Published By: Aberdeen Group
Published Date: Aug 04, 2015
The practice of using predictive analytics for marketing is becoming much more commonplace, but, in many ways, this field is still immature. Marketers are using analytics to identify new prospects, qualify leads, predict close rates, and optimize pricing, but there are still many ways to refine these methods -- along with many pitfalls to avoid.
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This is arguably the most unsettling time in history to be a CIO. The IT landscape is shifting at a rapid pace with advances in social media, mobility and big data. The proliferation of advanced robotics is just around the corner and the Internet of Things is connecting even the most mundane objects to the internet—and probably the corporate network. Back in the 1990s, most computer hackers were interested in gaining access to networks purely for kudos among their peers. Today hackers have monetized their skills and make their living from finding vulnerabilities in IT networks.
Delivering the three Cs of the modern training experience - collaboration, content and conversation - is easier than you think. Start by taking a look inside your new social media toolkit.
Not doing Social Publishing? You’re behind. Social technologies on the web have changed forever how organizations of all sizes interact with their customers to gather feedback, improve customer service, and protect and grow their brands. Effective web content management must now include social and community capabilities.
Way back in 1999—a thousand years ago in Internet years—a writer and designer, named Darcy DiNucci, coined the phrase Web 2.0. This marked the beginning of the web as a social experience, eventually altering commerce so that today customers can be brand advocates who play a crucial role in building your business.
You already know that your customers are talking about your brand on social media platforms, posting images from your product pages to Pinterest, and checking reviews. The brick-and-mortar and virtual commerce experiences have become so intertwined that customers sometimes make an online purchase while standing in your store.
So, there's no question that all commerce today is social, and this ebook will dive deeper into that concept.
In this Gleanster Deep Dive, analyst Ian Michiels discusses tactics for determining the ROI of social engagement for B2B, and demonstrates the Social Media Mean Performance Score (MPS) Dashboard.
A 2012 survey of consumer channel habits and preferences found 77% preferred to receive permission-based promotions via email; only 6% preferred such messages via social media. Read on to figure out how Email remains the most potent marketing tool.
Webinars have much in common with real-world events and can deliver a similar quality of leads, at a lower cost per lead. Producing a webinar provides its own set of unique challenges, but with strategic planning, a project approach, and attentive execution, you’ll find yourself creating thoroughly professional webinars.
From Facebook and Twitter to blogs and videos, social media has become part and parcel of modern marketing efforts. However, convincing the C-suite to spend resources on social media can be a tough task for marketing trailblazers. Some executives have yet to be convinced that social media is a worthy marketing strategy; some wonder if it’s not just the latest black hole for marketing dollars. A marketer’s best course of action is managing social efforts to generate demonstrable return on investment. In this whitepaper, we’ll cover five best practices to help you do just that.
New customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many businesses, but it can be costly. Comprehensive lead management strategies have been developed to maximize lead value and bring order and efficiency to the top of the marketing funnel. Such strategies emphasize quality, precision, and the increased probability of conversion. When well-executed, lead management strategies can produce significant savings, reduce time spent in the funnel, and bring sales and marketing into closer concert.
Learn Facebook’s Rules of Engagement so you can make your content more sharable and searchable – and avoid violating the terms of service. This eBook will give you a thorough understanding of Facebook principles, and the general rules that apply to content and behavior.
It’s all about the leads. It’s true. B2B marketers spend their day focused on generating enough of them to fill their sales funnel. But that’s not always an easy task. So how do today’s marketers fill the funnel? They use content marketing. Learn essential ways to use content to generate top-of-funnel leads.
Ready to move past the basics of email marketing and learn new techniques to optimize your email results? This guide will give you five tips for more successful - and more profitable - email campaigns, including: How to increase engagement with responsive design, tips for better email personalization, ideas for effective trigger emails, effective ways to integrate with social media, and so much more!
One of the most heavily debated topics in today's digital marketing circles is whether or not success on social media translates to a bump in search ranking in the major search engines.
Many times the social media team is siloed, outsourced, or even non-existent. But the only way to fully harness the power of social media marketing is to put it on the table with every other marketing channel and integrate it into a larger cross-channel marketing plan. Our eBook will give you five things you can do right now to integrate social media marketing into your current marketing strategy.
Tweets with hashtags receive 2X more engagement than those without hashtags (Buddy Media). Used correctly, hashtags will amplify your message like nothing else on social media. All you have to do is apply the right ones at the right times, with a bit of finesse. To give you the tools you need to create and manage your hashtag strategies, we’ve put together this eBook to show you the ropes.
People buy from people, not companies. Next to events and other face-to-face methods, social media is the best channel for building meaningful connections with your prospects. This eBook explains the five key steps to use social selling to build relationships that last, provide value, demonstrate consistency, and are mutually beneficial.
