The latest insights and innovations from the world of marketing. Includes analysis of the decision by cosmetics brand Lush to vacate social media, examines why playing it safe is not the safe option, and test-drives the latest automated writing tool.
Making a start with your account-based marketing strategy can seem an overwhelming prospect. This blog post provides a detailed summary of how to begin. It will surely help point you in the right direction…
AI, machine learning and “propensity modelling” are already showing their potential, says Phillip Othen, Senior Writer at Lead Monitor. He should know: one of his colleagues is a “robo-journalist” filing 50 articles-a-week.
Every organisation has its own particular requirements when it comes to managing the event marketing process – and this makes finding the ideal solution a tough task. Thankfully, Simon Daniels is on hand to help you evaluate the options. He argues that good data load functionality and flexible segmentation are among the key capabilities you should bear in mind when choosing event marketing technology. But what else should you consider?
Automation should be a marketer’s best friend. It can help reduce time spent on mundane processes freeing up more time for doing the things that really add value.
Yet, despite a reputation for being at the cutting edge of most innovations, marketers seem to be lagging behind in this key area.
Wrike CMO, Frazier Miller, argues that today’s successful marketing teams need to embrace automation and guides us through the three key steps required to make it a reality.
In the modern marketer’s world, you need to leverage marketing automation to chart the ever-changing course of the buyer’s journey. With so much access to information, detail and choice, marketers must have a clear plan in place in
order to reach their buyers at every stage of their journey. This eBook discusses a marketing strategy that truly focuses on the customer.
The GMA has teamed with Demand Exchange to bring this eBook from Act-On to help you discover:
Marketing automation is being used increasingly to allow the social media team to focus on the quality of the marketing creative, targeted at the right audience, says Jeremy Wood, who champions end-to-end management as the ideal social ladder to reach the dizzy heights of customer engagement and insight.
So you’re thinking of scaling up your business’ marketing activity with a powerful marketing automation platform. But which platform is right for your business? What are you looking to do and what do you want to achieve? No matter what your objective is, there are three main contenders in the marketplace, according to Bob Dearsley, that he distinguishes above the rest. But which one do you choose? Read on for his answer!
Managing pay-per-click (PPC) advertising can prove time-consuming, but paid search is often a major part of a marketing strategy. Here are tips and tactics to help SMEs save time with their PPC advertising by leveraging technology.
Ranging from which consumers are most likely to purchase to which campaigns are most effective, marketing automation tools with their heads in the cloud keep marketers’ feet firmly on the ground, presenting them with instant information and access to data. But there are giants out there, vying to be the best automation platform. Daniel Wiglas has been personally testing and studying form avidly – as part of his Master’s thesis – and here presents a round-up of his findings: