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Weekly Roundup: Ways To Enhance Your Marketing Skills In 2023

Marketing is an ever-changing industry, and the key to success is continuous learning and skill development. This week's compilation features information on some of the most noteworthy free online marketing courses, the best marketing resources, and the most critical marketing skills to master to help you stay ahead of the competition in 2023.

Weekly Roundup: Our Top Blog Posts Of 2022

In this week's weekly roundup we will "roundup" the year with some of our most popular blog posts. If you have ever questioned what the most effective way to identify your customer needs is, or what's the difference between reach and impressions... read below.

Radio: 7 Reasons It's More Relevant Now Than Ever Before

Radio is an effective way for businesses to reach a large, targeted audience through advertising. It allows businesses to promote their products and services to a wide audience and keep current and potential customers informed about how to access them. Despite the evolution of advertising trends, radio continues to be a reliable and influential medium for businesses to reach and engage with their audience.

Weekly Roundup: How AI is Transforming Digital Marketing

As consumer preferences evolve due to social influences, digital marketers are using AI to reach, retain and engage customers in a more personalized manner. This week's weekly roundup examines how AI has significantly impacted digital marketing, enabling businesses and marketers to manage and analyze large amounts of consumer data without human intervention.

How to Move a Prospect Down the Sales Funnel

As a business, you want to bring in customers and provide them with the information they need along their path to purchase. That means creating content that will move them through the sales funnel.

Weekly Roundup: It's Never Too Early To Prepare For The Holidays

As we head into the holiday shopping season, retailers are looking to engage with shoppers earlier than in past seasons. This is due mainly to persistent kinks in supply chains, labor shortages, and shipment delays for online orders. The name of the game for Holiday 2022 is preparation. This week's roundup of news from around the web offers marketing insights to help you prepare for the season ahead.

10 Big Questions Credit Union Marketers Should Be Asking

Every year marketing departments are under constant pressure to improve their performance and prove the ROI of their efforts. Credit union marketers are no exception. In the past, credit unions successfully reached customers through offline marketing methods. There was little progress towards digitization, leading to a lack of solid digital marketing strategies.

Two Secrets to Credit Union Success: Big Data and Personal Relationships

Personalizing your digital marketing campaigns is the key to your success as irrelevant marketing messages are quickly dismissed, ignored, deleted, or worse, blocked. You must show the targeted recipient that you know something about their interests, preferences, or needs to capture their attention. Then you have to keep them engaged with relevant content and communication.

Weekly Roundup: It's Never Too Early to Prepare for the Holidays

As we head into the holiday shopping season, retailers are looking to engage with shoppers earlier than in past seasons. This is due mainly to persistent kinks in supply chains, labor shortages, and shipment delays for online orders. The name of the game for Holiday 2021 is preparation. This week's roundup of news from around the web offers marketing insights to help you prepare for the season ahead.

Creative Ways to Stay Top of Mind During a Seasonal Lull

For businesses to stay top of mind year-round, it’s important to consistently market to your target audience - even during the quiet months. Rather than becoming lax over a seasonal lull, it’s an opportune time to evaluate current strategies and refocus your message to attract leads. Marketing in 2021 may need to be more aggressive to retain consumers’ attention. This translates to being more creative with marketing efforts.

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    Weekly Roundup: Your Guide to Vocational Trade School Marketing

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