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Boosting B2B Email Open Rates

Looking for tips to boost your B2B email open rates? “Crafting beautiful emails full of useful content and calls to action is not enough on its own. If your emails do not get opened, you are wasting your time.” In his article, Errington covers the following four BIG topics with easy and practical advice: Getting the Subject Line Right Optimize the Preview Text Make It Mobile Write for Mobile Click to read the full article for Keith Errington’s tips. Spread

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Email Metrics: Consumers are Opening More Emails and Clicking

What do your email metrics look like? The Data and Marketing Association published interesting emails statistics earlier this year.  “Business-to-consumer emails are much more likely to be opened – with a 19.7% open rate compared to 15.1% for business-to-business (B2B). But, B2B has a higher engagement rate once opened, with a click-through rate of 3.2% compared to 2.1% for consumer emails.” Take the time to review your email metrics on a monthly basis to ensure that your marketing emails are

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Happy Halloween!

  “I gave you life.  You give me your Reese’s. That’s the deal.”     -Every Mom & Dad on Halloween We hope the tricks are fun and the treats are sweet! Happy Halloween! The NLT Team​​​​​​​ (Clockwise from Top: Erin, Trey, and Kyle Poerschke; Nolan and Bo Dyson; Gentry and Landry Kate Lockhart) Spread the love

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How to Use Hashtags to Grow Your Business

Last year, Forbes  published a great article that details “How to Use Hashtags to Effectively Grow Your Business.” The article provides general rules of hashtags as well as specific suggestions for each social media platform. Here are author Annemaria Duran’s rules to follow: General Rules To Follow When using hashtags, there are several rules to keep in mind: 1. In most cases, using many hashtags decreases interactions. Pinterest and Instagram are the exceptions to this rule. 2. Use local hashtags to

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Hashtag Challenge: Use a Hashtag on LinkedIn

The NLT Team is issuing a hashtag challenge this month, because last month’s articles on hashtags garnered quite a few clicks.  If you missed them, here they are again: How to Effectively Use Hashtags on LinkedIn And the following how to video by Jade Pluck:   In response to last month’s interest in hashtags, the NLT Team would like to challenge you to use a hashtag on LinkedIn.  Not sure which hashtag to use?  Take a look at the list put

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What is a hashtag?

What is a hashtag? You’ve probably noticed a rise in #hashtags over the last few years, but do you understand what they are and how to use them? “The first use of hashtags was in 2007 and created by online users to discuss specific events and relevant issues and was posted on Twitter. Now we use them to follow current events, industry trends, niche conversations, research and to grow influence. If used both properly and thoughtfully, hashtags can elevate you

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Values: Are your company’s unique? Do they differentiate your company from your competitors?

Core values are extremely important in launching and maintaining business success.  At NextLevel Thinking, we have had the privilege of helping many clients identify and define the values that make them unique.  Core values aren’t only important to your internal culture, they should also be considered in your positioning.  How can you position your company, products and services if you haven’t identified what sets your company apart from the competition?  Core values serve as a lens through which each marketing

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7 Ways to Make Content Mobile Friendly

At NLT, we spend a good bit of our time focused on how content appears on mobile devices.  Forbes published a great article written by Brian Sutter earlier this year detailing seven ways to make your content mobile friendly.  I’m sure you’ve heard the term “mobile first”, but what does it really mean and how do you get there? Sutter’s article is easy to understand and gives great tips on how to “put your mobile users’ needs first.”  Read it by

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