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5 Hot Tidbits to Know This Month in Marketing
Being a savvy marketer is all about being in the know – how else are you going to leave the competition in your dust? But not everyone has time the time or patience to sift...
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Social Media
Should My Brand Be Advertising on Instagram?
The more we hear about Instagram the more of us marketers are thinking seriously about whether it’s time to jump on the insta-bandwagon. After all, the platform boasts an...
Sales
5 Reasons Your Sales Follow-up is Failing
You've made the perfect pitch to a potential client you'd love to work with. Feeling confident, you reach out to follow-up, only to receive the cold shoulder. While it is hard...
Inbound Marketing
7 Signs You Need Help With Inbound
While inbound marketing is designed to simplify your marketing efforts, beginners can still run into obstacles if they have not benefited from coaching or direction from an...
Search Engine Optimization
A Simple Cheat Sheet for Winning at SEO
Showing up on the first page of Google means money. It’s no secret that companies pay big bank in Adwords to appear as the number one search result. After all, we’re talking about...
Social Media
Facebook Hates These 5 Types of Ads
Nobody likes being rejected. Especially when you’ve put extra hours into launching an awesome ad campaign – only to see it get shut down by the world’s 2nd largest advertising...
Inbound Marketing
How to Inspire People to Care About Your Brand
Consumers today are savvier and more skeptical than ever. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, only 52 percent of global respondents trust businesses. And not only do they...
Inbound Marketing
5 Ways to Explain Hubspot to Your Boss (and get them onboard)
Inbound marketing works. You know it, but does your boss know it? They might be impressed to hear that businesses who employ inbound marketing methods save 62 percent per lead...
Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing: Expectations vs. Reality
There’s nothing like comparing your notes from a creative brainstorm meeting to a campaign follow-up at the end of the quarter. As marketers and creatives, we tend to dream big....
Inbound Marketing
Get Acquainted with Inbound Marketing: 6 (Not-Boring) Videos
So you’re interested in learning more about Inbound Marketing? You came to the right place.
Digital Marketing
3 Most Common Misconceptions About SEO
There is a load of content out there telling marketers what they should and shouldn’t do when it comes to improving SEO. We put this article together to break through the clutter...
Inbound Marketing
5 Things Your Customers Wish You Knew
Ever wonder what your customers are really thinking? We can’t give you exact details, but we can share some insights we’ve gathered over the years. We've found that many customer...
Digital Marketing
5 Top News Stories in Marketing Right Now
Just when we marketers start to feel like we have a solid handle on the latest tech – from SEO updates to changing ad guidelines and trending consumer behavior – a new piece of...
Inbound Marketing
Psychological Marketing Tactics to Influence Consumer Behavior
Motivating people to take action is not an easy job. People are continuously weighing their options, teetering between their imagination and reality, between having and not...
video
Get Real ROI From Your Video Content
Everyone knows video is a key player in any digital marketing strategy. It’s more cost effective than ever — as we’re seeing more and more brands producing high-quality, 4K video...
Inbound Marketing
4 Must-Haves for Turning a Web Visitor into a Contact
Everyone wants more web traffic, more clicks, more customers. But few want to spend the time refining their efforts to get people from point a to point b. We’re talking about a...
Content Strategy
Top 5 Marketing Statistics for 2019
It’s not easy differentiating your brand in the ever-changing marketing world. Heck, sometimes it can be tough just trying to keep up. But the more you can look ahead, the better...
Content Strategy
What Does Honest Marketing Look Like?
In an era of click-bait, bots, and news headline after headline exposing corporate scandals — honesty has never been a more powerful marketing tactic. Customers often value a...
Content Strategy
How to Be Really Good at Growth Marketing
If you’re looking to grow your company as fast and efficiently as possible — you’re on the right track. The term is called growth marketing (also known as growth hacking) and it’s...
Inbound Marketing
Marketing Tips Inspired by Football: Amp Up Your Game
They say that Football is more than just a game. It’s a lesson in teamwork, discipline, perseverance, goal-setting, and even time management. But we can draw on even more lessons...