Hubspot Marketing
DECEMBER 18, 2018
When an interviewer asks you, "What is your greatest weakness?", you don't want to respond, "I tend to work too hard," or "I am too much of a perfectionist.". Undoubtedly, these answers will come across as both insincere, and lacking true self-awareness. Alternatively, you don't want to respond with weaknesses that will prevent you from succeeding in the role.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2018
2018 brought value over volume and evidence of fearless marketing all around the world. It brought marketers a seat at the revenue table. Now, the real question is: what are we going to do with it all? New beginnings, and therefore a new year, are always exciting to me. There’s a new calendar to fill with meetings, personal goals to crush, and ambitions to chase after.
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Marketing Insider Group
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Content marketing may be a relatively simple strategy. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. As with any type of marketing, to get the most out of it you need to plan strategically. You also need to continuously analyze your campaign’s effectiveness so you can improve and work towards your business goals. If you simply dive in and […]. The post The 7 Biggest Mistakes You’re Making in Content Marketing appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Are you tired of algorithm updates? Well, who isn’t? From Facebook to Google, marketing is continually changing and getting harder. Even if you are willing to give these platforms money, it still doesn’t guarantee success. You can experiment, run tests, but digital marketing isn’t as easy as it used to be. Years ago, when I started as an online entrepreneur, companies used to raise money to hire engineers and build infrastructure.
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Hubspot Marketing
DECEMBER 21, 2018
Think about a time when you were on the train, walking to work, sitting in the airport, or simply laying on the couch, and you had to complete an online form of some kind (an order form, shipping form, survey, etc.) on your smartphone or tablet. Did you have a positive or negative experience? Did the mobile form you completed function properly? Was it easy to read and submit on your mobile screen?
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2018
It’s that time of year when sales, marketing, and business pundits share predictions for what’s to come in 2019. You can hardly open a website, newspaper, or social media site without reading someone’s forecast. Everyone has their own opinion for what the year ahead holds. These opinions vary widely, many times contradicting one another. This leaves sales leaders scratching their heads trying to figure out where the opportunities are for their organization and what they need to prepare for going
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Marketing Insider Group
DECEMBER 17, 2018
The way people use the Internet to find information online is changing. We’re no longer sitting at our desks typing at a keyboard. Instead, we’re on the move and using our phone to keep us informed while we’re on the go. We use our phones to search while we’re waiting in line at the post […]. The post A Guide to SEO for Voice Search appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Hubspot Marketing
DECEMBER 21, 2018
We all know the frustrating feeling -- maybe you've finally finished the script for your next marketing video, or you've collected all the images you need for your next campaign. But when you go to press "Send" you're told, "Sorry. File too large.". Unfortunately, our email accounts can't carry as much storage as you might think. Gmail, for instance, can only hold files up to 25 MB.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2018
What Are Microsurveys? Generating marketing qualified leads is one of the highest priorities for innovative marketing professionals. However, over 50% of marketers admit struggling with lead generation. If this sounds familiar, then you probably also know that the key to generate well-qualified leads and move them through the funnel faster is to get to know them better and use the data to drive smarter marketing campaigns.
Sprout Social
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Sprout Social , a leading provider of social media marketing, analytics and advocacy solutions for business, today announced $40.5 million in new funding from Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates and led by Future Fund. This latest round of investment brings its total capital raised to $103.5 million and underscores Sprout’s momentum and foothold within the social media software space.
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
DECEMBER 18, 2018
No one will ever say “we don’t focus on the customer.” Here’s why (even empathetic) marketers fail at customer empathy and how to fix it. Let me explain: Dr. Johannes Huttula did a research with 480 experienced marketing managers. They asked marketers to step into their customer’s shoes and predict what they would reply in […]. The post Why Marketers Are Bad At Empathy And What To Do About It appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Hubspot Marketing
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Over one-third of Americans between the ages of 25-54 listen to podcasts every month. Podcasts provide a source of convenient and intimate entertainment that's only continuing to grow in popularity. While today’s most popular podcasts may vary significantly in terms of their content and hosts (among other things), they all share at least one thing in common — they each have their own website where fans can check out their latest episodes and seasons, info about live shows, biographies about the
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Some businesses reportedly get 18 to 20% of their annual sales between Thanksgiving and the cut-off date for Christmas delivery, so there is pressure and monetary incentive to make sure those few weeks run as smoothly as possible. Owners must keep up with demand while managing depleted budgets, employees’ holiday vacation time, and the ever-increasing costs to keep up with it all.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 17, 2018
? ? ? “We’ve missed the mark! We apologize.”. That’s what you don’t want to have to say because your company inadvertently offended a diverse group of your target audience in your new campaign. But, don’t those sentences sound familiar? How often have you recently heard about a marketing campaign gone wrong? Dolce & Gabbana , Pepsi , Dove , and Nivea have all been heavily scrutinized for recent missteps with their marketing campaigns.
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!
Marketing Insider Group
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Personalization has been an important factor in online marketing success for quite some time. With the development of CRM software in the 1990s came the ability to use customer data – such as name – in marketing messages, and send communications based on previous interactions and preferences. While this method of marketing using customer information […].
Sprout Social
DECEMBER 18, 2018
The Facebook ads platform may have dominated the social advertising space at the onset, but marketers’ paid social strategies are continually diversifying across social networks—and with good reason. LinkedIn, for example, is expanding it’s share with broader access in its audience network and the unique opportunity to target specifically around the workplace.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Marketers around the globe have issues aligning with their sales teams to create a true partnership. But there are ways to ease the burden and create a working partnership that creates a better customer experience. At our recent Marketing Nation Engage event, marketing leaders gathered to learn. One of the most significant opportunities we found was in creating a sales and marketing partnership to better facilitate alignment.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Some of the best gifts are those you don’t realize you need, but once opened, you immediately see how useful they can be. Unsolicited advice doesn’t always fall into that welcome-gift category. But Andrew Davis’ Unsolicited Advice column in Chief Content Officer typically does. He gives an unsuspecting company the benefit of his keen insight into how marketers veer off course and suggests how to get back on track.
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.
Marketing Insider Group
DECEMBER 20, 2018
Here’s a conundrum that businesses face when they dive into content marketing. Who should be the face person? Whose voice or voices should be the ones engaging with the audience? There are some hidden challenges in these questions. We’re going to tease out one possible solution in this article. Why Use A Single Voice Using […]. The post Dealing With Multiple Voices in Your Content Marketing Team appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Sprout Social
DECEMBER 20, 2018
If a strong visual strategy is key to your business, it’s likely that you’ve spent countless hours – or dollars – designing perfect image after perfect image. It’s no secret that creating high-quality content is time-consuming and costly, which means that the pressure is constantly on to maximize engagement, optimize distribution and deliver ROI with each image you share.
Bannerflow
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Every year here at Bannerflow we set out to give you the trends in online advertising that you need to watch out for. What’s happening in the industry right now, and what’s set to shape how you create the most engaging and effective ads out there. And it certainly looks like 2019 is going to be significant: the new Avengers is sure to be just as action-packed, season 8 Game of Thrones even more gruesome, and we’re sure something scandalous will happen with the Kardashians (then again, when doesn
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Has it been a whole year already? Well, not really. As I write this it’s still November and as you’re reading this, it’s the third week in December. A lot can happen in that time. But, assuming this ball of rock we live on successfully completes its routine circuit of the sun once more without major incident, it seems as good a time as any to reflect on how much has changed over the previous 12 months.
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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.
Marketing Insider Group
DECEMBER 17, 2018
With 2019 just around the corner, every marketer is looking to forecast trends and opportunities to stay creative and ahead of competitors. PAN Communications sought out the full spectrum of predictions from our clients and top influencers in the industry. Marketers are catching on to technology’s role within marketing – but this comes with a […].
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 19, 2018
The Top Four Marketing Trends for 2019 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch on 2019 Marketing Trends. ‘Tis the season for end of year lists and content that’s looking to trends in the New Year. Rather than run through all of the ins and outs of what I see coming up on the marketing horizon, I’ve decided to focus on what I see as the four most important marketing trends for 2019.
Bannerflow
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Every year here at Bannerflow we set out to give you the trends in online advertising that you need to watch out for. What’s happening in the industry right now, and what’s set to shape how you create the most engaging and effective ads out there. And it certainly looks like 2019 is going to be significant: the new Avengers is sure to be just as action-packed, season 8 Game of Thrones even more gruesome, and we’re sure something scandalous will happen with the Kardashians (then again, when doesn
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 21, 2018
If you’re looking for a holiday gift book to advance the recipient’s content marketing skills, I have good news. During 2018, authors and publishers created some of the most helpful and sophisticated content marketing books. I speak from review experience, as I’ve been sharing the plusses and minuses of content marketing books since 2012. Books published in 2018 tended to have better designed covers and short, punchy titles coupled with longer subtitles that described the benefits to readers.
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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
Litmus
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Litmus hosted eight webinars during 2018, covering a wide range of email marketing topics from email workflows and how to start the year off right to the ESP industry and welcome emails. Many of that webinars were built around insights and trends from our 2018 State of Email Survey. If you’re one of the 3,000 marketers who completed that survey, thank you from the bottoms of our hearts!
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 18, 2018
How to Use CRM for Audience Segmentation written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. All customers today are looking for a highly personalized experience. They expect businesses—from the big guys like Amazon all the way down to their local coffee shop—to understand their wants and needs, and to treat them like an individual. When you’re running a successful business with hundreds or thousands of customers, though, it is impossible to make your audience feel special if everyone is g
Zumvu
DECEMBER 21, 2018
You have a creative mind and fishing for opportunities to showcase your work? Well, build your portfolio online through websites that has some phenomenal features.
Content Marketing Institute
DECEMBER 19, 2018
A legal team stars in a music video. A cruise line writes romance stories. A fast-food chain creates an investigative podcast into a forgotten food. A mattress company appreciates the value of print. This year, B2B and B2C brands elevated their creativity to inspiring levels. Natalya Minkovsky found and shared some of the best in each issue of Chief Content Officer magazine.
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