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Borrell Data Reveals Critical Role Of Leads In Local Advertising, Marketing

Borrell Data Reveals Critical Role Of Leads In Local Advertising, Marketing by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, September 16, 2019 With the average local ad budget rising this year by 1.6% from $114,400 to $116,200, referrals, social media, and search marketing top the list of new leads for marketers, according to a study released by Borrell Associates … Continue reading Borrell Data Reveals Critical Role Of Leads In Local Advertising, Marketing →

Why an Influencer Engagement Strategy Is Critical for Your Brand

Influencer Strategy

Linda Landers — August 30, 2019 Follow @GirlpowerPR — August 30, 2019 Influencer marketing has never before been so powerful or effective. In the past five years, it has grown from a supplemental marketing tactic into a $ 10 billion industry. With influencer engagement beating out both organic search and email marketing, 65% of marketers … Continue reading Why an Influencer Engagement Strategy Is Critical for Your Brand →

Why Emotional Intelligence is a Critical Skill for Your Future Workforce

Emotional Intelligence

Bill Benjamin — August 14, 2019 — August 14, 2019 mohamed_hassan / Pixabay For those of us in the Human Resources field, we’ve heard about the term Emotional Intelligence (EI) back in the mid-90’s when Dan Goleman wrote the eponymous book. At the time, the idea was revolutionary: that there is more to exceptional leadership … Continue reading Why Emotional Intelligence is a Critical Skill for Your Future Workforce →

The 5 Most Critical Metrics for Account-Based Marketing

Account Management

Jess Burns — August 12, 2019 — August 12, 2019 Embracing account-based marketing means focusing less on the traditional marketer’s favorite key metric—leads. While lead gen has a place in ABM, your goal is to shift away from stuffing the top of the funnel to focusing only on those accounts that have a high chance … Continue reading The 5 Most Critical Metrics for Account-Based Marketing →

Why Customer Experience Management is Critical in Business [Infographic]

Customer Experience

Stacey Rudolph — August 10, 2019 — August 10, 2019 Customer experience and success are proving to be very critical in today’s business world. As a matter of fact, nearly all customer experience and success leaders believe that customer experience management has an impact on business. According to Invespcro, customer experience will overtake product and … Continue reading Why Customer Experience Management is Critical in Business [Infographic] →

Segmentation Research is Critical to a Successful Business Strategy

Strategy

Deb Davis-Lenane — August 7, 2019 — August 7, 2019 We leverage decades of experience to determine the most appropriate segmenting method to uncover the most effective solution that will benefit you and your customers. Organizations spend considerable resources to define and execute the right business strategies to generate revenue and high returns on their … Continue reading Segmentation Research is Critical to a Successful Business Strategy →

Most SMBs View Positive And Negative Reviews As Critical

Small Business

Most SMBs View Positive And Negative Reviews As Critical by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 11, 2019 Most consumers, like me, have become skeptical of online reviews, whether on the brand’s website or on third-party sites like Yelp, TripAdvisor, Facebook, Instagram, Google and others. It’s sometimes difficult to tell when customers are genuine about … Continue reading Most SMBs View Positive And Negative Reviews As Critical →

Why Sales Follow Up is Critical [Infographic]

Sales Strategy

Stacey Rudolph — June 17, 2019 — June 17, 2019 Apart from the impulse purchases or basic buys, sales normally take place over a long period of time. When customers become cost-conscious and rational, it takes more than one follow up step to convince them to buy from you. Therefore following up after your sales … Continue reading Why Sales Follow Up is Critical [Infographic] →

The 4 Most Critical Growth Factors Founders Need to Watch

Growth Strategy

Kimberly Zhang — June 16, 2019 — June 16, 2019 Surviving as a new business isn’t easy, but thriving is a much greater challenge. If you don’t know what your goals are, you’ll struggle to take your business where you want to go. Every company experiences the first few years differently. Some businesses depend on … Continue reading The 4 Most Critical Growth Factors Founders Need to Watch →