Carrie Gallagher

HubSpot Marketing Consultant | HubSpot Solutions Partner

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How to Create a One-Year Marketing Plan

Author: Robert W. Bly

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In The Marketing Plan Handbook, author Robert W. Bly explains how you can develop big-picture marketing plans for pennies on the dollar with his 12-step marketing plan. In this edited excerpt, Bly offers some quick tips for creating a year-long marketing plan for your business.

 

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The Definitive Guide to Lead Generation

Author: marketo.com

Lead generation has become an important strategy for modern marketers, as they strive to create demand and get their messages heard by increasingly sophisticated, multi-channel buyers. In today’s complex world, marketers should use lead generation to build brand awareness, nurture prospects and customers, qualify leads, and ultimately generate measurable revenue.

In this comprehensive, 160 page guide, we cover topics ranging from content marketing and website SEO to telesales and content syndication — all through the lens of lead generation.

 

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6 Content Ideas Every Marketer Should Steal From IBM

From contentmarketinginstitute.com

Last year, I interviewed IBM’s Andrea Ames, whose job title alone makes me tired: enterprise content experience strategist, architect, and designer. In this article, I share some steal-worthy ideas from that interview – ideas that can help you, as a marketer, scale your content processes and provide your customers with more remarkable experiences.

Create content that builds customer relationships (Content is the new salesperson)

Today more than ever, we build customer relationships not face to face but through content.

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Author : Marcia Riefer Johnston

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7 Ways to Stand Out With LinkedIn Visual Content

From socialmediaexaminer.com

Do you want to attract more attention on LinkedIn?

Have you considered adding visuals to your profile?

Consider using images to build out each section of your LinkedIn profile.

In this article I’ll share seven ways to improve your LinkedIn profile with visuals.

#1: Connect a Face to Your Name

While it might seem obvious, many LinkedIn users fail to use the most powerful visual element: their profile photo.

A good profile photo makes you look approachable and polished.

To upload a personal photo, go to your Edit Profile page (choose Profile > Edit Profile), hover your mouse over the existing photo in the upper-left corner and click the camera icon.

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Author : David Fisher