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Every time you write a blog, create a video or talk to your followers on a live feed, you’re wondering: am I getting it right? You might think of marketing as a series of best guesses, but as a recent campaign from Mailchimp points out, it shouldn’t be this trial-and-error, gut-level, darts-in-the-dark approach. Mailchimp recently […]
If your target market includes Gen Z and Y segments, you will want to tailor your strategy to the preferences of these groups. Younger buyers are sensitive to marketing content that is too “salesy” and they will quickly move to another brand if your content includes a lot of pressure to make a purchase. While […]
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It’s easy to get stuck picturing your audience as a faceless crowd. Maybe your business has grown enough that you’re not quite sure who follows you on Instagram anymore or whether your blog is being seen by people likely to buy from you. This is a common growing pain for businesses when you transition from […]
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With more than 2 billion active monthly users, Instagram is a great resource for distributing content to users that could be your customers. More and more brands in both B2B and B2C are experimenting with Instagram marketing and finding success by building a strong community. To build a community you need to start by researching […]
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You’re not just competing with other brands. You’re competing with noise. Everyone wants to grab consumers’ attention and building brand awareness may be more challenging than ever. But there’s a way to build brand awareness in an arena you may not have considered: digital audio. Statista reports that 57% of consumers in the United States […]
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Think about the best birthdays you’ve had. Someone got you a gift that fit you exactly, in just the color and style you like best. Nobody important forgot to call on your big day to wish you well and you even got a few surprises when someone left a treat bag of chocolate chip cookies […]
As marketers, we tend to be an optimistic group: always about going after new opportunities, confident that growth is on the horizon. So, when Google and Apple began signaling that support for third-party cookies was waning, we realized that we had a new challenge: how would a marketing strategy look without cookies? Ultimately, optimism reigns […]
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Consumers see a sales pitch from a mile away. They’re hit by them all too often on social media where ads are abundant. They’ve learned to spot posts that might appear to be interesting content but quickly reveal themselves as inauthentic pitches for a product or service. Content marketing strategies should work to inform the […]
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One of the most significant changes occurring recently is that B2B buyers have switched to an almost entirely remote method of making purchases. They’re using digital means of researching, communicating about and eventually buying what they need. B2B marketing strategies must evolve to cater to new behaviors. For those in the B2C space, this pattern […]