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10 Great Examples of Welcome Emails to Inspire Your Own Strategy
We’ve all heard how important it is to make a good first impression. Show up late for a job interview? That’s a bad first impression. Eat a ton of garlic and forget to brush your teeth before a first date? Also a bad first impression. It turns out that the “make a good first impression” principle holds true not only in face-to-face encounters but email interactions as well. The result? The right welcome email goes a long way to connect with potential business contacts or customers. When you send a welcome email to a new blog reader, newsletter subscriber, or […]
What Is B2B Marketing Automation Plus the Best Software
Marketing automation allows your team to increase productivity while simultaneously nurturing more leads. Within the category of marketing automation tools are B2B marketing automation tools — software that’s ideal for the B2B marketer. B2B Marketing Automation B2B marketing automation allows you to streamline marketing tasks and role responsibilities through workflows and triggers. B2B marketing automation is meant to help your team stay productive and efficient while nurturing your leads. B2B Marketing Automation Examples Here are some examples of how you might use B2B marketing automation on your team. Trigger follow-up workflows after leads visit high-intent web pages (e.g. product page, […]
What Is Content Operations? A Straight-Forward Guide
In a 1996 essay, Bill Gates wrote, “Content is king,” and what was true then is still true now. Content is necessary to the success of a business. If the content is the king, we could say its operations are the queen — or at least a knight. Imagine a startup that wants to create a blog post. It’s a timely post that needs to be up before the end of Q1. Because the startup is new, it hasn’t established concrete operations for blog content. So, the post sits in a Google document with no plan for who uploads the […]
How to Create an SEO Strategy for 2022 [Template Included]
Here’s a cliche among digital marketers: search engine optimization (SEO) isn’t what it used to be. Here’s a true statement you don’t hear as often: your SEO strategy for 2022 shouldn’t focus on keywords. These days, most businesses understand the basic concepts of SEO and why it’s important. However, when it comes to developing and executing a sound SEO strategy for your business, just creating content for the keywords your customers are searching for is both arduous and, well, wrong. In this post, we’ll explain what an SEO strategy is, and how you create your own to help you meet […]
The Ultimate Guide to Instagram Hashtags for 2022
Instagram hashtags are powerful. They can help your posts reach a target audience, attract followers in your niche, increase engagement, and develop a more positive and recognizable brand image. Here’s the thing, though: with great power comes great responsibility (#spiderman). Hashtags can skyrocket your business to new heights, but if used too frequently or without a clear strategy in mind, they become pointless and inefficient. While it can be hard to choose the right hashtags on Instagram, you don’t have to guess. Aside from this article, we’ve put together an ultimate course on using Instagram for marketing. In this […]
14 Free Personality Tests You Can Take Online Today
Personality tests are a great way to explore different aspects of who you are, and uncover layers you perhaps hadn’t recognized about yourself before. Being truly self-aware is hard — while they might not be always 100% accurate, personality tests work well as a starting point for self-discovery by providing results you might not have concluded on your own. These insights are invaluable for personal and professional growth. When you’ve got some downtime and want to explore aspects of who you are, why you make certain decisions, who you work well with, or get some guidance on potential career paths, […]
3 Super Bowl Ads Consumers Loved in 2022 & What Marketers Can Learn from Them [New Data]
Each year, the Super Bowl teaches us a lot about healthy competition. But — we don’t always see it play out on the football field. In fact, when the commentators send us to a commercial break, that’s where some of the biggest game-day face-offs take place. While football teams compete for trophies, companies spend millions trying to get more views, leads, and revenue than other brands advertising in their industry on the same day. Think about it. When haven’t you seen 10 competing car ads during one big game? And, despite the noise of dozens of ads with blockbuster budgets, […]
26 of the Best Brands on Instagram Right Now
Contrary to what your friends’ photos suggest, Instagram isn’t just a social network for selfies and brunch pics. In fact, Instagram has over 200 million businesses that use its platform and 90% of users follow at least one of them, according to recent data. In a time when visual content remains a crucial part of any brand’s marketing strategy, Instagram marketing presents a unique opportunity to showcase your brand identity. Ready to get inspired? Check out this list of brands that are thriving on Instagram right now, and why their posts set them apart. Best Brands on Instagram What […]
12 Unique Ways to Generate Leads With QR Codes
If you watched the 2022 Super Bowl, you might have been one of the millions of people who scanned the QR code featured in the ad from cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. When scanning the code, you were sent to a page that offered you $15 just for downloading and signing up for Coinbase. The 1-minute Coinbase ad slot, which showed the QR code floating around the screen and inching closer to lining up with the corner of the screen perfectly, was so successful that the Coinbase app and website completely crashed. Here’s a look at what HubSpot blogger Pamela Bump saw […]
Time to Shine: MozCon 2022 Community Speaker Pitches Now Open
MozCon is heading back to Seattle this July, and we’re excited to announce the return of our annual call for up-and-coming community speakers! Every year, we take great pride in reserving space on our stage for new voices. Are you the person that everyone in your network looks to for digital marketing advice? Perhaps you’ve been honing your voice on podcasts or blogs, all the while dreaming of stepping onto the big stage to share your innovative ideas? Now’s your chance to submit your pitch for the opportunity to join industry leaders on the MozCon stage in front of 1,500 […]