Most companies conduct various types of research to understand the needs of the market. These may include primary research, 3rd party research, brand wave studies, voice of the customer, and…
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A/B testing your email marketing
As we’ve discussed over the past few months, there are a lot of factors that contribute to the success (or failure) of your email marketing efforts, from visual design to…
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How do you sell when your buyers can’t buy? Mounting dysfunction in the B2B buying process
Everyone is aware that B2B buying is complex. It involves multiple parties over long decision-making cycles. In a large enterprise, this can take months, if not years, and involve dozens…
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Students are more into social media—is it good or bad?
Social media is the new way of communication and it is everywhere; its influence is far-reaching and deep. While adults still have control over the use of social media, young…
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Creativity vs. productivity: AI to the rescue
Throughout my career, I have noticed a tension between creativity and productivity. In my more productive times, I’m checking off items in my to-do list one at a time. For…
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From leads to longevity: 2 ways to move leads down the sales funnel
You know your business needs leads, and plenty of them, to drive sales. Generating leads, however, is only part of the equation. Because if you’re not able to turn those…
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More LinkedIn leads can destroy your revenue performance: an interview with Ian Addison from GetLinkedInHelp.com
Because we find that sales and marketing leaders focus on lead generation instead of demand generation and full funnel marketing, I have interviewed our resident challenger social selling expert, Ian…
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How do you persuade big company executives that digital marketing is important?
Many of you no longer face this problem within your company, which is great. Some of you are increasing spending on digital and reaping the rewards, but not all. Some…
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Digital is plural
As companies embark on their digital transformation journeys, some tend to pursue that continuously moving target of binary perfection with the traditional mega-program enterprise approach: setting up a working group of…
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Organic vs paid social media: 12 myths vs realities
Organic social media is the use of social networks like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, and Snapchat along with the use of free publishing tools like Hootsuite and Buffer to…
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