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Marketing Strategy Overview: Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation

Both demand generation and lead generation can effectively add prospective new business to your marketing funnel, but these two philosophies work in different ways that are important to know about for a complete marketing strategy. Lead generation operates on the core idea of adding as many prospects as possible to the top of the funnel, then qualifying and converting those…
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Understanding Cross-Channel Marketing Strategy

While most strong marketing strategies should include more than one channel, there’s a key differentiator that sets cross-channel marketing apart — the interaction between channels. For instance, you might capture contact information on your website, which then feeds into your email marketing strategy. Your users might initially get to your website through a link on social media, or after receiving…
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Omni-Channel Marketing Versus Customer Experience Marketing

Using every means of marketing available to you is wise in today’s consumer economy. Your customers are diverse, intelligent, and have specific needs that you can meet with well-thought-out planning strategies. Two methods of this customer-facing approach are omni-channel marketing and customer experience marketing. What follows will help you understand what they are, why they are important, and when you…
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Inbound Marketing Strategies for Agencies, Part 1

As a marketing agency, your primary goal is to sign people up for your services. How can you cut through the noise and demonstrate to potential clients that you’re the best choice? In an age of media oversaturation and endless advertising, traditional marketing approaches tend to have a low ROI. It’s important to figure out how to keep clients coming…
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Top Email Marketing Trends for 2020

Despite what you may have heard, email isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, the use of email messaging is on the rise and shows no sign of slowing down. As of 2020, there are more than 3.7 billion email users around the world, and that number is expected to grow to 4.4 billion by 2023. With statistics like that,…
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Is Your Marketing Social-Ready?

Are you looking to boost your brand awareness, gain a larger online following and grow your sales revenue? If so, it’s a good idea to step back and ask yourself whether your company’s marketing is social-ready. If it’s not, don’t worry! There’s no time like the present to learn more about the importance of social media marketing. In today’s world,…
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How to Use A/B Testing in Digital Marketing Strategy

Too many marketers have low conversion rates. This is often because of a poor call to action, poorly optimized landing pages or a lack of effective pop-ups. It is also a result of many marketing professionals failing to properly utilize A/B testing in digital marketing strategy. The reason for this usually comes down to simply being unaware of the benefits…
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5 Tips for Better Visual Content Creation

Web pages are often only viewed for 10-20 seconds before users click away, making boosting engagement a key focus of digital marketing. Read on to learn more about how going visual can be one of the easiest and most effective ways to do this, and which types of visual content creation are most successful. The Importance of Different Types of…
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How to Automate Your Black Friday Marketing

Each year, online figures for Black Friday indicate continued substantial growth. In 2018, online sales reached new levels, and with more Internet users coming online in 2019, this year’s figures will likely be even higher.Purchases from mobile devices are bringing in billions, too. Research by Shopify showed that 66% of sales over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period came…
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6 Benefits of Using Paid Social Media

As you look at your overall marketing strategy, it shouldn't come as a surprise that social media is here to stay. You likely already have a business page on Facebook (and other social media channels) and might be doing a great job of maintaining an organic content calendar. However, these efforts likely aren't delivering the number of qualified leads and…