Hubspot Marketing
OCTOBER 2, 2019
When you're first starting a business, branding is likely the last thing on your mind. After all, it's hard to sit down and flip through fonts when you're still trying to figure out who your customers are (and where to find them). Plus, even if you made creating a brand identity a priority in the beginning, a change in business plans might have made your initial branding strategy obsolete.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2019
What sets apart winning teams? When it comes to professional sports, it is not just the star players or superior coaches that ensure a team will win. Of course, these people can increase the likelihood of victory, but what matters is a unified group of people that is striving towards the same goal. Truly great teams seem to operate as one. Players seamlessly work together, throwing and catching balls, and following preplanned strategies that help them beat their opponents.
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Hootsuite
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Are you a social media manager , responsible for your social media posts? Got a degree in English? Literature? Journalism? No? Don’t fret. It’s. Not. Required. You can edit (and write) what you need for your posts, for your business, for your fans and followers. Just as you are. As you know, the word (good or bad) can unleash itself with flurry and fury online.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Google released a major update. They typically don’t announce their updates, but you know when they do, it is going to be big. And that’s what happened with the most recent update that they announced. A lot of people saw their traffic drop. And of course, at the same time, people saw their traffic increase because when one site goes down in rankings another site moves up to take its spot.
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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.
Hubspot Marketing
OCTOBER 4, 2019
The life of a business leader is all about juggling your priorities -- and a big part of keeping everything moving is making sure that existing initiatives are on-track, while creating space for smart new strategies. Fortunately, there's a tool to help you succeed: KPI dashboards. KPI dashboards can help you check-in with various aspects of your business and make sure everything's running smoothly.
Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Think of content marketing as a journey. Like any journey, you need to know the destination. When you have a content marketing roadmap in hand, though, you can focus on where you want to go and the best way to get there. As Forbes ’ Brian Sutter puts it, “It’s really hard to hit a target when you don’t know what the target is.” But as he points out, there are quite a few of us who don’t know the destination.
Marketing Pro Pulse brings together the best content for consumer marketers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 1, 2019
“What’s up with the LinkedIn algorithm?”. Good question! And definitely something we’ve been asked a lot lately. Because according to recent social media statistics , LinkedIn is booming right now in terms of user growth and new features for marketers. But as the platform grows, so does the competition for your target audience’s attention. That’s why it’s so important to understand the LinkedIn algorithm and how to maximize your reach.
Hubspot Marketing
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Imagine this: You’re a project manager at a boutique marketing firm tasked with training the new PM and getting them up to speed on how to do their job to meet expectations. To fulfill this request, you probably had to learn a series of actions already set in place. That series of actions is called a standard operating procedure (SOP), and they help to routinize job functions.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 1, 2019
What do you think is the key to successful marketing? Many would say it comes down to understanding your audience. This is certainly true, but once you’ve gathered intelligence on your audience, what do you do with that information? In its essence, successful marketing boils down to understanding the mind of your customer and using psychology to influence them to perform the desired action.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Only one channel satisfies every reason your brand has for distributing and promoting content – organic search. And that’s not an overstatement. Read on. Continue reading → The post The Best Reason to Do Content Marketing? Organic Search appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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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.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Make your infographics stand out. Learn best practices for creating infographics that will educate and engage your audience. The post Best Practices for Creating Outstanding & Engaging Infographics via @lorenbaker appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 1, 2019
How To Write an Effective Brand Story written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Every business has competitors. No business will ever be the only option available to a client or customer. So every brand has to do some work to differentiate themselves from the competition. Why would someone pick you over that other guy or gal down the street?
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 3, 2019
There’s a war brewing on our televisions. It’s not a climactic battle from “Game of Thrones,” but one between the companies providing the content. Streaming platforms from Disney, Apple, NBC, CBS, and HBO, among others, strive to plant a flag on the mountain that Netflix once peaked. And how will this battle be fought? With more and more competitors entering the fray, the essential strategy lies in capturing consumers’ attention.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Want a balanced and actionable way to know if your content is doing what it’s supposed to do? Create a content scorecard. Here’s an easy-to-use format to evaluate your content quantitatively and qualitatively. Continue reading → The post How to Score Your Content Assets for Long-Term Success appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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!
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 3, 2019
With these tactics, you can easily come up with link-worthy content within a “boring” topic. The post How to Come up with Press-worthy Content for Boring Niches via @[link] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Creating a Brand Name That Sticks written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jeremy Miller. Podcast Transcript. On today’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I sit down with serial entrepreneur, writer, and branding expert Jeremy Miller. He is the founder of Sticky Branding and the author of several books, including the forthcoming Brand New Name.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Sales teams are all about efficiency. The faster they can get from contact to contract, the better. Sometimes, increasing sales velocity means investing in training. Other times, it requires reconfiguring team roles. But the easiest way for most teams to convert more leads is simply to get better tools. From saving time to improving engagement, the following companies showed up in the top of my own search for sales tools that drive growth. 1.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Marketing automation isn’t all machines and magic – it takes real human effort to get the best results. This month’s #ContentTECH discussion looks at the work to be done if you want to unleash the full potential of these tools. Continue reading → The post What It Takes to Get the Best Results With Marketing Automation appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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.
Search Engine Journal
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Creative Commons has created a WordPress plugin which makes it easier to attribute and license content. The post An Official Creative Commons WordPress Plugin Makes Content Attribution Easier via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 2, 2019
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur Reading: October 2 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur – October 2. It’s time for another episode of The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur. Once a week, I’m coming to you with a reading from my new book, due out in October 2019. The book is structured around 366 daily readings from some of the great works of the mid-19th Century, and then I share my thoughts on how that quote re
Litmus
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Email marketing comes with a lot of moving parts and sometimes, it’s hard to stay organized. During a recent webinar about scaling your email program , the topic of managing email content planning came up. . The discussion touched on data uncovered in the 2019 State of Email survey, but there’s still so much to explore. What are email content planning tools?
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 4, 2019
This week Robert Rose advocates why the debut of a new corporate culture club is a must. He offers a fresh take on Amazon replacing TV ads, and points to an article that explains why the content technology process is failing you. Continue reading → The post The Weekly Wrap: Is Culture Eating Your Content Strategy for Breakfast? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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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.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Want to turn visitors into buyers, clients, or customers? Learn how to write a compelling case study in this guide. The post How to Write an Awesome Case Study That Converts via @grybniak appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
9 Motivational Books That Will Make Great Gifts – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch’s latest book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , due out on October 22, 2019, has been named to Inc’s list of 9 Motivational Books That Will Make Great Gifts. The book was inspired by Jantsch’s own 30-year entrepreneurial journey, and features 366 meditations designed to inspire and challenge readers.
Moz
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
Posted by ryanwashere A few years ago, I wrote a post here that caught some attention in the community. I argued Google appears to be ranking websites heavily based on searcher intent — this is more true now than ever. In fact, it might be algorithmically impossible to get your website on top of the SERPs. If you find your website in this position, don't give up on SEO!
Litmus
OCTOBER 4, 2019
We at Litmus believe that a company’s purpose is not only its products and services, but also the greater impact it makes in the communities where it lives. For us, this means that we care about making email better, but we also care about being engaged and making a difference outside Litmus and beyond the email community. It’s even one of our core values : .
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Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 2, 2019
This simple content technique can smash through your discomfort when solving a problem or when thinking of ideas. The post How This Simple Question Can Dramatically Improve Your Problem-Solving via @theshelleywalsh appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
The Ryan Hanley Show Podcast – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. There are a lot of parallels to be found between the ideals of the transcendentalist movement and the precepts that guide today’s entrepreneurs. That’s what inspired John Jantsch to write his upcoming book, The Sel f-Reliant Entrepreneur , featuring 366 daily meditations that help feed the entrepreneurial soul and spirit, while encouraging self-exploration on
Moz
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Posted by MiriamEllis. ? ?. Right now, the shoppers nearest you are making some pretty long gift lists. US holiday sales are predicted to surpass $1.1 trillion, with 4.5–5% growth between November–January. That’s a lot of gadgets, garments, games, goodies, and gizmos to bought and sold. Winter weather and long lines will be braved, traffic endured, tired feet soaked, and patience tested in the search for the perfect gift for everyone on everyone’s list.
Bannerflow
OCTOBER 3, 2019
The telecom industry is a challenging environment for marketers and it can be hard for display advertising to cut through the noise. New disruptive players and established giants are in direct competition. Plus, customer loyalty has never been lower! According to a recent study by Accenture , 41% of consumers switched providers last year in the US alone.
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