Neil Patel

APRIL 23, 2021

There are a lot of misconceptions about online reputation management. Some people think it’s just social media monitoring, while others believe it has something to do with public relations, and still others have no idea the impact it can have on sales. In this guide, I’ll explain the role of online reputation management in today’s digital age, explain why it matters, and outline 10 tips for improving and protecting your brand’s online image.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 22, 2021

Whether you’re thinking about launching a business in 2021 or working on growing one, you probably recognize and understand the importance and value of tools. The fact is, you can’t do it all on your own – no matter how savvy you are. To build or grow a startup in 2021, you need to invest in tools that can help you optimize, automate, and improve every working part of your business – from sales and marketing to employees and customers.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 19, 2021

If you’ve ever scrambled to get regular content published to your brand’s Facebook Page, you’ve probably wondered if there’s a way to schedule Facebook posts ahead of time. Well, there is! When you schedule Facebook posts, managing a social media content calendar becomes far more efficient. Scheduling posts can help your brand post consistently and stay on top of posting schedules.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 19, 2021

Instagram doesn’t make it easy to get clicks to your landing pages. But these five ideas will help you navigate the channel to get the traffic to your site. Continue reading → The post How to Drive Organic Clicks and Leads From Your Instagram Channel appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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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.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 22, 2021

Sign up. Buy now. Learn more. None of these common call-to-action triggers will probably get you the desired result, because your target audience is more knowledgeable than ever before. If you want to learn how to write the perfect call-to-action that’ll captivate your target audience, educate them and increase your conversions, this in-depth article was written with you in mind.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 21, 2021

Content creation is the cornerstone of a successful inbound marketing strategy. This new Checklist: Perfecting Your B2B Brand Identity helps B2B companies hone how their brand looks, feels, and sounds in the marketplace, which is a great first step to creating the voice that will transcend your content. Once companies establish a brand identity, they can begin to consistently infuse content with the right language, tone, and other nuances that make your company distinct.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 20, 2021

No matter how religiously you follow updates to the Instagram algorithm , getting your posts in front of people isn’t going to do you much good if they don’t actually like what they’re seeing. Social media is ultimately for people, not robots — which means getting true engagement requires appealing to what people like. We already know that visually beautiful or interesting content performs best here.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 20, 2021

If you’ve spent any time learning about marketing analytics, you’ve probably come across the term “funnels.” What exactly are marketing funnels and why do they matter? Marketing funnels are a useful tool to help you visualize the path customers take from first finding out about your brand to converting. Understanding them provides useful insight into why some customers convert — and some don’t.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 20, 2021

Do you ever feel like an obsessed ex stalking your competition’s content? Did their Tweets get better engagement than yours this week? Are you still below them in the search results for those battleground keywords? What topics did they cover this month? It sure would be great if you never had to think about them. You wouldn’t even need to know they exist most of the time.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 20, 2021

With its phenomenal growth, Clubhouse sounds like a tempting target for content marketers. Before you knock on that door, make sure you understand how to get in – and how to get along. Let the experience and advice of three content marketers be your guide. Continue reading → The post Is It Time to Join Clubhouse? 3 Content Marketers Weigh In 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.

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Litmus

APRIL 23, 2021

From my very scientific study (I observed my daughter as she started writing reports over this past year), I have learned that one of the first aspects of design that people ever start playing with is typography. When you first start writing reports, you spend hours trying to figure out the best font to use. Ok, maybe not hours, but most people spend a bit of time on it.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 21, 2021

Oscar Wilde said “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”—and social networks are really taking that quote to heart. Case in point: it took less than a year for the big names in social to start developing their own audio chat product to compete with rising newcomer, Clubhouse. Facebook is experimenting with audio features, Twitter launched Spaces last December, and even Reddit is pursuing its own Clubhouse clones.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 19, 2021

Blogging is a pain. Not because content is hard to write (worse case you can just hire a writer or agency ), but due to the fact that no one can guarantee that your blog post gets read or not. Just think about it… you spend all this time writing content, but no one can guarantee that it gets seen, shared, or even linked to. So, I thought it would be fun to analyze popular blog posts and see what common characteristics that they have.

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Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 20, 2021

Search engine optimization (SEO) may seem like a straightforward concept. You pick keywords related to your business, create content with those keywords, and you’re set to watch your site grow — a simple three-step process, right? Nope. While those are fundamental elements of SEO, it can actually be quite challenging to create a strategy that helps you drive traffic and enough of it to meet your overall business goals.

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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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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 22, 2021

Too many treat editing and proofreading as the same thing. You can change that. Here’s how to do each as a distinct endeavor. (Your readers will thank you.) Continue reading → The post The Best Proofreading and Editing Tips (Spoiler: Don’t Do Them at the Same Time) appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 21, 2021

Looking for ways to boost your professional Instagram skills? Online courses are a great way to stay up-to-date on Instagram’s ever-changing updates and best practices. Whether you’re a seasoned Instagram expert trying to understand the latest algorithm change or wondering whether to switch to an Instagram Creator account or Instagram Business account , taking Instagram courses is a great way to help you build the best Instagram marketing strategy possible.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 19, 2021

There was a time when Pandora was all the rage. Everyone everywhere was streaming music, listening, and sharing it with their friends. In came Spotify and in no time, the platform reached 345 million users. Spotify now has 34 percent of the market share compared with Apple Music, Amazon Music, and others. What does all of this mean for you? It means Spotify ads are popular, and advertising on this platform could make a significant difference in your business.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 22, 2021

Overview. For more than a century, Hilton has built its reputation on raising the standards of the guest experience. In fact, many of the staple offerings in the hospitality industry today—room service, the minibar, central reservations systems—were once Hilton innovations. And even though it’s been four decades since minibars made their glorious debut, Hilton continues to innovate.

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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.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 23, 2021

This week in content marketing, a Trader Joe’s contest stretches user-generated content to delicious lengths. Pepsi tries an expensive approach to promote a new flavor. And a Kia dealership test-drives personalized video content. Continue reading → The post How Do You Like Your Content Marketing – Cheesy, Fruity, or Extremely Personal? appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Litmus

APRIL 21, 2021

Coding background colors sounds like a simple task right? The truth? Even this minor bit of styling has some pitfalls, and there are a few considerations that need to be made to get consistent rendering across email clients. And it’s not just developers that need to appease the inbox gods. With Dark Mode gaining momentum, there are even more environments to be aware of, some of which will require email designers to take extra care when applying background colors in their designs.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 20, 2021

Selling can be challenging because it involves s a complex process of human behavior and cognition. More than likely, marketers who struggle to win customers either haven’t been prospecting the right way or aren’t putting in enough effort. In this in-depth article, you’ll learn how to leverage the power of the human brain with neuroscience sales tips.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 19, 2021

There’s something very unappealing about picking up the phone to call a customer service number. If you feel similarly, you’re not alone—when it comes to customer service, people are turning to other methods like in-app messaging and social media as their preferred method of choice. Over the last year, for example, social messaging grew 110% as consumers’ preferred outreach method for customer service issues.

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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.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 21, 2021

You can’t determine a house’s value by measuring its fence height. Yet, marketers often make that kind of leap, using an arbitrary number to calculate ROI. Let’s delve smartly into measuring the content that feeds marketing. Continue reading → The post How to Demystify the Process of Measuring Content Marketing ROI [Video Show] appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.

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Litmus

APRIL 19, 2021

“That doesn’t look right…”. Your heart drops. Your career flashes before your eyes. Anxiety ensues. Email marketing mistakes happen to the best of us. Whether you’ve made one recently—or dread the thought of it happening—it’s important to remember that you’re not alone. As gatekeepers to the highest performing marketing channel, email marketers have to hold themselves to a level of perfectionism.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 19, 2021

At one point or another, you’ve probably asked yourself if Twitter is actually helpful for growing your business or if it’s a total waste of time. The truth is, it’s only helpful for promoting your brand if you know how to use it in the right ways. When I first started on Twitter, I didn’t know much about growing my name on the platform. After some work, I now have over 380,000 followers.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 19, 2021

SaaS startups face several challenges when marketing their services to prospects. From brand name awareness, to lead generation, marketing your SaaS business requires maximum ROI for the lowest cost. That’s why SaaS companies win with content marketing. The results are measurable, and the costs are low. It’s also why we use a SaaS-based model with our own content marketing.

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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

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Industrial Marketer

APRIL 20, 2021

A marketing funnel is the set of steps that a potential lead takes to become a client. Your marketing strategy should ultimately guide this process, whether you work in a B2B or B2C marketing field. A proper marketing funnel can increase revenue, production, and your overall loyal customer base. Manufacturers that institute marketing funnels will. Read more » The post 5 Ways to Maximize a Manufacturer’s Marketing Funnel appeared first on Industrial Marketer.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 22, 2021

The Modern Guide to Public Relations in 2021 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Amy Rosenberg. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Amy Rosenberg. Amy learned PR in the trenches — working her way up from intern to management at two marketing agencies before starting her own PR firm, Veracity.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 21, 2021

Although the concept only appeared a few years ago, everyone today knows what an “influencer” is. They are experts within a specific community who endorse or review products, software, or even thoughts within their field of expertise. Others in the community look to them when making their own purchasing choices. Influencers yield a lot of power.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 19, 2021

Networking is one of the main points of attraction for the majority of events, and it is often an event element that creates lasting memories for attendees. Over time, attendees may forget specific details of the sessions they attended at an event, but they will continue to cherish the connections they made and the relationships they began building.

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