Category Marketing

Stop Solving Problems

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by SEBASTIAN CUERVO for 42 Slash Marketers love solving problems. If you spend more than 20 mins on LinkedIn or Twitter on any given day, you will notice a couple of clear story patterns that go something like this: I had a problem with this marketing process. I used this formula I developed or copied from top influencers to solve it. I found success. You can do it too. If you want to learn more, leave a comment (and chances are it becomes an endless spam sequence in your inbox). Or alternatively, you may also find the vulnerability pattern: I…

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How HubSpotters Are Enhancing Their Content with AI

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by Caroline Forsey for HubSpot AI has undoubtedly upended the way professionals across the organization work. And content creation is no exception. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are offering new ways for marketers to create more effective and engaging content. From automating content creation to improving personalized recommendations, AI is reshaping the content marketing landscape. But if you're unsure how to leverage AI to create better content, you're not alone. At HubSpot, we've been exploring the fine line between using AI to enhance our content without relying too heavily on it. Here, let's explore some of the ways HubSpotters across…

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Our messaging isn’t resonating anymore

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by LIZ CHRISTO for Dear Stage 2 DEAR STAGE 2: I’ve been running marketing for early-stage software companies for the last 15 years, but this year feels different — our message isn’t working anymore. Our inbound lead flow and outbound conversion are both declining.  I am currently trying to convince our exec team to make a big pivot in messaging. What are other companies doing right now? Are you seeing any trends? ~Time for messaging pivot DEAR TIME FOR A MESSAGING PIVOT: I took inspiration from Kris Hartvigsen at Dooly in answering this question “What worked last year won’t work this year.” I couldn’t agree more. …

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Marketing is a Probabilistic Game, Not a Deterministic Game.

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by FUNKY MARKETING One of the most important things businesses have is their strategy. Without it, you’ll never be able to grow your business and reach your full potential. Companies are the ones that have a high-level strategy and agencies are the ones that do the work and handle things like design and execution. That’s a standard. When starting Funky Marketing, I said that we need to be involved in creating the strategy. The strategy sets the tone for how you present yourself and allows the company to stand out. Companies and agencies should work together to get a better results.…

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Should gated content be part of our marketing strategy?

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by LIZ CHRISTO for Dear Stage 2 DEAR STAGE 2: Are we gating content this year? ~Asking for a friend DEAR ASKING FOR A FRIEND: To gate or not to gate, that is the question. I called on a friend, Margaret Kelsey, to help tackle this question. You might know her from her work at Invision, Appcues, and OpenView or as the co-host of new marketing podcast, Don’t Say Content. Who better to weigh in on this pressing content question? Unfortunately, we can’t give you a one-size-fits-all reply here. BUT, it’s worth noting that 62% of B2B marketers are employing gated content as one pillar in…

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Ad Fatigue is not always about creatives.

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by CARLOS for 42 Slash One of our clients updated all Facebook placements with a single creative that had the objective of positioning their new brand + converting. After seven months of them adopting the new brand (and a few weeks with us onboard), we noticed the results weren't great.  The ad frequency was under 3 for the last 30 days, not a great indicator, and if we filtered by the previous couple of weeks, it was under 2. It is easy to correlate these results to the usual ad fatigue scenario. The ads had been running long (seven months);…

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SaaS content marketing: From 0 to 500k visitors a month

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by Omid G for marketermilk I grew a SaaS company’s SEO traffic from 25k visitors/month to 500k visitors/month from content marketing. That’s a 1,900% increase. I’m going to lay out exactly how I did it in this post so you don’t have to go through years of struggling to figure it out like I did. This will be one of those articles that you read and refer to often. We are about to go over what content to create, how to create it, how to think about distribution, how to track ROI, how to find outsourced writers, and more. I…

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Find & accelerate your marketing advantages to grow much faster

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by MKT1 Newsletter A great product, team, and market have become table stakes requirements for startups to succeed. With the proliferation of B2B startups and the lower barriers to building great products, marketing is now the differentiator.  To succeed at startup marketing, a company needs 3 things: Founders who approach marketing as a strategic lever, not as a service organization to sales. Founders need to value and enable marketing as they do other teams in the organization. As the company scales, it is critical that all leaders see marketing on equal footing with other teams. A team with go-to-market skillsets & storytelling ability. Early…

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You’re Not Alone—The “Do More With Less” Trend Has Hit Content Marketers Hard

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by Jimmy Daly for superpath Between the macro economy and generative A.I., content marketers have been thrown for a real loop over the past year or so. Things changed and fast. Here’s our monthly job board revenue for the last two years. It’s a small sample size, but I believe it represents some larger trends in SaaS. Revenue—and, by proxy, the number of open roles—peaked in January 2022. Then it fell off a cliff. A historically good job market turned into a historically bad one within just a few months. ‍ Profitwell founder Patrick Campbell recently shared an analysis of the SaaS market over…

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How to Build a LinkedIn Strategy

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by RACHEL KARTEN for Link In Bio I’ll admit it: I’ve never thought of LinkedIn as a priority platform. Likely because most of the brands I’ve worked with are consumer-facing and I’ve generally found a lot of the posts on there fairly cringe. But that’s changing. Between the reach I’ve gotten lately on personal posts promoting this newsletter and the potential demise of a not-to-be-named platform, I’m starting to see the LinkedIn light. For today’s interview, I reached out to someone who has a lot of LinkedIn knowledge and has been a believer for awhile now. Chris Kim is the Director of…

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