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?
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 30, 2020
The internet has become the go-to source for everything from trivia about celebrities to fixing our kitchen sinks. But AI SEO may be changing the way marketers help their sites rank high on search engine results pages (SERPs). Failure to rank may result in your business missing out on valuable search traffic. Which means far less revenue for your business.
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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Struggling to grow your B2B brand in an overcrowded market? Discover how partner marketing can transform your strategy, unlocking new opportunities for lead generation and ROI. What you'll gain: Craft collaborative campaigns that minimize conflicts and maximize ROI. Harness automation to streamline partner marketing efforts. Learn to gain and retain partner mind share with proven strategies.
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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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.
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.
Hootsuite
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Any brand using Twitter as part of its social media marketing plan likely recognizes Twitter updates each month. Those updates can include everything from a Twitter story update, to users changing who can reply to Tweets, to increased context around Twitter trends. Staying on top of new Twitter updates can help your brand make the most of the social media platform and try out the new features.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 27, 2020
When the Sierra Club of Colorado needed to raise awareness and raise money to support its efforts, the grassroots organization used voice-of-customer research to get inside the heads of its members. (And it worked beyond expectations.) Continue reading → The post How to Get in Your Customers’ Heads for Invaluable Research appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Speaker: Karen Swim, APR
Relevance is the currency of modern media relations—and personalization is how you earn it. In this new webinar with industry leader Karen Swim, APR, we'll explore proven strategies for precision targeting and crafting personalized pitches that resonate with journalists and build stronger relationships over time. You’ll also learn how to ensure your media lists are accurate and up to date, craft outreach that gets responses, and streamline your workflow without sacrificing quality.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Google has rolled out a new consumer protection feature called Google Guaranteed. Businesses advertising through Local Services Ads can apply for a Google Guaranteed qualification, offering extra reassurance to customers. Google Guaranteed could be a powerful lead generation tool to help you stand out from your competitors. The program helps showcase home service providers who have been pre-screened.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The annual performance review has become something employees and, as it turns out, managers dread. Stories abound on the Internet of people complaining about the dreaded annual performance review. A recent study found that only 8% of companies believe their performance management drives business value. More so, 58% report it is not an effective use of time.
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 26, 2020
These days, everyone is a publisher. Brands, consumers, businesses and agencies alike are creating digital content at a speed that far outpaces our ability to consume these messages. Some publishers attempt to solve this problem strictly with creativity. While creativity is a component of high-performing content, it’s not the only factor to keep in mind.
Rock Content
OCTOBER 30, 2020
It’s no secret that humans are visual creatures. In fact, there’s a vast body of research proving that 93% of all of our communication is non-verbal. Moreover, it’s well known now that we process images much more quickly than text. In fact, marketers have used this fact for years now to create better and more engaging strategies. However, visuals can also be used more directly – for sales.
Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA
The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Business intelligence software has become a necessary tool in the era of big data. Your organization collects tons of data about your customers, website, and total health of the company. But without BI software, making sense of that information is nearly impossible.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. While some invest a tremendous amount of money in traditional advertising channels, many use the power of content instead. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. If your company isn’t harnessing the potential of content marketing , then you could be losing valuable opportunities to attract, interest, and convert buyers.
Search Engine Journal
OCTOBER 25, 2020
What are the pros and cons of dynamic GIF content? Are GIFs good or bad for SEO? Here's everything you need to know. The post SEO Best Practices When Using GIFs via @ChandalN appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Rock Content
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Difficulties in accessing a website can cause disruptions in the user experience that impair the audience’s engagement with your brand. To minimize those consequences, knowing how to create a custom error 404 page will help to properly communicate the issue and keep people engaged even if there is a problem uploading the site. There are several reasons for the error 404 to happen.
Speaker: Hanan Polinovski, Events Manager and David Brown, Sr. Marketing & Events Lead
Are your events living up to expectations? Are you getting quality leads from your sponsorships? Have you ever wondered if that branded notebook actually makes an impact? Get ready to transform your event strategy! Join event marketing pros Hanan Polinovski from Printfection and David Brown from Bonusly for a fast-paced webinar about turning your event efforts into serious ROI.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Climbing a mountain takes months or years of hard work from training to actually hiking the mountain. If you want to build a website for your business, it’s no different. Most of the articles that I write on my blogs are catered towards intermediate to experienced marketers and those with a business website. But that’s not fair. Some of my readers are just preparing to take their first steps up the marketing mountain , some who only have their first domain name registrar confirmation.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Hosting attendees at your virtual event takes hard work, and crafting a memorable event experience takes top-notch planning and logistics. But when it comes to ensuring maximum ROI for your event , what you do after is what matters most. If you fail in your follow-up strategy, your competitors who offer similar products or services might be the ones to benefit from your hard work Therefore, you have to continue to nurture attendees until they become your regular customers or patronizers.
Sprout Social
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Creating equity is about how we engage with the world and the community around us. In that spirit, Sprout Social kickstarted an initiative that goes beyond our internal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) education, and ensures we’re using our privilege and resources to support the communities we live in. . Since officially launching Sprout Serves in fall 2019, team members across the organization have rallied to reach out to nonprofits, volunteer their time and make an impact on the communiti
Rock Content
OCTOBER 30, 2020
The major challenge of any Digital Marketing strategy is to establish an approach capable of generating, nurturing, and converting leads. To conduct this process, countless tech companies already invest in the production of content for various channels, which continually raises the consumer’s expectations. . Therefore, it is necessary to create valuable experiences, in order to distinguish your brand from the competition.
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Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Warren Buffet once said, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”. Having a solid value proposition is one way your company can illustrate and introduce its value upfront. In just a few sentences, your company’s value proposition should describe your main selling point and draw in customers. A good value proposition tells your customers what they can expect to gain by doing business with you.
Marketing Insider Group
OCTOBER 28, 2020
For the past 10 years or more, I’ve been analyzing, strategizing, building, optimizing, and measuring the content marketing programs for companies in just about every industry and sector there is. In fact, in my last count, we have done fully customized content marketing strategy workshops for more than 80 different companies. Those workshops were all meant for the marketers running content marketing for those brands.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 26, 2020
What if you could break down department silos and cross geographic boundaries in the name of stronger content operations? It’s possible with a content council. Learn how Corteva Agriscience created one to advise, support, and advocate for content and content marketing. Continue reading → The post Charter a Content Council to Knock Down Silos appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Rock Content
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Conversion is an essential part of Digital Marketing. Even if you use various digital channels , the transition from lead to customer is very likely to happen on your site. With that in mind, it’s important to create a strategy focused on optimizing website conversions over time to always achieve good results. The name of this strategy is CRO.
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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.
Litmus
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) opened the door for interactive email back in 2018 when Google first announced AMP support in Gmail. Google recently held its annual AMP Fest event, laying out the future of the AMP platform and highlighting customer success stories from a variety of industries. The biggest news from AMP Fest 2020 was upcoming support from more industry heavyweights like Verizon Media and Salesforce.
Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 30, 2020
This week, we look at benchmarks and outliers from Animalz research. We spot the end for someone’s LinkedIn Live (and perhaps a beginning for yours). And we share construction technology’s modern voice (and a podcast). Continue reading → The post Benchmarks and Outliers, Endings and Beginnings [The Weekly Wrap] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
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