The 15 Best Job Markets for Digital Marketers

Career Management - San Francisco and Seattle are the cities in the United States with the strongest job markets for digital marketers, according to a recent report from MarketPro. | Continue reading


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Customer Experience Analysis: How to Retain Your Customers [Infographic]

Customer Behavior - Studying your current customers can help you learn what to do today to retain more revenue tomorrow. | Continue reading


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Seven Ways Newsletter Marketing Still Works for Professional Services Providers

Content - Marketing rules and tactics for professional services providers (accountants, attorneys, physicians, dentists...) are often different from those for product or service marketers. Here's how newsletters work exceptionally well for professional ... | Continue reading


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#SocialSkim: Twitter Rebuilding, Google Rejoins Messaging Wars: 13 Stories This Week

Social Media - Twitter just helped brands become more customer-service-friendly, launched a live-streaming app, and finally expanded its character limit. Also: Google's new Allo app takes on Facebook Messenger, the new Instagram feature ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Six Reasons You Should Embrace Addressable TV

Advertising - The old methods of TV ad targeting and measurement need a serious upgrade. Enter addressable TV. It's the ability to show TV ads at the household level by using analytical ... | Continue reading


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Are Millennials Embracing Instagram's Stories Feature?

Social Media - Instagram's Stories feature, which launched in early August, is off to a strong start with Millennials, but it is still not yet liked as much as Snapchat's version, according to ... | Continue reading


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The Challenge of Proving the Value of Public Relations Today

Public Relations - For the PR industry to grow and thrive, it needs to prove its direct value in the most tangible ways possible. Doing so is difficult, but, fortunately, not impossible. | Continue reading


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Social Success for the CMO: Four Signs You're Doing It Right

Social Media - Modern CMOs know that to be successful they must integrate multiple data streams to glean valuable, actionable information for Marketing, Sales, and the wider business. Here's how to tell whether ... | Continue reading


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Devices Consumers Use to Shop for Fashion Online

Customer Behavior - More than half (52%) of people who shopped for clothes online in the past year used a mobile device to make at least one purchase, according to recent research from ... | Continue reading


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What We Learned From Collecting Every Customer Engagement and Loyalty Stat for Three Years

Customer Relationships - For three years, we tracked and recorded every publicly available piece of data we could find regarding customer engagement and loyalty. Examining hundreds of whitepapers, press releases, infographics, and more, ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Google Just Got Rid of AdWords Converted Clicks. Now What?

Search Engine Marketing - Today, Google ends support for Converted Clicks in AdWords. If you're still using this metric in reports or for Target CPA bidding, here's what you'll have to do. | Continue reading


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Big Heart, Small Budget: Social Media for Nonprofits and Small Businesses: M. Valentina Escobar-Gonzalez on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

Social Media: Marketing Podcast - Social media expert and networking powerhouse M. Valentina Escobar-Gonzalez lays out her strategy for helping nonprofits and small businesses achieve social media success. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Paid vs. Organic Social Media: Which Is More Effective?

Social Media - Most enterprise marketers say paid social media is more effective than organic (unpaid) social media in helping their business achieve its goals, according to recent research from Clutch. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Four Steps to Lowering Your PPC Costs

Search Engine Marketing - You've probably noticed that you (and a lot of other advertisers) have recently been paying more for PPC campaigns than you used to. So how can you pay less, short ... | Continue reading


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How to Write an Email That Gets Opened, Read, and Responded to [Infographic]

Email Marketing - About 205.6 billion emails are sent every day. Spare yours the fate of not being read! Follow these quick tips for writing a captivating email that inspires action. | Continue reading


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Why B2B Marketers Must Offer Customers a B2C Experience

Customer Relationships - Digital has transformed customer expectations. Today's B2B customers expect experiences as compelling and engaging as those that B2Cs offer to consumers. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Email Open Rates on Mobile Devices by Industry, 2Q16

Email Marketing - Most emails sent by marketers in the second quarter of 2016 were opened on mobile devices, according to recent research from Experian. | Continue reading


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The Dark Side of Marketing Content on Facebook

Social Media - Many brands share content on Facebook to get the attention of potential and loyal customers. Unfortunately, those brands may also capture the interest of cyber thieves. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Don't Be Cheap With Your Landing Pages: Three Contrarian Ways to Improve Them

Web Sites - Until the Perfect Landing Page is created—an imaginary creature, no doubt—we will continue tweaking and testing and arguing the merits and faults of every landing page element. But these three ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

The Most In-Demand Marketing Skills

Career Management - Technical skills related to data analysis are most in demand by employers who want to fill marketing jobs, but few candidates with with those abilities are available, according to recent ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

#SocialSkim: Apple Takes Aim at Facebook's WhatsApp, Plus 12 More Stories This Week

Social Media - This week's social roundup is all about community (and money). Apple puts Facebook's WhatsApp and other messaging platforms in its crosshairs, while YouTube introduces a new community feature. Also: Facebook's ... | Continue reading


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What a Balanced Approach to Marketing Looks Like

General Management - Today's savvy marketers strive to balance inbound and outbound tactics in their efforts to increase brand awareness, drive demand, and retain customers. | Continue reading


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How to Market to Millennials Without Pandering

Segmentation - People like to be catered to, but not pandered to. Doubly so when they're at the receiving end of a marketing campaign. And especially so if they're Millennials. So here's ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

What Do Journalists Like to See in PR Email Subject Lines?

Public Relations - Journalists say they respond best to email subject lines that are tailored to their beats, according to recent research from Fractl. | Continue reading


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The Sweet Taste of Marketing Success: Stonewall Kitchen CEO John Stiker on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

Marketing Strategy: Marketing Podcast - Stonewall Kitchen CEO John Stiker shares the story of how two entrepreneurs grew their homemade jam and jelly business into an international success through content marketing, social media, and brand ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Three Marketing Automation Fails You're Committing Today

General Management - Newbie and seasoned marketers alike often make these three errors in using marketing automation. Are you making the same mistakes? | Continue reading


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Disruptive Marketing Lessons From the Trojan Horse

Marketing Strategy - The story of the Trojan Horse seems a simple tale, but it was a stroke of strategic genius that took concerted effort to pull off. And there are important business ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Travel Industry Digital Marketing Trends and Benchmarks

Marketing Strategy - Travel industry marketers say search, email, and social media are the top digital drivers of customer acquisition, according to recent research from Performance Horizon. | Continue reading


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What Marketers Need to Know When Choosing Metrics for Social Media Campaigns

Social Media - Measuring the massive amounts of data produced from social media, then getting useful insights from that data, is extremely difficult. Fortunately, these five tips can make the process easier. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

The State of Social Media Marketing [Infographic]

Social Media - What's the state of social media around the world? Check out these stats regarding global users, preferred platforms, and much more! | Continue reading


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Slow Marketing: How to Deliver Faster Results by Slowing Down (Yes, You Read That Right)

Marketing Strategy - In our fast-paced, always-on, agile, want-it-yesterday, mile-a-minute world... there is a critical need to slow down. Why? Because doing so allows you to achieve real results—faster. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Marketing to Millennials: Social Media, Privacy, and Email Trends

Customer Behavior - Millennials in the US are heavy users of Facebook's platforms, they are less worried about privacy than are older consumers, and they are still influenced by email campaigns, according ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Virtual Reality Is Ready to Be the Ultimate Memory Maker

Marketing Strategy - Mainstream adoption of VR is a little down the road, but why wait? Everything's already in place for you to start creating VR experiences for your audience today. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Sales and Marketing Collateral: A Guide to Printing Materials

Graphic Design - Print collateral is still an important sales and marketing medium. To produce strongly branded, high-impact print media, you need to know what materials work best together. So here are must-know ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Which Marketing Channels Have the Best ROI Measurability?

Metrics & ROI - Executives say email and search are the two marketing channels for which it is easiest to measure return on investment (ROI), according to recent research from Millward Brown. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

The Tech CMO Career Path [Infographic]

Career Management - Paths to the C-suite can vary widely. Some are straightforward; others involve twists and turns. Check out how some of the world's top tech CMOs got to their position. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

How to Dress Up Your Product With Naked Marketing

Marketing Strategy - Your product is naked in front of all of your prospects, and they're highlighting not just its obvious beauty and strengths but also its small blemishes, stained teeth, and bad ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

#SocialSkim: Snapchat Ad Revenue to Near $1 Billion, Plus 11 More Stories This Week

Social Media - Snapchat seems to be taking the reins of the social media realm, with projections that its ad revenues will reach nearly $1 billion next year and speculation that it will ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Why You Should Ditch Your Goal of a 360-Degree Customer View

Customer Relationships - Want to know the dirty little secret of customer data and marketing technology? You're never going to create a 360-degree view. So, maybe it's time to abandon that goal and ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Which Office Setup Is Best for Marketers' Creativity?

General Management - Marketing managers and employees disagree over which among various office setups is best for sparking creativity, according to recent research from The Creative Group. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Five Things That Marketing Leaders Do to Inspire Deeper Customer Engagement

Customer Relationships - A company's personal connection with customers depends on the people who interact with those customers. Here's what good marketing leaders do to keep those connections open. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Four Tips for Effectively Training Your Marketing Team

Career Management - Most marketers strive to communicate as effectively as possible—except, unfortunately, when they're training fellow marketers. Because that's when, for some reason, PowerPoint takes center stage. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

The 20 Best Digital Gift Card Programs

Web Sites - Sephora and Starbucks have the best digital gift card programs among retailers in the United States, according to recent research from RSR and CashStar. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

The Flip Side of Targeted Marketing

Marketing Strategy - Customers often favor personalized marketing approaches that recognize their individuality. However, those techniques can become intrusive and counterproductive when they appear in the wrong place, at the wrong time. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

How 'Dolphin Tale' Brought 800,000 Visitors a Year to Clearwater Marine Aquarium: CMO Bill Potts on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]

Non-Profit: Marketing Podcast - How can you use stories to garner support for a cause or organization? Here's a story that inspired the movie Dolphin Tale and saved Clearwater Marine Aquarium from financial disaster, ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Want to Build a Strong Brand? Get Messaging Right. Here's How...

Marketing Strategy - Developing strong messaging and activating it across your organization ensure that everyone can communicate clearly and consistently about your company's value. And that vastly increases your chances of attracting customers ... | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Holiday-Themed Retail Email Benchmarks From 2015

Email Marketing - More retail marketers sent holiday-themed emails in 2015 than in 2014, but those more recent campaigns generally had lower levels of engagement, according to recent research from Yesmail. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago

Journalists' Advice on How to Write Press Releases They'll Actually Read

Public Relations - Use these tips—straight from the mouths of journalists—to help your press release stand out from the ineffective and soon-to-be-deleted competition in your target journalist's inbox. | Continue reading


@marketingprofs.com | 8 years ago