441 blog posts. In other words, 0.1% of my pages make up 28.7% of my search traffic. Typically, with smaller sites, the percentages are much higher in which the top 10 pages make up the majority of their search traffic.

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

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

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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How to Bulk Schedule Social Media Posts (Up to 350!) and Save Time

Hootsuite

Scheduling social media messages in bulk saves you time to focus on important things like customer research, building engagement, and creating new memes to share on your office Slack channel. A good bulk schedule tool makes daily posting more efficient and takes the worry out of keeping up with your content calendar. Each day, you know exactly how many posts will go out and when.

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7 Social Media Metrics That Should Really Matter to Your Brand

Content Marketing Institute

Used thoughtfully, your social media analytics provide a peek into what your audience expects from your brand – and how well your social content delivers that. Dig into these seven metrics that matter. Continue reading → The post 7 Social Media Metrics That Should Really Matter to Your Brand appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Instagram bio ideas and tips for maximizing your account

Sprout Social

Racking your brain trying to write the perfect Instagram bio? The struggle is real. Because those 150 characters represent one of the most important components of your Instagram presence. After all, it’s the first thing your followers and customers see when they land on your ‘gram. Not only that, but your lone bio link is your only shot to drive traffic and shoppers to whatever you’re promoting.

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How to Write a Creative Brief in 7 Simple Steps [Examples + Template]

Hubspot Marketing

The first step in any successful project is drawing up a game plan with a clear objective. That’s why marketers love creative briefs. But if you’re just starting out in a creative role, or are taking on your first gig as a designer or consultant, you might not know how to write one effectively. The idea of a creative brief sounds simple, but it can be hard to wrap a bunch of important details into just a few pages.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

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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8 Myths About Marketing Automation

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Every business eventually realizes that much of its marketing can be automated. Gone are the days of remembering to follow up with a lead, or websites that present the same offers to every visitor regardless of how they arrived on the page. Marketing automation is a no-brainer for big businesses, who might have hundreds of thousands of customers to interact with on a daily basis.

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New Study: What 100 Social Media Followers Are Really Worth

Neil Patel

The social web is huge. From Facebook to Pinterest , they all command billions of eyeballs per year. Which, of course, makes these channels too big to ignore. In other words, you have no choice but to participate in them or else you’ll miss out on traffic and revenue. But, how much time and money should you devote to each social network? Which ones produce the best ROI?

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The Best Time to Post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn

Hootsuite

Is there really a best time to post on social media? Yes. The best time to post on social media is whenever your audience is most likely to see and engage with your content. A well-timed post can lead to more likes, comments, shares, and click-throughs. But, timing varies depending on industry and your specific audience. So, using data from social benchmarking tool Unmetric , we’ve compiled data from 300 brands on social media and divided the results into B2B and B2C industries.

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What Content Really Engages? The Inside Scoop From 30 Marketers

Content Marketing Institute

Don’t worry, this isn’t yet another attempt to define content engagement. We’re going inside the minds of 30 marketers to learn what engagement looks like from their content consumer perspective. Continue reading → The post What Content Really Engages? The Inside Scoop From 30 Marketers appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Accelerate Your Marketing with Automation: A Quickstart Guide

Ready to streamline your marketing efforts and achieve more with less? Our guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to: Build a Strong Foundation: Set up your automation infrastructure for success. Execute Proven Tactics: Implement effective strategies to nurture leads and drive conversions. Measure and Optimize: Track your results and make data-driven adjustments.

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A Guide to Content Marketing by Generation

Marketing Insider Group

For your marketing messages to be successful, it’s essential that you tailor them to your different audiences and markets. “Generational” marketing is the term coined for segmenting and targeting your markets by age rather than other demographics such as gender, location, or income. If you want to make sure your content marketing is effective for […].

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Community Managers: What They Do & How to Be a Great One

Hubspot Marketing

Twitter, with its 126 million daily active users , is a platform with a ton of potential for companies to increase awareness and build their brand personality. In recent years, big names like Netflix , Wendy's , and Taco Bell have become Twitter famous for their witty commentary and personable interactions with their followers. Twitter isn't the only platform that rewards audience engagement, either.

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4 Actionable Tips to Enhance Your Email Development Process

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

With 23.8% of marketers spending at least a week producing a single promotional email , it is quite clear how developing an email marketing strategy is a critical and crucial task. Therefore, it becomes imperative to have an email development process that’s not only well planned and efficient but also runs smoothly and fulfills your business’ long-term goals.

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7 Google Analytics Reports That Show How Your Blog is Really Performing

Neil Patel

When you log into Google Analytics , what do you look at? Chances are you see something like the image above that shows you how many people are currently on your blog. Well, that was easy to guess because that’s the report Google Analytics gives you once you log in. ??. But which reports do you look at on a regular basis? I bet you look at two main reports….

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The Best Times of Day to Contact Leads

Ensure you are contacting leads on their schedule with this report! In our study of over 754,000 leads, we looked at what time of day people are most likely to respond, as well as response rates and qualification rates during business hours and after-hours. Download now to learn more.

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A Minimalist Social Strategy for Small Business Owners

Hootsuite

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7 Tools to Optimize Your Old Content for New Conversions

Content Marketing Institute

An article gets a lot of clicks but few-to-no conversions (opt-ins, clicks-through to your product page, etc.). What’s a content marketer to do? Take these steps to improve the in-content calls to action. Continue reading → The post 7 Tools to Optimize Your Old Content for New Conversions appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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8 Resources to Improve Your Writing

Marketing Insider Group

There are many ingredients that go into a successful content marketing recipe. However, just as when you’re making a cake, you need to perfect the basics before worrying about fancy techniques. The key to creating great content is being a great writer. We’re not all blessed with natural writing talent. But this is definitely a […]. The post 8 Resources to Improve Your Writing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How to Identify & Work With the Best Brand Influencers for Your Business

Hubspot Marketing

When I scrolled through Instagram this morning on my commute, I commented on a friend's post about her vacation, scrolled right past an advertisement for a comforter, and double-tapped an influencer's post about a skincare brand. That's the thing about influencers -- you follow them for a reason, so you don't mind interacting with their sponsored content.

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The Power of Community: Why a Branded Community is a Must-Have for Every Association

Ever wonder why brands like Apple, LEGO, and Sephora are going all-in on branded communities? It’s because online community building is the secret sauce to connecting with audiences in ways that ads and emails simply can’t. But here's the best part—it’s not just for big corporations. Associations can create thriving online communities too. GrowthZone’s eBook, "The Power of Community," breaks down exactly why a branded online community can be a game-changer for your association.