Earlier, social media marketing campaigns were easy to manage. But, as followers increases, it becomes difficult to manage. Then, you will start to realize that you do not have enough time to interact with followers, create content, and monitor brand mentions all on your own. But, by using c and automated marketing, you can manage your campaigns with ease. For that you can add social media data to your CRM as social CRM helps in adding and managing several new accounts to your marketing campaign. Moreover, this helps you in interacting with your followers easily. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/marketing-automation/simplify-social-media-automated-marketing-02042833

It is a fact that blogging sharpens mind and helps in filtering information, improves writing skills and boosts confidence, giving the opportunity of meeting new people and making money, and thereby helping to become an inspiration for many readers. But, if you do blogging to earn your existence and increase online recognition, attracting quality readers, then choose the right software as generating traffic is an important factor that cannot be overlooked. Read more at: https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/davidanthony/5-kinds-of-software-that-can-dramatically-improve-your-blog-040418

Nowadays, marketers are focusing on the rise of interactive content. So, generally, interactive content can include anything that any consumers click on, swipe, or interact with. According to experts, interactive email content can increase the click-to-open rate by 73% and just by adding videos to your email content can boost click rates up to 300%. Therefore, interactive content is anything that requires a person to aggressively engage and participate with the content to have the full experience, usually by tapping, swiping, or interacting with the piece of content. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/brandviews/campaign-monitor/interactive-email-great-marketing-02039838

Marketing is important for any business. But, for the new business owners who do not have a lot of experience with social media, must start with social media strategy right from the beginning. The key to master social media strategy is to just start and then improve gradually. These strategies include social media optimization of social media profiles, using the right social media channels, sharing interesting and helpful content etc. The author, Danielle Kunkle Roberts, founder partner  at Boomer Benefits, explores some simple social media marketing tips for new business owners in this article link: https://www.business2community.com/social-media/4-simple-social-media-marketing-tips-new-business-owners-02029217

The world of digital advertising in the past few years has gone through a lot of development. Suddenly, there is an increased adoption of mobile advertising as well as there is sudden surge of video ads. So, in 2018, you can expect to see a new set of inclinations that will further shape the face of this digital advertising industry in the years to come. The latest trends in digital advertising in 2018 are: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, High Ad Growth Expectation on Social and Mobile Marketing, Increase in Video Ad Spending, Net Neutrality, GDPR, User Data Collection and The Rise of Programmatic TV. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/infographics/digital-advertising-trends-2018-infographic-02029109

Ecommerce will be continuing to grow in the year 2018. According to a research, it was found that the U.S. ascended to a whopping $453.5 billion in 2017, up by 16% from 2016. Consumers nowadays is buying online products than ever before. So, if you should think of new strategies to sell your products online. The biggest ecommerce trends that you need to know about in 2018 are: 1. Storytelling, Transparency, Personalization, Messenger Automation, Voice Search & Mobile Shopping, Community Movements and Influencer Marketing. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/ecommerce/biggest-ecommerce-trends-need-know-02024731

Local SEO is the extension of  organic SEO with a mixture of online strategies to make your business more visible to people searching locally for products and services. The local SEO strategies include: Localized content of website, Google My Business listing, Bing Places for Business, Citations in business directories and online reviews. Local SEO is critical for success for most small businesses as they offer their products and services to a specific geographic market. Incorporating local SEO strategies into your marketing activities can also complement your other online marketing. Nowadays, consumers use  the Internet more often to search  and evaluate local businesses and  since 46% of Google searches are for local information, Local SEO is becoming important. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/seo/local-seo-strategies-higher-search-rankings-02023417

Generation Z, born after 1998, is different than other consumer groups as they use technology differently. These post-millennial use social media more than any other generation. Their use of technology, social responsibility concerns and desire are different from those who came before. So, before marketing any product to them, you must be clear about your company’s values and act accordingly, do not limit yourself to one marketing avenue, skip the marketing speak and common buzzword and get a member of Generation Z to assist in crafting your message. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/consumer-marketing/consumer-marketing-tips-reach-generation-z-02016962

There is a rise in video marketing content in the last few years. It has become a form of branding and marketing and it is found that 85 percent of people around the world wants to see more video content from brands. One of the major benefits of video content in the form of education. Brands nowadays can summarize their message in concise and short manner. There is also a rise of online shopping and live streaming. Brands can now add visual content to the videos. This article explores why consumers are preferring video content from brands as a platform for learning, instant gratification and acts as an assistant for decision making. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/brandviews/wyzowl/85-people-want-see-video-content-brands-02017613

This year 2018, email marketing is coming up in a bigger way and can truly connect with the audience. Now, you can improve customer response rates, brand responsiveness and revenue by using several advanced email marketing techniques that help you to connect with consumers on a more personal level. You must know the customers thoroughly, otherwise, you cannot connect with them on a personal level. Businesses nowadays connect with their audience through some advanced tracking methods. Businesses should target audience segmentation and use targeted mail. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/brandviews/campaign-monitor/4-tactics-master-email-marketing-year-02014643

Nowadays, many organizations are increasingly moving their operations to the cloud which includes their inventory management and for some organizations, automated inventory management are unfamiliar. It is found that 43% of businesses either do not track their inventory at all or use manual processes. In another research, it was found that 55% of small and medium business owners say that inventory management software saves them more than five hours each week and 16% percent of all respondents say that they save more than a day. It is a fact that automated inventory management reduces the manual errors, keeps you updated with intelligence reports and historical trends and much more. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/small-business/5-reasons-small-businesses-need-cloud-02002946

Ecommerce is defined as buying and selling of e-commerce. Nowadays, an increase in various payment gateway services has also made e-commerce possible. Such payment gateway services depend on advanced technologies like electronic funds transfer, mobile commerce, internet marketing, electronic data interchange, automated data collection, inventory management systems, and supply chain management and helps to overcome geographical limitations. E-commerce actually eliminated such barriers and helped businesses to expand their markets. Read more at: https://it.toolbox.com/blogs/kevgardner83/what-you-need-to-know-about-e-commerce-012318

Chatbots are proving to be far more effective than people had thought of. They are acting as a personal assistant without any additional needs. They are completely virtual so they don’t need any physical space. They are great tool for gathering and processing feedback from customers and other parties involved. They even provide latest news, and reminders set by the user. They are very user friendly. In process automation, chatbots play a big role. Along with a feedback system, they even act as a research system, providing data on what customers require. Chatbots are easy to create and establish. Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/303554

Digital marketing has become a possibility and now they are being measured in terms of magnitude. There is a constant change in the digital marketing trends. Mobile phones have become a key part of our daily lives, so businesses have to take care of the mobile element of their business. Chatbots are also taking place in the world of technology. A new emerging trend is of Everything Videos. These are videos which contain description of everything that the customer would want to know. Companies take to social media platforms to engage in one to one chat with customers. Marketing is also done via influencers who have considerable level of influence over people. Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/305549

Email marketing has been on the rise lately. There are few email marketing myths that are absolutely untrue. There is no single good day to send marketing emails. Unsubscribers are not a bad news. It gives a chance to the company to further tailor the message as per the target market. Email marketing does not take much time and is not an expensive proposition. The biggest myth that no one actually reads the mails is simply a incorrect. Research has shown that a majority of people do read the emails.  Read more at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/305948

These days marketing automation goals are to shift as much of the routine work from sales or marketing to the CRM system. This is an area where CRM systems are improving at a fast pace and it can save your effort and hassle since marketing automation aims at resolving one of the major pain points that slows down CRM. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/easing-the-pain-of-crm-with-marketing-automation-79032

These days, business houses implement reputation management. An organization needs an authentic and projecting digital presence to protect against unforeseen circumstances that require Online Reputation Management (ORM) repair. A positive reputation management is important to communicate effectively. Hence, updates, promotional advertising, and digital assets that are found on search engine results naturally and require a conscious investment time and resources as your online reputation is a strategic asset. Read more at: https://www.business2community.com/digital-marketing/7-steps-successfully-manage-online-reputation-01958363#oeksVQacYzupdz0z.97

Consultative selling is a type of sales style where the sales person acts as a consultant to the customer, thus adding value through expertise in the product and discriminating the customer’s needs. These days, it is a common way of selling as products become more complex and sales cycles stretch out. The consultative selling consultants relies on building trust between the customer and the sales person and the customer also relies on the sales person to guide the selection process. The key difference between consultative selling and other kinds of selling is that in consultative selling, the sales person is more knowledgeable than the customer and the customer trusts that knowledge. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/consultative-selling-with-crm-78912

These days drip marketing is an important tactic for modern marketing campaigns and aims to apply a slow-but-steady approach to winning customers through a carefully custom-made series of messages. Though drip marketing is usually applied to email campaigns, it is also applicable to direct mail and phone campaigns as well. It uses timed messages to build interest and willingness to purchase in the recipients of the messages. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/drip-marketing-for-crm-78920

Success of any business comes from sales. So, as an entrepreneur, if you want to be successful with your business when it comes to making sales and generate revenue, it is important to pay attention to the following five keys: 1. Find the right product or service to sell, 2.  Listen to customers and clients carefully, 3. use your time efficiently, 4. Find the right team and 5. Review your performance. Read more at: http://www.business2community.com/sales-management/5-keys-enhancing-business-sales-01937684#MTZVqqJR0pmA70QR.97