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📋 Table of Contents

1. Rebranding: Five Steps to Building a Story of Evolution and Growth

2. So Many Social Media Outlets, So Little Time. So Where Should You Spend Your Marketing Budget?

3. Video for Inbound & Outbound, Demand Gen & Lead Gen, and More sponsored webinar

4. Marketing Budgets: Spend Drops Relative to Revenue at Enterprises

5. Your Ultimate Event Marketing Playbook sponsored guide

6. Do You Have a Welcome Strategy? MarketingProfs Working Webinar

Scroll down for more, including industry news, community goings-on, and other useful resources.

Rebranding: Five Steps to Building a Story of Evolution and Growth
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Rebranding: Five Steps to Building a Story of Evolution and Growth
Rebranding usually involves much more than just changing your color scheme or logo. A successful rebrand requires a companywide soul-searching effort to identify what your product does, whom it is sold to, and why. Follow these five steps. »
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How Product Information Can Deepen Audience Connections and Drive Sales
Product information is the currency of e-commerce. Yet, many marketers struggle to deliver accurate and compelling product-related content to potential customers. Learn how you can use product information in ways that deepen audience connections, build trust, and drive sales. Download now. »
So Many Social Media Outlets, So Little Time. So Where Should You Spend Your Marketing Budget?
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So Many Social Media Outlets, So Little Time. So Where Should You Spend Your Marketing Budget?
It's easy to get overzealous and dive into every new social media app that people are using, but some platforms may not be the best fit for your brand. Where should you spend your time, energy, and marketing budget? This article has some tips. »
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Video for Inbound & Outbound, Demand Gen & Lead Gen, and More
The ability to create and use video in a way that drives leads and generates revenue is a top skill for today's marketers because it allows them to authentically connect with prospects and customers consistently, and at scale. Learn how to integrate video into your marketing and content culture. »
Marketing Budgets: Spend Drops Relative to Revenue at Enterprises
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Marketing Budgets: Spend Drops Relative to Revenue at Enterprises
Marketing budgets at large businesses have dropped significantly relative to revenue in 2021, according to recent research. Check out research from this study. »
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Your Ultimate Event Marketing Playbook
If there's one constant about event marketing, it's the need to be constantly adapting. So what's the best way to plan and execute can't-miss business events that are sure to meet your goals and wow your audiences? It starts by making sure you get the right people in the door. »
Do You Have a Welcome Strategy?
MarketingProfs webinar
Join Kenda Macdonald tomorrow (July 29) to learn how to create wonderful welcome campaigns that will make your readership glad they gave you their precious contact info. Part of our Working Webinar series on demand generation, this is a hands-on learning experience complete with workbook.
Join us.
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Marketers and creatives face a host of challenges as they try to balance technology and the human touch to build digital customer experiences that drive sales. An ongoing study by Widen examines those challenges. This year's Connectivity report explores the connection between marketing, product information, and customer experience. Download it to learn how you can leverage product information—data, content, and digital assets—in ways that build trust, tell meaningful stories, deliver engaging customer experiences, and ultimately succeed on the digital shelf. And see how leading brands are using Widen Collective® technology to do exactly that.
Afoot in the Neighborhood
MarketingProfs community goings-on
A series of 5 "working webinars" on demand gen will have you learning by doing hands-on work, not just by watching. We kicked off with lead magnets, then moved on to list-building. This week we'll cover welcome campaigns, and then in the following weeks we'll move on to sales campaigns and pipelines and nurture campaigns. Sign up for each one to learn by doing!
Our suite of B2B consulting and content services that we call MarketingProfs DNA (Defensible Net Advantage), is especially designed for marketers who have important work to do but don't have the time or team to ensure success. If you need help with Branding, Analytics, Positioning & Messaging, Customer Experience, and Demand Generation, see how MarketingProfs can help you.
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