The 15 most important rules you need to know about using content marketing for your business in 2015. Each rule is complimented by a content marketing statistic. Enjoy!
Driving Results Across the Funnel with ABMDemandbase
Featuring Rachel Balik, Zineb Harvey and Leah Allen
Account-Based Marketing Strategist, Demandbase
Unlike the traditional approach of mass marketing, ABM enables B2B marketers to focus their efforts on high-value accounts, leading to more, higher quality leads and a more measurable impact on pipeline opportunities. If you’re ready to rethink digital marketing with an ABM focus, this full-funnel workshop will cover the specific ways that ABM can be applied in order to optimize the value of your website and analytics. In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Measure the success of your current programs with an ABM focus
- Tailor your content to address the pain points of target accounts
- Capture metrics for key segments
- Optimize and focus marketing activities across the funnel with ABM
10 Powerful Lessons Leaders Can Learn From BasketballBrian Downard
Basketball is a universal sport that can give leaders some insight on what it takes to perform at a high level and win and a consistent basis.
In this quick presentation we highlight ten powerful lessons every leader can learn from basketball.
How Account-Based Marketing Increases Close Rates by More Than 57%Demandbase
Most B2B marketers have accepted that the sales team will never be satisfied with their efforts. Buyers are moving online and conducting more than 2/3 of their research anonymously before contacting a vendor, leaving sales and marketing pointing fingers at each other as to why they are missing their forecasts. But there is a way to break the cycle and beat those forecasts; and it’s called Account-Based Marketing (ABM).
During the interactive webinar, we’ll discuss how ABM is delivering on the promise of B2B marketing and sales performance by:
- Aligning the focus of both marketing and sales to work in harmony, not silos
- Making marketing and sales more effective by focusing on what matters the most; accounts
- Understanding the nature of a B2B Buyer and using the right metrics to measure success
- Increasing close rates by more than 57% and Annual Contract Values by more than 30%
10 Tips for a Better Blog Post by Ann Handley Wiley
In today’s content-driven world, writing matters more… not less. Ann Handley offers 10 tips for crafting a better blog post.
Based on Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley and published by Wiley. For more info, visit: http://bit.ly/1xPCWYi #everybodywrites
17 Ways Successful People Approach LifeBrian Downard
Do you want to know what makes successful people they way they are? Want to know what their secret is?
While success means something different to everyone, there are a few common things you can learn from other successful people that apply to anything you want to do in life.
Learn step-by-step how you can dramatically increase your audience of subscribers, leads, customers and fans by adding a few simple (and free) types of marketing strategies to the mix.
Driving Results Across the Funnel with ABMDemandbase
Featuring Rachel Balik, Zineb Harvey and Leah Allen
Account-Based Marketing Strategist, Demandbase
Unlike the traditional approach of mass marketing, ABM enables B2B marketers to focus their efforts on high-value accounts, leading to more, higher quality leads and a more measurable impact on pipeline opportunities. If you’re ready to rethink digital marketing with an ABM focus, this full-funnel workshop will cover the specific ways that ABM can be applied in order to optimize the value of your website and analytics. In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Measure the success of your current programs with an ABM focus
- Tailor your content to address the pain points of target accounts
- Capture metrics for key segments
- Optimize and focus marketing activities across the funnel with ABM
10 Powerful Lessons Leaders Can Learn From BasketballBrian Downard
Basketball is a universal sport that can give leaders some insight on what it takes to perform at a high level and win and a consistent basis.
In this quick presentation we highlight ten powerful lessons every leader can learn from basketball.
How Account-Based Marketing Increases Close Rates by More Than 57%Demandbase
Most B2B marketers have accepted that the sales team will never be satisfied with their efforts. Buyers are moving online and conducting more than 2/3 of their research anonymously before contacting a vendor, leaving sales and marketing pointing fingers at each other as to why they are missing their forecasts. But there is a way to break the cycle and beat those forecasts; and it’s called Account-Based Marketing (ABM).
During the interactive webinar, we’ll discuss how ABM is delivering on the promise of B2B marketing and sales performance by:
- Aligning the focus of both marketing and sales to work in harmony, not silos
- Making marketing and sales more effective by focusing on what matters the most; accounts
- Understanding the nature of a B2B Buyer and using the right metrics to measure success
- Increasing close rates by more than 57% and Annual Contract Values by more than 30%
10 Tips for a Better Blog Post by Ann Handley Wiley
In today’s content-driven world, writing matters more… not less. Ann Handley offers 10 tips for crafting a better blog post.
Based on Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley and published by Wiley. For more info, visit: http://bit.ly/1xPCWYi #everybodywrites
17 Ways Successful People Approach LifeBrian Downard
Do you want to know what makes successful people they way they are? Want to know what their secret is?
While success means something different to everyone, there are a few common things you can learn from other successful people that apply to anything you want to do in life.
Learn step-by-step how you can dramatically increase your audience of subscribers, leads, customers and fans by adding a few simple (and free) types of marketing strategies to the mix.
10 Growth Hacking Strategies for StartupsBrian Downard
If your looking for some effective early-traction growth strategies, check out these 10 super actionable growth hacks. This deck includes 10 great ways you can maximize your customer / user acquisition. Let me know what you think in the comment section!
A Guide To Maximizing Lead Generation Today (Infographic)Brian Downard
Ready to convert more website traffic? Here are my 21 most powerful ways you can quickly grow an email marketing database. From list building basics to conversion secrets, you'll find actionable new ways to generate more leads today!
5 Actionable Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies (Infographic)Brian Downard
90% of people say that their buying decisions are influenced by others' reviews. That's why word of mouth marketing is the most effective way for businesses to reach new people. This infographic highlights the top 5 ways you can use word of mouth marketing to grow your business.
Ready to open the lead flood-gates? Here are my top 10 lead generation strategies you can use to significantly increase your subscribers and leads from online marketing. Topics include: content marketing, opt-in forms, landing pages, calls-to-action and much more!
5 Actionable List Building Strategies (Infographic)Brian Downard
Learn how to grow your email subscriber list & boost conversion rates with this infographic. Includes the 5 most effective list building strategies & tips.
How-To Skyrocket Website Traffic in 3 Simple StepsBrian Downard
Face it... most advice on getting website traffic falls short: That's why I want to share this simple 3-step strategy that you can use TODAY... that will skyrocket your website traffic!
3 Powerful Leadership Lessons from Guy KawasakiBrian Downard
I recently did an expert roundup on leadership and wanted to know one simple thing:
What are the most important skills/traits for leaders. Here is what Guy Kawasaki said...
The 150 Most Powerful Marketing & Sales ToolsBrian Downard
Does your marketing and sales need a boost? ELIV8 created this huge list to show you the best online marketing and sales tools available today.
In the list you’ll find a variety of tools with a wide range of applications. For example; content marketing, analytic tools and customer relationship management.
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
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
SEO as the Backbone of Digital MarketingFelipe Bazon
In this talk Felipe Bazon will share how him and his team at Hedgehog Digital share our journey of making C-Levels alike, specially CMOS realize that SEO is the backbone of digital marketing by showing how SEO can contribute to brand awareness, reputation and authority and above all how to use SEO to create more robust global marketing strategies.
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
Digital marketing is a rapidly changing, ever evolving industry--Influencers, Threads, X, AI, etc. But one of the most effective digital marketing tools is also one of the oldest: Email. Find out from two Houston-based digital experts how to maximize your results from email.
Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
It is increasingly important as the cookie-less future gets closer and closer
It's another new era of digital and marketers are faced with making big bets on their digital strategy. If you are looking at modernizing your tech stack to support your digital evolution, there are a few can't miss (often overlooked) areas that should be part of every conversation. We'll cover setting your vision, avoiding siloes, adding a democratized approach to data strategy, localization, creating critical governance requirements and more. Attendees will walk away with actions they can take into initiatives they are running today and consider for the future.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
In today's digital world, customers are just a click away. "Grow Your Business Online: Introduction to Digital Marketing" dives into the exciting world of digital marketing, equipping you with the tools and strategies to reach new audiences, expand your reach, and ultimately grow your business.
website = https://digitaldiscovery.institute/
address = C 210 A Industrial Area, Phase 8B, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab 140308
10 Growth Hacking Strategies for StartupsBrian Downard
If your looking for some effective early-traction growth strategies, check out these 10 super actionable growth hacks. This deck includes 10 great ways you can maximize your customer / user acquisition. Let me know what you think in the comment section!
A Guide To Maximizing Lead Generation Today (Infographic)Brian Downard
Ready to convert more website traffic? Here are my 21 most powerful ways you can quickly grow an email marketing database. From list building basics to conversion secrets, you'll find actionable new ways to generate more leads today!
5 Actionable Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies (Infographic)Brian Downard
90% of people say that their buying decisions are influenced by others' reviews. That's why word of mouth marketing is the most effective way for businesses to reach new people. This infographic highlights the top 5 ways you can use word of mouth marketing to grow your business.
Ready to open the lead flood-gates? Here are my top 10 lead generation strategies you can use to significantly increase your subscribers and leads from online marketing. Topics include: content marketing, opt-in forms, landing pages, calls-to-action and much more!
5 Actionable List Building Strategies (Infographic)Brian Downard
Learn how to grow your email subscriber list & boost conversion rates with this infographic. Includes the 5 most effective list building strategies & tips.
How-To Skyrocket Website Traffic in 3 Simple StepsBrian Downard
Face it... most advice on getting website traffic falls short: That's why I want to share this simple 3-step strategy that you can use TODAY... that will skyrocket your website traffic!
3 Powerful Leadership Lessons from Guy KawasakiBrian Downard
I recently did an expert roundup on leadership and wanted to know one simple thing:
What are the most important skills/traits for leaders. Here is what Guy Kawasaki said...
The 150 Most Powerful Marketing & Sales ToolsBrian Downard
Does your marketing and sales need a boost? ELIV8 created this huge list to show you the best online marketing and sales tools available today.
In the list you’ll find a variety of tools with a wide range of applications. For example; content marketing, analytic tools and customer relationship management.
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
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
SEO as the Backbone of Digital MarketingFelipe Bazon
In this talk Felipe Bazon will share how him and his team at Hedgehog Digital share our journey of making C-Levels alike, specially CMOS realize that SEO is the backbone of digital marketing by showing how SEO can contribute to brand awareness, reputation and authority and above all how to use SEO to create more robust global marketing strategies.
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
Digital marketing is a rapidly changing, ever evolving industry--Influencers, Threads, X, AI, etc. But one of the most effective digital marketing tools is also one of the oldest: Email. Find out from two Houston-based digital experts how to maximize your results from email.
Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
It is increasingly important as the cookie-less future gets closer and closer
It's another new era of digital and marketers are faced with making big bets on their digital strategy. If you are looking at modernizing your tech stack to support your digital evolution, there are a few can't miss (often overlooked) areas that should be part of every conversation. We'll cover setting your vision, avoiding siloes, adding a democratized approach to data strategy, localization, creating critical governance requirements and more. Attendees will walk away with actions they can take into initiatives they are running today and consider for the future.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
In today's digital world, customers are just a click away. "Grow Your Business Online: Introduction to Digital Marketing" dives into the exciting world of digital marketing, equipping you with the tools and strategies to reach new audiences, expand your reach, and ultimately grow your business.
website = https://digitaldiscovery.institute/
address = C 210 A Industrial Area, Phase 8B, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab 140308
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.
5 big bets to drive growth in 2024 without one additional marketing dollar AND how to adapt to the biggest shifting eCommerce trend- AI.
1) Romance Your Customers - Retention
2) ‘Alternative’ Lead Gen - Advocacy
3) The Beautiful Basics - Conversion Rate Optimization
4) Land that Bottom Line - Profitability
5) Roll the Dice - New Business Models
What’s “In” and “Out” for ABM in 2024: Plays That Help You Grow and Ones to L...Demandbase
Delve into essential ABM ‘plays' that propel success while identifying and leaving behind tactics that no longer yield results. Led by ABM Experts, Jon Barcellos, Head of Solutions at Postal and Tom Keefe, Principal GTM Expert at Demandbase.
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.
2. Create engaging headlines.
80% of readers never make it past the headline: Eight out of 10
people will read headlines, but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest.
NUMBER ONE
3. 66% of the most
effective marketers
have a documented
content strategy.
NUMBER TWO
Streamline processes
with online tools.
5. NUMBER FOUR
Year-over-year growth in unique site
traffic is 7.8x higher for business
who use content marketing.
Use evergreen content to
create continuous value.
6. Create content from an
ongoing editorial.
73% of B2B organizations have a person dedicated to
overseeing content marketing strategy
NUMBER FIVE
7. More than 27,000,000
pieces of content are shared
online everyday.
NUMBER SIX
Make sure your content
is easy to share.
8. You need both quality
and quantity.
60% of marketers create at least one
piece of content each week.
NUMBER SEVEN
9. Creating original content
was seen as the biggest
challenge for 69% of
content marketers.
NUMBER EIGHT
Use multiple resources
to inspire your content.
10. Repurpose good content
by using multiple formats.
50% of consumer time online is spent
engaging with custom content.
NUMBER NINE
12. Use marketing data
to inform your decisions.
By 2015, spending on marketing analytics is
expected to increase by more than 60%.
NUMBER ELEVEN
13. 82% of prospects say
content targeted to their
interests is more valuable.
NUMBER TWELVE
Use hyper-segmentation
to target your audience.
14. Increase focus on mobile.
Marketers are forecasted to spend $8.2 billion
on mobile marketing by 2016.
NUMBER THIRTEEN
15. 57% of B2B marketers use
content curation as part of
their content marketing
strategies.
NUMBER FOURTEEN
Tap into the power of
curated content.
16. Put your audience’s
interests first.
90% of consumers find custom content useful, 78%
believe the organizations behind the content are
interested in building good relationships.
NUMBER FIFTEEN
17. Want more free marketing resources?
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