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Modern marketing

  Dictionary.com defines marketing as, "the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising." If you work in a marketing role like I do, it's probably difficult for you to define marketing even though you see and use it every day -- the term marketing is a bit all-encompassing and variable for a straightforward definition. This definition feels unhelpful. The selling part, for instance, overlaps a little too snuggly with a "what is sales" definition, and the word advertising makes me think of  Mad Men  brainstorming sessions. But upon digging deeper, I began seeing that actually, marketing does overlap heavily with advertising and sales. Marketing is present in all stages of the business, beginning to end. Download Now: State of Marketing Report [2020 Version] At first, I wondered why marketing was a necessary component during product development, or a sales pitch, or retail distribution. But it makes s...

برکه های باران بندرعباس

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  برکه های باران نام ۵ آب انباری است که در گذشته برای تامین آب شهر و آب مورد نیاز مسافران و کاروان ها مورد استفاده قرار می گرفته اند. این مکان تاریخی به علت قدمت کهن و معماری ویژه ای که دارد، از اهمیت فراوانی برخوردار است. معماری جذاب برکه ‌های باران و مصالح به کار رفته در آن، مانند دیگر آب انبارهای شهر بندرعباس ارزش بالایی دارد و از آن جایی که در گذشته این محل برای تفریح فرح پهلوی بوده و در این مکان اشیای قیمتی بسیار زیادی نیز وجود داشته است. اما سال ها پیش به علت ناپدید شدن چندین اشیای قیمتی در این مجموعه، دور تا دور ۳ برکه داخل موزه را حصار کشیده اند و افراد با خرید بلیط هواپیما بندرعباس می توانند از آن ها بازدید کنند. تاریخچه همان طور که می دانید شهر پر جاذبه بندرعباس آب و هوایی نسبتا گرم دارد و در گذشته به علت خشک سالی های طولانی، مردم مجبور به ساخت آب های متعدد می شدند و در حال حاضر بیش از ۲ هزار آب انبار در این شهر وجود دارد. اما به جرعت می توان گفت که برکه های باران بندرعباس، از تمام آب انبار های شهر با ارزش تر و زیبا تر هستند. همچنین قدمت و تاریخچه این مجموعه تاریخی به دو...

HubSpot's 12 Favorite Digital Marketing Tips

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  I think you'll agree with me when I say digital marketing -- and all its sub-categories, including SEO, social media, content creation, email, and more -- is critical for any company's growth in 2019. With over four billion internet users globally, and more than 3.4 billion active social media users, it stands to reason digital marketing is vital for reaching a larger audience than you could through traditional methods alone. Plus, digital marketing can help you better engage prospects, turn prospects into leads, and ultimately convert leads into loyal, delighted customers. However, embarking on a digital marketing journey, particularly as a start-up or smaller company with limited online presence, can be both overwhelming and frustrating at times. To help inspire your marketing team and kick-start your 2019 digital marketing strategy, we've cultivated a comprehensive list of digital marketing tips from marketers here at HubSpot. Keep reading to learn the 12 critic...

Tried-and-True Tips for Sales and Marketing Alignment

  My interest in sales and marketing alignment best practices started when our Latin American sales team grew a   ton   in just a few weeks. Suddenly, communication between Sales and Marketing (nicknamed "smarketing") was much harder to get right. When we were a smaller team, I could meet one-on-one with each salesperson and talk about how we could help generate more (and better) leads ... but that wasn't scalable as we grew. I needed help. To learn what other marketers were doing to work efficiently with their sales teams, I scheduled meetings with several members of our field and channel marketing team. Access Now: Sales & Marketing SLA Template It turns out that each marketer I spoke with had great advice and processes to better work with Sales ... but none of them had the  same  advice and process. To help share the information across our team and with anyone else new to Sales and Marketing alignment, I decided to compile everyone's best practices into a...

How to Learn Social Media Marketing: 39 Resources for Beginners

  How to Learn Social Media Marketing: 40 Free Resources Social Media Marketing Blogs Social marketing is a science involving special communication skills. And the landscape changes constantly. One of the best ways to develop your social media prowess and to stay up-to-date is to follow experts in the field. These blogs are always fresh with actionable information you can use to improve your marketing: 1. Social Media Explorer SME is both a strategic services agency and a blog with a bevy of social media and marketing experts. The SME blog is consistently considered one of the most insightful in the industry, and several of its authors have written popular books on several aspects of digital and social marketing. 2. Scott Monty Monty is a marketing guru who covers a ton of subjects. However, his social media articles are always eye-opening. If you haven't heard of him yet, check out his "this week in digital" posts -- these will keep you up-to-date with all the news on so...

4 Marketing AI Predictions for 2020, According to Experts

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  According to Gartner, 80% of technology will be built on   an AI foundation by 2021 . As AI becomes more prominent across industries, it's also impacting marketers in subtle ways that might not be obvious to them yet. While this technology was once described as "over-hyped," marketers now use a handful of AI-powered tools in their day-to-day tasks. For example, AI tools help content strategists define SEO and keyword strategies, perform SEO-related tasks like fixing duplicate content, and self-optimize mobile pages. Sign up for HubSpot Academy's ML & AI Lesson [Free Online Course] Aside from SEO, AI can assist marketers in tasks like drafting email subject lines and creating basic social media content. Meanwhile, this technology also helps with important, but time-consuming tasks, like deduplicating contacts and recording market intelligence data on both customers and competitors. And although the technolog...