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Account-Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which is Right for You?

ConversionXL

Pre-digital marketing, traditional lead generation involved reaching out to unaware buyers through outbound marketing tactics such as cold-calling, direct mail, or media advertising to introduce them to products or services in the hope of convincing them to convert. But the customer is worth more and the target approach of ABM is warranted.

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28 Surprising Facts to Guide Your Small Business Marketing Strategy

crowdSPRING Blog

Almost any form of communication with your customers falls under its umbrella. From traditional advertising to social media, online review management to blogging, search engine optimization to direct mail – it’s all marketing. 35% of small businesses without a website feel their operation is too small to warrant a website.

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16 PR Strategies Every Small Business Should Stop Using Right Now

Up and Running

Not to mention, sharing information only related to your individual key performance indicators and successes, segments the content to a very narrow audience, thus decreasing SEO value, engagement and exposure. – Tolga Tanriseven , GirlsAskGuys. First, let me state that I do recommend the use of press releases when they are warranted.

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How I Pivoted My Startup 3 Times to Find Success

Up and Running

Starting in 2011 and over the course of four years, my startup pivoted from an online community tool, to a live sales and support tool, to an outreach platform for businesses, to finally finding its identity in a campaigning and advocacy tool. Starting the journey with a community tool. Why did it fail? How did it help?

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How to Minimize Your Startup Costs

The Startup Magazine

This shift not only fosters cost savings but also aligns with the ethos of collaborative innovation that defines the open-source community. Implement Energy-Efficient Practices As startups navigate the intricate maze of operational expenses, energy costs emerge as a significant line item that warrants careful consideration.

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Brand-Owned Terms: The Power—and Process—of Naming a Movement

ConversionXL

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Without a product for your term, build a community. Instead, it is opinionated, often contrarian content that “has to pack a very real punch.”.

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Two Amazing Bar Charts: % Content Consumption, % Share of Search

Occam's Razor

For www.ti.com the content clusters might be: Products, Applications, Tools & Software, Support, Community, Sample & Buy etc. An obsession with SEO and PPC is pretty much warranted in most companies, across platforms (desktop, mobile – it is particularly heartbreaking how poor most companies do on mobile platforms).

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