Four decades after its inception, email is still considered a top channel—fiercely competing with social media and organic search when it comes to delivering ROI. In the Email Marketing Industry Census 2017, conducted by Adestra in partnership with eConsultancy, 73% of email marketers considered the performance of email campaigns either ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ while SEO came […]
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Being in a constant state of flux has been a reality for marketers for decades. Entering the digital age has merely quickened the pace. Fictional 1960s advertising executive Don Draper from the AMC series Mad Men, said, “People want to be told what to do so badly that they’ll listen to anyone.” Well, maybe not
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It’s easy to see why the technology-fueled resurgence of account-based marketing (ABM) is taking hold. B2B marketers are: Driving bigger deals, higher close rates, and more revenue Winning strategic accounts in specific industries or regions, or with other significance Getting higher ROI vs. other marketing strategies The 2017 State of Account-Based Marketing Study by SiriusDecisions
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How many times in the last month have you heard the sentiments, “Well, we’ve always done it this way”? Hopefully zero, but the reality is that all too often we get sucked into the rinse-and-repeat tactics that we’ve used forever. Even if you’re a creature of habit, it’s no excuse to become inflexible in the
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Like any good company, Facebook is constantly adapting and changing to the world around us. And while some of the changes leave me standing on my front porch, yelling at kids to get off of my lawn, many have me excited, both as a user and as a marketer. Whenever a new update comes out,
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Content and social media marketing are excellent means of nurturing leads through the sales funnel, but they have their limitations. Getting site content in front of leads requires high search rankings for relevant keywords, and social media posts have a short lifespan and heavy competition. There is no guarantee that leads will discover content published
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For years, your business has thrived selling to other companies as a supplier. Those other companies would sell your product to consumers on your behalf. Everything had gone smoothly. However, now your new marketing lead wants to reap higher revenue margins by offering your product to consumers directly. Three months later, your business buyers have
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You’ve heard all of the adages when it comes to approaching a challenge: there’s more than one way to skin a cat, different strokes for different folks, or you could put those aside and look at it like bowling. You can get a strike by putting some “English” or “backspin” on the ball and arcing
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It’s no secret — social media has invaded every aspect of our lives and changed the marketing landscape forever. Yet despite this, many B2B marketers remain skeptical of social media’s effectiveness as a lead generation tool. Maybe they believe it’s difficult to ascertain metrics for their marketing efforts, maybe they don’t know how to put
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One of the best things about taking part in Marketo User Groups (MUGs) is that you get to hear from people that have “seen it, done it, and been there”. I had the opportunity to lead a panel discussion at the San Francisco MUG on the topic, Taking Out the Garbage: Real Life Experiences in
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