Marketing Strategy

Content Marketing Strategies for Building Trust and Authority as a Mortgage Lender: Mortgage Industry Marketing Part 3, Jeff Kuns

Are you a marketer working with smaller, more regional players in the mortgage industry? Then this episode — all about mortgage industry content marketing, relationship building, strategic content creation, and more — is for you! Jeff Kuns, our featured guest today, was born and raised in Southern California but ended up moving to Northern California…

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Marketing Apprenticeships | The Biggest SECRET WEAPON for Marketing ROI

 What is the future of marketing training? Marketing Apprenticeships. Discover how entry-level marketers can be guided to success by mentors paid by government funds, earn digital certifications, and bank real-world experience. These apprentices-turned-marketing-aces can help build your brand or business! Listen now to learn how hiring a marketing apprentice can benefit your marketing efforts.…

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Relationship Marketing for 99% Open Rates with Personalized Handwritten Notes at Scale | Marketing Mavericks Part 2 with Arian Radmand

 99% open rates are unheard of in the digital age–until now! Enter: IgnitePOST. Perfectly time the writing and sending of a handwritten note that personalizes and enhances the buyer’s journey. This effective relationship marketing super strategy can be done, at scale, with robots holding ball point pens that can even mimic your own handwriting.…

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Unveiling an Expert’s Mortgage Lead Gen Strategies: Co-Registration, Ads, and More – Mortgage Industry Marketing Part 2, Nate Broughton

The mortgage industry and related verticals are competitive spaces. Do you know which marketing tactics and lead generation strategies to adopt and which to avoid? Listen to today’s episode with guest Nate Broughton who has a long history in the mortgage industry, starting over 20 years ago in the “wild west days of internet marketing.”…

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Introduction to the Niche Marketing Podcast with John Bertino

 Introducing the Niche Marketing Podcast! NMP is a new show by The Agency Guide (TAG) that aims to offer a unique angle on marketing by interviewing marketers with exceptional insights into specific industries. The host, John Bertino, founded TAG and is joined by Laura Petersen, the Director of Content, for this introductory episode. The…

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Marketing Automation for Small Business

This article originally published on SCORE SEPT 11, 2017  As a small business owner, it can be extremely challenging to scale your marketing and sales efforts. Between you and your personnel, there are only so many man-hours in a day, and small businesses typically choose to apply those hours to closing existing opportunities with hot…

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Part I: How to Select Marketing Channels Based on Your Industry

Industry matters a lot when it comes time to select marketing channels, and the distinction between B2B and B2C businesses is particularly important. Not all channels work for all businesses, and different industries benefit from focusing on different things in their marketing mix. In the first two articles in this series, we covered how your…

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Being a Creative Hustler

Bob Dylan sang it many years back: “The times, they are a-changin’.” Times are changing now — and more so than many of us would like to admit. Technology is running our world. We are all connected in ways that our grandparents couldn’t even dream of. Our present world makes “The Jetsons” look like the…

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The Marketers Creed

I was having lunch yesterday with the VP of Marketing for a pretty famous craft brewery here in Southern California. The type of brewery that has an amazing story and a great name, but at times lacks in brand direction. The gentleman I was having lunch with comes from big beer marketing. You know, the…

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B2B vs B2C Marketing and How Each Should Guide Your Marketing Channel Selection

In business, one of the first distinctions you’ll make is whether your product or service is intended for a B2B (business-to-business) or B2C (business-to-consumer) clientele. Only after deciding on your potential customer base, can you begin to develop a strategy in which to market to them. Deciding on appropriate amounts of marketing spend, which channels…

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