Marvel Marketing Minute

27
Jun
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Creating the Best Subject Line Split-Tests

Marvel Marketing Minute – Creating the Best Subject Line Split-Tests

Is there anything more groan-worthy than trying to come up with perfect subject line? This is your one chance to make the perfect first impression, but you only have a limited number of characters to work with and there are a million other emails competing for attention in your subscriber’s inbox. Without a great subject line, your emails will never get opened—and if they never get opened, they’ll never get clicks.

The best way to tackle all of this subject line stress? Split-testing. To create split-tests that generate actionable results, follow these 3 tips:

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Posted by Nicole Pytel in Best Practices, Marvel Marketing Minute, Optimization
20
Jun
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Travel Tips for Jetsetting Marketers

Marvel Marketing Minute – Travel Tips for Jetsetting Marketers

As a marketer, business travel is inevitable. It’s important to build relationships in our profession, and there is
no better way than meeting in person, even with the popularity of video conferencing. I’ve had several
opportunities to travel domestically and internationally throughout my career as a marketer, and here are a few
tips I’ve learned along the way:

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Posted by Jenelle Madrid in Additional Resources, Best Practices, Marvel Marketing Minute
13
Jun
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Using Program Influence to Answer Your Biggest Marketing Questions

Marvel Marketing Minute – Using Program Influence to Answer Your Biggest Marketing Questions

In a previous post, I talked about setting up and making your Marketo Program and Salesforce (SFDC) Campaigns work together. Now that you have had time to get your systems in order, let’s take the next step. What is that, you ask? Reporting!

Reporting has always been a challenge for marketers. Did we generate any leads? How do we prove we influenced an Opportunity? With the help of a few simple reports, I am going to help you answer these common questions. Continue reading →

Posted by Cassie Lloyd in Best Practices, Marketing Automation, Marvel Marketing Minute
06
Jun
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – This Marketing Operations Strategy Saves You from Overbooking Events

Marvel Marketing Minute – This Marketing Operations Strategy Saves You from Overbooking Events

Given the following scenario…

The marketing operations team has built an exclusive executive event program in Marketo, and the stakeholders have met their goal of 50 registrations earlier than expected. As the teams celebrate, they later find out that there have been a flood of registrations a few days before the event. The event venue can only hold a maximum of 50 people, and the number of registrants is currently at 75. Unfortunately, the marketing operations team will need to send a rejection email to the extra registrants.

How could the marketers have avoided this situation?

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Posted by Michelle Rodriguez in Best Practices, Marketing Automation, Marvel Marketing Minute
30
May
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Creating a Brand Voice That Makes You Sound Awesome

Marvel Marketing Minute – Creating a Brand Voice That Makes You Sound Awesome

Why is the right brand voice so important?

It gives your business a consistent personality, which makes it easier for people to know what you do and how you do it. In fact, people should be able to recognize your content even if your logo isn’t sitting right next to it. But without the right brand voice, this will never happen.

Having an inconsistent brand voice—or, worse, no distinguishable brand voice at all—is a problem that can strike any business in any industry, but it’s especially common among growing organizations. After all, the more people you add to your team, the higher your odds of different voices sneaking into your content.

So how do you create a brand voice that makes you sound awesome?

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Posted by Nicole Pytel in Brand Awareness, Content, Marvel Marketing Minute
23
May
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – 3 Content Tips to Kick Your Events Up a Notch

Marvel Marketing Minute – 3 Content Tips to Kick Your Events Up a Notch

You’ve got an innovative idea, you’ve got a decent budget to work with, and you’ve got a great invite list. That event you’re planning is destined to succeed, right?

There’s one thing you could be missing, though. If you want your event to be as successful as possible, you need the right content strategy to go along with it. Do you have one?

Be warned—you can’t just throw together a quick email invite and call it a day. Successful corporate events require a precise content plan, and to develop yours, start by doing these 3 things:

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Posted by Nicole Pytel in Brand Awareness, Content, Marvel Marketing Minute
16
May
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Driving Engagement in Latin America

Marvel Marketing Minute – Driving Engagement in Latin America

If you work in a global demand center or your company conducts business internationally, then you’ve likely been faced with the challenge of generating leads and pipeline in Latin America. Being a generally overlooked region with endless opportunities, marketers have to be innovative and strategic in their efforts.

Like in the US, content plays a major role in helping marketing and sales drive engagement, but in slightly different ways. I’ve had the chance to work with teams based in Latin America, and here’s what I’ve learned:

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Posted by Jenelle Madrid in Content, Lead Generation, Marvel Marketing Minute, Social Media
02
May
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Optimize Your Way to Email Nurturing Success

Marvel Marketing Minute – Optimize Your Way to Email Nurturing Success

According to research done by Marketo, 96% of people who come to your website are not ready to buy. You have to do something to take them from unsure prospect to confident customer, and one of the most effective “somethings” is email nurturing.

According to the Content Marketing Institute, lead nurturing emails are the second-most common type of email that B2B marketers use for their content marketing efforts. (Event emails are the most common.) However, it’s estimated that 80% of new leads never turn into sales.

How can you improve that statistic for your leads? By optimizing your email nurture strategy.

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Posted by Nicole Pytel in Content, Marvel Marketing Minute, Optimization
25
Apr
2019
Marvel Marketing Minute – Testing Strategies That Create Irresistible Subject Lines

Marvel Marketing Minute – Testing Strategies That Create Irresistible Subject Lines

Our superheroes just gave you some great advice about A/B testing different things in your emails, but what about A/B testing to see what makes your audience open emails?

Subject line A/B testing is part-science and part-art, and over time, it will tell you what words, phrases, and formats are most likely to grab your audience’s attention. But how exactly do you perform these tests?

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Posted by Nicole Pytel in Content, Marvel Marketing Minute, Optimization