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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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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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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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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Dreamforce is nearly here! In just a few short weeks, some us will have our wishes granted when Alicia Keys takes the stage. Dreamforce is famous for mixing work with a great time—and there are tons of learning opportunities around the Dreamforce scene. So, even if you don’t have a full pass, you can go back
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The fact that Google receives the most global ad revenue every year tells advertisers that AdWords reigns as the ultimate acquisition channel. It also highlights that competition is stiff in search engine marketing. As marketers, we’re always looking for a way to get ahead of the competition. To boost quality score, reduce cost-per-click (CPC) and,
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For a long time, it was commonplace to hear people say, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” But that truism has given way to a new one in the B2B world: everything has changed. It has done so profoundly and quickly—and will only continue in that vein. At the Marketing Nation
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We are continually obsessing over our marketing campaigns, but how often do we stop to work out precisely what this means and how to succeed step by step. Typically, a marketing campaign is a planned sequence of activities and processes which promote an individual product, service, or resources. A multitude of channels are used and
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