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19 Marketing TED Talks Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind

In need of a little motivation? Just sit back and press play. These 19 marketing TED Talks are guaranteed to make you hit the reset button on your marketing strategy. 1. Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man 2. Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce 3. Dan Cobley: What physics taught me about…

How to Build a Content Marketing Team

I am not know for my deft use of sports references. But when it comes to the ethos of team building, Vince Lombardi nails it: “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” The truth is, you don’t need a…

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Marketing Executive?

Do you have the necessary skills, experience, and education to be a marketing executive? Projected job growth from 2014 to 2024 is 6 percent for all executives, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is lower than the average 7 percent projected job growth across all occupations. Slower job growth means more competition…

10 People You Meet at Trade Shows

We’re in the middle of the busiest time of year for marketing conferences and trade shows. Between traveling either by yourself or with your team, setting up booths or figuring out which booths to visit, presentations, networking events, and more, you’ll never be bored at a large event like a trade show. As you move…

50 Content Marketing Quotes to Inspire You

This year’s Content Marketing World in Cleveland, Ohio, brought together some of the most brilliant minds in the business. Attendees learned a lot from every session, and we wanted to share some words of wisdom from the speakers in this list of content marketing quotes! 50 Content Marketing Quotes from #CMWorld 2016: Click to tweet!…

How to Lead a Marketing Team: Proving ROI, Measuring Success, & More

Today’s marketing teams are in a state of pandemonium from the top down. Don’t believe me? Consider this. Chief marketing officer (CMO) turnover is higher than ever; 62 percent of companies replace their CMOs with someone from outside the company. Even more alarming, the tenure of CMOs working for the biggest brands in the U.S….

The Top 10 Highest-Paying Marketing Jobs

So you’re looking for a lucrative career in marketing. Do you know which marketing jobs pay the most? Don’t worry, we did the digging for you. Check out the top 10 highest-paying marketing jobs from our Ultimate Marketing Careers Guide. In case you are wondering about our methodology: We used survey data collected by Payscale…

The Ultimate Marketing Careers Guide

Marketing careers have transformed dramatically in recent decades. Whole new branches of marketing have emerged alongside modern tools and technologies. As a result, the career path for a marketer is not as straightforward as it once was. Navigating your career is hard to do without a map — so we made one for you. We…

51 Must-Read Marketing Books

When you search for marketing books on Amazon, you find yourself with an overwhelming 345,985 results to sort through. Who has the time to do that? Probably not you. So we did the work for you and found the best books every marketer should read. We’ve listed all 51 below, or you can find them…

70 Top Marketing Influencers You Should Follow (+Twitter List)

Who are the people driving change and innovation in the marketing world? Keeping up with who’s on top can be tough, which is why we’ve creating a list of the top marketing influencers. These are individuals who are impacting how we do our jobs through blogging, books, speaking, and being amazing marketers. Which marketing influencers…

The 127 Best Marketing Blogs to Follow [+Twitter List]

Things move fast in the world of marketing, with new technologies, platforms, and strategies popping up like weeds. That’s why we’ve put together this list of the 127 best marketing blogs to help you stay on top of marketing news, insights, and best practices. You can also keep up with these blogs by subscribing to…

Save 3+ Hours a Week With Recurring Marketing Reports

Marketers spend 3.55 hours a week on data collection and analysis alone. Luckily, TrackMaven is here to remove the time-suck of marketing reporting with our latest product release, which enables marketers to set recurring marketing reports. So what could could you accomplish with three extra hours in your work week? Below, you’ll find three ways…

Reporting Up: How to Prove Your Marketing Success to Stakeholders

With so much data around buyer touch points, your “Marketer’s Intuition” isn’t as persuasive as it once was. To build consensus and executive buy-in, you need the right data on your side. Across the board, however, many marketers lapse into two common reporting pitfalls: activity-based reporting, and “data-in-a-vacuum” reporting. Here are the warning signs to…

8 Marketing Takeaways from Behavioral Economics

In an increasingly interconnected world, there exists an opportunity to create a closer relationship between customers and companies. Behavioral economics, a relatively new field of study that has developed over the last three decades, is helping marketers to improve the customer experience. According to BehavioralEconomics.com, behavioral economics studies, “cognitive, social and emotional influences on people’s…