Fuel Lines
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Successful writers spend 75% of their time in the preparation and editing process and only 25% of their time writing the content. There are big rewards from content marketing, but it’s also a big challenge. Writing is a process that takes time and effort. Even the best writers have difficulty putting their ideas into words. Most of us aren’t born with the gift for writing.
Martech
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Drew Neisser, the founder of B2B brand strategy boutique Renegade, discussed the findings from the company’s 2021 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Report in a recent webinar on MarTech. The survey brought together salespeople and marketers to understand how ABM could address some of their interdepartmental challenges. “Our goal was to identify the current state of the relationship between sales and marketing, quantify the impact of martech — specifically ABM — and identify any gaps and opp
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Single Grain
AUGUST 12, 2021
It’s enough to strike fear into even the most experienced of marketers and bloggers. It can seem like torture. It’s often the stuff of nightmares. What is this unholy monster? The content audit. A well-executed content audit done on an annual basis can deliver big insights into your website’s blog and content marketing strategy that far exceeds its ho-hum reputation.
AdPulp
AUGUST 13, 2021
I admit I’m a sucker for Digiday’s “The Confessions” series. When I started writing my columns for Talent Zoo back in 2002, I did it anonymously because I feared repercussions. So I get that there are those in power who can’t talk freely. Like this “holding company agency exec” who complains about the lack of […]. The post There Is No Ad Industry ‘War For Talent’ And There Never Has Been appeared first on Adpulp.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
Ad Espresso
JANUARY 4, 2021
If you want to reach Millennials, get more engagement per post than Twitter, or boost lead generation, you need to be on Instagram. But the landscape of Instagram is changing quickly. Just in the last year, the platform has launched or will soon launch Explore ads, IGTV ads, and ads on their short-form video platform Read More.
The Ad Tech Blog
MARCH 1, 2021
A startup team is always against the clock, always delayed. Developing leadership skills in a startup team is critical for its success. An excellent way to develop leadership skills is to read The Lean Startup book. Recently, I’ve finished up reading for the 3rd time. I realized that most of the projects (if not all), in my 20 years in the software industry, were failures.
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Fuel Lines
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
I’ve learned the importance of creating my personal brand story when I launched my own consultancy a decade ago. I had led new business for a number of advertising agencies before deciding to start my own consulting firm. This could have easily been one of the worst decisions of my life. My advertising career had been spent working in only two markets, outside of Birmingham, Alabama and Nashville, Tennessee, I had zero awareness.
Fuel Lines
AUGUST 24, 2021
How ad agencies acquire new business has changed dramatically and that effects the knowledge and skills new business directors need to make it happen. People who have done this job in the past are struggling. The tenure of a new business director is now two years or less. In a recent survey conducted by RSW/US, only 26% of new business directors were considered successful.
Fuel Lines
AUGUST 1, 2021
A SWOT analysis is a good starting point for someone who is charged with creating new business opportunities for a small to midsize advertising agency, PR firm or digital shop. . Part of Steve Jobs’ 12 Rules of Success: Perform SWOT analysis. As soon as you join/start a company, make a list of strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your company on a piece of paper.
Fuel Lines
JULY 16, 2021
. If your agency’s social media participation isn’t developing new business leads, it’s important to know WHY. . From my experience, most agencies finally got on board with social media in 2010. They created their agency’s blog, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram accounts and jumped in. 70% of marketers report that social media marketing delivers poor or average return on investment.
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Fuel Lines
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Your agency’s mission statement can have new business value and measurable results. A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company, organization or person, its reason for existing. The mission statement should guide the actions of the organization, spell out its overall goal, provide a path, and guide decision-making. Wikipedia.
Martech
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
“The only way to drive revenue and drive acquisition, conversion and retention is through remarkable customer experiences, so there’s got to be a commitment from the top,” said Gene De Libero, Chief Strategy Office and Head of Consulting for marketing technology consultancy GeekHive, at our recent MarTech conference. He added, “There are some disconnects that are preventing us from getting to that state of Nirvana where we’ve got lots of people coming into the hopper, they’re c
Martech
AUGUST 17, 2021
In the 18 months since we added “COVID-19” and “pandemic” to our marketing lexicon, marketers like me have been thinking about how to revise our email programs, what our customers are experiencing and how much everything could change before we move into our next version of “normal.” Now we’ve gone through an entire marketing year calendar.
Martech
OCTOBER 14, 2021
In this week’s Marketoon, we see a less virtuous stance on privacy. Fishburne’s take: “We value your privacy” is one of those meaningless marketing phrases, like “your call is very important to us” or “we’re all in this together”, where actions speak louder than words. A Deloitte survey found that 91% of US consumers consent to terms of service without reading them.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
Martech
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Marketers will be engaging with more customers in three-dimensional virtual spaces next year. As the virtual ecosystem evolves, it won’t be limited to a single technology or walled garden. The rush to produce 3D experiences for consumers is already underway and set to mature in the coming year. Shubham A. Mishra, CEO and Co-Founder of codeless AI infrastructure tech company Pyxis One, calls out VR and AR as the “next big things.”.
Martech
AUGUST 13, 2021
A new report packed with data describes the state of MOPs today — who they are, where they sit in their respective organizations, the technology and tools they use, and the future of MOPs. Here’s the current state of play: “With constant requests for reports, growing responsibilities, and being siloed from other departments, ops professionals don’t have the support and resources they need to scale and empower others with data.” But that doesn’t mean the outlook is gloomy:
Martech
JULY 15, 2021
Qubit, the personalization engine for e-commerce, has launched Qubit CommerceAI, a new offering which supports 1:1 personalization in-the-moment. The tool uses deep learning rather than standard machine learning — a technique which employs non-linear layering of algorithms to discover pattern recognition across large data sets. It brings together customer data and product data, sifting through possibly thousands of SKUs, to make real-time 1:1 product recommendations, and to recommend next best p
Single Grain
JULY 8, 2021
On the face of it, lead generation is not a complex concept. This marketing tactic is simply a way to find and connect with the right people at the right time to grow your customer pool. But conventional lead-generation tactics can be quite time-consuming and, at times, impractical. Businesses often find themselves wasting their resources trying to determine lead quality with in-house filtering procedures that take forever to deliver results.
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Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.
Martech
JULY 22, 2021
When talking about martech, we most often think about tools that allow us to perform a specific task related to marketing — analyze traffic on our websites, aggregate and understand customer data, deliver personalized messaging, etc. But most marketing initiatives require we employ multiple tools to achieve our objectives. Just to use one example, we may use Google Doc to write a whitepaper, Canva to create graphics to illustrate it, and something like Adobe InDesign or Acrobat to bring it
Single Grain
MAY 27, 2021
Artificial intelligence (AI) is opening up possibilities in almost all fields. Social media marketing is no different. The ever-evolving landscape of social media platforms is making it challenging for brands to get the most out of social media marketing. That’s why brands are turning to AI-based technologies to gather and analyze real-time data and use it to improve their campaign strategies.
Single Grain
MAY 18, 2021
According to research, a whopping 61% of marketers cite lead generation as one of the most challenging parts of their job: Yet without new leads coming in regularly, it’s impossible to grow your business. That’s why you must master lead generation — a nd one critical part of lead generation is the lead magnet. This post won’t go into detail on how to create the perfect lead magnet (you can find that post here ).
Single Grain
AUGUST 12, 2021
A lot goes into getting your online pages SEO-friendly so that they have the best chance possible to rank well in the SERPs. Plenty of marketers are familiar with the basics: you need to optimize for a designated keyword, include a meta description, and have a strong headline. We’ve noticed, however, that there’s one SEO criteria that a large number of brands consistently miss even if they’re doing everything else correctly: Their SEO page title (aka title tag ).
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One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.
Martech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Oracle today announced the launch of Oracle Fusion Marketing, part of Oracle Advertising and CX. The new product tracks account engagement with both email and advertising channels, uses AI to score leads and predict opportunity for sales engagement, then delivers the qualified opportunity to any CRM system. The offering seeks to automate the B2B lead generation and qualification process and push the outcomes directly into the systems used by sales representatives. “Salesforce automation ha
Single Grain
MAY 6, 2021
A good SEO report distinguishes a reputed SEO agency from a mediocre one. These reports are a great way to analyze the progress of your SEO campaigns on a monthly, fortnightly or weekly basis. However, preparing an SEO report is not an easy task. It is time-consuming, and this is where SEO report templates are so helpful. If you are an SEO agency owner or a freelance SEO consultant looking to prepare a professional, data-driven and value-adding report for your clients, then this article is for y
Martech
AUGUST 25, 2021
“I was just being selfish. I wanted a way to talk to people who understood what I was doing — which is the entire ethos of community.” “A lot of people feel isolated and wonder why they can’t find someone that gets them — and you can find that online in the right places.” The first comment came from Mike Rizzo, telling me how the MO Pros community of marketing operations professionals started out as a Slack channel.
Single Grain
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Are you looking to create a Facebook ad, but you don’t know where to begin? Are you struggling to come up with the right type of ad for your campaign? With 9 million businesses advertising on Facebook in the second quarter of 2020, there’s an abundance of ads that make it harder than ever to make your brand stand out. In this environment, creativity has become as critical for a digital marketer as a designer, writer, or video editor.
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In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.
Martech
DECEMBER 22, 2021
I know how you feel right now. It’s the end of 2021 — at last! If you work in retail, you probably want to be anywhere but here and are reading this while you’re on a lunch break, stuck in traffic or zoning out on yet another video call. So I might be asking a lot from you now, but take a minute to think about where you’ll be this time next year.
Martech
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
The demand for creative, high-quality content is growing in our digital world. Consumers want engaging, personalized experiences when connecting with brands. As a result, customer experience with content is a top metric of success in many marketing organizations. “Customer expectations today are rising at rates that we’ve never seen,” said Anjali Yakkundi, Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategy at Aprimo, at our recent MarTech conference.
Martech
JULY 16, 2021
Pre-pandemic life is starting to return. Travel is up. Masks are coming off. And indoor dining is an option once more. The relaxation in pandemic restrictions is also rippling through the business world as conferences and trade shows schedule in-person events for this summer and fall. We’re not surprised, since the last edition of our Events Participation Index showed that many marketers were ready to hit the conference hall floor as early as the third quarter of 2021.
Martech
AUGUST 6, 2021
As the business world struggles to understand the implications of the revolving news of the third-party cookie ban, digital ad targeting is growing more complex than ever. Google recently announced an extension of the third party cookie ban however the complexity and uncertainty remain. Whereas social media was perhaps the greatest tool to create a level playing field, the impending death of the cookie, the iOS 14 update, and the overall increasing complexity of ad targeting could make the risin
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Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.
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