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  • Sales Leaders' Top 10 Priorities for the Year Ahead [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    Sales leaders say their top focus areas in the year ahead are to improve their team's ability to communicate value and to improve their team's productivity, according to recent research from RAIN Group.

  • Accelerated B2B Sales Growth: Challenges and Strategies

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    B2B lead generation and sales is a complex world. As technology, trends, and preferences evolve, so do B2B marketing and sales. Identifying and overcoming common challenges is the best way to accelerate B2B growth.

  • Four Types of Influencers for Your Influencer Marketing Campaigns

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    There are various types of influencers, and they deliver varying degrees of success to what your business wants from its investment in influencer marketing. Knowing the differences among the different types can help you define the goals, activities, and measures of success for your influencer marketing.

  • Get Ready: Marketing Automation Integration Will Impact Your 2020 Strategy

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    CONTENT TYPE: Sponsored Article | TOPIC: Martech

    As marketing automation moves to the top of the priority list for marketers, the real question is whether the effort will pay off, what metrics should be used to gauge success, and when to expect an ROI. Here's how marketing automation integration will impact your 2020 planning.

  • Brand Marketing vs. Performance Marketing: Finding the Right Balance

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Branding

    Too many brands today have developed an obsession with performance marketing while relegating branding to the proverbial back burner. But prioritizing one strategy over the other has significant ramifications. Here's what to do instead.

  • How to Nail Positioning, Messaging, and Change Management: Matt Desmier on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Podcast | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    Strategist Matt Desmier shares tips for agencies, brands, and organizations on how to clarify their positioning, messaging, and branding.

  • Retail Email Engagement and Spend Level: A Correlation

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    High-spending customers tend to be more engaged with retail brands' email campaigns, according to recent research from Bluecore.

  • When B2B Buyers Value Vendor Salespeople

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    Most B2B buyers say they want to hear from sales reps when products have complex configurations, when purchases have specific terms, when there are pricing specials, and when trying to learn about new offerings, according to recent research from PROS.

  • How Marketers Would Spend Additional Content Budget

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    Senior marketers say that if they were given additional budget for their content efforts, they would spend it on channel diversity, creative development, martech tools, and paid media, according to recent research from PAN Communications and Heinz Marketing.

  • How to Create a Customer Journey Map to Optimize Your Campaigns

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    An accurate customer journey map can help optimize your marketing strategy, create smarter campaign objectives, and better attribute conversions. See how to create and refine a customer journey map.

  • Shopping in 2019: Online and In-Store Retail Trends

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    Consumers are buying fewer things, purchasing more big-ticket items online, and continuing to shop primarily in-store for everyday products, such as groceries, according to recent research from Walker Sands.

  • Personalization vs. Intrusion: How a Mix of Artificial and Human Intelligence Can Create Balance

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Martech

    How can marketers and advertisers gain the benefits of artificial intelligence and machine-learning while avoiding the pitfalls? By finding the right balance between the explore vs. exploit dynamic. Find out what that means.

  • Back-to-School 2019 Spend Trends [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    Families in the United States are expected to spend more on back-to-school shopping this year compared with last year, according to recent research from the National Retail Federation (NRF).

  • Can Your Content Marketing Compete? Trends for a Strong Strategy in 2019 and Beyond

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Content

    Content marketing helps shape your company's place in the marketplace. The key to creating content that drives website visits, improves conversion, and creates brand lift is understanding what your audience needs and how you can best provide it. Make sure your content marketing can compete.

  • Employee Advocacy Statistics for Marketers [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Social Media Marketing

    At this point, your company is probably investing time and money into social media, but a key component still missing from most social media marketing efforts is an employee advocacy program. These stats show why that's likely a big shortcoming.

  • Consumer Feelings: The Next Frontier in Market Research

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    These days, finding data about consumer behavior is so easy, our instinct is to pile up a mountain of it so we get a better view of customer preferences, behaviors, and experiences. That sky-high view empowers us to see a vast landscape, but it leaves us blind to what actually shapes behavior: consumer feelings.

  • It's Time to Plan Your Back-to-School Marketing Campaigns: Stats and Strategies for 2019 [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    It's already back-to-school season—the second-biggest retail event of the year, behind holiday shopping. But effectively targeting these shoppers takes a bit of planning. Use the stats and strategies in this infographic to plan the most effective back-to-school campaigns.

  • Mat Sweezey's List of 103 Marketing Thought Leaders, by Category [Opinion]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Article | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    This list of marketing thought leaders is designed to be a place where you can find some of the best and brightest minds on most marketing topics. Who's on this list? 100+ genuine marketing thought leaders spanning a wide range of marketing disciplines.

  • Why Digital Marketing Is More Important Than Ever Before [Infographic]

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    CONTENT TYPE: Infographic | TOPIC: Marketing Strategy

    Businesses worldwide are jumping onto technological advancements and changes in marketing. If you're not prioritizing digital marketing, you're merely giving your competitors a chance to get ahead. See just how important digital marketing is for businesses today.

  • The Top Challenges Facing Sales Teams

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    CONTENT TYPE: Chart | TOPIC: Demand Generation

    Sales leaders and front-line salespeople agree that prospecting is their top challenge, but after that they disagree on the most difficult aspects of their jobs, according to recent research from RAIN Group.