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CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy
As marketers consider their options for providing digital event opportunities, one question is top of mind: How do you create an engaging attendee experience? The key is to make real connections in a virtual way. These three tips will help.
You know what's not only extremely short-sighted but also potentially disastrous? Assuming the current public-health crisis is a temporary pause in business-as-usual. You can't afford to wait for "it" to pass. To put yourself in a better position now and down the road, try these five strategies.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Demand Generation
Lead gen is responsible for one of your company's most valuable assets—customers. But establishing an effective lead generation process is no small feat. To create a process that yields high ROI demands contribution and investment from the leadership team. Here's how, exactly.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Email
What happens when a global crisis hits and your marketing emails are suddenly one of the last things a customer has time to think about? The answer: don't proceed like normal. To ensure your email program remains effective and authentic, follow these five practical steps.
Sales Navigator offers up a big opportunity for marketers to up their content and outbound games. Marketers, just as much as sales reps, can use the powerful functions of Sales Nav to identify, reach, and engage with audiences. Here's how, in three steps.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Branding
Storytelling is one of the most effective ways to build a connection with your audience. But how can marketers build narratives that resonate with customers on an emotional level? Here's what brand storytelling involves, why using empathy to drive narratives is important, and how to do it.
Marketers are accustomed to a changing environment—from algorithm updates to new acquisition channels and technology. Even so, the widespread cancellation of live events made even experienced professionals take a deep breath and rethink their strategies. But it can be done.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Content
The legends of copywriting agree: It can destroy or skyrocket your marketing campaign. "It" is your headline—the first thing that gets noticed. If people don't read your headline, they don't go on to read your content. Here's how to easily write headlines that get read.
The challenge for events in 2020 and beyond is how they can remain profitable while keeping the best interests of the industry they serve—and the safety of speakers, sponsors, and attendees—at the forefront. Here are some likely scenarios for the future of events.
The definition of "employee advocacy" is straightforward: the promotion of an organization by its staff members. It's a low-cost, high-return way to increase brand awareness, drive engagement and attract talent. But can you show how that impact is related to business goals?
As a B2B brand, the last thing you need is to miss the post-pandemic rebound of the economy when it happens. These five marketing strategies can help you come out of the recession as strong as before—or even better positioned.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Customer Loyalty
As marketers, we know that effective marketing puts the customer first. But how do we do that? How can we harness our most human of superpowers to deliver real value both to the customer and to the business? Start using empathy in marketing.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Metrics & Measurement
Automating marketing reports can save tons of time and reduce errors. These 10 tips will help you think through the process of automating your reports. You'll make the right decisions about whom and what to include and demonstrate the value of your work.
The B2B customer journey is undergoing rapid transformation—accelerated by the ongoing pandemic. To reach today's—and tomorrow's—self-directed buyers, marketers must personalize. But, soon, even that won't be enough. You need to prepare for that already-near future.
With loads of information readily available to buyers about potential vendors, sales reps are now expected to deliver insights and articulate value if they are to generate real opportunities. But that can't happen unless you close the gap between Marketing and Sales.
We marketers are trying to find our bearings in an environment unlike any we have known. Some changes we are experiencing will persist, forming a new foundation for how businesses function post-pandemic. What will that look like? How can you prepare your team for what lies ahead?
As with any marketing undertaking, you need measures in place to track the effectiveness of your content marketing. So, whether you're focusing on SEO, lead generation, or thought leadership with your content, see which metrics you should track to monitor content marketing success.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Websites
"Make friends with your Web designer" is smart advice for an SEO practitioner. This article covers a few best-practices that require effective collaboration between SEOs and their friends on the Web development team. Read on for more.
CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Management
It didn't take more than a few months in COVID-19 lockdown for a good number of workers to realize they could adequately perform their jobs without having to set foot in their office ever again. Do you have a strategy for workspace options once it's time to reopen?
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