Hubspot Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

When marketers like us create landing pages, write email copy, or design call-to-action buttons, it can be tempting to use our intuition to predict what will make people click and convert. But basing marketing decisions off of a "feeling" can be pretty detrimental to results. Rather than relying on guesses or assumptions to make these decisions, you're much better off running conversion rate optimization (CRO) tests -- sometimes called A/B tests.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 1, 2018

Think about the last time you went to a concert. When you looked around, were you struck by the sight of concertgoers losing themselves in the musical experience? Or did you find yourself watching most of the show through other people’s smartphones as they captured videos they would later share to Facebook? If the latter sounds dismally accurate, cheer up.

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 2, 2018

How do you define content? Does everyone on your team agree with your definition? Do the people on other teams define content the same way? Sure, there’s a dictionary definition for content (in fact, multiple definitions for multiple usages). A Wikipedia entry offers two slightly different definitions in its first two sentences. This question of how to define content came up in the Content Marketing Institute LinkedIn group a few weeks ago.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Getting your content marketing analysis right isn’t just about finding out how successful your strategy is and validating it to stakeholders. It’s the only way you’ll be able to make your content marketing strategy better and use it for achieving business goals. Without the right metrics, you are making decisions in the dark, possibly without […].

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2018

Tips for Starting a Successful Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Colleen DeBaise. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Colleen DeBaise. She is a business journalist, author, podcast host at The Story Exchange , and contributing editor at Inc.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As marketers, we spend vast amounts of time, effort, and sometimes money producing content and campaigns that speak to our prospects and customers to convince them to move to the next step of the customer journey. But there are ways in which our content and campaigns fall short for our audiences. In this blog, I’ll show you the four reasons your content isn’t working and what you can do to improve. 1.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

There’s a lot of conjecture flying around about the status of the Agile marketing journey, from approaches and tools to benefits and pitfalls. Conjecture is all well and good, but we decided it was time to put some data behind the debate. And so, in partnership with Kapost, our team here at AgileSherpas decided to […]. The post Agile Marketing Journey Continues: State of Agile Marketing 2018 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2018

Transcript of Tips for Starting a Successful Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Colleen DeBaise. She is a business journalist and author and a contributing editor at Inc and formerly was the small business editor at The Wall Street Journal.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Earlier this year, Facebook announced a significant update to its algorithm, causing concern for brands and publishers all over. The update prioritizes content that starts conversations (via Facebook comments and reactions) on the News Feed of users. Marketers who have been paying attention will have seen this coming. Facebook announced in June that it was going to push content from friends and family higher in the News Feed.

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Do you wish your videos made more of a difference for your business? Do you find yourself running out of ideas for videos your audience will love? Ever wonder what it takes to make a video so good that news outlets can’t wait to get their hands on it? Enter, 20-year marketing veteran Lisa Mattson. With the help of her team, Lisa has reinvigorated Jordan Winery’s brand through videos.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As the internet becomes more saturated and more competitive day after day, ecommerce brands continue to look for more ways to cut through the noise and penetrate into the hearts and minds of their ideal customers. In recent years, video has become one of the more popular tactics that ecommerce brands are testing in order […]. The post How to Create Winning Videos for Your Ecommerce Brand appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Why Podcasting Should Be A High-Priority Content Platform This Year written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I talked about the benefits of podcasting quite a bit last year, and with the new year up and running, I wanted to take the time to re-stress the value that podcasting can bring to your business ( I can’t even begin to explain the wonders it has done for mine).

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The rate at which marketers have moved towards an account-based marketing (ABM) model is quite surprising. I remember when ABM was the ultimate buzz word at the Marketing Nation Summit a couple years ago. Many of us were wondering ‘Will this thing stick?’ or ‘Is this just a fad that will go away by next year?’ But it’s 2018 and ABM has become even more popular in the B2B world as marketers are seeing value in targeting accounts, not just leads.

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Content Marketing Institute

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Countless studies tell us infographics are highly engaging and that incorporating them into our content marketing strategy makes sense. But if the process for creating them is chaotic, the content is random, and the design guidelines are unclear, then each attempted infographic just eats up time and resources, and rarely delivers. To successfully create memorable infographics that drive engagement, you need to stick to deadlines and keep up the momentum throughout their development.

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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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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The digital revolution is empowering consumers like never before. They can now access a wealth of information from all over the world, anytime or anywhere they want. The result is that consumers are now more informed about their purchase decisions than ever. All of which means one thing: the buyer’s journey has changed. Advancements in […]. The post Using Data to Enhance the Customer Experience appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

How to Tap Into the Subscription Economy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Anne Janzer. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Anne Janzer. She is an award-winning author and non-fiction writing coach who has written books like The Writers Process and The Workplace Writer’s Process.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 2, 2018

Lead source is defined as the method by which a prospect found your product or service, and is an essential part of effective lead management. Lead source ensures that your leads remain measurable across the buyer’s journey. As you track the source of your lead through the funnel, you can quickly determine what is working and what is not in your marketing strategy.

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 1, 2018

What would you do with a blog that averaged 150,000 monthly views? Do tons more to drive leads, our team decided unanimously back in 2016. Up until that point, we merely invited readers to consume our blog content, which focused on the latest social media trends. Readers were free to enter and leave the premises at any time. We didn’t ask for visitors’ email addresses in return for access.

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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.

Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Any website built for business purposes, be it for early start ups or multi-billion dollar powerhouses, must have 4 interlocked components to drive strong business outcomes. Purpose and goals. Spillway and flow. Everything starts with purpose. Purpose naturally leads to the setting of important goals. Then, a spillway must be constructed to ensure there are ample opportunities to […].

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Weekend Favs February 24 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from an online source or one that I took out there on the road.

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Rock Content

MARCH 1, 2018

The Great Deluge of Content is real, and the rains are not about to abate. We’ve talked about this before. There’s just too much content. Whether it’s Netflix, Youtube, blogs, emails, webinars, whitepapers, or whatever other channels or forms of content you have handed to you daily, there is simply too much to consume. Every minute an unimaginable amount of content is created.

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Hubspot Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

At age 11, I dreamed of being an editor at a major magazine. I even put together my first publication, Teen Scene Magazine, using colored construction paper, yarn, and in-depth feature interviews with. my dad. Flash forward to today. I've swapped my colored construction paper and yarn for PowerPoint and InDesign. I've replaced my dad with marketing experts and influencers (in the office, that is).

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 2, 2018

For the 164th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Dave Mattson, co-author of Sandler Enterprise Selling: Winning, Growing, and Retaining Major Accounts. Competitively pursuing large, complex accounts is perhaps the greatest challenge for selling teams. To keep treasured clients and gain new ones, you need a system to win business with profitable enterprise […].

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Transcript of How to Tap Into the Subscription Economy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is sponsored by Podcast Bookers, podcastbookers.com. Podcasts are really hot, right, but you know what’s also really hot? Appearing as a guest on one of the many, many podcasts out there.

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Rock Content

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

With 4,200 employees, 127,000 companies insured, and over two million people covered, the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva) is Switzerland’s largest accident insurer. As a result of the sheer volume of individuals and businesses affected by its operations, Suva has a wealth of communications materials to manage. From client-facing information packages to internal communications to newsletters and annual reports, the Lucerne-based organization needs to generate and distribute an array

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I have always believed that content marketing means companies leaving behind their tired old promotional ads, brochures, and requests for a demo. That’s why marketers are acting like real publishers focused on helping their audience become educated, informed, even entertained. Because if you are good enough to build an audience, then great things happen to your business. […].

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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

Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 1, 2018

To drive growth, the mandate for sales organizations is to make more calls, send more cold emails. Sales reps are hustling and using automated tools to move faster. But sales hustle and automation have a downside: they can hurt customer experience. Here’s what I mean: B2B companies are now hiring more people to do this. […]. The post How Sales Hustle and Automation Hurt Customer Experience appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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