The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

First-to-market live e-retail video SaaS establishing new industry standard, ushering in the relational economy era by combining the simplicity of a call with the power of e-Commerce for superior online shopping interactions rivaling in-store experiences; Game changing e-Tail tech far exceeds first round funding target. Merilee Kern.

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Oktopost

APRIL 26, 2021

B2B companies are especially guilty of this — but they don’t have to be. Nicole Votolato Montgomery, Associate Professor of Marketing at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia agrees: “The number one thing that brands are doing wrong on social media is trying to push product. You can increase customer loyalty.

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Pam Moore

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Content marketing in 2018 is going to hit a new dimension of importance, organization and integration. Smart and savvy marketers know the days of throwing social spaghetti at the wall and hoping it sticks are over and done. 2018 content marketing trends, statistics and predictions.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To keep up with it all and better inform your social media marketing strategy , create a customer journey map as a blueprint to help you understand your customers at each stage. When coupled with social media market research , they help brands: Provide an overview of the resources your customers use. Generate marketing campaign ideas.

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Oktopost

MARCH 20, 2021

Now, more than ever before, marketers must get creative to accelerate growth in the face of a shifting global business landscape. According to a survey conducted by CoSchedule , 74% of marketers say they set marketing goals, but only 3% admit to reaching them. Growth hacking isn’t prescriptive.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In fact, 97% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn as a content distribution channel and 46% of social media traffic to those company sites comes from LinkedIn. The results, which showcased employee development and mobility, were shared on the company’s LinkedIn feed in a simple, yet eye-catching graphic.

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agora pulse

JANUARY 3, 2020

Used by celebrities, politicians, and marketers alike, Twitter is the place to increase engagement and spread brand awareness. When fine-tuning your marketing strategy for the year ahead, knowing the stats for 2020 is a must. 80% of Twitter users access the platform on a mobile device. (There’s so much noise!)

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Jessica Gioglio , Public Relations and Social Media Manager at Dunkin’ Donuts , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss Dunkin’s army of brand advocates, whether frequency of using a brand contributes to brand loyalty, and what the social media staffing looks like at a company as socially active as Dunkin’ Donuts.

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Oktopost

MAY 3, 2022

Many B2B businesses have nailed the lead generation and conversion parts of the sales cycle. That’s where customer marketing comes in. That’s where customer marketing comes in. Customer marketing is becoming a necessity in the B2B world. What is Customer Marketing? Types of Customer Marketing.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

When it comes down to it, social customer care is about building relationships with your audience and engaging, whether your company is B2B or B2C. From being an accessible resource to providing ongoing support and creating delightful customer experiences, you can build customer loyalty and increase sales with the right social strategy.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 21, 2021

While every business has access to marketing data, the capability to use that information varies widely. Technology, metrics, behavioral sciences, and marketing are at a point today where they can seamlessly merge to produce information that improves both the customer experience and business results. What Is Behavioral Marketing?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 1, 2016

Through our consulting practice here at Convince & Convert, my colleagues and I discovered that customer service is being disrupted in the same ways and for the same reasons that marketing has been disrupted – mobile, Millennials, social media. There are B2B examples and B2C examples. Why the Book is Different.

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Oktopost

JUNE 9, 2020

Why Employee Advocacy Matters for B2B. It can take months for a B2B marketing team to build up a company’s presence and credibility online. This is exactly why employee advocacy is so powerful: your team is the key to unlocking the true potential of social media marketing. Why Employee Advocacy Matters for B2B.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 8, 2012

my Mom is actually a marketing consultant and she does social for a lot of local businesses and they’re not going to be able to put this together very quickly and easily and it’s going to be painful. They had visibility to social media marketing as a mechanism to move their businesses forward.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 14, 2021

For B2B marketers, the cornerstone of any successful campaign is having effective, engaging content. While recent trends in content marketing have shifted the needle more towards visual formats such as video and infographics, the written word is still the foundation of most content marketing strategies. Source: [link].

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Though social media marketing is now used in about 90% of companies, techniques, platforms and best practices continue to evolve. Increase use of video marketing? Marketing Pilgrim ). 90% of marketers now use social networks in their marketing efforts, but growth has plateaued; the figure was 89% in 2011.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 31, 2016

I can help you stop wasting time right now – the following three mistakes are foolproof ways to ruin your conversion rates and should be avoided: Mistake #1: Forgetting About Mobile. Before purchasing, 90% of mobile users research and compare prices. An overwhelming 70% of brands are not using personalized marketing whatsoever.

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Writtent Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To compete on the same level but with a smaller budget, you have to market smarter. Start by brainstorming with your business partners and connections to come up with several cheap outside-the-box marketing tricks. 60+ Creative Marketing Ideas For Small Businesses.Then, if you’re really feeling stumped for ideas, consider these 1.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 16, 2013

Posted in Behavioral Targeting Customer Experience eCommerce Mobile Social Media. Thanks to smarter marketing, better technology and consumers speaking out, 2013 just might be the year we see a real shift in how close customers and companies can really get. Mobile and tablet revenues will continue to increase.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The typical B2B buyer’s journey is long and convoluted, making it hard to know where users are in the process. Measures the success of marketing campaigns. A low churn rate, on the other hand, indicates customer satisfaction and loyalty. Gives you insights into what users want and need.

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Pam Moore

DECEMBER 11, 2016

If you are responsible for content marketing in your organization you know the importance of proper planning, organization, work flows and structure of content. If you are interested in how you can best prepare your content marketing for success then you have landed on the right blog post and podcast today.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Posted in Advertising Content Marketing Conversion Optimization Customer Experience Design Innovation Interactive Marketing Internet Optimization Web Design. Responsive design brings a variety of benefits – both for brand marketers and the consumers interacting with content across multiple devices. Rule #2: Always Be Refining.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. It’s a Bird.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In fact, spending on social media marketing spiked by 74% to reach 23% of marketing budgets according to The CMO Survey , and marketers anticipate spending will remain close to this new high level as we enter the new year. How are B2B organizations connecting their sales team to prospects without events and conferences?

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I’ve been in marketing or advertising (online or otherwise) for 20 years. Sure, you can tell your company story ad infinitum in social media, but ultimately you’ll benefit so much more if you can make your customers part of your marketing team. That’s what builds loyalty and advocacy. But, I’m not.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 9, 2017

Facebook is unique in the marketing world because of its size, as well as how difficult it is to engage. With the immense engagement potential, a newly implemented Instagram algorithm and more users joining every day, knowing the best times to post to Instagram could mean all the difference in your marketing strategy. Noon and 5 p.m.

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Oktopost

MAY 20, 2019

Change a word or two, and that could be equally solid advice for today’s professional marketers. Savvy marketers looking to gain ground in hotly contested markets will turn their attention to Customer Data Platforms (CDPs). Most CDP providers design for marketers as end users, rather than IT departments. The Top 10 CDPs.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

But now, social media is enabling companies to make influencer outreach a foundational marketing tactic. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. online population access the Internet from a mobile device. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

As trendy catchwords go, “personalization” has become a go-to term for websites and online marketers, laden with all the possibilities of connecting with individual consumers and a departure from the limitations of a one-size-fits-all approach. But personalization isn’t just marketing hype. It makes sense. Technology Is So Personal.

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Hootsuite

JULY 15, 2020

Defining a buyer persona (also called a customer persona, audience persona, or marketing persona) helps you create content to better target your ideal customer. As a social marketer—or any marketer, for that matter—it’s easy to get lost in the details of tracking your latest engagement rates and campaigns. Challenges.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

DECEMBER 14, 2023

According to HubSpot’s latest State of Marketing Report , producing and publishing content is the marketing strategy with the highest potential ROI in 2023. And not just because content marketing offers a great way to reach, engage, and convert audiences (as well as nurture loyalty). According to Statista, 60.1%

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 14, 2011

Last week’s Online Marketing Summi t in Minneapolis drew an intense crowd of local agency and corporate attendees focused on learning the latest strategies for SEO and search, conversion rate optimization (CRO), QR codes, PPC, social video marketing, integrated analytics, social media measurement and more. Steve Woods , Eloqua.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. 9 Ways B2B Companies Can Use Location Based Services by Social Media B2B. by B2B Lead Roundtable Blog. The B2B Social Media Landscape: a portrait by Beyond. ** 5 STARS. What should I monitor for? What to do?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

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Hootsuite

JUNE 27, 2022

That can be intimidating, because marketing to these groups is notoriously difficult. In fact, 65% of TikTok users agree that professional looking videos from brands feel out of place or odd on TikTok, according to research TikTok conducted with Flamingo (Marketing Science Global Community and Self-expression Study 2021). Yes, really.

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Hootsuite

DECEMBER 10, 2019

That’s why we interviewed more than 3,000 marketers toward the end of 2019. Social marketing and performance marketing collide. And half of the senior marketers we polled say they’re rethinking their content strategy to make the most of private channels. We also spoke to dozens of industry specialists. woke washing.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Content creation and content marketing will continue to allow companies to capitalize on the fact that every customer is now a reporter. These services are in many ways would Twitter was originally, with another layer of loyalty and rewards built in.

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