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Marketing Infographics
Marketing Projects versus Processes
Many of our clients require a bit of re-education when we onboard them. They’re used to working with their marketing vendors like they shop for groceries. They want to itemize, price and checkout. We’ve done marketing projects in the past and we really shy away from them now. Unless we can price a project to accomodate several iterations, we typically…
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Marketing Infographics
How are Marketers Like You Selecting a Marketing Automation Provider?
We’ve written about the loose understandings surrounding what marketing automation is, and shared some of the B2B challenges in the marketing automation industry. This infographic from Marketo, who teamed up with Software Advice, shared this infographic on where they combined the results of hundreds of companies to determine what drives organizations to purchase marketing automation systems. Did you know that…
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Content Marketing
Copywriting: Ten Steps to Writing Compelling Copy for Business, Marketing, and Sales
Crafting high-performing copy is at the heart of modern marketing and sales. To influence potential customers and drive revenue, developing content that resonates personally, prompts action, and sparks long-term loyalty is critical. Below are key elements that stand out as the foundation for creating effective copy. Table of ContentsKnow Your Audience ThoroughlyHighlight Benefits Over FeaturesUse a Clear, Action-Oriented HeadlineTell a…
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E-commerce and Retail
Social Commerce Best Practices
This holiday season some doubt was spread as to the impact of social media on e-commerce sales. Since the holiday season is dominated by discounting, I tend to disagree that social’s impact is diminished. 8thBridge has developed this infographic that reviews e-commerce platforms and how social impacts the purchasing process. 8thBridge are makers of the Graphite, a social commerce platform…
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Email Marketing & Automation
Be Careful When Comparing Apples to Apple Trees
Good friend Scott Monty shared some data from McKinsey on research providing the following statistic: Email is actually 40X more effective than Facebook or Twitter for acquiring new customers. 40%! Whenever I see a statistic like that, I’m intrigued and have to run to the source to read more. I quickly navigated from Scott’s post back to the McKinsey report,…
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Content Marketing
The Focus of Your Content May Be Hurting Your Marketing Strategy
As part of an overall search strategy, we used to have companies focus on recent, frequent, and relevant content driven by keywords that could increase organic ranking and conversions. Writing numerous short articles is one of those bits of advice that we’ve abandoned in recent years. There are a few reasons why: Deep content – search engines rank by the…
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Event Marketing
How to Treat Your Public Speakers
This is a post that I should have written over a year ago, but I was motivated to write it tonight after an event that I spoke at. Last year, I traveled out to Rapid City, South Dakota and spoke at Concept ONE, a premiere business marketing event founded by Korena Keys, a regional entrepreneur, agency owner, and proud South…
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Analytics & Testing
Track Multiple Authors with Google Analytics
On a multiple author site, each author can post in a multitude of categories, it’s nearly impossible to identify each author’s contributions to the overall strategy of the site. I was doing some testing with this recently and identified a nice simple way of measuring traffic by each author. Google Analytics has the ability to track additional virtual pages. This…
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Content Marketing
DesignCrowd: Crowdsource Graphic Designs from 485,000+ Professionals
We love the full-time design teams that we have working on websites, infographics, and other publications. Having a design team at your ready helps with your output quality and consistency. That said, there are one-off projects that pop up everyone once in a while that we just need to get out there and get done. Perhaps it’s a business card,…
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Customer Data Platforms
Bookyourdata: Fuel Your B2B Growth with Accurate, Verified, and Targeted Email Lists
In the competitive B2B landscape, reaching the right decision-makers with the right message is crucial. Outdated or inaccurate email lists can hinder your outreach efforts, leading to wasted resources and missed opportunities. Bookyourdata Bookyourdata provides a solution with high-quality, verified email lists specifically designed for targeting businesses. With an emphasis on accuracy and deliverability, Bookyourdata helps companies connect with key…
