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2019 Super Bowl Round Up – The Hits and Misses

Last year we shared Ad Age’s top Super Bowl ads rated by effectiveness, entertainment and the overall combination. This year we’ve asked the NextLevel Account Mangers to weigh in. Kristen Dyson “My favorite was the Amazon clip featuring Harrison Ford. Mostly because I’m a huge Harrison Ford fan, but also because it was cute and a creative way to draw attention to Alexa and its capabilities.” “I did not care for the TurboTax Live robo-child commercial, simply because it was

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Missing Ingredients In Your Email Marketing Strategy

“Building an effective email marketing strategy is like laying a trail of breadcrumbs. But how do you keep your audience following along all the way to where you want them to go? And how do you get their attention in the first place? ” According to Andy Walker, Founder of Cyberwalker Digital and email marketing expert, “The return on investment is better than any other technique to reach customers. And it works for brand building and generating direct sales.” Walker

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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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