HubShots Episode 94: Active Listening, Contact Re-subscription, Having the Right Contact Properties & Our Gmail Tip
Welcome to HubShots, the podcast for marketing managers who use HubSpot hosted by Ian Jacob from Search & Be Found and Craig Bailey from XEN Systems.
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Recorded: Wednesday 05 July 2017 | Published: Thursday 27 July 2017
The art of listening:
https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2017/07/active-listening/
As Inbound marketers we need to actively listen to our customers, their needs, their wants and their concerns.
How often do we instead jump straight into talking (broadcast mode)?
A reminder to check your re-subscribe settings.
Allow previously unsubscribed contacts to re-subscribe:
Is turned off by default.
Available under Content > Content Settings > Email
Enable the setting, and then edit the email to ensure the sending name and address are set appropriately.
Try answering the reception of helpdesk calls for a day - you’ll get a better idea of what problems peoples are having.
Here’s Brian Halligan on the phones:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6286334099737186304/
Setting default contact fields to show on contact records:
These are the fields I typically like to include:
BTW Companies are now available in Marketing as well - under the Contact menu.
The Winds of Change
“When the direction of the wind changes, some (people) build walls, some (people) make windmills”
(Chinese saying)
I still struggle with using my iPad to do anything more than just consumption of content, while others have embraced it as a work device. My point: changing behaviour and habits, even thinking, is hard.
As marketers we need to be understanding that the marketing winds change constantly - and thus we need to ensure our focus is on how we can best make use of the changes, and not resist.
What marketing change will you reconsider this week?
Inbox When Ready
Content marketing case studies:
YMMV
Google using click data to personalise results at an IP level:
https://moz.com/rand/case-study-googles-use-visit-click-data/
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
― Steve Jobs
A big thank you to Chris for producing our podcast each week - his company Mottram Media - http://www.mottrammediagroup.com/
Other stuff we’ve been reading and recommend, but had to cut from the show:
http://marketingland.com/generate-b2b-leads-sponsored-inmail-217625
http://okdork.com/linkedin-publishing-success/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-sales-navigator-advertisement-options-james-hope
http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-use-linkedin-sales-navigator-for-better-prospecting/
http://neilpatel.com/blog/bots-digital-marketing-strategy/
Tool to investigate:
Some of Craig’s reading:
https://getpocket.com/@craigbailey
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