Article by Mark Schmukler

  • How Account-Based Marketing Works: Digital And Traditional Tactics

    23 Oct 2019 in Strategy

    The biggest challenge marketers face right now is reaching their target audience, and I mean really reaching them. Not just publishing an advertisement or piece of content that an audience might see or read; but reaching them with a message that piques their interest and starts a conversation. This is where account-based marketing (ABM) comes

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  • How Branding Can Determine the Success of Your Marketing

    25 Sep 2019 in Marketing Strategy

    If you’ve just begun working with a marketing agency, you’re probably excited…and a bit nervous. You’re eagerly anticipating the return on this new investment. You probably feel like the sooner your agency acts with marketing tactics like emails, blogs, and content offers, the sooner the marketing ROI will roll in. Even though you’re keen to

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  • 19 B2B Marketing Strategies That Are Still Important for 2019

    30 Aug 2019 in Strategy

    “Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.” Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. It suggests that one can’t be done without the other, and to do both correctly, strategy

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  • 4 Simple but Strong Ways Agencies Boost Brand Trust

    21 Aug 2019 in Content Marketing

    Marketing agencies want you to trust them to enhance your brand the same way that you want customers to trust you to provide the information and products or services they need. Your company must create trust with prospects and customers to maintain strong long-term relationships with customers. These relationships are the lifeblood of a B2B

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  • Building Brand Trust in B2B vs. B2C: What’s the Difference?

    29 Jul 2019 in Content Marketing

    Building a trusted brand is everything when it comes to the long-term success of a company. Wise B2B and B2C marketers alike work hard to build brands that not only win attention from prospects and customers, but also win the kind of trust that results in strong customer relationships and retention. While the B2B sales

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  • How to Make a Mid-Year Marketing Review Worth Your Time

    20 Jun 2019 in Strategy

    We’re big advocates of setting SMART marketing goals at the beginning of the year. If you happen to work with HubSpot, or a HubSpot agency, setting goals can be even more lucrative due to the platform’s extensive set of tools for setting and tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The tools let you set KPI benchmarks

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  • HubSpot and Salesforce: Rivals or Partners?

    30 May 2019 in Strategy

    Marketing agencies typically identify with a single customer relationship management (CRM) platform. They consider themselves a “HubSpot Agency” or a “Salesforce Agency” and tout their mastery of their preferred CRM to prospects, clients and partners. There are many articles that compare HubSpot and Salesforce—two of the most popular CRMs in the industry—based upon their pricing,

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  • How to Launch a New Brand & Website the Right Way

    09 May 2019 in Content Marketing

    The climate of relevance is always shifting when it comes to business; it’s a constant battle to stay current against competitors and evolving industry trends. Reinventing your website or brand is a smart way to stay afloat – but successfully launching either can be a daunting task, to say the least. Luckily, there are steps

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  • How to Combine Outbound & Inbound Marketing [Examples & Ideas]

    25 Apr 2019 in Content Marketing

    All marketers do it differently. From in-house departments and big-box firms to HubSpot agencies and boutique operations, all marketers have the freedom to enact their own approach and execute their favorite tactics. New trends are constantly emerging in attempt to keep up with changing customer preferences, and as marketers, we have creative freedom to satisfy

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  • 4 Ways to Make Your B2B Marketing Videos Social-Ready

    28 Mar 2019 in Content Marketing

    B2B marketers are using video more and more. In fact, they reported 10% and 8% increases in their use of YouTube and Vimeo respectively in 2018 compared to 2017. Videos are primarily shared via social networks including LinkedIn and Facebook, which B2B marketers ranked as their top-used social media sites. So while an informative, entertaining

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