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  • Sales Meeting No-Shows: It's Not You, It's Them (And What You Should Do Next)

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    One of the most frustrating moments of the sales process is the "no-show"—when a prospective customer fails to show up for a meeting or isn't available to take a scheduled sales call. But that doesn't mean your prospect is not interested in buying from you! In fact, no-shows are a hidden source of future business opportunity.

  • Chatbots' Positive Impact on Customer Experience and Conversions

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Martech

    If you consider chatbots just another marketing fad or buzzword that doesn't impact revenue, we have some bad news for you. Chatbots are already an integral part of modern customer experience—and they are having a serious impact on conversions.

  • Three Reasons Most Content Marketing Fails, and What to Do About Them

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    Instead of flooding the Internet with content that's merely meh, avoid these three content marketing mistakes to ensure that you are strategically producing content that breaks through and wows your audience.

  • Putting Heart Into Your Business: 'Heartificial Empathy' Author Minter Dial on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

    Podcast

    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: Martech

    'Heartificial Empathy' author Minter Dial shares insights on increasing empathy in yourself, your company, and even in your machines.

  • How to Optimize Your Site for Voice Search: A Comprehensive Guide [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Websites

    Voice search is changing how users search for information—and, more important for marketers and businesses, how websites provide that information in order to be featured in voice search results. Here's what you can, and should, do about that.

  • The Most Unacceptable Office Communication Habits and Manager Behaviors

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Communications

    Workers say the most unacceptable communication habits at the office are using a speakerphone in shared spaces, gossiping, using all caps in emails, and replying all, according to recent research from Signs.com.

  • How to Keep Your Email Marketing Strategy Relevant to Millennials

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Email Marketing

    At a time when we're reaching customers through more channels than ever before, it can be easy to assume your average Millennial is more likely to engage with an Instagram post or a Facebook ad than your humble email. But if that's what you think, you're missing out on reaching Millennial customers.

  • Why Testimonials Are B2B Companies' Most Important Marketing Tool

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    B2B companies know how to talk-up their products or services, emphasizing how efficient and cost-effective they are. But customers don't want marketing spiel: They want balanced and unbiased information and insight from people they can relate to. You can make sure that's what they get.

  • Press the Damn Button: Livestreaming-Expert Brian Fanzo on Marketing Smarts

    Podcast

    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    Brian Fanzo, Millennial keynote speaker and founder of iSocialFanz, explains the role livestreaming can play in growing your business.

  • Five Real Content Strategies to Earn Brand Attachment

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Customer Experience

    The path to brand attachment—one level up from brand loyalty—is long, winding, and challenging. And you can't skip ahead or take shortcuts. Here's how to get there in five strategic steps.

  • Neuroscience and Marketing Storytelling: Context Is Everything [Video]

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    In this video, a neuroscientist explains how the brain responds to the various elements of storytelling: At various points in a story, the brain actually releases powerful hormones. The upshot: as a marketer, you can effectively engage your audiences through storytelling.

  • Supercharge Your Content Marketing With Interactive Content [Infographic]

    Infographic

    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    Passive content, including video, is out for 2019, claims this infographic. So what's in? Immersive storytelling and interactive content. Check out all the marketing benefits of using interactive content.

  • The Optimal Sales Cadence: Frequency and Duration Benchmarks

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    How many times should salespeople contact prospects? How long should outreach last? What is the optimal spacing between contact attempts? How quickly should sales reps respond to prospects?

  • Push Notifications vs. SMS vs. Email: A Comparison [Infographic]

    Infographic

    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Martech

    Push notifications, email, and SMS can reach consumers in highly personalized ways, and all three behave and perform similarly to meet the goals of marketing campaigns. Perhaps for that reason, those three channels are sometimes thought of as interchangeable. But that's not the case.

  • Context Is Everything: Language and Voice in Marketing Messaging [Video]

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Branding

    How can we marketers map our messages and voice to ensure our audiences are comfortable with both, and create a neat fit between message, product, and medium? Watch the video to find out.

  • What B2B Firms Get Wrong About Thought-Leadership Content

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    B2B vendors that create thought-leadership content tend to underestimate the impact of these pieces and overestimate their quality, according to recent research from Edelman and LinkedIn.

  • Leads From Search Are Different: How to Convert Search Leads by Tailoring Sales Practices

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: SEO

    There are critical differences between leads generated from a search query vs. leads generated from referrals and other sources. Common sales approaches can hurt your chances with search-generated leads. You need a customized approach to convert them instead.

  • The 20 Biggest Winners on Google Search Last Year

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: SEO

    YouTube and Amazon were the sites that made the biggest gains in organic search engine visibility last year, according to recent research from Searchmetrics.

  • Customer Retention: How to Assess and Improve Your B2B Customer Lifecycle

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Customer Experience

    Customer lifecycle assessment is all about steady improvement—identifying weaknesses so you can eradicate them. The potential rewards of optimizing your customer retention process is so significant in the B2B world, you wouldn't want to give short shrift. Here's your action plan.

  • How to Find Your Company's Most Powerful Thought Leaders--and Your Company 'Story'

    Article

    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    B2B customers are demanding education and advice as part of the sales experience. They see through the bright and shiny marketing speak. They want proof. Real thought leadership is that proof. Take these four steps to identify your company's most powerful thought leaders and their perspectives.