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📋 Table of Contents

1/ What Is a Market, Really?

2/ Creating More-Inclusive Workplaces: Four Key Factors

3/ How to Accurately Measure Your Marketing, Media, and Lead-Gen Efforts MarketingProfs event

4/ 15 Stats You Should Know About Sales Tools

5/ Expert Advice by Ann Handley and Jay Baer: A Live Webinar sponsored

6/ Improve the Customer Experience in Less Than Three Hours Marketingprofs Master Class

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What Is a Market, Really?
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What Is a Market, Really?
Part of the problem that marketers face in positioning their product or service and confirming product/market fit is the term "market" itself: A market is not a tangible thing, it's a social construct. So what is it, really, and how do you gain a unique and defensible market position? »
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Creating More-Inclusive Workplaces: Four Key Factors
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Creating More-Inclusive Workplaces: Four Key Factors
The key factors linked to creating an inclusive workplace primarily involve the identity and actions of an organizations’ leaders, according to research. Check out findings from this study. »
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How to Accurately Measure Your Marketing, Media, and Lead-Gen Efforts
Accurately measuring your marketing, media, and lead-gen efforts, and properly attributing success, is vital for marketers—especially now, when budgets are tight. Join three top experts to learn how you can get a handle on analytics and attribution. »
15 Stats You Should Know About Sales Tools
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15 Stats You Should Know About Sales Tools
Technology is transforming selling. For example, 55% of sales data entry was eliminated in 2020 by automation, and 79% of sales teams currently use or are planning to use sales analytics to improve efficiency. Check out the infographic. »
Expert Advice by Ann Handley and Jay Baer: A Live Webinar
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Expert Advice by Ann Handley and Jay Baer: A Live Webinar
Tune in to hear a live discussion on what expert marketing and content advice Ann and Jay provided to a digital marketing agency so that it could better meet its clients' marketing needs. Their recap will give you actionable takeaways for your own marketing strategy. Check it out! »
Improve the Customer Experience in Less Than Three Hours
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What if in less than three hours you could understand your customers and their journey? Really understand it. You can! Join us today at 2 PM for the first of three Watch Parties for our Customer Journey Mapping Master Class. You'll learn a bunch, and you'll have a chance to ask whatever questions you might have.
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Afoot in the Neighborhood
MarketingProfs community goings-on
We've just launched a suite of B2B consulting and content services—called MarketingProfs DNA (Defensible Net Advantage)—that are aligned with core marketing disciplines: positioning and messaging, customer experience, and demand generation. They're especially designed for marketers who have strategic work to do but don't have the time or team to ensure success. See how we can help.
Are you a PRO subscriber? If so, have you joined our MarketingProfs PRO group on Facebook? Pop in so you gain access to the PRO Show with Ann Handley and Kerry O'Shea Gorgone. These fun livestreams include check-ins from MarketingProfs team members and drop-ins from special guests. March shows will include discussions about branding, so bring your questions and ideas to share! Check it out.
Our new Master Class is designed to help you understand your customers better than you ever have. Customer Journey Maps for Marketers launches on March 9 with Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) Jeannie Walters at the helm. PRO members can complete the full Master Class by joining our watch parties with live Q&A—or take the individual 10 bite-sized lessons on-demand. Or a combination of the two.
Only a few weeks away: MarketingProfs B2B Forum Online 2021. Attendees will get access to two full days of inspirational keynotes and tactical sessions on the topics that mean the most to B2B marketers today. Check it out and sign up.
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