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Bis.lexisnexis.co.uk/blog/posts/Human-Trafficking-in-the-Cotton-Industry_lo-res_web-4.pdf. Beyond Content Marketing: Jump Into Content Strategy - Webinar. Find the Right Career with These Three Questions, the Hedgehog Concept. Documents/Best Practices/Making-Display-Ads-Effective-for-B2B-Demandbase-White-Paper%5b1%5d.pdf. The Most Effective Email Subject Line Length. Emails with subject lines of 6-10 words have the highest open rates, yet most emails sent by marketers have subject lines of 11-15 words, according to a recent report from Retention Science.

The Most Effective Email Subject Line Length

For the emails analyzed, those with 6-10 word subject lines had a 21% open rate. Those with subject lines containing five or fewer words ranked second with a 16% open rate, and those with 11-15 words had a 14% open rate. Despite the effectiveness of shorter subject lines, most emails examined (52%) had subject lines of 11-15 words. Below, additional key findings from the report, which was based on data from more than 260 million delivered emails. The Monthly Coaching Program by Jason Womack. Sales - How Marketers Are Managing the Evolving B2B Buyer's Journey [Infographic] What challenges do B2B marketers face in the typical sales cycle?

Sales - How Marketers Are Managing the Evolving B2B Buyer's Journey [Infographic]

And, most important, how are marketers meeting those challenges? The following infographic by Bizo and Eloqua highlights significant challenges in the B2B sales cycle and how B2B marketers are successfully tackling them. One major change is that a buyer can be up to 90% through the buyer's journey before engaging Sales, according to the infographic. To overcome that challenge, 79% of B2B marketers say differentiating on brand is crucial. Ready, Set, Go! 2014 - Belief. Are You Ready For A Customer Experience Revolution? Think back ten years ago.

Are You Ready For A Customer Experience Revolution?

How did you make your buying decisions? Personally, I remember sifting through the Sunday paper for ads on upcoming sales from some of my favorite retailers. I also recall purchasing a product that was not exactly what I wanted, but it was good enough for that moment. Long gone are those days. Empowered with instant, 24×7 access to product reviews, competitor offerings, personalized promotions, and prices that seem to change every five minutes, we can now bypass existing business models and move towards demanding that vendors and retailers meet our own unique requirements and whims. Even though we expect a lot, the companies that want our business do not have any room or time to come up short. With every lost transaction, sales revenue is lost – and sometimes for good. Customer Experience Is More Important Than Advertising [Infographic] Recently businesses surpassed $200 Billion dollars a year in advertising spending.

Customer Experience Is More Important Than Advertising [Infographic]

Yet fewer and fewer customers are trusting advertising as the source of information for products and services. Word of mouth carries a big, heavy stick when it comes to the reputation of your business products and services. Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and other social media and reviews sites help to amplify to voice of the customer. Are You Ready For A Customer Experience Revolution? The 6 Pieces of the Customer Experience Puzzle. How do you define customer experience — and, more importantly, how do you create the best customer experience model?

The 6 Pieces of the Customer Experience Puzzle

I started wondering about both concepts while working on an assignment to increase sales from the digital channel of a hospitality giant. It seems like everyone is interested in the idea of “great customer experiences. " But both businesses and scholars have struggled to understand what that really means, and have fared even worse at attempts to measure the outcomes of the "Customer Experience. " My suggestion: Divide the customer experience into six dimensions that can work cohesively to improve the requisite "experience" to customers, provide competitive differentiation and even affect the bottom line. The diagram above visualizes the six dimensions of customer experiences, a few factors that characterize those dimensions (inner circle) and the enablers for succeeding in those dimensions (outer circle). Knowing the Customer. Advertising - Five Ways to Give Your PPC Advertising an Extreme Makeover [Infographic]

Small businesses with a Google AdWords account are flushing away, on average, 25% of their pay-per-click (PPC) marketing budget because of easily fixable managerial and strategic errors.

Advertising - Five Ways to Give Your PPC Advertising an Extreme Makeover [Infographic]

That finding is highlighted in a recent study by the search software provider WordStream, which reviewed the PPC activities of 500 small and midsize business (SMBs). The company graded those SMBs on various PPC tasks, including account activity, ad relevancy, keyword optimization, landing page quality, and mobile search, and found five simple changes that can help companies maximize their PPC marketing. Here's a quick look at five tips for renovating your PPC advertising: 1.

Follow mobile PPC best-practices. Lead Your Employees Somewhere Positive and Other Must-Read Business Tips. A roundup of the best tips of the week from Entrepreneur.com.

Lead Your Employees Somewhere Positive and Other Must-Read Business Tips

Think Social Media Is a Waste of Time? Don't Give Up So Soon. Out goes the blog post or tweet.

Think Social Media Is a Waste of Time? Don't Give Up So Soon

Immediately, the fingers start drumming on the table. The eyes shift anxiously to the clock or watch. A whole day goes by. Then, two whole days. Response is lukewarm. The digital age has brought all kinds of efficiency to marketing. Customer Relationships - You Are Annoying Your Customers. Do You Know Why? From social media to retargeting ads, marketers continue to add new communication channels, and with each one we add the ability to sell but we also increase our ability to annoy.

Customer Relationships - You Are Annoying Your Customers. Do You Know Why?

For example, ask anyone, "What annoys you about technology? " You'll undoubtedly get a quick answer. Business Infographics. 30 Royalty Free Professional fonts for Designers - Download now. Recording Playback. Five Fantastic Reasons for Using Explainer Videos. Videos are a great way to make an impact, leaving a memorable impression on your target audience and customer bases.

Five Fantastic Reasons for Using Explainer Videos

Where explainer videos (or "infomercials") differ from other forms of video marketing is that they demonstrate the purpose of your product or service in an informative and engaging way. Sales - Five Big Trends for Corporate Events. Event professionals and marketers have a wealth of tools, technologies, and platforms at their fingertips—all promising to make event organization more productive and meaningful.

At the same time, attendees have come to expect more than ever from their time and investment in meetings and events, and those expectations seem to be growing still. Various trends are paving the way for event professionals to successfully apply event management technology and engagement-oriented strategies to address those challenges and opportunities. At our firm, we have identified the following five big trends expected to shape event management success in the year ahead. 1.