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- 31 Oct
Holiday Email Marketing Trends and Tips for 2017 From the Experts
There’s still plenty of autumn left. But you can already feel the holiday season approaching. And while you might think that you still have plenty of time to launch your holiday email marketing campaign, the truth is that the time to prepare is now—at least if you want to get the most of this holiday season.But Don’t Forget 2016 Just Yet
Many businesses are afraid of seasonal promotions because they find it hard to come up with new strategies year after year. But the truth is that almost all of them already have the most important resource they need: data.
So, to help you out, here are some of the best holiday email marketing tips from the experts that will help you make this year’s holiday the best yet at MarketingProfs.com
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- 30 Oct
Understanding Amazon as an Advertising Platform
Amazon is a retail giant. Or is it a marketplace, a retail and content company? Or is it simply the most customer-centric company on earth?Digital Behemoth or Digital Powerhouse?
However you classify it, it’s also a digital ad powerhouse. This year, about a quarter of Amazon’s US digital ad revenues will come from search placements. That means that Amazon will earn 1.1% of US search ad spending, enough to put it in fifth place after Google, Microsoft, Oath and Yelp. Now that is impressive for a company that has only recently discovered it’s ad revenue muscle.
For more of the numbers and added insights, read the full article on eMarketer.com
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- 28 Oct
A Beginner’s Guide To Local Marketing: How To Use Location To Your Advantage
by Ian Naylor
It’s a modern-day truth that getting to grips with local marketing is essential. This is particularly true for small, local businesses.The Internet is Called The World Wide Web for a Reason
While the internet has successfully made the world a lot smaller, it’s also brought along its own set of problems. I mean, if you have a small local shop in Seattle, why advertise in London? And for many small companies, that is exactly the question that arises when they first consider online marketing.
But, truth is, that online marketing can be one of the most powerful forces for local shops. Your location can be a huge advantage for your brick-and-mortar store if you use online localization. Here are the top five local marketing methods for local marketing newbies as well as a few tips on how to get started with each one at JeffBullas.com
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- 28 Oct
5 Warning Signs That Your Product Launch Will Fail Miserably
Failure. The word itself sends shivers down every entrepreneur’s spine. But the cold, hard fact is that failure is real. And, failure is expensive.But it needn’t be inevitable
Statistics tell us that 8 out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months. That is why it’s vital to spot the warning signs that you may be about to fail before you actually do. There are actually some glaringly obvious warning signs if you know where, and how, to look.
It may sound like a grim topic to talk about, but it’s an important one. Here are 5 Warning Signs That Your Product Launch Will Fail Miserably and how you can turn them around on Jeffbullas’s Blog.
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- 27 Oct
10 Critical Components of Inbound Marketing Campaigns
by Amber Kemmis
According to HubSpot’s 2017 “State of Inbound,” 59 percent of respondents reported seeing the highest quality of leads from inbound practices. Why? For one thing, leads are actively seeking information to help solve their problem. They may even be trying to discover opportunities. And, as a result, they are more receptive to marketing and sales messages.That Certainly Make Sense, Now Doesn’t it
But success with inbound marketing campaigns doesn’t come automatically. It depends heavily on 10 critical components. To learn about them and to see how to make them work for your business, read the full article at ChiefMarketer.com
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- 26 Oct
Low Sales? Here’s How to Read Minds to Close More Deals
by Brad Smith
People either do what you want. Or they don’t. And there’s not a whole lot you can do about it.Except react. And follow-up based on a new set of rules.
It doesn’t mean you can’t predict it, though. And it doesn’t mean you can’t manipulate it. Nor, does it mean you can’t choreograph it ahead of time. The good news is that you can do it in advance. You can determine what happens, before it happens, so the message they receive next is always the right one.
Here’s how to get this insight and react in real-time to give people exactly what they want, when they want it at KISSmetrices.com
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- 25 Oct
9 Quick Tips to Significantly Improve PPC Performance
PPC advertising is arguably the most effective form of online marketing. As the name suggests, it works on a pay-per-click basis. In other words, when ads are clicked on by a user, the advertiser pays a fee to Google.Pretty simple, right?
PPC advertising can bring targeted and qualified traffic to your website. And it is consistent and easily scalable. Achieving success using PPC advertising is simply a matter of optimizing your PPC campaigns efficiently and avoiding common PPC mistakes.
So, to learn the 9 Quick Tips to Significantly Improve PPC Performance, read the full article on Jeff Bullas’ Blog.
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- 24 Oct
Are Amazon ‘Sponsored Products’ Ads Worth It?
by Gil Roeder
Say you’re in the market for a new pair of headphones or a new guitar tuner. Where would you start your search? Google, right?Not so fast. According to a 2016 survey of 2,000 consumers, 55% of people actually skip Google altogether. It seems that they start their online shopping searches directly on Amazon. Google still remains the top search tool for B2B purchases and services. But Amazon is steadily overtaking them in the B2C market.
So what does this mean for you, the advertiser?
When you’re thinking about your online advertising strategy, you want to meet your consumers where they are. And if you’re a B2C company, that place is – more likely than not – Amazon. And to learn how to get started with Amazon ‘Sponsored Products” ads, read the full article at HubSpot.com
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- 23 Oct
Which Factors Most Influence B2B Purchase Decisions?
by Ayaz Nanji
For B2B marketing and sales there is one, common core question. And that question typically surrounds what are the key product/service elements that can be presented to best persuade your buyers. So, in an attempt to answer this question Aberdeen and PJA Advertising conducted a study [download available] on the topic.A Hint of What it is That Best Persuades
They based their report on data from a survey conducted in August 2017. They sampled 250 B2B buyers who work in a wide range industries. And what they found was rather surprising.
To see the data, insights and to download the original report, read the full article at MarketingProfs.com
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- 21 Oct
Event Marketing Effectiveness: Three Key Factors to Consider Before Investing in an Event
One of the oldest yet most powerful means of reaching out to your target audience is tradeshow and event marketing. But, unlike digital marketing, events require a lot more preparation. Plus they can incur far greater costs to execute. And in addition, without advanced planning and goals, you may have no ready metrics to determine whether the ROI of the event was positive.But, Tradeshows and Events Work
The rationale behind what makes an event a trusted medium despite all the overhead is simple. Unlike most any other medium, events provide a near assurance that you have your potential customer’s attention, in person, one on one. But there are a huge number of events happening around the world every single day.
And with the high cost of doing events the key questions that arises are: Which event is the right event? And is the event worth spending those valuable dollars on event X or event Y? So, to help you find the answer, here is the Event Evaluation Matrix. This is a tool that can help you gauge which is the right event for your marketing efforts. So read the full article at MarketingProfs.com
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- 20 Oct
5 Unbelievably Simple Ways To Increase Your Twitter Exposure
by Disha Dinesh
Twitter is an amazing business tool. It can be used as a marketing, sales, and even a customer support tool. And it has shown that it has an increasingly important role in helping campaigns go viral and political messages spread. All, obvious proof of its power of influence.Clearly, exposure is key to success on Twitter’s platform
The true value of Twitter comes from its incredible potential to create real-time and raw interactions. And these are interactions that ultimately boost exposure for your business.
However, the key is to use original and attention-grabbing content and take an open-minded approach to finding opportunities for exposure. And to help you take advantage to Twitter, here are five unbelievably simple but highly effective ways to increase your exposure on Twitter on Jeff Bullas’s Blog.
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- 19 Oct
How to Create the Ultimate Facebook Business Page
by Allen Finn
Facebook can be a great place for a small business to build business. Yep. You read that right. Facebook business pages are a place where you can develop the relationship between your brand and the world at large.So, How Can That Work for Me?
Whether you’re responding to customer feedback, nurturing prospects, sharing content, or simply informing users what time your widget shop closes on Tuesday evenings, Pages are one of the most important online properties that you can plant your flag on. They’re a necessary tool for businesses operating in the 21st century. And they are critical for small, local businesses.
But, they have a boatload of moving parts
And that is a nice way of saying that creating a business page can be a major challenge. So to help you get started tackling the challenge of making a great Facebook page for your small business read the full article at WordStream.com
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- 18 Oct
The No. 1 Rule of Responding to Bad Online Reviews
by Kitty French
Every small business owner knows the horror of online reviews. Whether on Yelp, Angie’s List, Amazon, Facebook or Google, the sting of a bad review can stick with you for days. And if you ignore them or delete them, chances are they’ll only get worse.The No. 1 rule of responding to bad reviews: Be quick
Approach bad reviews as opportunities to demonstrate your customer service, and you’ll likely win over any frustrated customers. And what frustrates customers most? Being ignored or left waiting for proper service. Responding to negative online reviews validates the customer’s need to be heard. So let them know your small business is listening to their complaints.
To see some great advice on how to address – and fix – bad online reviews, read the full article at Manta.com
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- 17 Oct
Five Ways to Drive Engagement and Sales With Tradeshow Marketing
Thanks to the digital age, there are tons of marketing platforms and formats to choose from. In fact, B2B marketers use, on average, eight content marketing tactics to engage with their audiences.Don’t Forget Some “Old School” Marketing Options
But, with so many digital options, it’s easy to overlook the opportunities with face-to-face marketing. And it’s not as if those opportunities are no being used. Even with all of the digital options, tradeshows and in-person events remain powerful marketing tactics. It seems that 68% of marketers use in-person events as a content marketing tactic. And of those, 90% consider tradeshows to be a critical part of their marketing mix.
So now is the time to draw attention back to a tactic that can really drive engagement and sales for your business — tradeshow marketing. And to learn what to do before, during, and after a tradeshow to drive engagement and sales, read the full article at MarketingProfs.com
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- 16 Oct
Create a Killer Email Call to Action
by Paul Ford
Creating great calls to action (CTA) is more than possible. And yet so many links in brands’ marketing emails remain unclicked. In fact, many of those emails are never even opened in the first place.The Bad News Is . . .
Over 100 billion business emails are sent and received every day. While is may seem that most end up in your inbox, most will go unopened and even unnoticed. This is according to The Radicati Group‘s Email Statistics Report for 2015 – 2019.
The Good News Is . . .
Marketers can cut through that clutter by focusing their efforts on strong CTAs. By doing so, they can drive customer engagement and boost revenue. To find out how you can do that, read the full article at MarketingProfs.com
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- 14 Oct
How to Start a Competitive Analysis: 57 Questions You Need to Ask
Every brand can benefit from regular competitor analysis. By performing a competitor analysis, you’ll be able to identify gaps in the market, develop new products and services, uncover market trends and even market and sell more effectively.Know Thy Enemy
So, when was the last time you ran a competitive analysis for your brand? Or was the last “analysis” you ran a quick perusal of a competitor’s website. Or simply a “review” of their social media presence?
If you haven’t done a comprehensive analysis, you’re likely missing out on important intelligence that could help your brand grow. So, to help you get started with competitive analysis the right way, we’re breaking down everything you’ll want to look for at HubSpot.com. You can also download a full competitive analysis kit from HubSpot and Alexa.com.
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- 14 Oct
PR in 7 Easy Steps for Emerging-Technology Startups
You have a great new product. And it is time to think about your launch. Suddenly you realize that it’s time to create a public relations program for your startup. There’s a lot to do. And you don’t have enough time or budget to do it all.Where should you begin?
For startups, creating your PR, content marketing and social media programs can be challenging. It is even more challenging if you’re doing business in “emerging technologies” sectors. Add to that the challenge of the inability to hire expert PR counsel, and it may seem impossible.
However, there are ways you can still get it done, successfully. And to help you out, here are some basic steps at MarketingProfs.com
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- 13 Oct
What’s the Most Annoying Thing About Email Marketing?
from eMarketer.com
By now, anyone who uses email marketing should know that email marketing campaigns must be personalized. And to be truly affective, the message itself needs to be relevant to resonate with recipients.But personalization is only as effective as the data that powers it. And when that data is wrong, recipients find the missives downright irritating.
When Good Data Goes Bad
To look at the issue of B2B email marketing fail, Advanis conducted in July of this year. And what they found confirms what we have all suspected.
To see the data and some helpful insights, read the full article at eMarketer.com
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- 12 Oct
The 6-Step Brand Build to Grow Your Business on a Budget
In marketing, it seems like the word “brand” is used a lot. Everything is either the leading brand, the off-brand, or personal brand. But there’s often confusion around its meaning in business.What does it entail? Do I need to hire an expert? Branding is expensive, right?
Branding doesn’t have to be expensive. As it turns out, there are some pretty creative ways to brand your business without a ton of cash. And while it can require an investment of time, the ROI won’t go unnoticed. And in some cases, it can actually help you save money, while also growing your business.
So read on at HubSpot.com, and see how you can use the following our six steps as a guide for your brand build.
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- 11 Oct
17 Tips for How to Write Catchy Email Subject Lines
by Olivia Allen
Yes, it is true. The success or failure of your email campaigns can hang on that one little thing – the subject line. In fact, 47% of email recipients decide whether or not to open an email based on subject line alone. That’s why it’s so important to craft subject lines that are compelling enough to get people to click through.So Small And Yet So Big
While they may seem like a small part of your message, they’re one of the very first impressions you have on your email recipients. And they’re a marketer’s ticket for standing out in a crowded inbox.
Do you want your email content opened, read, and clicked? It all starts with the subject line. Here are 17 tips to help jazz them up and boost engagement at HubSpot.com
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