Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Everyone is going to have their own story to tell when we reflect on the start of 2020. As marketers, we will talk about the enormous role of digital and how it impacted our jobs and our businesses. Some of us had to find the quickest way to move to a digital offering, and others had the challenging task of improving their business strategy. As Global Marketing Manager at LiteracyPlanet, my small but agile team faced this situation.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2020

If you've been a marketing professional for years now, learning about the four P's of marketing might seem like a throwback to you. However, for those of us who work in the industry but didn't study marketing in college, it's entirely possible you haven't heard of the marketing mix. Below, let's learn about the four P's of marketing and how they're still relevant in today's marketing landscape.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

According to Smart Insights , 45 percent of companies don’t have a clearly defined digital marketing strategy; 17 percent of companies have a digital marketing strategy in place, but it’s separate from their marketing plan. This means 62 percent of companies are unprepared. They don’t have the strategy, tactics, or tools they need to market their business well.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 27, 2020

More than 4 billion people around the world now use social media each month, and an average of nearly 2 million new users are joining them every day. The world is spending more time on social media too, with the typical user now spending roughly 15 percent of their waking life using social platforms. However, social media isn’t the only aspect of digital that’s delivering impressive numbers.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Most content marketing teams are small. With few hands on the content marketing deck, everything you do should perform. Put these tips into practice to get results – no matter how many people you have on the team. Continue reading → The post How to Get Big Results From Small Content Marketing Teams appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This year has disrupted the economy and changed the way we work on a global scale. While much of this change is negative and the long-term consequences are yet to be fully understood, it has also introduced many new opportunities for businesses and marketers. Within the space of weeks, many organizations were forced to adapt, shifting from a traditional sales strategy including brick-and-mortar stores and meeting customers face-to-face to running their businesses completely online.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2020

I'll admit it: this post is incredibly timely for me. I recently watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix, a docu-drama that explores the potentially addictive qualities of social media. Considering I spend 3+ hours a day on Instagram, I was already all-too-familiar with the habit-forming nature of social media apps. As a result of watching the film, I immediately deleted the Instagram app from my phone — but not my computer.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. WordPress is the world’s most popular CMS platform. According to a 2020 study, 455 million sites worldwide are powered by WordPress. It’s what I use to manage my blog here at NeilPatel.com, as well as my other sites and ventures.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 19, 2020

How many times have you had to direct your Instagram followers to the link in your bio so they can access the latest content or resource that you want to share? First, you need them to read your Instagram Story, put in the extra effort of heading to your profile, and then actually click on your link. That’s where the Instagram swipe-up comes in. Engaging your followers is much easier when you can use Instagram’s swipe up feature to add a link right to your Instagram Story.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Doing the hard work of content marketing doesn’t require being grandiose or controversial. But it does require “being more.” Only then can you have positive impact on your audience, your brand, your team, and even yourself. Continue reading → The post The Future of Content Marketing? (Spoiler: It Doesn’t Require Doing More) appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Whether you’re launching a new small business or already have an existing one, you need to develop a marketing strategy that prioritizes a strong online presence. With 97% of people researching local businesses online, it’s essential to meet potential customers where they spend the most time on. However, growing your small business in the digital landscape isn’t easy.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Do you want happy customers? . Of course, you do. No business wants unhappy customers. But how do you know they’re happy? Repeat business isn’t necessarily a sign of happiness, as proved by the concept of customers as hostages (when customers don’t want to buy from you, but feel like they don’t have a choice.) . Is it, in fact, even possible to measure happiness?

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2020

There's a fairly obscure album by a guitarist named Duck Baker called There's Something for Everyone in America. I don't know a ton about it apart from the fact that it came out in 1975 and that its cover art is absolutely next-level. Image Source: Best Buy. Neither of those facts is particularly relevant to this article, but the album's title is. That idea that "there's something for everyone" doesn't just apply to America — nor does it have anything to do with what appears to be Lady Justice s

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Think back to the last time you saw one of those giant, clunky fax machines sitting around. It’s probably been a while, right? While that old-school hardware is undoubtedly outdated, faxing isn’t dead by any means. It’s actually very much alive.

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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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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Imagine your business just released a product and everyone is talking about it on social media. There are thousands of Instagram posts, Facebook posts, and tweets. There is seemingly no end to the chatter. But is it positive or negative? You need more context. Enter: Social media sentiment. Social media sentiment is the attitude and feelings people have about your brand on social media.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Peer into the 2021 crystal balls of 20 content marketing experts. Let them help you ready your content marketing programs as best as possible for the year ahead – no matter what COVID-19 is doing (or not doing). Continue reading → The post What’s Up in 2021 for Content Marketing? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Cinema acts as an effective resource for visual learners because it enables them to comprehend ideas without the obstacles that hinder learning. It is said that nearly 65% of most audiences are visual learners. As a marketer or B2B business owner, it is extremely important to take advantage of visual communications to accommodate this portion of society.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2020

ABC news reporter Will Reeve appeared on Good Morning America sans pants – not realizing the audience had a full view. Non-profit department head Lizet Ocampo shared that her boss “turned herself into a potato on our Microsoft teams meeting and can’t figure out how to turn the setting off.” The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted the Zoom code to his cabinet meeting to the general public.

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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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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Instagram turns 10 in 2020. It was launched in October of 2010, where its app store. debut prompted 25,000 downloads in just one day. Two years later, Facebook purchased the app for $1 billion. In 2020, the app has grown larger than expected, with 500 million daily users. Its popularity has led it to become a source of income for content creators and brands worldwide, many using the app as their sole source of income.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Marketing campaigns get more complex by the day. Which… is great news for the consumer experience but a nightmare for you as a marketing manager handling thousands of moving parts (and countless employees) on a daily basis. To put it lightly, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There comes a time in every marketing professional’s career where you are just fresh out of ideas. Everything you think of has been done or doesn’t fit your brand. Your content well is empty and it’s time to replenish it. The good news is that this is preventable if you set up and enforce a content ideation and development process. Ideation can be ongoing or scheduled.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2020

No matter what happens with content marketing budgets, one thing looks certain: Organizations will scrutinize every dollar spent in 2021. CMWorld speakers offer some advice on how to get the most from your content marketing investment. Continue reading → The post 23 Tips to Make the Most of Your Content Marketing Budget appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Social media is an undeniable part of the B2B digital environment. Modern customers expect you to be available online to entertain, educate, and answer questions they may have. With 74% of global marketers investing in social media marketing, the channel allows you to connect with your audience, increase brand awareness, handle customer service, and even increase conversions.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 19, 2020

LinkedIn isn’t just a platform to show off your sweet professional headshot (nice haircut, btw!) and try to land a job at the startup with the best snacks. It’s also a place where 675 million people log in monthly, which means you’ve got an audience ripe for targeting, with the help of the LinkedIn Insight tag. You might know the Insight tag by its aliases: the Linkedin tracking pixel, or the LinkedIn conversion pixel.

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Hubspot Marketing

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Throughout my career, I've worked at a company that was fully remote, a company that was partially remote, and several fully in-person organizations. Each company approached holiday parties differently. In fact, most of the remote organizations didn't even offer team bonding activities. While we've all probably participated in various holiday parties and team bonding events, those might not have been virtual.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 15, 2020

You may have heard keywords are an essential part of any SEO strategy: they are. Without the right keywords on your site, people won’t find you while searching the web. But there’s a lot more to keyword strategy than figuring out what people are searching for. It means choosing the right keywords for your business, determining which ones you’ll be able to rank for, and a whole lot more.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you’re still on the fence about social media advertising, we get it. Research shows that one of the top goals for marketers is increasing brand awareness, which is why more and more brands are achieving this with a paid social presence. That’s because social media has become the go-to place for consumers to research and purchase products.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Let’s face it. Much of what we do in content marketing is based on assumptions. The danger? False assumptions can lead to negative outcomes. It’s time to change your thinking (and make it circular too). Continue reading → The post Why Circular Thinking Works Better in Content Marketing appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Improving your organic search presence isn’t for the faint of heart. Ranking in top search results is getting harder, and 77% of marketers say it could take up to 6 months to see results. What does this mean for you? B2B marketers need to be savvier in developing a link building and content developing strategy. Search engines cater to users, not your website.

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Search Engine Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2020

"Content is king"? Not quite true. In reality, content is one piece of the puzzle. Learn what you need for the whole picture right here. The post Content Is King: The Greatest Lie Ever Told in SEO via @JuliaEMcCoy appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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