Contently
MARCH 26, 2021
Want to feel depressed about marketing? According to eMarketer , display ad spending is expected to grow a whopping 24 percent this year to over $80 billion. Now, I made a couple of assumptions with that lede. First, that you don’t work in ad-tech (if you do, this post is probably going to p**s you off). And second, that you’re a human being.
Webbiquity
MARCH 26, 2021
Guest post by Apoorv Bhatnagar. B2B customers have come to expect the same type and level of personalization as B2C customers. Consequently, businesses must personalize interactions across channels to form a rich, cohesive experience for B2B customers. Image credit: Arantxa Aniorte on Unsplash. Here are ten tips to help ensure a smooth transition from single or multichannel marketing to an unforgettable omnichannel marketing campaign.
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Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 24, 2021
Marketing success boils down to one thing: your audience’s trust. When you humanize your brand with authentic content, you can build the kind of trust that makes your company the go-to authority in its field. Gone are the days when a catchy commercial was all a brand needed to win a consumer’s business. In fact, even in the glory days of Madison Avenue, the most successful agencies published authentic content that informed and humanized even as it entertained.
The Point
MARCH 24, 2021
A recent report by LinkedIn and research agency System1 found that the bulk of B2B advertising is ineffective. I’ve written elsewhere in this space about the sorry state of B2B creative in general, so the headline came as no surprise. What was surprising, however, was the criteria by which the two firms rendered the advertising in question as unsuccessful.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.
KoMarketing Associates
MARCH 24, 2021
Email marketing remains a highly effective channel for marketers, but new research shows that more of them are losing sight of the basics. As a result, messages are failing to reach their recipients’ inboxes. Validity recently conducted “The State of Email Marketing” report, and statistics indicated that for the majority of marketers (39%), the effectiveness of email is holding steady.
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Marketing Insider Group
MARCH 22, 2021
You expect to earn sustainable sales, traffic, and consistent ROI from content marketing. As you should! Here’s the thing. You wouldn’t expect someone to morph into a loyal customer after seeing one piece of content from your brand – that’s ridiculous. You know it’s not logical, especially in B2B. You need top-of-funnel content first. That’s why most B2B marketers say their main goals for content marketing include: Building brand awareness.
Webbiquity
MARCH 25, 2021
Guest post by Natasha Lane. The value of customer testimonials is well-researched and documented , which is why every business should solicit and promote them. However, the days of just slapping three one-sentence testimonials on your homepage are long gone. Today, you need to do more to gain the most value possible from positive customer comments and reviews, and these five tips will help you do just that. 1.
KoMarketing Associates
MARCH 23, 2021
Intent Data refers to information that indicates a web user has an intention of making a specific purchase. More marketers are turning to intent data to gain additional insight into the potential actions web users might take based on information about their digital behavior. However, new research shows that not all marketers have strategies in place to gain a definitive competitive advantage using intent data.
Zoominfo
MARCH 25, 2021
Technology has become a ubiquitous aspect of human existence. And a deep understanding of how technology works have become crucial for competing in the professional world. People seeking to add value through innovation depend on applications or data to achieve their objectives. Therefore, coding skills are now essential to competing in any growing industry, such as digital marketing.
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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
MARCH 24, 2021
Everybody loves a great story. Storytelling is a human pastime, something we’ve been doing for thousands of years. Those same foundational elements of a moving story apply to content marketing. With brand storytelling, you can create an emotional connection with your audience. So, how do you effectively implement and scale brand storytelling into your content strategy ?
Contently
MARCH 23, 2021
It’s getting harder and harder not to feel like life’s one big Zoom. Because of the pandemic, we’re living within the rectangular screens that sit on our desk and in our pockets. But this reality has a silver-lining for creatives—marketing leaders are shifting their budgets into content. The one thing that keeps me up at night, though, is how marketers measure content success.
Vision Edge Marketing
MARCH 23, 2021
Measurement. Everyone in business today accepts the merits of measurement. One key category of measures, productivity measures, provide insight on how to improve performance. and operational excellence. We’ve written numerous articles and white papers, and have dozens of videos on this topic: with best practices for how to: Define measures, metrics and KPIs.
SendX
MARCH 23, 2021
In this post we’re going to look at several email marketing terminologies around the world of email marketing. Email is still one of the best performing marketing channels there is. To understand how powerful it is, know this—Email gets more conversions than any other marketing channel. It converts better than search engine traffic or social media traffic.
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The rise of AI and the fall of the cookie are profoundly changing programmatic advertising. With Chrome’s third-party cookie deprecation looming, the industry must adapt. With an overwhelming array of new and old technologies, many advertisers feel uncertain about how to proceed. Dstillery CEO, Michael Beebe, outlines a straightforward 4-step approach to streamline and enhance your post-cookie targeting strategy: Leverage first-party data.
InsightSquared
MARCH 25, 2021
Agile transformed engineering teams. ABM is transforming marketing. Yet, we are still running forecast and funnel reviews just as we did decades ago … interrogating and inspecting deals to assess the quality of the funnel to meet the number. I believe that technology is now available that will fundamentally change our approach! . Forecast vs Funnel Review.
Contently
MARCH 25, 2021
88 Acres: How Microsoft Quietly Built the City of the Future…. It reads like the title of an award-winning magazine feature. Should’ve been, really. In 2014, Microsoft pitched dozens of journalists a story idea about how a group of employees were analyzing sensory data to revolutionize the way the company used energy across its 500-acre campus.
BOP Design
MARCH 22, 2021
We all hope that we’ll be returning to a world of in-person events, lunch meetings, and networking mixers very soon. However, even once we do return to in-person meetups, the importance of digital marketing and online communications won’t disappear. In fact, the recent pandemic has demonstrated that digital connections and communications technology (like Zoom, Google Hangouts, Teams, etc.) are critical to everyday business.
Webbiquity
MARCH 21, 2021
Contributed post. Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising can be an incredibly effective method for driving qualified leads to your website. It’s highly targeted, so as long as businesses conduct extensive keyword research and integrate their strategy with SEO , they can see great results. But who is making the greatest use of PPC ads, and which industries can benefit from them the most?
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Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.
InsightSquared
MARCH 23, 2021
Deal-Level Intelligence You Can’t Get Anywhere Else. Revenue leaders have spoken. When it comes to forecasting, pipeline reviews, coaching and overall opportunity management — high-level predictions and scores simply aren’t enough. That’s why we’ve gone a step further (actually a whole flight and counting) to deliver the deep, real-time visibility and insights that make it easier than ever to inspect, predict, validate and coach effectively at every stage of the funnel. .
Contently
MARCH 22, 2021
Last Thursday, the NFL announced a $113 billion TV deal with its broadcast partners—an insane haul that cemented the NFL as the most coveted entertainment property on earth. As it was announced, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the greatest television steal of all time—and the incredible innovations it introduced. Our story starts in 1993. The Fox News propaganda machine was still just a twinkle in Rupert Murdoch’s eyes.
Tomorrow People
MARCH 23, 2021
Think about all the time and work you invest each day to help your brand become a category leader. As you organize and implement your Go-to-Market plan, you must: Find a real market problem that your product or service will solve. Clarify your product’s unique selling proposition. Develop a memorable brand story that differentiates your offering. Target your ideal buyers with a solution that strongly resonates with them.
Oktopost
MARCH 20, 2021
2020 was a challenging year for growing a business. The pandemic has left many companies feeling like they need to make up for lost time this year. Now, more than ever before, marketers must get creative to accelerate growth in the face of a shifting global business landscape. According to a survey conducted by CoSchedule , 74% of marketers say they set marketing goals, but only 3% admit to reaching them.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.
Sprout Social
MARCH 22, 2021
Reality check: B2B social media is here to stay. In fact, recent statistics note that social advertising is practiced by a staggering 83% of B2B marketers and is second only to search engines in terms of success. From nurturing customers to flexing your industry influence, the social space has a ton to offer B2B brands. But there’s no denying that B2B social media is tricky.
Content Marketing Institute
MARCH 22, 2021
We all know the dream, right? We create and distribute amazing, engaging content because we had: Sufficient time to develop it Effortless collaboration Efficient processes We all know the reality, right? We endure strict deadlines, spend way too long getting … Continue reading → The post 5 Fixes to Help Avoid Content Bottlenecks appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
Unbounce
MARCH 23, 2021
Here goes: the secret to writing great landing page headlines is …. *dramatic pause*. … just kidding! That would be way too easy. Sadly, there aren’t any shortcuts when it comes to writing effective landing page headlines. You need to put in the work, figure out how it fits into your campaign, and understand your audience to pull it off. In other words, there’s no single right way to write a landing page headline.
Benchmark Email
MARCH 24, 2021
There are 4,66 billion people in the world using the internet, and 92,6 percent of them use mobile devices to go online. Such rapidly growing usage of phones is changing the face of the Internet as we know it. Every respectful company has a mobile version of the corporate site to both provide a better… The post What Is AMP For Email? And What Can You Do With It?
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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
Sprout Social
MARCH 24, 2021
As a marketer, you have so many routes to pursuing your goals of generating brand awareness and getting more and more customers in the pipeline. There are so many different strategies and platforms to test for your brand, and multichannel marketing is just one of the ways you can manage your presence across them. Multichannel marketing is a strategy that allows you to go after your customers and build your brand across many different platforms and utilizing many different tactics.
Content Marketing Institute
MARCH 24, 2021
Almost 60% of SEO pros say backlinks have a big impact on search engine rankings, according to a recent uSERP survey. Make sure to know the basics, from the terms of art to the types of content that will get you traction. Continue reading → The post Know the Basics of Link-Building to Boost Your SEO appeared first on Content Marketing Institute.
ConvertKit
MARCH 24, 2021
In theory, starting a paid newsletter is easy. In half an hour, you can create a newsletter from scratch and begin collecting email addresses. But before the rubber really hits the road, there are a few decisions you need to make: you’ll need a topic, a name, and a promotion plan. Oh yeah, and there’s the tricky little detail of how much to charge. Like most digital products, there’s no set standard for how much to charge for a premium newsletter.
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