Sat.Feb 03, 2018 - Fri.Feb 09, 2018

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Are Webinars Dead? How to Make a Webinar that Works in 2018

Hubspot Marketing

As an acquisition marketer, I hear questions like this all the time: "Is the PDF dead? Is the webinar dead now too? How should we continue generating leads for our sales team while continuing to innovate on the content formats we produce and gate behind a form?". It’s 2018, and the way our prospects and customers find and consume content has certainly changed.

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Why Digital Marketing is Crucial—No Matter the Size of Your Business

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Ask the CMO of any top-tier company about their tips for reaching business goals, and a robust digital marketing strategy will undoubtedly be slotted as number one. Digital marketing is more affordable, flexible, and engaging than traditional marketing methods. Even top-performing small and mid-sized companies are finding better competition, improved best practices, and increased engagement through digital marketing.

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Go Behind the Scenes of Coca-Cola’s Storytelling

Content Marketing Institute

Kate Santore took the stage at Content Marketing World to share Coca-Cola’s storytelling ethos – and in the process inspired marketers to ask, “What if?”. “Sharing our strategies and approach to marketing has been a tradition at Coca-Cola to open the door for other brands to learn from our 130 years of marketing experience,” Kate says. “Sharing this ‘thought-ware’ collectively raises the bar for every brand and therefore makes us strive for bigger, better, bolder.”.

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The Only 3 Things B2B Marketers Need to Boost Content Marketing ROI in 2018

Marketing Insider Group

One thing that will be on the CMO agenda every year is increasing return on investment. When you can optimize every dollar spent, your marketing strategy has the power to make a bigger impact, driving leads, sales and customer retention. One of the toughest areas of marketing to measure – and the most critical to […]. The post The Only 3 Things B2B Marketers Need to Boost Content Marketing ROI in 2018 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How to Create a Community Your Members Can't Get Enough Of

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.

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Using Content As Your Voice of Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

Using Content As Your Voice of Strategy written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. I’ve said it once (or twice) and I’ll say it again: content is no longer king, it’s air. It not only touches all aspects of your marketing these days but of your business as well. Your audience expects to find information about any product, service, or challenge they face simply by typing a keyword into Google.

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What Email Subject Line Length Works Best?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Alright fellow marketers, let’s get to the bottom of this. Subject lines can be one of the most frustrating components of email marketing. How can something possibly be short, fun, eye-catching, enticing, and compelling all at the same time? I know. It doesn’t make any sense. As a result, marketers are plagued by a few common questions: Are shorter subject lines better?

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4 Creative Experiential Marketing Examples That Are Raising the Bar

Marketing Insider Group

Rooted in event marketing, experiential marketing encompasses the traditional event concept – as well as any brand-audience interaction that fosters an experience. Think of experiential as in-person events, out of the box. An experiential marketing campaign is just as likely to promote art, culture and innovation as it is to provide the learning, networking and inspirational […].

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An Interview With Rosetta Stone: How to Make Content That Speaks to Your Audience

Rock Content

Every piece of content should be written in a language and tone befitting your audience. But do you know how to create content that speaks to them? Take Rosetta Stone for instance, they grew from a model that was all about language learning and moved into education technology. With millions of learners worldwide, the company has expanded its offerings and propelled the learning of a second language for native english speakers.

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Seeking Influencers: 3 Questions to Ask Before You Choose

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Social media has created many exciting phenomena. One of the most interesting is that of the influencer. Often these are ordinary people, made famous by their catchy or creative posts. Other times they are more traditionally famous people. Either way, these influencers can make a pretty good living by promoting brands or products to their large group of followers.

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Road Map to Success: Resources to Refresh Your Content Marketing Program

Content Marketing Institute

No matter how far you’ve come in your content marketing career – and how much you continue to progress – there are always a few things you wish you were better at, understood more deeply, or had known about earlier. On my career path, I traveled from print journalism to public relations to digital publishing before arriving at the content marketing crossroads.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

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.

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Facebook News Feed Case Study: Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling After All

Marketing Insider Group

On Jan. 4, Mark Zuckerberg announced his New Year’s resolution to “fix Facebook.” When it comes to your news feed, family and friends are in—brands and publishers are largely out. Regular Joes rejoiced over the idea of a less cluttered social media experience that shows them only the stuff they really want. Meanwhile, in offices […]. The post Facebook News Feed Case Study: Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling After All appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Facebook Advertising and Engagement for Small Businesses

Duct Tape Marketing

Facebook Advertising and Engagement for Small Businesses written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch About Facebook Advertising. Facebook advertising for small business is a hot topic, and it’s gotten even hotter since Facebook’s been in the news lately talking about limiting people’s organic reach.

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How to Cut Through the Key Marketing Metrics Mess

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Everything in our lives now has at least 10 different ways to be measured, and another 50 articles on the metrics you should be using. This applies to more than just marketing—how to measure your personal success, how to measure your dog’s obedience, how to measure who does the dishes more often in your household. The list goes on, the numbers go on, and you spiral into a never-ending measurement crisis.

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4 Case Studies Show How to Crush It With Out-of-the-Box Content Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

This post was co-written by Shopify’s Casandra Campbell. Content marketing can be a valuable tool for nearly any company, in nearly any industry, at nearly any point in the sales funnel. But with the glut of content available, how does a brand create and distribute content that allows the company (and the audience) to experience that value? We sent out a request for examples of awesome content marketing via HARO and other channels.

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

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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Everything You Need To Know About Chatbots For Your Online Business

Marketing Insider Group

Online shopping doesn’t follow a single path. Instead, there’s an abundance of ways to make an online purchase — apps, email, social media. These multiple options can be disorienting to customers if there isn’t one clear route for reaching businesses. Enter “conversational commerce,” or businesses and buyers connecting through messaging apps. Companies today can use […].

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[VIDEO] 23 Questions with Jay Acunzo | Traackr

Traackr

In a Vogue 73 Questions spin-off, we ask Jay Acunzo 23 questions to get his thoughts on everything from his biggest brand crush to his hidden talent.

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Why You Should Treat Partner and Customer Acquisition the Same Way

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Acquiring both customers and partners is vital to any company’s success, but many pursue the two groups differently. While customer acquisition usually commands extensive strategy, partners and affiliates are often brought on passively. If a lack of time, resources, or understanding keeps you from actively seeking out affiliates, you’re missing a significant opportunity.

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How to Rock Mobile Native Advertising

Content Marketing Institute

When Melanie Deziel’s New York Times colleagues tweeted “ impressively produced ” and “ can’t believe I’m sharing a paid post … even mobile-friendly ” about a native ad that she and her team had created, she knew T Brand Studio had gotten some things right. What things, exactly? She shared her answers at Content Marketing World, How Innovative Brands Are Getting More out of Their Mobile Native Advertising Campaigns.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

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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Event Marketing Experts Predict 3 Emerging Trends

Marketing Insider Group

The last year witnessed an explosion in event marketing, with over 63% of marketers planning to invest more in 2018 according to a study done by Bizzabo. With event marketing comprising 20-25% of overall marketing budgets, it is obvious that event marketing is here to stay. Clearly, not everyone needs a giant ferris wheels […]. The post Event Marketing Experts Predict 3 Emerging Trends appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Transcript of How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Back to Podcast. Transcript. John Jantsch: Hello. Welcome to another episode of the Duck Tape Marketing Podcast. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Troy Dean. He is, like all of us, an online speaker, coach, consultant, podcaster; but he’s also the founder of WP Elevation , which is the world’s largest business community for WordPress consultant

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The Results Are In: The Best Chrome Extensions for Obtaining Contact Information

Lusha

Extensions – What They Do and Why You Want to Try Them. If you’re not already using Chrome extensions, you should be! They are a vital tool in your arsenal, and nowadays, there are quite a few of them out there that promise real results for yielding contact information. When it comes to recruitment and sales, accuracy, reliability and speed of data are the name of the game, and with relative ease, most anyone can enhance simple browsing capabilities with some truly state-of-the-art extensi

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4 Progressive Business Podcasts You Need To Listen To Now

Zumvu

It’s an exciting time to be part of the business world these days--every week there seems to be a new startup, or an app developed to help you cut down on wholesale drop shipping costs.

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The Power of Community: Why a Branded Community is a Must-Have for Every Association

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.

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Weekend Reading: “Iconic Advantage” By Soon Yu

Marketing Insider Group

For the 161st episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Soon Yu, co-author with Dave Birss of Iconic Advantage: Don’t Chase the New, Innovate the Old. Modern business gurus all cry for the need to innovate, to disrupt, and to act like a startup. It’s hard to argue with that kind of thinking. It’s […]. The post Weekend Reading: “Iconic Advantage” By Soon Yu appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Successfully Run a Business as a WordPress Consultant written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Troy Dean. Podcast Transcript. My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Troy Dean. He is an online speaker, coach, consultant, podcaster, and founder of WP Elevation. He and I discuss the consulting world of WordPress and why WordPress just keeps getting better and better.

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The Results Are In: The Best Chrome Extensions for Obtaining Contact Information

Lusha

Extensions – What They Do and Why You Want to Try Them. If you’re not already using Chrome extensions, you should be! They are a vital tool in your arsenal, and nowadays, there are quite a few of them out there that promise real results for yielding contact information. When it comes to recruitment and sales, accuracy, reliability and speed of data are the name of the game, and with relative ease, most anyone can enhance simple browsing capabilities with some truly state-of-the-art extensi

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Digital marketing strategies for entrepreneurs

Zumvu

The technology has strongly misshapen the way the people have been doing and promoting the business. The internet alone has opened new chances and has given better access to more resources than ever.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

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

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10 Most Popular B2B Lead Generation Blog Posts of 2017

Marketing Insider Group

January is a time for new beginnings. To help you launch into a great year, I’ve compiled a list of the top ten most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Generation Blog in 2017. This following list was compiled based on aggregate social shares across Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and views. The list starts […]. The post 10 Most Popular B2B Lead Generation Blog Posts of 2017 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Weekend Favs February 3

Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs February 3 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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Think You Can Make it Without a Content Team? Think Again.

Rock Content

So, you know you need to generate leads. You know you want to increases sales. And you know content is an increasingly critical ingredient in that equation; you get that content is hugely valuable. Then why do you think you can do it without a content team? I exaggerate, of course. Most readers here wouldn’t dream of marketing without a content engine – after all, the numbers speak for themselves.

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5 Reasons Inside Sales Will Replace Outside Sales by 2020

Lusha

Hi there, my name’s Lusha and I help sales professionals save time and meet their goals faster. Today I’m going to talk about how the sales process is evolving – and why inside sales is a better fit than outside sales for this new type of buying process. Read on to find out more! Introducing the Two Methods. You already know that the way people purchase has changed in recent years.

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Accelerate Your Marketing with Automation: A Quickstart Guide

Ready to streamline your marketing efforts and achieve more with less? Our guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to: Build a Strong Foundation: Set up your automation infrastructure for success. Execute Proven Tactics: Implement effective strategies to nurture leads and drive conversions. Measure and Optimize: Track your results and make data-driven adjustments.