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  • How to Write Hot-Button Sales Copy in a Recession

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Writing

    No matter who your customers are or what they desire, 13 human motivators, or "hot buttons," are ultimately responsible for driving sales. To boost sales, learn which motivators and human desires to tap into—and when.

  • Customers Demanding Corporate Responsibility

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Consumers worldwide are demanding a higher level of social responsibility from the companies they engage with, and most are using the power of the purse to press those demands, according to a study by Cone Communications.

  • Marketing Smarts: Unleashing Creativity One Team at a Time

    Podcast

    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    In our latest Marketing Smarts Podcast, we talked to Alicia Arnold, senior VP of digital at Hill Holliday, about the myths surrounding creativity. At the center of our conversation was one myth: Creativity cannot be taught.

  • 5 Reasons Visitors Ditch Your Landing Page as Soon as They Get There

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    MarketingProfs blogger Veronica Maria Jarski discusses 5 reasons why folks are ditching your landing pages ... and what you can do to help visitors stick around longer.

  • Dialogue Writing, Part 2: Where to Start [Video]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Video | TOPIC: Writing

    The listener needs to know—within the first couple of lines of dialogue—who is talking, where they are, and why they're having this conversation. No small task—but there are tricks!

  • The Six Cs of a Customer-Centric Marketing and Sales Pipeline

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Customers today are actively engaged buyers, so your approach to the sales and marketing pipeline must evolve. Learn six revised stages for implementing and measuring Marketing's contribution to the pipeline.

  • B2B Marketers Moving Toward Online Content Strategies

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    B2B marketers are moving away from traditional marketing tactics toward online content marketing: 82% now use content marketing in their programs, making it more popular than search marketing (70%), events (68%), and public relations (64%), according to a report by HiveFire.

  • Are We Being 'Brandwashed'?

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    MarketingProfs blogger Elaine Fogel shares the results of branding/consumer behavior expert Martin Lindstrom's experiment regarding brands among friends and their influence.

  • What Doesn't Work in Lead Management

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Effectively managing sales leads today is tricky, but not if you understand the problems between Marketing and Sales. Learn which four lead-management strategies could be hindering your success.

  • Booz: Adaptability Is Key for Social Media Success

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    Among a list of 12 social media success enablers, the ability to react and adapt quickly to change is ranked as the most important factor for succeeding in today's social media environment, according to a new survey from Booz & Company and Buddy Media Research.

  • A Seven-Step Guideline in Crisis Communication (Lessons From the Sony PlayStation Network Breach)

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    A crisis can serve as a stage to show the world that your company is either unorganized and uncaring or responsible and human. Learn how to preserve your brand equity—and keep your customers—during a crisis.

  • Half of Tablet Owners Made a Purchase via Device in September

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Tablet devices are becoming an increasingly important channel for e-commerce: Nearly one-half of tablet owners (48%) completed a purchase via their device in September 2011, according to a report by comScore.

  • QR Codes and Mobile Phones: 3 Marketing Blunders to Avoid

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    MarketingProfs guest blogger Paul Prisco gives the scoop on three common mistakes when crafting a QR code and what you can do to make yours more effective and engaging.

  • Is Brand Marketing in a Revolution or Evolution?

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    Marketing professionals have mixed opinions on the state of branding today: 58% of those surveyed say "we're in a time of revolutionary change when it comes to how powerful brands are created," whereas 42% express the opposite viewpoint, saying "the fundamentals haven't changed at all," according to a report by the Branding Forward Project.

  • How to Research Your Idea (& See If It's Any Good!)

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    MarketingProfs guest blogger Chris Wise shares five tricks of the trade to see if your business idea will fly with customers.

  • Marketing Smarts Podcast: Hubspot's Mike Volpe on Marketing and Sales

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    In Marketing Smarts, the podcast of MarketingProfs, host Matt T. Grant talks with Mike Volpe of HubSpot about how to encourage sales and marketing to work together effectively.

  • Three Approaches to Promoting Your Event Online

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    Thanks to the Internet, event promotion has never been cheaper to do or easier to track. But before you set off to promote your next event online, learn the benefits—and drawbacks—of three popular approaches.

  • IBM: CMOs Struggle to Keep Up With Digital, Social Marketing

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: None

    Most of the world's top marketing executives understand the dramatic shifts occurring in the way they engage with customers, but still struggle to manage the change, according to a new survey from IBM: 79% of CMOs expect a high or very high level of marketing complexity over the next five years, but only 48% say they feel prepared to cope with it.

  • Marketing Smarts: Hubspot's Mike Volpe on Marketing and Sales

    Podcast

    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: None

    "You guys are a bunch of clowns who just do arts and crafts all day!" Is that what your sales team says about the marketing folks? Ever wonder how you might get those two hearts to beat as one?

  • 6 Important Rules for Marketing to Europe

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: None

    MarketingProfs guest blogger Yo Noguchi of Benchmark Email explains what the European Union's application of the e-Privacy directive means to U.S. marketers.