In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle the disconnect between what marketers think is hot versus what customers actually want. Do people really want more time on their screens? Do people need more meetings on their calendars? Watch or listen to find out the results of a survey and how content strategy […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris look at the year that was: the highs, the lows, the lessons learned. What allowed companies to survive? What doomed others? How did some of our beloved practices like forecasting fare? And what should we think about changing for 2021? Pull up a chair, grab your beverage […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris evaluate what marketing tactics are worth doing and not doing, based on data, experience, and company values. Learn how we decide what events to speak at, what podcasts to guest on, and more. You’ll see a practical use for attribution analysis when it comes to making very […]
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle the challenges you’ve listed in our quarterly survey, especially around scaling your marketing, lead generation, and dealing with incredible uncertainty. How do we scale? How do we generate more leads? Tune in to find out! [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it […]
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In this week’s In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris discuss shiny object syndrome, blind spots in your marketing technology (especially around AI and machine learning) and how arrogance can lead to substantial technical problems in your tech stack and company culture. How can you avoid pitfalls and blind spots? How do you manage AI and machine […]
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In the wake of our recent webinar and AMA on content marketing and AI, one of the persistent questions folks have is, “well, what if I don’t have access to sophisticated AI tools to generate content at scale? How can I compete?”. This is a perfectly valid question, and the answer is recycling and upcycling […]
Based on a question from our analytics community, in this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle the challenges of new technology. When a new piece of technology makes a big splash, how do we evaluate it? How should we assess whether it’s right for us, whether it makes sense to pursue it? What […]
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What data should you look at to decide marketing strategy? How do you use that data with a shoestring budget during leaner times? In this episode, Katie and Chris walk through common Google Analytics metrics that lend themselves well to marketing strategy decisions, and a KPI decision framework. [podcastsponsor] Watch the video here: Listen to […]
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We’ve all heard it before: “It’s great exposure”, and its many variants. These requests come from fellow marketers asking for us to participate in something – speaking at a conference, writing a guest blog post, appearing on a podcast, and inevitably, the “exposure” is in lieu of a more tangible form of compensation. For some, […]
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Inbound marketing was created out of necessity. Back in 2006, Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah started Hubspot and championed the concept of inbound marketing, the idea that customers would use digital technologies to seek companies out, rather than companies chasing potential customers. The promises of inbound marketing were lower costs and better quality customers, because […]
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