Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Not every strategy needs to start with a blog post regurgitating the same information across the top Google results and end with an agency begging for links. This sounds impossible, but it’s not. Programmatic SEO is the strategy of publishing unique, high-quality pages at scale using a template and a database. Start broadly.

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Niche Engineering Growth Price 102

Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

These channels aren't meant to be siloed, and getting them aligned is one of the most underrated ways to improve your overall digital marketing performance. SEO-focused marketers are the masters of understanding search intent , and therefore collaboration between SEO and SEM is critical. Avoid paid keyword traps. Probably not.

Gambling 101

Gambling CTR Education Campaign 101

Hubspot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

FastSpring reviewed 30 randomly selected businesses serving B2C and B2B markets across the globe and found a noticeable increase in Q4 sales. It almost sounds cliche, but people buy from people. You don’t need to plan your Q4 strategy alone, especially with AI CRM systems that are built to analyze prospect data for you.

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Quota Strategize B2C Transportation 85

Hubspot

APRIL 6, 2021

In this competitive B2B marketing landscape, businesses make substantial investments in building content marketing programs. Content marketing has been proven to deliver resounding success. Below, let's review content marketing — the benefits of producing consistent, high-quality content, and how to measure success.

Campaign 101

Campaign Trust Finance B2B 101

Openview

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Customer acquisition increases as they continue to execute strategies and tactics that they know work well and shed the ones that don’t. If you are in this spot, getting to the root issues can be tricky as you sift through your history and baggage surrounding sales. Ask these 11 questions to find issues in your sales org.

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Quota Sales Growth Process 107

Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The digital marketing world was inundated with a new Chief twit, old platforms making comebacks (enter Microsoft), and more campaign automation features then we really care for. This year marketers told us that although the adoption of Google Ads automation is high, it’s their least favorite part of PPC. The bigger picture. Who knew?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2020

SEO strategies for Fortune 500 brands often take 12+ months to see the light of day or, worse, never do. In two-and-a-half years leading SEO initiatives at Qualtrics, I’ve learned that most companies don’t have a strategy problem—they have an execution problem. Sounds simple. Users and Google can reward only what’s in-market.

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CTR A/B testing Click Through Rate Education 121

Salesforce

JANUARY 31, 2023

For strategy and operations teams, like Salesforce’s DesignOps team , the primary customer is the employee. This methodology is typically used to innovate how products match their market, by better aligning to the jobs and outcomes customers “hire” those products to accomplish. But what if your “customers” are fellow employees?

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Hubspot

MARCH 10, 2021

Fortunately, I've had my fair share of experiences writing How to guides for HubSpot over the years — some of my favorites include How to Give a Persuasive Presentation , How to Develop a Content Strategy: A Start-to-Finish Guide , and How to Write a Request for Proposal. Understand your target audience's concerns and challenges.

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B2C Angle Start-ups B2B 101

Hubspot

MARCH 25, 2020

But Google couldn’t have helped me discover these folks without those businesses investing in local marketing. If your business caters to a local audience, has several service areas, and/or has a brick and mortar location, local marketing is a must-need strategy. What is local marketing?

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Non-Profits Sports Start-ups Education 76

Accent Technologies

JULY 20, 2023

This article is about answering question 2, what should a rep do next in each opportunity? I've produced technology that helps sales and marketing teams [revenue teams] operate more efficiently and effectively. And don't even get me started on what it can do for marketing. What should I do next for each deal or situation?

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Customers Negotiate CRM Sales 52

Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The global tech market is expected to grow at a slower rate in 2020 and 2021. Sales teams are constantly having to rethink their strategies and create positive cash flow. This leads to difficulty for salespeople because the market is always changing. This leads to difficulty for salespeople because the market is always changing.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

While Gen-Z has flocked to the app , brands like Chipotle and The Washington Post are also starting to experiment with TikTok's video marketing opportunities. However, if you're a marketer that's never used a niche social platform before, TikTok can be pretty hard to navigate. When you open it, TikTok makes it pretty easy to sign up.

Follow-up 101

Follow-up Entertainment Niche Start-ups 101

Sell Or Die

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Surrounding Vince at Sales@Scale are other like-minded leaders in operational, marketing, and sales roles that are available for client projects and in advisory capacities. 2:45 - Jeffrey and Jen are going WHERE for Thanksgiving? It's the only choice for the true Sell or Diehard! On today's show. 8:50 - What is "churn?"

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Trust Process Consult Retail 40

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

That might sound counterintuitive, but I interviewed Yuval Ackerman , email strategist, who shared her top tips for writing sales email marketing that don’t give you the ick! Yuval Ackerman, ethical email marketing specialist at Ackerman Copywriting , kicks off with her first tip: knowing your audience. Know your audience.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But, increasingly, the Apple hype-fests are a marketing—not a product—showcase. For product launches, long-term success relies on cornerstones of marketing research and execution, like a strong value proposition and full-funnel campaign. Many who cite 80% include product ideas that never make it to market. Image source ).

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

An effective product launch strategy helps you generate awareness, build intrigue, and validate your product positioning. In this article, we’ll explain how to build a resilient product launch strategy that survives a non-linear journey. You’re adding new product features and looking to capture more market share from your competitors.

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Launch Product Non-Profits GTM 96

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The best business forecasting methods use historical data sets, market research, anticipated future trends, and other factors to create predictions with a fairly high degree of accuracy. Market research tools Want to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to market trends?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Especially in marketing and communications classes, there was the line between persuasion and propaganda. What is “Skinner Box Marketing”? According to The Atlantic, it’s essentially … We’re entering the age of Skinnerian Marketing. Three Pillars of Skinner Box Marketing: 1. You remember B.F.

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Technique A/B testing UX Commission 128

Hubspot

APRIL 23, 2018

Another student of Rogers, Dr. Thomas Gordon, a three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, is largely responsible for popularizing the strategy. Studies have found that we like to surround ourselves with people who think like we do. Here’s what a very early conversation might sound like. Examples of Active Listening.

Sales 101

Sales Trust Follow-up Prospecting 101

ConversionXL

JULY 19, 2018

Is marketing going to become completely automated, and no longer require the human touch? AI has the ability to recognize sounds, faces, emotions, and objects , solve problems, understand languages, and plan. How Marketers Are Already Using AI. Some examples of AI uses in the marketing world include the following.

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Objectives and Key Results Technology Technology Represent 90

Hubspot

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In fact, our Marketing team recently held a remote quarterly meeting. Instead of booking a large conference room, all HubSpot marketing employees -- even those who worked in-office -- simply logged on to the video call from remote locations. Sounds great, right? Then, he takes a break from noon to 2 p.m.

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Meeting Appointment Start-ups Follow-up 77

Hubspot

JUNE 14, 2016

Sure, it sounds like an effective strategy for stirring up conversation -- it capitalizes on user generated content (UGC) and typically requires very little commitment for participants. 2) Create an entry method. Ideally, you want to a pick a theme that aligns with your market, product, or services. Check it out.

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Legal Promote Objectives and Key Results Follow-up 78

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Content marketing has seen a lot of changes over the past few years, in particular around the way that marketers have went about actually developing their content. As a response to these problems -- in particular the second one -- a lot of marketers will respond with increased content output. The takeaway here for marketers?

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Engineering User Experience Conversion Lead generation 78

Hubspot

MAY 10, 2016

The trick is to make the link sound beneficial to their readers, if you don’t get that across, there’s little chance that a journalist will take the time to go back and add one in. 2) Ask the media outlet for a social share. The simplest way of doing this is using the “boost” function on a regular Facebook update.

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Campaign Angle Follow-up Contact 69

Hubspot

JULY 28, 2016

In the case of inbound marketing, though, the change is worth fighting for. Here are seven talking points to convince your team that your organization needs to adopt inbound marketing. And, for a more in-depth look, check our our ebook, "A Crash Course on Inbound Marketing for Nonprofits.".

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Pitch Trust Campaign Conversion 43

Hubspot

JULY 20, 2010

While social media has contributed many great things to marketers, all of the good stuff doesn’t come without its own baggage. We have talked about the good side of social media for marketing a lot on this blog, but we have under-reported on the negative aspects that social media has brought to the marketing industry.

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Legal Prospecting Growth Service 69

SaaStr

JULY 5, 2021

Ep: 413: Join four-time Founder and CEO Auren Hoffman as he breaks down how businesses can become the right model for explosive growth, emulate their strategy, and join the path to Unicorn potential in eight simple, hand-made steps. They advise us to surround yourself with people that have different strengths and different weaknesses.

X-functional 101

X-functional Negotiate Legal Engineering 101

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

All of this sounds a lot like copywriting, don’t you think? The best marketing – and the best copy – is not about duping the reader into believing something, but about amplifying their need, alleviating their fear and exciting them to action. They don’t have a documented strategy.” (via What Does This Have to Do With CRO?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Another student of Rogers, Dr. Thomas Gordon, a three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, is largely responsible for popularizing the strategy. 2) Feed back what you just heard back to the prospect. Studies have found that we like to surround ourselves with people who think like we do. 2) Identifying compelling reasons for change.

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Trust Follow-up Prospecting Closing 52

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Matt started his career as an opera singer in addition to being a CMO and marketer. Matt’s a marketer at heart with a unique blend of creative and operational expertise. Before Vertify, Matt built the media technology, marketing and operations practice at RSG Media in New York City. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

Start-ups 102

Start-ups Technology Technology B2B 102

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

If you’re looking for a serious relationship, 2/6 couples are shown mid-proposal. If you’re worried Tinder is only for people desperately looking to “hook up”, 2/6 couples found perfect, romantic partners. If not, they offer a free eBook about executing a personalization strategy. Is it only for students?

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UX Launch Drivers/motivators Start-ups 90

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

That trend usually makes for a stigma surrounding part-time agents, and brokers are often wary of bringing them on. That includes understanding elements like your current financial circumstances, your projected income, your sales and marketing strategies, and the legal strictures you'll be operating within. Join a brokerage.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Legal Lead generation Education 14

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

What were the 2 biggest lessons Travis took from Salesforce? And I had a tastic experience there for about seven years before running a marketing tech sales team at Optimizely for five years. So without sounding rude, what the heck is partner for founder experience, Travis? And then, you know, even stranger to end up in venture.

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Start-ups Customers Objectives and Key Results Growth 65

Hubspot

JANUARY 14, 2015

Not all current marketing executives knew they wanted to go into marketing -- in fact, many of them started in sales, consulting, human resources, entertainment, software engineering, government, and a myriad of other fields. We thought it''d be fun to ask a range of marketing leaders what their first jobs were.

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Healthcare Hospitality Finance Consult 73

ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2016

Day in and day out, you’re surrounded by copy. These writers are 1) extremely rare and 2) aware of their money-making abilities. Mistake #2: Only Thinking About the Web. It’s easy to picture a passionate author locked away in a room, surrounded by coffee cups and ashtrays, completely consumed by writing.

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Drivers/motivators A/B testing Start-ups Up-sell 91

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Guy Podjarney , Founder & CEO @ Snyk: How does Guy think about having a large enough base to test pricing strategies? You’re going to find that some customers are very comfortable and happy to pay you $2 million a year for your product and yet some other customers will only be willing to pay you $10,000 a year.

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