Learn how successful entrepreneurs capitalize on transparency, shared values, empathy and authenticity in their blogs, podcasts and videos. Witness how they identify pain points, validate their expertise and tap into audience generated insights as a way to earn audience trust. Overall, this module will familiarize you with the process of creating trails of educational content that merit the attention of your first time audiences.
This module will acquaint you with the role of branded content and pixel-based retargeting in providing your audiences a deeper familiarity with your brand. Learn how experts capitalize on the top-of-mind power of using branded apps, sponsored content and native advertising. Discover how retargeting and the building of proprietary audiences for email 2.0, messaging and push notifications can ensure the right messaging at the right time.
From persona pain point analysis, this module will demonstrate the techniques used in making content timely, relevant and useful to your audiences. This module will familiarize you with how to optimize your content for search-ability, mobile browsing and channel fit across your blog sites, social networks and website landing pages. Find out what experts do to ensure their content topics, titles and posts have the greatest opportunity for audience attention and talk-worthiness.
With nearly 1 billion websites accommodating blogs, entrepreneurs are greatly challenged with separated themselves from a sea of content clutter. This module will expose you to the concepts most effective in striking an emotional chord with your targeted audiences as a way to build likeability. Learn how successful social media users capitalize on content that inspires and entertains their communities. With so many platforms now lending themselves to visual storytelling, organizations are discovering the power of narratives in distinguishing their brands. Learn how successful stories find their sweet spot in themes and story arcs that resonate with their brand’s mark of distinction.
This module will expose you to the latest in social, local and mobile (SoLoMo) technologies, messaging apps, chat bots, live broadcasting and complimentary decision aids that provide real-time help while incentivizing your prospects to try out your offerings. Find out how bottom-funnel prospects can be energized with carefully crafted FREEmiums, test trails and demos that minimize their purchase risk. Learn what types of content work best as a valid testimony of your competitive advantage.
Learn how the power of visual storytelling can distinguish brands. Students are taught to find their sweet spot in themes and story arcs that resonate with their brand’s mark of distinction.
Learn how to jumpstart your followers and fans by capitalizing on the influence of others. Based on our own extensive research of leading social media influences, this module will also demonstrate best practices applied by influential analysts, mentors, edu-tainers and motivators in building sizeable audiences who can actively spread and vet your content.
The intent of this module is to familiarize students with best practices for validating their trusted authority as well as boosting their social networking endorsements. Students learn how to leverage professional content platforms and social networking groups (e.g., LinkedIn), webinars and live hangouts for building their referral networks. They also discover best practices in constructing content that that validates their trusted authority.
This module will acquaint you with the role of branded content and pixel-based retargeting in providing your audiences a deeper familiarity with your brand. Learn how experts capitalize on the top-of-mind power of using branded apps, sponsored content and native advertising. Discover how retargeting and the building of proprietary audiences for email 2.0, messaging and push notifications can ensure the right messaging at the right time.
From persona pain point analysis, this module will demonstrate the techniques used in making content timely, relevant and useful to your audiences. This module will familiarize you with how to optimize your content for search-ability, mobile browsing and channel fit across your blog sites, social networks and website landing pages. Find out what experts do to ensure their content topics, titles and posts have the greatest opportunity for audience attention and talk-worthiness.
With nearly 1 billion websites accommodating blogs, entrepreneurs are greatly challenged with separated themselves from a sea of content clutter. This module will expose you to the concepts most effective in striking an emotional chord with your targeted audiences as a way to build likeability. Learn how successful social media users capitalize on content that inspires and entertains their communities. With so many platforms now lending themselves to visual storytelling, organizations are discovering the power of narratives in distinguishing their brands. Learn how successful stories find their sweet spot in themes and story arcs that resonate with their brand’s mark of distinction.
This module will expose you to the latest in social, local and mobile (SoLoMo) technologies, messaging apps, chat bots, live broadcasting and complimentary decision aids that provide real-time help while incentivizing your prospects to try out your offerings. Find out how bottom-funnel prospects can be energized with carefully crafted FREEmiums, test trails and demos that minimize their purchase risk. Learn what types of content work best as a valid testimony of your competitive advantage.
Learn how the power of visual storytelling can distinguish brands. Students are taught to find their sweet spot in themes and story arcs that resonate with their brand’s mark of distinction.
Learn how to jumpstart your followers and fans by capitalizing on the influence of others. Based on our own extensive research of leading social media influences, this module will also demonstrate best practices applied by influential analysts, mentors, edu-tainers and motivators in building sizeable audiences who can actively spread and vet your content.
The intent of this module is to familiarize students with best practices for validating their trusted authority as well as boosting their social networking endorsements. Students learn how to leverage professional content platforms and social networking groups (e.g., LinkedIn), webinars and live hangouts for building their referral networks. They also discover best practices in constructing content that that validates their trusted authority.
Using proven concepts from relationship marketing and social selling, course participants will learn how to expand, delight and build trust with their communities. This module will expose you to the latest in social media campaign tactics and chat hosting to keep your audiences engaged. Find out how to excite your audiences through acknowledgement, involvement, fun and greater good stories while earning their trust through responsiveness, consistency and generous sharing.
Change Agents: How to Effectively Influence Intractable Corporate Cultures Keith Conway
It’s no secret that trying to change corporate culture is hard. This is primarily due to the fact that large corporations are complex systems and fundamentally averse to change. This reluctance is rooted in a systematic misalignment of shared vision, shared values, and shared culture within the organization. This talk defines a new method of business transformation by illustrating how to effectively influence corporate cultures towards collective action. To achieve that end, we outline an iterative framework along three main vectors: assess the people and environment, craft a narrative, then utilize timing to deliver your message for maximum impact. If you have ever been frustrated by a lack of political will within your own organization, come and join us. You will learn how to become a change agent yourself, how to create other change agents, then finally how to transform your corporation into a change agent.
Product Gamification presentation delivered by Asif Rajani, during the Warsaw Venture Cafe at Varso Tower on 30/September/2021.
Source:
Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
By Yu-kai Chou
White paper: Nine ways to communicate the value you offerPatricia McMillan
With shrinking budgets and increasing competition, it has never been more important to give your stakeholders a compelling reason to work with you: to subscribe to your service, select your product, fund your project, partner with you. This paper delivers a framework and a set of tools to help you communicate value and resonate with your stakeholders.
John Miziolek, President and CEO of Reset Branding delivered a speech at the CMA Creative Conference and this was the presentation. John talked about how the process of briefing an agency and the relationship between the agency and client has to change.
The design brief itself was a target of John's speech as he related the design brief template to a last will and testament where the outcome is predictable.
John is a strategic design and branding professional with more than 20 years of experience. He leads Toronto branding company Reset Branding, is co-founder of The D Event and developed the Next Gen Designers initiative. He has been featured in USA Today, written countless industry articles and believes passionately about the business value of design.
Smarten up your social media & online marketing : 5 tips to improve your reach and engagement using automation and triggers
1) Get inspiration on how to plan, automate and measure your social media efforts
2) See how you effectively automate work processes for your online marketing
3) Get deep insight from a simple, yet successful use-case that anyone can implement today
Orador: Michael Leander - Markedu
Today's B2B buyer is more discerning than ever before, and has access to more information than ever before. They research online, get peer views and opinion, and they call you when their ready to buy, rather than when you’re ready to sell. So you’re involved late in the process, or more commonly, not at all. To get onto the shortlist, you’ve got to be there early in the buying cycle. And to do this takes a programme of great content.
It has to be relevant, useful and interesting. First problem; where does this content come from? Well, every organisation has their own content dungeon – just waiting to be unlocked. But, how do you do it, what’s going to be lurking down there, and how do you tame it? Then, once you’ve thrown the keys away, what are you going to do with all this content? How do you get it into the hearts and minds of the people that matter?
This presentation will involve B2B examples across different sectors and using content in all its possible guises: mobile, video, integrated infographics, Social debates. Even the odd whitepaper...
Session will look at:
Ways to find great content in your organisation, without actually creating anything
What content works, at what stage in the buying cycle
Practical ways to use interesting and different content formats
10 steps to create and implement a content marketing strategy
Yes 50 Scientifically Proven Ways To Be PersuasiveAlan French
Robert Cialdini's famous book Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive presented in précis format to help you easily remember the powerful techniques.
Business Wealth Club St Albans
Sales classes in St Albans
Marketing classes in St Albans
Business classes in St Albans
Planning classes in St Albans
Clubs in St Albans
Agencies in St Albans
Why should a customer buy from you? If you can't answer this question with ease and in a compelling and convincing way, don't expect your customer to find the answer for you. Differentiate or Die will show you 3 simple steps to standing out from the crowd and distance yourself from the competition in an increasing competitive marketplace.
ToFu, MoFu, BoFu: Content Marketing and Its Role in the Sales FunnelDOZ.com
No matter where a salesperson finds themselves in the sales funnel there is a role for content marketing. Whether it's attracting qualified prospects with fun, interesting, and shareable content at the ToFu stage, educating and informing prospects with longform content at the MoFu stage, or converting those prospects at the BoFu stage, content marketing can deliver for salespeople. This SlideShare not only explains how the funnel works, but what content should do and even what content to employ at each stage.
Using proven concepts from relationship marketing and social selling, course participants will learn how to expand, delight and build trust with their communities. This module will expose you to the latest in social media campaign tactics and chat hosting to keep your audiences engaged. Find out how to excite your audiences through acknowledgement, involvement, fun and greater good stories while earning their trust through responsiveness, consistency and generous sharing.
Change Agents: How to Effectively Influence Intractable Corporate Cultures Keith Conway
It’s no secret that trying to change corporate culture is hard. This is primarily due to the fact that large corporations are complex systems and fundamentally averse to change. This reluctance is rooted in a systematic misalignment of shared vision, shared values, and shared culture within the organization. This talk defines a new method of business transformation by illustrating how to effectively influence corporate cultures towards collective action. To achieve that end, we outline an iterative framework along three main vectors: assess the people and environment, craft a narrative, then utilize timing to deliver your message for maximum impact. If you have ever been frustrated by a lack of political will within your own organization, come and join us. You will learn how to become a change agent yourself, how to create other change agents, then finally how to transform your corporation into a change agent.
Product Gamification presentation delivered by Asif Rajani, during the Warsaw Venture Cafe at Varso Tower on 30/September/2021.
Source:
Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
By Yu-kai Chou
White paper: Nine ways to communicate the value you offerPatricia McMillan
With shrinking budgets and increasing competition, it has never been more important to give your stakeholders a compelling reason to work with you: to subscribe to your service, select your product, fund your project, partner with you. This paper delivers a framework and a set of tools to help you communicate value and resonate with your stakeholders.
John Miziolek, President and CEO of Reset Branding delivered a speech at the CMA Creative Conference and this was the presentation. John talked about how the process of briefing an agency and the relationship between the agency and client has to change.
The design brief itself was a target of John's speech as he related the design brief template to a last will and testament where the outcome is predictable.
John is a strategic design and branding professional with more than 20 years of experience. He leads Toronto branding company Reset Branding, is co-founder of The D Event and developed the Next Gen Designers initiative. He has been featured in USA Today, written countless industry articles and believes passionately about the business value of design.
Smarten up your social media & online marketing : 5 tips to improve your reach and engagement using automation and triggers
1) Get inspiration on how to plan, automate and measure your social media efforts
2) See how you effectively automate work processes for your online marketing
3) Get deep insight from a simple, yet successful use-case that anyone can implement today
Orador: Michael Leander - Markedu
Today's B2B buyer is more discerning than ever before, and has access to more information than ever before. They research online, get peer views and opinion, and they call you when their ready to buy, rather than when you’re ready to sell. So you’re involved late in the process, or more commonly, not at all. To get onto the shortlist, you’ve got to be there early in the buying cycle. And to do this takes a programme of great content.
It has to be relevant, useful and interesting. First problem; where does this content come from? Well, every organisation has their own content dungeon – just waiting to be unlocked. But, how do you do it, what’s going to be lurking down there, and how do you tame it? Then, once you’ve thrown the keys away, what are you going to do with all this content? How do you get it into the hearts and minds of the people that matter?
This presentation will involve B2B examples across different sectors and using content in all its possible guises: mobile, video, integrated infographics, Social debates. Even the odd whitepaper...
Session will look at:
Ways to find great content in your organisation, without actually creating anything
What content works, at what stage in the buying cycle
Practical ways to use interesting and different content formats
10 steps to create and implement a content marketing strategy
Yes 50 Scientifically Proven Ways To Be PersuasiveAlan French
Robert Cialdini's famous book Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive presented in précis format to help you easily remember the powerful techniques.
Business Wealth Club St Albans
Sales classes in St Albans
Marketing classes in St Albans
Business classes in St Albans
Planning classes in St Albans
Clubs in St Albans
Agencies in St Albans
Why should a customer buy from you? If you can't answer this question with ease and in a compelling and convincing way, don't expect your customer to find the answer for you. Differentiate or Die will show you 3 simple steps to standing out from the crowd and distance yourself from the competition in an increasing competitive marketplace.
ToFu, MoFu, BoFu: Content Marketing and Its Role in the Sales FunnelDOZ.com
No matter where a salesperson finds themselves in the sales funnel there is a role for content marketing. Whether it's attracting qualified prospects with fun, interesting, and shareable content at the ToFu stage, educating and informing prospects with longform content at the MoFu stage, or converting those prospects at the BoFu stage, content marketing can deliver for salespeople. This SlideShare not only explains how the funnel works, but what content should do and even what content to employ at each stage.
The first section of Marketing Trends 2017. Check out this section for trends that will impact content marketing, digital marketing, marketing automation and more.
When it's time for that conversation to get buy-in on your content marketing ideas and initiatives, how do you proceed? Do you have all of the resources you need? The research and support to justify your programs? We're here to help. Download our "Mastering the Buy-In Conversation on Content Marketing: The Essential Starter Kit" now to help you. We've done the legwork so you can focus on your content marketing. Good luck, and let us know how else we can help.
Wird alles Content Marketing? Das Ende von Social als Disziplincrowdmedia GmbH
Aktuell steht das Thema Content-Marketing und damit die richtige Content-Strategie immer mehr im Fokus von Online- & Social-Media- Verantwortlichen. Was bedeutet das nun für die Social Media Aktivitäten eines Unternehmens? Da gibt es doch bereits eine Content-Strategie. Muss das jetzt neu gedacht werden, wenn alle zukünftig nun Content-Marketing machen? Nein, neu müssen Dinge nicht gemacht werden, aber ein ganzheitlicher Blick hilft. Weg von der Kanaldenke, hin zur Themendenke!
For years there have been claims and counter-claims by so-called industry experts that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is dead. However, SEO is more essential now than ever before. Learn why SEO is absolutely essential in 2014; and will continue to be paramount in the coming years ahead.
In this webinar (originally aired on November 04, 2014) David Bain from Digital Marketing Radio will discuss how SEO has changed over the years; and show you some of the most essential areas of SEO to be focusing on in 2014 and beyond.
Some of the topics that will be discussed include:
Why consultants say that SEO will die soon and why that is not true
What worked in SEO 10 years ago vs. what works today
How Google’s SERP changes impact SEO
The top SEO areas to focus on in 2014
Why user experience is an integral part of SEO
How to educate search engines about your target market
Why you don’t have to ‘be everywhere’ to be an industry authority
Five Principles of Inbound Markeing, and Four Simple Strategies for Teaching ItColin Alsheimer
Inbound Marketing 101 presentation that covers the five basic principles of Inbound Marketing strategy, plus four simple strategies for teaching it to students.
Thanks to the proliferation of social media, brands are no longer competing against each. They are competing against every form of messaging. Consumers (particularly Millennials) know when they are being marketed to, and anything that sounds like a pitch will be ignored. Peer opinions, in fact, are considered two to three times more reliable than brand messaging.
Enter content marketing, or brand journalism, native advertising, etc…
- It’s sharing branded content through stories to:
- Capture the brand’s persona through branded storytelling.
- Enable social sharing through brand advocates.
- Enable brand discovery through consumer exploration.
- Connect the brand to consumers in context through cultural, relevant and valuable content.
- Change and enhance the consumer experience.
- Create visible brand value through the content.
- Continuously measure, examine, and optimize the consumer experience.
Beyond Blogging: How B2B Tech Marketers Can Build Trust Through Content Marke...Kiwi Creative
In general, B2B buyers consult roughly seven information sources before making a purchase decision. Of those sources, a company's blog content ranks near the bottom of what buyers care about; instead, they are preferring product demos, user reviews and peer communities as a way to gauge a tech company's trustworthiness.
So, if simply publishing content regularly doesn't move the needle as much it once did, what can B2B tech marketers do instead to build trust for their brand?
Join Jacquie Chakirelis, Director of Digital Strategy for Quest Digital and one of the top 50 B2B influencers to follow in 2021, to dive into how we can leverage our marketing efforts to earn and keep trust with our customers and empower them to become our advocates.
Top takeaways of this session will include:
1. How to break the "inauthentic” content patterns to build lasting relationships with your customers.
2. Learn simple ways B2B technology companies are collaborating with their customers to become the messengers in peer communities and through user-generated content.
3. Explore new tools that marketers can use for content projects designed to build trust.
- - -
This is the slide deck from the March 2022 HubSpot User Group (HUG) for B2B Technology USA.
View the webinar recording at https://youtu.be/4jpri3zjdfc
Sign up for future HUG events at https://events.hubspot.com/b2b-technology-usa/
Content Marketing for Rankings, Traffic and SalesEdmund Pelgen
This was a presentation to a Networking Breakfast put on my Terri Cooper on the Sunshine Coast. The audience was primarily SME's and so the presentation was designed to be as practical as possible.
I presented a three part content marketing framework to help give the audience an understanding of what the content that they need to create, needs to do.
In addition I included some actual examples of types of content that they could create.
Beyond Cold Calling: Bridging Social Selling with Inside Sales for A Winning ...InsideSales.com
Featuring Ken Krogue, President and Founder at InsideSales.com, and Koka Sexton, Social Selling Expert at LinkedIn
Ken Krogue made headlines in 2014 when he declared that cold calling was dead. The writing's on the wall: the sales process has fundamentally changed and buyers are harder to reach than ever before. Many traditional sales organizations still mistakenly believe the quickest and most effective way to set up meetings with prospects is dialing alone. Instead, a better strategy is to leverage social selling on LinkedIn to help speed up the process, warm up the introduction and land the account. Join Ken and LinkedIn's Koka Sexton (recognized by Forbes as one of the world's most influential social selling leaders) for an engaging discussion on how to use LinkedIn to create a winning strategy that will result in more conversations -- and ultimately, more closed deals.
In this webinar, you will learn:
-How to use LinkedIn to create your professional brand, find the right prospects and engage customers
-Best practices for closing deals faster with social signals
-Four simple steps you can do tomorrow to help you win
Just when you think you’ve mastered social media… along comes UGC, the “visual web” and SnapChat. We explore practical tips on how to adapt 6 key social media trends.
This presentation is used for MBA Social Media modules on the subject of audience development. Discussed concepts includes ways to get your audience to Reach, Advocate, Influence, Subscribe to and Engage with your content.
Rethink Your Tracker: Get More From Your Tracking ResearchKelton Global
Tracking hasn’t changed in decades. In today’s reality, it raises more questions than it answers. That’s because it usually sits in a silo, disconnected from the data and real-world context that gives it meaning.
It’s time to elevate your tracker from isolated measurement to a tool that delivers comprehensive, nuanced understanding of your brand’s place in the market. Connected with contextual information and timely data streams, tracking can power your entire research system and inform smarter, faster decision making.
Greg Rice, Managing Director and leader of all things tracking at Kelton Global, has put together best practices and new ideas to turn your tracker into a mission-critical business tool. In this, he explains how proprietary research shaped this approach by understanding which metrics truly correlate with business growth, and show you how to connect your tracker to the contextual trends, influences and factors that most impact brand health.
You’ll learn:
• How to incorporate context throughout each stage of the tracking process.
• Which metrics most impact market cap growth.
• How to use contextual information to explain data discrepancies
• Best practices for developing custom KPI’s.
• How to present findings so that they stick with your audience.
LinkedIn and Social Media for IFAs and Financial PlannersPhilip Calvert
The IFA and Financial Planner’s Guide to Social Media and LinkedIn.
For details of our next LinkedIn training for IFAs, Financial Planners, Wealth Managers and Financial Advisers, contact: events@ifalife.com
Delighting your advocates can become a sustainable competitive advantage—if you’ve got the skills to make it happen. Bring your swim trunks, because we’ll be diving into how to motivate your advocates to help you: Increase your brand’s reach and market presence, fill your pipeline with warm leads and close deals faster, and boost customer engagement, retention and account growth.
Bill flitter content marketing now conf_2012_distribution_strategy_day1dlvr.it
Bill Flitter, CEO & Co-founder of dlvr.it, explains how to create a successful content distribution program. #contentnow Content Marketing Strategies Conference - May 2012.
http://ContentMarketingNow.com
Similar to How Trust is Manifested in Top Funnel Social Content Marketing (20)
Over of Inbound Marketing. Highlights the process of Educating Targets, Emotionalizing Content, Exposing Content, Escorting Prospects, Enlisting Subscribers, Engaging Communities, Encouraging Influencers, Empowering Advocates, Enabling Real-time Experiences and Examining Results
Describes 8 ways to improve a mobile customers experience:
C-U-S-T-O-M-E-R = Convenience, Utility, Showrooming, TImeliness, Offers, Mobility, Easy of Use, Relevance. It shows why experience counts more than SoLoMo technology.
Presentation describing how humor, astonishment, heartfelt moments, performances, participation and concept imagery boost the engagement of audiences. The findings were derived from a study presented to the Academy of Marketing Science and 2013 Cross-Cultural Research Conference.
This empirical study explores the effectiveness of humorous advertising viewed in 92 countries from a typology of nine humor types. The humor typology was derived inductively from humor theories and comic techniques adopted in the literature. From a large sample of commercials screened for humorous content and high performance metrics, an examination of incongruity, mockery and arousal mechanisms led to nine humor types subsequently evaluated for cross-cultural advertising appeal using Hofstede’s (2001) measures for power distance, individualism, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance. Overall, the study found that humor based on absurdity and surprise scored well on attention and likeability in almost all cultures. Cultures of high femininity and collectivism were the least impacted by humor. Aggressive humor such as put-downs and malicious joy scored far worse in nations of high power distance and collectivism. Finally, socially inappropriate humor such as unruliness performed better in cultures marked by high individualism and masculinity.
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?Cut-the-SaaS
Discover the transformative power of AI in content creation with our presentation, "Is AI-Generated Content the Future of Content Creation?" by Puran Parsani, CEO & Editor of Cut-The-SaaS. Learn how AI-generated content is revolutionizing marketing, publishing, education, healthcare, and finance by offering unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and scalability.
Understanding
AI-Generated Content:
AI-generated content includes text, images, videos, and audio produced by AI without direct human involvement. This technology leverages large datasets to create contextually relevant and coherent material, streamlining content production.
Key Benefits:
Content Creation: Rapidly generate high-quality content for blogs, articles, and social media.
Brainstorming: AI simulates conversations to inspire creative ideas.
Research Assistance: Efficiently summarize and research information.
Market Insights:
The content marketing industry is projected to grow to $17.6 billion by 2032, with AI-generated content expected to dominate over 55% of the market.
Case Study: CNET’s AI Content Controversy:
CNET’s use of AI for news articles led to public scrutiny due to factual inaccuracies, highlighting the need for transparency and human oversight.
Benefits Across Industries:
Marketing: Personalize content at scale and optimize engagement with predictive analytics.
Publishing: Automate content creation for faster publication cycles.
Education: Efficiently generate educational materials.
Healthcare: Create accurate content for patients and professionals.
Finance: Produce timely financial content for decision-making.
Challenges and Ethical Considerations:
Transparency: Disclose AI use to maintain trust.
Bias: Address potential AI biases with diverse datasets.
SEO: Ensure AI content meets SEO standards.
Quality: Maintain high standards to prevent misinformation.
Conclusion:
AI-generated content offers significant benefits in efficiency, personalization, and scalability. However, ethical considerations and quality assurance are crucial for responsible use. Explore the future of content creation with us and see how AI is transforming various industries.
Connect with Us:
Follow Cut-The-SaaS on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and Medium. Visit cut-the-saas.com for more insights and resources.
First Things First: Building and Effective Marketing Strategy
Too many companies (and marketers) jump straight into activation planning without formalizing a marketing strategy. It may seem tedious, but analyzing the mindset of your targeted audiences and identifying the messaging points most likely to resonate with them is time well spent. That process is also a great opportunity for marketers to collaborate with sales leaders and account managers on a galvanized go-to-market approach. I’ll walk you through the methods and tools we use with our clients to ensure campaign success.
Key Takeaways:
-Recognize the critical role of strategy in marketing
-Learn our approach for building an actionable, effective marketing strategy
-Receive templates and guides for developing a marketing strategy
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Digital Commerce Lecture for Advanced Digital & Social Media Strategy at UCLA...Valters Lauzums
E-commerce in 2024 is characterized by a dynamic blend of opportunities and significant challenges. Supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages are critical issues, leading to increased shipping delays and rising costs, which impact timely delivery and squeeze profit margins. Efficient logistics management is essential, yet it is often hampered by these external factors. Payment processing, while needing to ensure security and user convenience, grapples with preventing fraud and integrating diverse payment methods, adding another layer of complexity. Furthermore, fulfillment operations require a streamlined approach to handle volume spikes and maintain accuracy in order picking, packing, and shipping, all while meeting customers' heightened expectations for faster delivery times.
Amid these operational challenges, customer data has emerged as an important strategy. By focusing on personalization and enhancing customer experience from historical behavior, businesses can deliver improved website and brand experienced, better product recommendations, optimal promotions, and content to meet individual preferences. Better data analytics can also help in effectively creating marketing campaigns, improving customer retention, and driving product development and inventory management.
Innovative formats such as social commerce and live shopping are beginning to impact the digital commerce landscape, offering new ways to engage with customers and drive sales, and may provide opportunity for brands that have been priced out or seen a downturn with post-pandemic shopping behavior. Social commerce integrates shopping experiences directly into social media platforms, tapping into the massive user bases of these networks to increase reach and engagement. Live shopping, on the other hand, combines entertainment and real-time interaction, providing a dynamic platform for showcasing products and encouraging immediate purchases. These innovations not only enhance customer engagement but also provide valuable data for businesses to refine their strategies and deliver superior shopping experiences.
The e-commerce sector is evolving rapidly, and businesses that effectively manage operational challenges and implement innovative strategies are best positioned for long-term success.
How to Run Landing Page Tests On and Off Paid Social PlatformsVWO
Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Mariate, Alexandra and Nima where we will unveil a comprehensive blueprint for crafting a successful paid media strategy focused on landing page testing.With escalating costs in paid advertising, understanding how to maximize each visitor’s experience is crucial for retention and conversion.
This session will dive into the methodologies for executing and analyzing landing page tests within paid social channels, offering a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical insights.
The Pearmill team will guide you through the nuances of setting up and managing landing page experiments on paid social platforms. You will learn about the critical rules to follow, the structure of effective tests, optimal conversion duration and budget allocation.
The session will also cover data analysis techniques and criteria for graduating landing pages.
In the second part of the webinar, Pearmill will explore the use of A/B testing platforms. Discover common pitfalls to avoid in A/B testing and gain insights into analyzing A/B tests results effectively.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.\
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
A.I. (artificial intelligence) platforms are popping up all the time, and many of them can and should be used to help grow your brand, increase your sales and decrease your marketing costs.In this presentation:We will review some of the best AI platforms that are available for you to use.We will interact with some of the platforms in real-time, so attendees can see how they work.We will also look at some current brands that are using AI to help them create marketing messages, saving them time and money in the process. Lastly, we will discuss the pros and cons of using AI in marketing & branding and have a lively conversation that includes comments from the audience.
Key Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about LLM platforms, like ChatGPT, and how they work, with preset examples and real time interactions with the platform. Attendees will learn about other AI platforms that are creating graphic design elements at the push of a button...pre-set examples and real-time interactions.Attendees will discuss the pros & cons of AI in marketing + branding and share their perspectives with one another. Attendees will learn about the cost savings and the time savings associated with using AI, should they choose to.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
The What, Why & How of 3D and AR in Digital CommercePushON Ltd
Vladimir Mulhem has over 20 years of experience in commercialising cutting edge creative technology across construction, marketing and retail.
Previously the founder and Tech and Innovation Director of Creative Content Works working with the likes of Next, John Lewis and JD Sport, he now helps retailers, brands and agencies solve challenges of applying the emerging technologies 3D, AR, VR and Gen AI to real-world problems.
In this webinar, Vladimir will be covering the following topics:
Applications of 3D and AR in Digital Commerce,
Benefits of 3D and AR,
Tools to create, manage and publish 3D and AR in Digital Commerce.
Core Web Vitals SEO Workshop - improve your performance [pdf]Peter Mead
Core Web Vitals to improve your website performance for better SEO results with CWV.
CWV Topics include:
- Understanding the latest Core Web Vitals including the significance of LCP, INP and CLS + their impact on SEO
- Optimisation techniques from our experts on how to improve your CWV on platforms like WordPress and WP Engine
- The impact of user experience and SEO
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
AI-Powered Personalization: Principles, Use Cases, and Its Impact on CROVWO
In today’s era of AI, personalization is more than just a trend—it’s a fundamental strategy that unlocks numerous opportunities.
When done effectively, personalization builds trust, loyalty, and satisfaction among your users—key factors for business success. However, relying solely on AI capabilities isn’t enough. You need to anchor your approach in solid principles, understand your users’ context, and master the art of persuasion.
Join us as Sarjak Patel and Naitry Saggu from 3rd Eye Consulting unveil a transformative framework. This approach seamlessly integrates your unique context, consumer insights, and conversion goals, paving the way for unparalleled success in personalization.
AI-Powered Personalization: Principles, Use Cases, and Its Impact on CRO
How Trust is Manifested in Top Funnel Social Content Marketing
1. How Trust is Manifested in
Top Funnel Social Content Marketing
Dr. Jim Barry
May, 2017
Session I
MKT 5225
2. Slide 2
Why Building Trust in Marketing is so Important?
• America’s wake-up call: “…Turn
back the clock to 1950…”
• Record high buyer power raises
the bar for competition
• Internet
• Global competition
• Free markets
• But traditional tools for competing
(e.g., 4 Ps) are not enough
A 5% improvement in retention will boost
life time customer profits 25% to 95%.
Year 1
Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7
Profits
Source: Bain & Company
Baseline profits
Referrals
More Purchases
Price Improvement
Cost Reduction
3. Slide 3
Change from 4 P’s to a Marriage
Metaphor Centered Around Trust
Traditional Marketing
• Powerful Value Proposition packed under 4 P’s
• Bag ‘m, Tag ‘m, Automate ‘m and Get Rid of ‘m
• Use Social Media as Another Broadcast Channel
• Use Content to Bait
New Marketing
• Inbound Marketing
• Return to Relationship Building (1950’s and Collective Cultures)
• Marriage Metaphor Build Around Trust
4. Slide 4
Benevolence & Relationship Investments
Expertise & Credibility
Shared Values
2-Way Open Communications
Trust
Customer Orientation
Social Bonds
Resembles a Cocktail Party
Social Media Marketing as a
Manifestation of Relationship Marketing
5. Slide 5
Benevolence &
Relationship
Investments
Customer
Orientation
Expertise &
Credibility Shared Values
2-Way Open
Communications Social Bonds
Numerous Trials
to Demonstrate
Sacrificed
Interests
Requires
Proposal & Joint
Problem Solving
Opportunities
Often
Demonstrated
Over Multiple
Service
Transactions
Difficult to
Articulate &
Demonstrate
Beyond PR
Claims
Often Obstructed by
Corporate Vetting &
Restricted to Select
Few Interactions
Typically Isolated
to Front-Line
Employees &
Select
Counterparts
Donated Content
for Helpful
Advice
Reflected in
Content
Evidence of Pain
Point
Understanding
Evidence
Shown in “How-
to” & Other
Content Offering
Tactical Help
Reinforced in
Storytelling,
Behind-the-
Scenes &
Content Themes
Enable by Social
Media Engagement
Tactics Encouraging
Audience
Contributions
Reinforced in
Social
Community
Support
Traditional
Sales Calls
Social
Media
Marketing
Social Media Marketing as a
Manifestation of Relationship Marketing
8. Slide 8
Personalized
FREEmiums
Thought LeadershipBrand Utility Visual Storytelling
Top-Funnel
(Connect)
Bottom-Funnel
(Differentiate & Convert)
Awareness
(Stranger)
Evaluation
(Consider Your Business)
Differentiation
(Prefer Your Business)
Relate to Customer Journey
GettingAudiences to Know, Like & Trust You
EvidenceReal-Time
Help
Top/Mid-Funnel
(Influence)
Bottom/Mid-Funnel
(Engage & Nurture)
Interest
(Know About Your Business)
Community
Expectation
Community
Expansion
Community
Excitement
Know You Like You Trust YouInspiring Your
Community
Validating Your AuthorityHelping to Find You
9. Slide 9
Personalized
FREEmiums
Thought LeadershipBrand Utility Visual Storytelling
Top-Funnel
(Connect)
Bottom-Funnel
(Differentiate & Convert)
Awareness
(Stranger)
Evaluation
(Consider Your Business)
Differentiation
(Prefer Your Business)
Session I: Top Funnel Strategies for
GettingAudiences to Trust You
EvidenceReal-Time
Help
Top/Mid-Funnel
(Influence)
Bottom/Mid-Funnel
(Engage & Nurture)
Interest
(Know About Your Business)
Community
Expectation
Community
Expansion
Community
Excitement
Know You Like You
Trust You
• T-R-U-S-T-E-D Behaviors
• T-R-U-S-T-E-D Content
Inspiring Your
Community
Validating Your Authority
Helping to Find You
10. Slide 10
Big Changes over Past Few Years
90% of all the data in
the world has been generated in
past 2 years.
Over 1 billion websites
(mostly blogs)
500 million
tweets per day
200+ billion
emails sent
per day Infobesity
11. Slide 11
Create Trusted Content for Thought Leadership
• Branding is being associated
with questions buyers are asking1
• Thought leadership implies authority with
helpful answers to these questions.
• This takes unique insights from someone we
know, like and trust.
1) Michael Brenner (Forbes Contributor)
12. Slide 12
Getting Others to Know, Like & Trust Us
• Donated content early in buying
cycle leaves trails of expertise for
people to know you.
• Perspective and personality can
make you likable.
• Add authentic engagement, and
audiences will begin to trust you.
15. Slide 15
Today’s Leaders Capitalize on
Trusted Content and Behaviors
Trusted Author Behaviors Trusted Content
16. Slide 16
Trust Building with Trusted Behaviors
Trusted behaviors are exhibited through:
• What you are willing to reveal
• Your willingness to genuinely help others
17. Slide 17
Trust Building with Transparent Behaviors
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF ENGAGING DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
18. Slide 18
Trust Building with Transparent Behaviors
Talk about things no one else discusses
• What does a fiber glass pool cost?
• Who are the best suppliers?
• What are some shortcomings in pool life &
installation?
The Case of Riverside Pools & Spas
19. Slide 19
Trust Building with Relational Behaviors
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF ENGAGING DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
20. Slide 20
Trust Building with Relational Behaviors
Relational means
• Showing your brand personality
behind-the-scenes
21. Slide 21
Trust Building with Relational Behaviors
Relational means
• Show behind-the-scenes
• Interacting
22. Slide 22
Trust Building with Relational Behaviors
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF ENGAGING DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
23. Slide 23
Trust Building with Unbiased Behaviors
Unbiased means
• Avoiding self-serving spin
• Holding off on brand messaging until
relationship is established
24. Slide 24
Trust Building with Relational Behaviors
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF ENGAGING DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
25. Slide 25
Benevolence & Relationship Investments
Expertise & Credibility
Similarity &
Shared Values
2-Way Open Communications
Trust
Customer Orientation
Social Bonds
Trust Building with Similarity & Share Values
26. Slide 26
Trust Building with Similarity & Share Values
Shared Values means
• Showing what you stand for
• Espousing a life style
• Connecting based on similar views
Apple
Innovation
Disney
Excitement
Dove
Sincerity
Chipotle
Organic Living
Red Bull
Ruggedness
Timberland
Social Responsibility
27. Slide 27
Being True to Self
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF ENGAGING DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
28. Slide 28
True to Self means
• Unscripted
• No corporate “frankenspeak”
• Telling it like it is
• Consistent persona
Being True to Self
29. Slide 29
Being True to Self
The Case of Gary Vaynerchuk – Internet Personality
30. Slide 30
Trust Building with Empathetic Behaviors
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF EMPATHY DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
31. Slide 31
Trust Building with Empathetic Behaviors
Audiences want to know you care
& reflect their feelings
• Cognitive empathy
• Audience centricity (draw out what others
want to discuss)
• Perspective taking (represent an audience
voice)
• Affective empathy
• A genuine care and compassion for others’
problems
• Advocate of audience passions
32. Slide 32
Engagement builds influence through empathy
Trust Building with Empathetic Behaviors
Inspiration
Engagement
Generosity
Trusted Authority
Recognition
Capacity for
Content
Resonance
Empathy
2-Way
Engagement
0.14***/ns/ns0.22**0.21**
*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, ns (not significant)
As measured by
a. Klout
b. Kred
c. Klear
34. Slide 34
Trust Building with Empathetic Behaviors
TRANSPARENT RELATIONAL UNBIASED SHARED VALUES TRUE TO SELF ENGAGING DEPENDABLETRANSPARENT
35. Slide 35
Trust Building with Dependable Behaviors
Dependable means
• Factually based
• Researched backed
• Honest journalism
36. Slide 36
• 64% trust search over
other media sources
• 72% of millennials trust
search1
1) According to the 2015 Edelman Trust Barometer (Heidi Cohen)
Trust Building with Dependable Behaviors
38. Slide 38
Trust Building with Trusted Behaviors
Trusted behaviors are exhibited through:
• What you are willing to reveal
• Your willingness to genuinely help others
39. Slide 39
Today’s Leaders Capitalize on
Trusted Content and Author Behaviors
Trusted Author Behaviors Trusted Content
40. Slide 40
Trust Building with Trusted Content
Content is trusted when:
• Audiences perceive you can solve their problems
• Audiences weigh in on the content’s value
41. Slide 41
Trust Building with Targeted Content
TRANSPARENT RELEVANT
USER-
GENERATED
SOCIALLY
VALIDATED
TIMELY
EXPERT-
BACKED
DEMONSTRATEDTARGETED
“If your content marketing is for everybody, it’s for nobody.”
– Joe Pulizzi, author of Epic Content
42. Slide 42
Persona Targeting for Custom Tailors
Audiences trust those who understand their world
• Where do these folks hangout?
• What topics interest them?
• What are their spending motivations?
43. Slide 43
Business
Segment 1
Spending
Motivation 1
Persona 1 Persona 2 Persona 3
Spending
Motivation 2
Persona 1 Persona 2 Persona 3
Spending
Motivation 3
Persona 1 Persona 2 Persona 3
Spending
Motivation 4
Persona 1 Persona 2 Persona 3
Persona Targeting for Trust Building
Prominence Perfection Posturing
Pleasing
Saville Rows Polo Clubbers Monte Carlos
55. Slide 55
Trust Building with Expertise
TRANSPARENT RELEVANT
USER-
GENERATED
SOCIALLY
VALIDATED
TIMELY
EXPERT-
BACKED
DEMONSTRATEDTARGETED
56. Slide 56
Trust Building with Expertise
Expert backed means
• Vetted for authority
• Referenced industry influencers
• Consistent reinforcement of expertise
57. Slide 57
Trust Building with Expertise
Expert backed means
• Vetted for authority
• Referenced industry
influencers
• Consistent reinforcement
of expertise
58. Slide 58
Trust Building with Expertise
Expert backed means
• Vetted for authority
• Referenced industry
influencers
• Consistent reinforcement
of expertise
Benevolence & Relationship Investments
Expertise & Credibility
Shared Values
2-Way Open Communications
Trust
Customer Orientation
Social Bonds
59. Slide 59
Content Planning for Expertise
Tutorial Blogs
• Top 10 considerations for calculating HOA special assessments
• 8 Ways to generate residential property revenue beyond rents & dues
• A guideline for minimizing community property security expenditures
Explainer Videos
• Top 10 reasons why property managers fail to balance budgets
• 6 reasons why HOAs lose their grip on delinquent collections
• Using special assessments and credit lines in lieu of annual due increases
Podcasts
• 12 ways to boost tenant referrals and renewals
• How to adequately account for hurricane preparation expenditures
• Securing lines of credit for property management overruns
The Case of a Real Estate Accountant
63. Slide 63
Trust Building with Trusted Content
Content is trusted when:
• Audiences perceive you can solve their problems
• Audiences weigh in on the content’s value
65. Slide 65
• Entertainment
• Inspiration
• Targeted Value (Triggers)
• Searchability & Optimization
• Topic Shareworthiness
• Compelling Content
• T-R-U-S-T-E-D Behaviors
• T-R-U-S-T-E-D Content
Personalized
FREEmiums
Thought LeadershipBrand Utility Visual Storytelling
Social Content Strategies for Customer Journey
GettingAudiences to Know, Like & Trust You
• Endorsements
• Case Studies
• Live Demos
• Trials
• Reviews
EvidenceReal-Time Help
• SoLoMo Context
• Messaging
• FAQ Chatbots
• Decision/ROI
Templates
• Strategic Offers
• Complimentary Apps
• Free Audits/
Assessments
• Campaign Support
• Frequency
• Hosting
• Tagging
• Hash-tagging
• Acknowledgement
• Involvement
• Fun
• Greater Good
• Motivating
• Voice Consistency
• Open Communication
• Generous Sharing
• Accountability
• Participation
• Branded Content
• Retargeting
• Proprietary Audiences
• In-depth Education
• Influence Outreach
• Inspirational Appeal
• Influence Tactics
• Social Networking
Community ExpectationCommunity Expansion Community Excitement
Session ISession I & III Session II
Session VII
Session IV & VSession VI
Session VIII
• Brand Affinity
• Themes & Story Arcs
• Emotional Appeal
• Framing Your Scarcity
Know You Like You
Trust YouInspiring Your
Community Validating Your AuthorityHelping to Find You
66. Slide 66
Theory-based & Empirically Tested Framework
Theories for social media influence
• Relationship marketing theories
• Transformational/charismatic leadership
theories
• Social capital theory
Empirical research
• Survey of 171 social media influencers
• Factors driving capacity for content resonance
67. Slide 67
Factors Driving Social Media Influence
Content
Credibility
Inspiration
Operational
Helpfulness
Engagement
Generosity
Thought
Leadership
Capability
Market
Foresight
Trusted Authority
Recognition
Capacity for
Content
Resonance
Empathy
Visual
Storytelling
2-Way
Engagement
Humor
0.42*** 0.34***
0.22**0.21**
0.42***
*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, ns (not significant)
As measured by
a. Klout
b. Kred
c. Klear