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• Confidence Boost: Marketers Get More Savvy With Content Marketing [Infographic]
  Business-to-business (B2B) marketers are growing more confident in their content marketing, according to a recent report published by MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.
  B2B Marketing, Blogging, Content, Content Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Marketing Strategy, Strategy
• Adopt a Lean Approach to Mobile StrategyScott Forshay
  Adopting lean principles for your mobile strategy ensures that complexity, rigidity, and friction are replaced with simplicity, adaptability, and speed.
  Management, Marketing Operations, Marketing Smarter, Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Project Management, Strategy
• Six Tips for Fitting Social Media Into a Packed ScheduleKaren Albritton
  Despite your overwhelming work schedule, you can still capitalize on social media for learning and for supporting your career and business objectives. Here's how.
  Career Management, Content, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Smarter, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Strategy
• 1-800-MARKETING: Transitioning From Service Provider to Value GeneratorLaura Patterson
  There's a difference between being a service organization to Sales and being a value generator for the company. As marketing professionals, our future depends on being the latter. Let's clarify ...
  Career Management, Chief Marketing Officer, Marketing Operations, Marketing Strategy, Measurement, Metrics, Positioning, Sales, Strategy
• SEO Strategies Every Company Needs to Master [Infographics]Verónica Jarski
  Need to develop an SEO strategy for your company? Check out the suggestions in these two infographics for creating a strategy suited for your business.
  Content Strategy, Copywriting, Keywords, Marketing Tips, SEO, Strategy, Writing
• Four Foundational Elements of Marketing Analytics SuccessMark Emond
  A lot of marketing organizations today think that they are on the path to greater insight because they now have analytics technology. The reality is that it takes a significant ...
  CRM, Customer Acquisition, Customer Insight, Data, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Operations, Measurement, Metrics, Sales, Sales and Advertising, Strategy
• Stop Saying 'Awesome': Five Best-Practices for Americans Marketing to EuropeBob Boehnlein
  Globalization brings exciting opportunities and enormous challenges for all parts of a business, but nowhere is that more apparent than in the marketing department. Here's how to avoid five common ...
  Customer Communications, Customer Relationships, International Marketing, Location-Based Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips, Permission Email Marketing, Positioning, Segmentation, Strategy
• #SocialSkim: Boston Marathon, LinkedIn Ads, Twitter Music, Facebook Open Graph MobileAngela Natividad
  The Boston Marathon topped headlines this week. See how social helped salve wounds, correct errors, and reconnect people. Also, the latest on LinkedIn ads, Twitter's just-launched #music, and Facebook's Open ...
  Advertising, B2B Marketing, B2C, E-Commerce, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Marketing Strategy, Retail Marketing, Small Business, Social Business, Social Media, Social Networking, SocialSkim, Strategy, Twitter
• Hey, B2B: Grow Up and Get a Social Media Strategy, Will You?Philip Paranicas
  Many B2B marketers are still avoiding social media. They wonder whether it works and how in the world they can tell whether it's working. Let's put that excuse to rest ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Customer Acquisition, Lead Generation, LinkedIn, Marketing Strategy, Sales, Social Business, Social Media, Strategy, Tradeshows/Events
• Top 10 Content Marketing Strategy Mistakes, and How to Correct Them (Part 1 of 3)Tommy Walker
  "Content marketing strategy" is a phrase that gets thrown around quite a bit, but how well do we really understand it? Not well at all, which is why content marketers ...
  Blog Comments, Blogging, Content, Content Marketing, Direct Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing Strategy, Sales, SEO, Social Media, Strategy, Web Content, Web Copy, Writing
• Marketing Budgets and Staffing Levels Rising WorldwideLenna Garibian
  The outlook for marketers worldwide continues to strengthen, according to new data from Warc's Global Marketing Index. The headline GMI, a metric that combines trends observed in marketing budgets, trading ...
  Marketing Budgets, Mobile Marketing, Online Marketing, Research Summaries, Strategy, TV
• Lead-Nurturing and Marketing Automation: 15 Key Questions Answered (Question 5)Sid Smith
  To answer the question of how much content you'll need for lead nurturing and marketing automation, let's look at how you pack for a long weekend of skiing with friends ...
  B2B Marketing, Content, Content Marketing, Email, Inbound Marketing, Lead Generation, Lead Nurturing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Strategy, Sales, Strategy, Web Content, White Papers
• Five Tips for Building a Case for Marketing in the BoardroomChris Chariton
  Marketing is often viewed as a cost center, and marketers meet resistance when their budgets are being approved. But Marketing is an asset, and you need to position it to ...
  B2B Marketing, Career Management, Chief Marketing Officer, Collaboration, Customer-Centric, Marketing Strategy, Measurement, Metrics, Sales, Strategy
• A New Marketing Lesson From the 2012 London OlympicsLiz Elting
  The athletes competing at the London Olympics broke many records, but the number coming out of the Games that is most revealing for us is the worldwide audience: not the ...
  Content, International Marketing, Location-Based Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, Social Media, Strategy, Web Content
• Three Creative Ways to Boost Response on Facebook
  As we mentioned last time, B2B marketers are becoming more socially adept. As a result, tips continue to emerge about what's working best to engage users at the major social ...
  Social Media, Social Networking, Strategy
• Tips for B2B Marketing at the Big Three Social Sites
  As B2B companies get more comfortable with the big social media outlets, success stories are emerging. "In fact, these social networks have proven indispensable to the marketing strategies of wholesalers ...
  B2B Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Strategy
• Three Questions Your B2B's 'Story' Must Answer
  No B2B company can achieve a leadership position without a thought-provoking point of view. "Customers buy into the story before they buy the solution," writes Robert M. Wright at MarketingProfs. ...
  B2B Marketing, Content, Customer Behavior, Marketing Strategy, Strategy, Writing
• A Quirky Experiment Proves the Value of Story-Driven ContentRyan Bigge
  How much is a $3 ashtray purchased at a yard sale worth on eBay? If it includes a short story by William Gibson, then it's worth $101. Still don't believe ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Customer Behavior, Positioning, Sales, Strategy, Value Propositions
• Social Media Weapons for Your Event-Planning Arsenal
  Anyone who thinks it's easy to plan, promote, and execute a successful event has never planned, promoted, or executed a successful event. In any case, social media tools can make events easier.  "Whether you ...
  Conferences, Social Media, Social Networking, Strategy, Tradeshows/Events
• How to Tell Your Company's Story: Eight Questions to Get You Started [Slide Show]Verónica Jarski
  Sometimes, the hardest topics to talk about are those closest to you. So when businesses have to share their stories, they stumble. This colorful infodoodle slide show can help draw ...
  Brand Positioning, Content, Content Marketing, Strategy, Value Propositions, Vision Statements, Writing