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When it comes to reporting marketing data, there’s a lot to consider in terms of success and shortcomings. You may have even found yourself closely analyzing metrics to uncover hidden patterns or inconsistencies in your data. To help track the progress of your company’s marketing and sales teams, marketing attribution is a strategy your company should be considering. Here’s what you need to know about marketing attribution and how to use it effectively.

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It would be a big misunderstanding to say that the most popular brands can coast by on name recognition alone. Sure, we all know about the big names like Apple or Microsoft, but it certainly wasn’t always that way. If you were to take a step back to the 1970’s— when both companies were getting started—it’s unlikely that those names would have anywhere near the same level of recognition they do several decades later.

Likewise, your marketing company’s brand won’t be able to break into an industry with a name alone. These are the critical branding elements your marketing company needs.

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Account-based marketing (ABM) is defined as a focus on a company’s sales and marketing resources to target specific accounts in their market. This strategy is highly personalized to each account. Today, more marketers have started adopting this into their business strategy—and the results have us excited for the future of ABM. Here are three key benefits of account-based marketing that your company should know.

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We’re a few months into 2020, and it’s around the right time to lock in our marketing strategies for the rest of the year. For marketing tech agencies, this can be easier said than done. With an abundance of innovative tech making its way into the industry scene, creating the right marketing technology stack can be a bit complex. Here are a few suggestions on what your marketing technology stack should look like in 2020.

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If you’ve been involved in the marketing industry for the past several years, you’ve likely come across the term “inbound marketing.” The concept is based on a strong customer-oriented approach to marketing—especially through your company’s website—with a focus on content development, social media, search engine optimization (SEO), and branding. It’s a multi-step process that takes a significant amount of time to get started, but the advantages of an inbound strategy can truly impact your company.

If you’re interested in bringing the inbound methodology to your marketing website but still have a few concerns, you’ve come to the right place! Here are 3 advantages of an inbound strategy for your marketing website.

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A brand’s identity is defined through a number of factors, such as its messaging or a powerful mission statement. It may not seem like a big deal on a surface level, but color can also play a vital role in determining how someone will react to a company’s branding. There’s something almost unnerving about altering the color of a brand’s logo beyond recognition. Just imagine the uproar if Coca Cola decided to rebrand their cans in bright green instead of the classic red!

Here are a few ways that color impacts branding and how your company can help define a meaningful part of its brand identity.

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Each new year brings dozens of exciting marketing conferences all over the country (and the world for that matter!) Choosing the right conference for your company to attend can be challenging—especially when considering the cost and time needed. It also comes down to which conferences are offering discussion around topics that appeal to your company and industry. To help make your selection easier, here are a few marketing conferences your company should look into for 2020.

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Time again we see the same question posed to marketing agencies to grow their business, whether they’re b2c or b2b: “are you blogging?” It’s a genuine question! Blogging is a great way to get a content strategy started in your company, and it helps boost your SEO and thought leadership. With so many notable benefits, what’s keeping marketing companies from blogging? Here are a few reasons marketers are hesitant to start blogging and how tips to overcome these fears!

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Last week, CES 2020 brought some much-anticipated news to the marketing industry—and as you can imagine, there’s plenty of insights to digest. Tech marketers will want to have a look at some of the top announcements from the event. Here are some of the biggest takeaways from CES 2020 for marketing technology companies.

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Each year, Pantone reveals a “color of the year” to represent a specific theme and convey a message in the new year. Companies and brands are assessed for their use of different colors and creative designs. If you’re in the marketing or graphic design industry, this is a great opportunity to plan your use of color for new projects! Here’s what Pantone’s 2020 color forecast says about this year in marketing and design.