#@mr odden

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Young start-ups really do be starting

Here's a few doodles of young Odds and Evens! I care them and they're good siblings

(Evens is still full of so much violence)

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Fiction Set in the Victorian Era: Book Recs

The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden by Kate Saunders

In the spring of 1853, private detective Laetitia Rodd receives a delicate request from a retired actor, whose days on the stage were ended by a theater fire ten years before. His great friend, and the man he rescued from the fire, Thomas Transome, has decided to leave his wife, who now needs assistance in securing a worthy settlement. Though Mrs. Rodd is reluctant to get involved with the scandalous world of the theater, she cannot turn away the woman in need. She agrees to take the case.

But what starts out as a simple matter of negotiation becomes complicated when a body is discovered in the burnt husk of the old theater. Soon Mrs. Rodd finds herself embroiled in family politics, rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame, and betrayals on a Shakespearean scale. Mrs. Rodd will need all her investigatory powers, not to mention her famous discretion, to solve the case before tragedy strikes once more.

For readers of the Grantchester Mysteries, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden is the charming third mystery in Kate Saunder's series about Laetitia Rodd, the indomitable lady detective.

Parting the Veil by Paulette Kennedy

Some houses hold secrets that are meant to be kept forever… When Eliza Sullivan inherits an estate from a recently deceased aunt, she leaves behind a grievous and guilt-ridden past in New Orleans for rural England and a fresh start. Eliza arrives at her new home and finds herself falling for the mysterious lord of Havenwood, Malcolm Winfield. Despite the sinister rumors that surround him, Eliza is drawn to his melancholy charm and his crumbling, once-beautiful mansion. With enough love, she thinks, both man and manor could be repaired. Not long into their marriage, Eliza fears that she should have listened to the locals. There’s something terribly wrong at Havenwood Manor: Forbidden rooms. Ghostly whispers in the shadows. Strangely guarded servants. And Malcolm’s threatening moods, as changeable as night and day. As Eliza delves deeper into Malcolm’s troubling history, the dark secrets she unearths gain a frightening power. Has she married a man or a monster? For Eliza, uncovering the truth will either save her or destroy her.

Down a Dark River by Karen Odden

London, 1878. One April morning, a small boat bearing a young woman’s corpse floats down the murky waters of the Thames. When the victim is identified as Rose Albert, daughter of a prominent judge, the Scotland Yard director gives the case to Michael Corravan, one of the only Senior Inspectors remaining after a corruption scandal the previous autumn left the division in ruins. Reluctantly, Corravan abandons his ongoing case, a search for the missing wife of a shipping magnate, handing it over to his young colleague, Mr. Stiles. An Irish former bare-knuckles boxer and dockworker from London’s seedy East End, Corravan has good street sense and an inspector’s knack for digging up clues. But he’s confounded when, a week later, a second woman is found dead in a rowboat, and then a third. The dead women seem to have no connection whatsoever. Meanwhile, Mr. Stiles makes an alarming discovery: the shipping magnate’s missing wife, Mrs. Beckford, may not have fled her house because she was insane, as her husband claims, and Mr. Beckford may not be the successful man of business that he appears to be. Slowly, it becomes clear that the river murders and the case of Mrs. Beckford may be linked through some terrible act of injustice in the past—for which someone has vowed a brutal vengeance. Now, with the newspapers once again trumpeting the Yard’s failures, Corravan must dredge up the truth—before London devolves into a state of panic and before the killer claims another innocent victim.

Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas

A most unexpected client shows up at Charlotte Holmes's doorstep: Moriarty himself. Moriarty fears that tragedy has befallen his daughter and wants Charlotte to find out the truth. Charlotte and Mrs. Watson travel to a remote community of occult practitioners where Moriarty's daughter was last seen, a place full of lies and liars. Meanwhile, Charlotte's sister Livia tries to make sense of a mysterious message from her beau Mr. Marbleton. And Charlotte's longtime friend and ally Lord Ingram at last turns his seductive prowess on Charlotte--or is it the other way around? But the more secrets Charlotte unravels about Miss Moriarty's disappearance, the more she wonders why Moriarty has entrusted this delicate matter to her of all people. Is it merely to test Charlotte's skills as an investigator, or has the man of shadows trapped her in a nest of vipers?

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Friday marked 2 years since our kickass show with @kissonline @volbeat @defleppard @slayerbandofficial @inflames @dropkickmurphys @satyriconofficial @officialwolfmother @dreamtheaterofficial @behemothofficial @testamentofficial @thetruemayhem and many more incredible bands, artists, and a fucking amazing audience. Hanging backstage with all our friends including Satyr, Mr Anders Odden which was very cool. Satyr brought me a bottle of his delicious wine and I promptly opened it up and we drank it together. Chatted a bit with the guys from Mayhem and was supremely surprised to see my Bay Area Bash Brother Gary Holt come back to say hello and bring me 5 all-access Slayer passes. So, I was lucky enough to tour on Slayer’s first US Tour and on their final show in Oslo. And KISS was setting off these fucking giant bombs that were INSANE LOL! It felt like the explosion was literally taking the air out of the world. So much more went on but I will save some for next time…. Life is crazy good https://www.instagram.com/p/CQrIUU7peo8/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hennepin History: Bake a Bundt!

Did you know that the Bundt pan, the classic fluted, circular cake mold, was developed right here in the Twin Cities? The now classic cake form was introduced to the masses in 1950 by cookware manufacturer Nordic Ware, headquartered in St. Louis Park. By request, business owners Dave and Dotty Dalquist based the form off a traditional German cake mold, a bund pan, popular among Jewish communities. They added a ‘t’ to the end and trademarked the name. Bundt pans didn’t become fully popularized until 1966 when a Bundt cake won 2nd place at a Pillsbury Bake-off Contest. Learn more about Bundt cakes in the most recent issue of Hennepin History magazine.

Find Bundt cake recipes in cookbooks from the 1960s and beyond in the Minneapolis History Collection. The above are just a few classics to add to your holiday baking repertoire, from the following cookbooks:

Favorite Foods, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1974

What’s Cooking, Minnehaha O.E.S. Chapter 37, 1986

Recipes from the Kitchens of St. Bridget’s Parish, 1971

Dish Up the Love, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 1975

Minneapolis Central Library is known for its cookbook collection, both circulating and reference. Stop by to browse thousands of cookbooks from the 19th century and beyond. Special Collections houses local cookbooks from Hennepin County schools, churches, and other organizations.

Hennepin History is published three times annually by the Hennepin History Museum. Hennepin County Library Special Collections has partnered with HHM to provide digital access to their newsletter and other historical material. Read past issues of Hennepin History in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

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Why you should create a blog?

Market research for which some companies pay thousands of dollars.is that blogging has become THE way of communications and we wish to offer you the most contemporary knowledge and tools available, along with all possible information you need to start blogging. David Barry recommending blogfreehere.com to make your own blog. MORE ARTICLES:Austin PR Firm Launches Blog to Get Companies Connected to Social Media anthonyBarnum Public Relations announces the launch of Blogabilities, a multiple-author blog developed to break open issues relating to public relations and emerging forms of social media. Issues to be discussed in the new blog include the impact of emerging forms of social media on traditional public relations and marketing trends, as well as PR snafus and successful tactics.

Blogabilities has been created to stimulate dialogue among professional communicators and with diverse members of the business and political community. How Blogging Affects Mainstream Marketing here has been a lot of buzz around blogging lately, and for good reason. Weblogs, or blogs for short, are changing the way people market themselves and their businesses. Personalised Number Plates Blog Causes a Stir A minority of visitors have criticised a popular corporate blog as being "more like Monty Python" than a company communications tool. Why Blog Networks Are The New Internet Marketing Powerhouses Blogs have become the IN thing to have for your business. They can be hip, fun, sassy, factual and matter-of-fact --- anything you want them to be. You can twist them around to suit your purposes; these can be reliable proof of your market appeal and industry stature. But what are they, really? People-OnTheGo Reviews the Apple iPhone on the 81-Day-Experiment Blog and in YouTube Videos After the 81-day-experiment ( in which Pierre Khawand, founder of People-OnTheGo, used 9 handheld devices for 9 days each), Mr. Khawand reviewed the Apple iPhone for 9 consecutive days, and posted his daily observations on the 81-day-experiment blog (http://81dayexperiment.typepad.com), as well as released the corresponding videos on YouTube.

The 81-day-experiment blog, which includes many of the latest BlackBerry, Treo, and Windows Mobile devices, is intended to help users make informed purchase decisions, and will be part of Mr. Khawand's upcoming book about the topic of how to be select a handheld device. Is Your Business Blog Performing For You? If you believe everything that you read on the web, it's possible to make millions of dollars with nothing but a blog and a passion. Now, when you're already in business, this thought quickly leads to others. The most notable of them is this: if bloggers can make money without a product to sell, what can a blog do for my business? Podcasting vs. Blogging The US Navy blogs. Larry Kudlow of CNBC blogs. Blog Biz How do you know if your blogging is a hobby or a business? Consider the following: Find Out More On Blogging For Business As A Means Of Making Money! The more time people spend online, the more ways they find to make it profitable. Almost any business that is even moderately successful, or wants to be successful, has its own website. Websites allow business owners and professionals to have a space to direct potential customers to for information about their business.

Increasing popular is the blogging business. The blogging business allows business owners and professionals to write about their particular field and develop a regular circulation of people who want to learn more from them. Hewlett Packard's Small Business Toolbox Features Award-Winning Small Business Marketing Blog, Duct Tape Marketing Recently, HP invited John Jantsch, author of the small business book Duct Tape Marketing and award-winning small business marketing blog, to appear on their blog as a guest expert blogger. BurrellesLuce Partners with KnowNow to Expand Blog Monitoring Coverage Over 40 million blogs now monitored. Tips for Better Blogging - Promote any Product or Service People start blogs for all kinds of reasons. Ego. TopRank CEO to Highlight Business Blogging, Social Media During IABC Event at St. Thomas University Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing to present the business benefits of blogs and social media as part of corporate communications to IABC Minnesota Senior Communicators group. The Secrets of Successful Business Blogging Anyone can make a blog. But in order to be competitive in this industry, here are a few things people should know. What the BLOG? Blogs Are the NEW Secret Weapon for Reaching Your Tarket. Just like you, I hate being marketed to.

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Huntress dice que el bebé no nacido ha recibido amenazas de muerte después de matar y posar junto a animales muertos durante el embarazo

Los trolls en línea han amenazado de muerte al bebé nonato de un cazador noruego después de que ella mató y posó junto a los animales que murieron durante el embarazo.

Maja Odden, de 23 años, ha estado cazando desde los 14 años en su remota ciudad natal de Arendal.

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Maja y el bebé Anders han recibido amenazas de muerte de trolls en línea por su pasatiempo de cazaCrédito: Media Drum World

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Maja ha sido una cazadora apasionada desde que tenía 14 años.Crédito: Media Drum World

Maja comenzó a cazar con su padre y es algo que todavía juega un papel importante en su vida familiar.

Cuando quedó embarazada de su hijo, Anders, en 2019, publicó fotos de su embarazo en su Instagram centrado en la caza.

Sin embargo, en lugar de felicitaciones, Maja fue golpeada por un ataque de amenaza de muerte contra el pequeño Anders.

Los trolls llamaron a Maja "una prostituta que tiene un hijo que será tan desagradable como ella". y otro escribió "Espero que tu bebé muera".

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Maja provocó grandes críticas después de publicar fotos de su caza durante el embarazoCrédito: Media Drum World

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Maja dice que está buscando comida en lugar de comer animales de granjaCrédito: Media Drum World

Otros le enviaron videos y, en un caso, la policía tuvo que evitar que un hombre viajara desde Praga, en la República Checa, a la ciudad natal de Maja.

Sin embargo, Maja se niega a dejar que la alcance, alegando que nunca antes se había preocupado por las amenazas de muerte.

Ella dijo: "Ser una chica interesada en la caza parece ser un pensamiento perturbador y poco natural para algunas personas.

"Nunca dejaré de cazar y no puedo esperar para mostrarle a mi hijo cómo respetar la naturaleza y vivir de la tierra como yo".

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Baby Anders recibió amenazas de muerte incluso antes del nacimiento.Crédito: Media Drum World

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Maja dijo que estaba acostumbrada a los trollsCrédito: Media Drum World

"Siempre he recibido amenazas de muerte en Instagram, incluidos videos de personas que dicen que querían matarme".

Sin embargo, estar embarazada ha marcado la diferencia, pero aún desafía a los trolls.

Maja dijo: "Ya no era solo una amenaza para mí, era una amenaza para mi hijo por nacer.

"A mi compañero, Arve, no le gustaba que los comentarios empeoraran. Sugirió eliminar mi cuenta por el bien de nuestro hijo, pero estas personas no deberían evitar que compartamos lo que la naturaleza tiene para dar.

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Maja ha estado cazando desde los 14 años.Crédito: Media Drum World

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Maja con su compañero Arve y su perro AikoCrédito: Media Drum World

"Ahora, durante la temporada de caza, cazo otros tres o cuatro días a la semana".

Para Maja, la caza nunca se centró en el asesinato, lo que explica a sus detractores.

Ella dice que busca enseñar a sus seguidores la caza sostenible en lugar de depender de la carne cultivada.

"Algunas personas no quieren aprender y no puedo ayudar a estas personas a entender qué es la caza, pero muchas otras están listas para entender", dijo Maja.

"Estoy escribiendo por qué cazamos y cuán importante es". Me encanta la idea de vivir de la tierra. Me encanta inspirar a la gente.

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Nuevas fotos impactantes muestran que Depp se desmayó y su desayuno de cocaína y whisky

DEPP & # 39; RAGE & # 39;

Depp & # 39; pateó y abofeteó a Amber durante una rabia alimentada por bebidas y drogas en un jet privado & # 39;

INFIERNO DE LA TORTURA

Cámara de tortura con silla de dentista y escalpelos encontrados en el busto del británico & # 39; Mr Bigs & # 39;

NUEVOS TEMORES DE PICOS

La epidemia de Corona cierra los principales hospitales de Londres A&E, ya que 70 empleados están aislados

& # 39; TERRIFIANT & # 39;

James Franco lo llamó « violación ''. mientras se ve atraído por el enfrentamiento de Johnny Depp

VOLVER A LA FORMA

El gobierno reabrirá los gimnasios por DÍAS si se siguen las reglas de coronavirus

"Somos capaces de proporcionarnos a nosotros mismos y a otros carne sostenible en lugar de apoyar a las fábricas de carne que maltratan a los animales hasta que los matan en un jaula.

"Me encanta el trabajo en equipo y el tiempo que pasamos en la naturaleza disfrutando de lo que tiene para ofrecer".

"También escuché a personas decirme que comenzaron a cazar por mi culpa porque usé mi tiempo para brindarles un entendimiento".

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Maja tiene más de 91 mil seguidores en InstagramCrédito: Media Drum World

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Sus habilidades de caza y su naturaleza al aire libre la han convertido en una pequeña celebridad en Noruega.Crédito: Media Drum World

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Ella publicó algunos comentarios trollCrédito: Media Drum World

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Maja dice que su objetivo es educar a las personas sobre la caza sostenibleCrédito: Media Drum World

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Ella tiene muchas fotos de ella masacrando a sus víctimasCrédito: Media Drum World

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Maja tuvo que evitar que alguien viniera de Praga para atacarlo por su pasatiempoCrédito: Media Drum World

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Maja dice que tiene un profundo respeto por la naturaleza. Crédito: Media Drum World

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A while back my client Mr. Chandhor asked me about making his own show in his content marketing strategy. Now he wasn’t talking about his own TV show, but the show he will share as …

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Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned

Parting [ways after an amazing conference] is such sweet sorrow.

Your energy is high, your brain is full and you feel the love of other like-minded marketers. Sometimes however, it's hard to keep that drive alive once the closing keynote has commenced and you resume your normal routine.

But what if instead of going about business as usual, you keep the momentum going?

Our team was very fortunate to participate in an event this week in our own backyard, the 2017 Digital Summit in Minneapolis. In addition to speaking, we had a large group of team members attend to gain new knowledge, created live blog coverage of the event, and hosted an attendee happy hour and dinner.

If you need a refresher to keep your marketing wheels turning or were not able to attend and would like some marketing insights, let the content below be your guide.

Top Digital Summit Takeaways

If you're looking for snackable nuggets of information, where better to go than Twitter! Below are some of the top conference takeaways from our very own TopRank Marketing team members.

Here's why you should be on #snapchat says @carlosgil83. The content disappears so the users are constantly on it. #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/Pr4pP9gfip

- Debbie Friez (@dfriez) August 15, 2017

Content marketing is really relationship marketing. @minaseeth #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/Zit5ygbas2

- Lee Odden (@leeodden) August 14, 2017

Only 15% of B2B marketers are doing influencer marketing. That's a massive opportunity #DSMPLS @leeodden pic.twitter.com/A6EQX7xudA

- Evan Prokop (@eprokop1) August 15, 2017

Design thinking framework. What is? What if? What wows? What works? @cliffseal #DSMPLS

- Annie Leuman (@aleuman4) August 14, 2017

When the system changes, the people who come out ahead are the people who change. Mr. Seth Godin on stage for opening keynote #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/8PTneuW7Ey

- Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) August 14, 2017

More than 50% of searches will be done by voice in 2020 #DSMPLS

- Slater????? (@TheSteve_Slater) August 15, 2017

Market thru a story using these components: 1) hero (customer) 2) normal life 3) what needs change? 4) why? 5) what's next? #DSMPLS @pfunder

- Elizabeth Williams (@ElizabethW1057) August 15, 2017

Former skateboarder @Pfunder says stories are what we tell ourselves over an over & they propel us forward at #DSMpls pic.twitter.com/IBvD8yN75g

- Susan Misukanis (@smisukanis) August 15, 2017

Let's tell the true story of our pets. @annhandley #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/s5q6GnSLkF

- Ashley Zeckman (@azeckman) August 15, 2017

Interactive Infographic: 15 Quotes to SuperCharge Your Digital Marketing

To help you supercharge your marketing success, we reached out to some of the most trusted voices in the digital marketing world speaking at the upcoming Digital Marketing Summit Minneapolis conference for their quotable advice. Marketers from companies like 3M, Thomson Reuters, IBM, The Economist Group, BMC Software, Pandora, Salesforce, Adestra, Schwinn Bicycles, SEMRush and our own agency, TopRank Marketinghave joinedexperts includingSeth Godin and Ann Handley to sharetheir pithy tipson a variety of digital marketing topics.

Check out the interactive infographic here.

TopRank Marketing Conference Coverage

Lee Odden Shares Ways to Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Many marketers are searching for ways to supercharge their marketing but aren't quite sure how to get started. Incorporating influencers into your marketing strategy can add credibility and authority, read this post to find out how!

Learn how to Become a Better Storyteller with Insights from GoDaddy's Shawn Pfunder

Stories affect actions. But how can your harness the power of storytelling to engage your audience? In his session, Shawn provided three story templates to live by.

Elevate Your Marketing Career with One Simple Word: Strategy

What does marketing strategy really mean? According to McLean Donnelly, it's choosing what not to do. Find out how to use math, execute on a strategy and empower your team in this post.

Using Audio to Engage in a Connected World

The future is here! Now is the time to start consider not only the second or third screen, but the screenless marketing opportunities that exist today. Learn how to adapt and thrive in a connected world.

Taming the Wild Wild West of Social Media Digital Reputation

Social media is inevitably part of every business today. But many organizations are struggling to create governance and guidelines around how it should be used for business. If you need help taming your team, this post is a must-read.

5 Ingredients to Master the Perfect Content Marketing Recipe

Today's consumers are overwhelmed and tired of the same run-of-the-mill content being produced by every marketer out there. Now is the time to begin focusing on content impact by serving your customers delicious content they are sure to devour.

TopRank Marketing Events

We were lucky enough to host not one, but two events during Digital Summit Minneapolis. On behalf of myself and my team, I would like to thank everyone that joined us for either happy hour or dinner to connect, network and gain knowledge from other like-minded marketers.

What's Next?

Thank you to everyone that attended Digital Summit Minneapolis and helped make it awesome! If you're interested in engaging with the TopRank Marketing team more, here are three ways to do so:

We are on the hunt for some smart, creative and results focused marketers to join our team. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.

If you're a brand and would like help with your own digital marketing, contact us today.

You can see members of our team speaking and attending at Content Marketing World, Social Brand Forum, Influencer Marketing Days and MarketingProfs B2B Forum. We hope to see you there!

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And then my eyes got used to the darkness

And everyone I knew

Was lost and so long forgotten after you

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Fight Club AU from @goddessoftechnology and Nelia belongs to @thewatercolours!

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Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned

Parting [ways after an amazing conference] is such sweet sorrow.

Your energy is high, your brain is full and you feel the love of other like-minded marketers. Sometimes however, it's hard to keep that drive alive once the closing keynote has commenced and you resume your normal routine.

But what if instead of going about business as usual, you keep the momentum going?

Our team was very fortunate to participate in an event this week in our own backyard, the 2017 Digital Summit in Minneapolis. In addition to speaking, we had a large group of team members attend to gain new knowledge, created live blog coverage of the event, and hosted an attendee happy hour and dinner.

If you need a refresher to keep your marketing wheels turning or were not able to attend and would like some marketing insights, let the content below be your guide.

Top Digital Summit Takeaways

If you're looking for snackable nuggets of information, where better to go than Twitter! Below are some of the top conference takeaways from our very own TopRank Marketing team members.

Here's why you should be on #snapchat says @carlosgil83. The content disappears so the users are constantly on it. #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/Pr4pP9gfip

- Debbie Friez (@dfriez) August 15, 2017

Content marketing is really relationship marketing. @minaseeth #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/Zit5ygbas2

- Lee Odden (@leeodden) August 14, 2017

Only 15% of B2B marketers are doing influencer marketing. That's a massive opportunity #DSMPLS @leeodden pic.twitter.com/A6EQX7xudA

- Evan Prokop (@eprokop1) August 15, 2017

Design thinking framework. What is? What if? What wows? What works? @cliffseal #DSMPLS

- Annie Leuman (@aleuman4) August 14, 2017

When the system changes, the people who come out ahead are the people who change. Mr. Seth Godin on stage for opening keynote #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/8PTneuW7Ey

- Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) August 14, 2017

More than 50% of searches will be done by voice in 2020 #DSMPLS

- Slater????? (@TheSteve_Slater) August 15, 2017

Market thru a story using these components: 1) hero (customer) 2) normal life 3) what needs change? 4) why? 5) what's next? #DSMPLS @pfunder

- Elizabeth Williams (@ElizabethW1057) August 15, 2017

Former skateboarder @Pfunder says stories are what we tell ourselves over an over & they propel us forward at #DSMpls pic.twitter.com/IBvD8yN75g

- Susan Misukanis (@smisukanis) August 15, 2017

Let's tell the true story of our pets. @annhandley #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/s5q6GnSLkF

- Ashley Zeckman (@azeckman) August 15, 2017

Interactive Infographic: 15 Quotes to SuperCharge Your Digital Marketing

To help you supercharge your marketing success, we reached out to some of the most trusted voices in the digital marketing world speaking at the upcoming Digital Marketing Summit Minneapolis conference for their quotable advice. Marketers from companies like 3M, Thomson Reuters, IBM, The Economist Group, BMC Software, Pandora, Salesforce, Adestra, Schwinn Bicycles, SEMRush and our own agency, TopRank Marketinghave joinedexperts includingSeth Godin and Ann Handley to sharetheir pithy tipson a variety of digital marketing topics.

Check out the interactive infographic here.

TopRank Marketing Conference Coverage

Lee Odden Shares Ways to Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Many marketers are searching for ways to supercharge their marketing but aren't quite sure how to get started. Incorporating influencers into your marketing strategy can add credibility and authority, read this post to find out how!

Learn how to Become a Better Storyteller with Insights from GoDaddy's Shawn Pfunder

Stories affect actions. But how can your harness the power of storytelling to engage your audience? In his session, Shawn provided three story templates to live by.

Elevate Your Marketing Career with One Simple Word: Strategy

What does marketing strategy really mean? According to McLean Donnelly, it's choosing what not to do. Find out how to use math, execute on a strategy and empower your team in this post.

Using Audio to Engage in a Connected World

The future is here! Now is the time to start consider not only the second or third screen, but the screenless marketing opportunities that exist today. Learn how to adapt and thrive in a connected world.

Taming the Wild Wild West of Social Media Digital Reputation

Social media is inevitably part of every business today. But many organizations are struggling to create governance and guidelines around how it should be used for business. If you need help taming your team, this post is a must-read.

5 Ingredients to Master the Perfect Content Marketing Recipe

Today's consumers are overwhelmed and tired of the same run-of-the-mill content being produced by every marketer out there. Now is the time to begin focusing on content impact by serving your customers delicious content they are sure to devour.

TopRank Marketing Events

We were lucky enough to host not one, but two events during Digital Summit Minneapolis. On behalf of myself and my team, I would like to thank everyone that joined us for either happy hour or dinner to connect, network and gain knowledge from other like-minded marketers.

What's Next?

Thank you to everyone that attended Digital Summit Minneapolis and helped make it awesome! If you're interested in engaging with the TopRank Marketing team more, here are three ways to do so:

We are on the hunt for some smart, creative and results focused marketers to join our team. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.

If you're a brand and would like help with your own digital marketing, contact us today.

You can see members of our team speaking and attending at Content Marketing World, Social Brand Forum, Influencer Marketing Days and MarketingProfs B2B Forum. We hope to see you there!

Gain a competitive advantage by subscribing to the TopRank Online Marketing Newsletter.

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[helenrpletcher2-blog]

Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned

Parting [ways after an amazing conference] is such sweet sorrow.

Your energy is high, your brain is full and you feel the love of other like-minded marketers. Sometimes however, it's hard to keep that drive alive once the closing keynote has commenced and you resume your normal routine.

But what if instead of going about business as usual, you keep the momentum going?

Our team was very fortunate to participate in an event this week in our own backyard, the 2017 Digital Summit in Minneapolis. In addition to speaking, we had a large group of team members attend to gain new knowledge, created live blog coverage of the event, and hosted an attendee happy hour and dinner.

If you need a refresher to keep your marketing wheels turning or were not able to attend and would like some marketing insights, let the content below be your guide.

Top Digital Summit Takeaways

If you're looking for snackable nuggets of information, where better to go than Twitter! Below are some of the top conference takeaways from our very own TopRank Marketing team members.

Here's why you should be on #snapchat says @carlosgil83. The content disappears so the users are constantly on it. #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/Pr4pP9gfip

- Debbie Friez (@dfriez) August 15, 2017

Content marketing is really relationship marketing. @minaseeth #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/Zit5ygbas2

- Lee Odden (@leeodden) August 14, 2017

Only 15% of B2B marketers are doing influencer marketing. That's a massive opportunity #DSMPLS @leeodden pic.twitter.com/A6EQX7xudA

- Evan Prokop (@eprokop1) August 15, 2017

Design thinking framework. What is? What if? What wows? What works? @cliffseal #DSMPLS

- Annie Leuman (@aleuman4) August 14, 2017

When the system changes, the people who come out ahead are the people who change. Mr. Seth Godin on stage for opening keynote #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/8PTneuW7Ey

- Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) August 14, 2017

More than 50% of searches will be done by voice in 2020 #DSMPLS

- Slater????? (@TheSteve_Slater) August 15, 2017

Market thru a story using these components: 1) hero (customer) 2) normal life 3) what needs change? 4) why? 5) what's next? #DSMPLS @pfunder

- Elizabeth Williams (@ElizabethW1057) August 15, 2017

Former skateboarder @Pfunder says stories are what we tell ourselves over an over & they propel us forward at #DSMpls pic.twitter.com/IBvD8yN75g

- Susan Misukanis (@smisukanis) August 15, 2017

Let's tell the true story of our pets. @annhandley #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/s5q6GnSLkF

- Ashley Zeckman (@azeckman) August 15, 2017

Interactive Infographic: 15 Quotes to SuperCharge Your Digital Marketing

To help you supercharge your marketing success, we reached out to some of the most trusted voices in the digital marketing world speaking at the upcoming Digital Marketing Summit Minneapolis conference for their quotable advice. Marketers from companies like 3M, Thomson Reuters, IBM, The Economist Group, BMC Software, Pandora, Salesforce, Adestra, Schwinn Bicycles, SEMRush and our own agency, TopRank Marketinghave joinedexperts includingSeth Godin and Ann Handley to sharetheir pithy tipson a variety of digital marketing topics.

Check out the interactive infographic here.

TopRank Marketing Conference Coverage

Lee Odden Shares Ways to Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Many marketers are searching for ways to supercharge their marketing but aren't quite sure how to get started. Incorporating influencers into your marketing strategy can add credibility and authority, read this post to find out how!

Learn how to Become a Better Storyteller with Insights from GoDaddy's Shawn Pfunder

Stories affect actions. But how can your harness the power of storytelling to engage your audience? In his session, Shawn provided three story templates to live by.

Elevate Your Marketing Career with One Simple Word: Strategy

What does marketing strategy really mean? According to McLean Donnelly, it's choosing what not to do. Find out how to use math, execute on a strategy and empower your team in this post.

Using Audio to Engage in a Connected World

The future is here! Now is the time to start consider not only the second or third screen, but the screenless marketing opportunities that exist today. Learn how to adapt and thrive in a connected world.

Taming the Wild Wild West of Social Media Digital Reputation

Social media is inevitably part of every business today. But many organizations are struggling to create governance and guidelines around how it should be used for business. If you need help taming your team, this post is a must-read.

5 Ingredients to Master the Perfect Content Marketing Recipe

Today's consumers are overwhelmed and tired of the same run-of-the-mill content being produced by every marketer out there. Now is the time to begin focusing on content impact by serving your customers delicious content they are sure to devour.

TopRank Marketing Events

We were lucky enough to host not one, but two events during Digital Summit Minneapolis. On behalf of myself and my team, I would like to thank everyone that joined us for either happy hour or dinner to connect, network and gain knowledge from other like-minded marketers.

What's Next?

Thank you to everyone that attended Digital Summit Minneapolis and helped make it awesome! If you're interested in engaging with the TopRank Marketing team more, here are three ways to do so:

We are on the hunt for some smart, creative and results focused marketers to join our team. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.

If you're a brand and would like help with your own digital marketing, contact us today.

You can see members of our team speaking and attending at Content Marketing World, Social Brand Forum, Influencer Marketing Days and MarketingProfs B2B Forum. We hope to see you there!

Gain a competitive advantage by subscribing to the TopRank Online Marketing Newsletter.

Online Marketing Blog - TopRank, 2017. | Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned | http://www.toprankblog.com

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[shannonwluna4]

Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned

Parting [ways after an amazing conference] is such sweet sorrow.

Your energy is high, your brain is full and you feel the love of other like-minded marketers. Sometimes however, it's hard to keep that drive alive once the closing keynote has commenced and you resume your normal routine.

But what if instead of going about business as usual, you keep the momentum going?

Our team was very fortunate to participate in an event this week in our own backyard, the 2017 Digital Summit in Minneapolis. In addition to speaking, we had a large group of team members attend to gain new knowledge, created live blog coverage of the event, and hosted an attendee happy hour and dinner.

If you need a refresher to keep your marketing wheels turning or were not able to attend and would like some marketing insights, let the content below be your guide.

Top Digital Summit Takeaways

If you're looking for snackable nuggets of information, where better to go than Twitter! Below are some of the top conference takeaways from our very own TopRank Marketing team members.

Here's why you should be on #snapchat says @carlosgil83. The content disappears so the users are constantly on it. #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/Pr4pP9gfip

- Debbie Friez (@dfriez) August 15, 2017

Content marketing is really relationship marketing. @minaseeth #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/Zit5ygbas2

- Lee Odden (@leeodden) August 14, 2017

Only 15% of B2B marketers are doing influencer marketing. That's a massive opportunity #DSMPLS @leeodden pic.twitter.com/A6EQX7xudA

- Evan Prokop (@eprokop1) August 15, 2017

Design thinking framework. What is? What if? What wows? What works? @cliffseal #DSMPLS

- Annie Leuman (@aleuman4) August 14, 2017

When the system changes, the people who come out ahead are the people who change. Mr. Seth Godin on stage for opening keynote #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/8PTneuW7Ey

- Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) August 14, 2017

More than 50% of searches will be done by voice in 2020 #DSMPLS

- Slater????? (@TheSteve_Slater) August 15, 2017

Market thru a story using these components: 1) hero (customer) 2) normal life 3) what needs change? 4) why? 5) what's next? #DSMPLS @pfunder

- Elizabeth Williams (@ElizabethW1057) August 15, 2017

Former skateboarder @Pfunder says stories are what we tell ourselves over an over & they propel us forward at #DSMpls pic.twitter.com/IBvD8yN75g

- Susan Misukanis (@smisukanis) August 15, 2017

Let's tell the true story of our pets. @annhandley #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/s5q6GnSLkF

- Ashley Zeckman (@azeckman) August 15, 2017

Interactive Infographic: 15 Quotes to SuperCharge Your Digital Marketing

To help you supercharge your marketing success, we reached out to some of the most trusted voices in the digital marketing world speaking at the upcoming Digital Marketing Summit Minneapolis conference for their quotable advice. Marketers from companies like 3M, Thomson Reuters, IBM, The Economist Group, BMC Software, Pandora, Salesforce, Adestra, Schwinn Bicycles, SEMRush and our own agency, TopRank Marketinghave joinedexperts includingSeth Godin and Ann Handley to sharetheir pithy tipson a variety of digital marketing topics.

Check out the interactive infographic here.

TopRank Marketing Conference Coverage

Lee Odden Shares Ways to Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Many marketers are searching for ways to supercharge their marketing but aren't quite sure how to get started. Incorporating influencers into your marketing strategy can add credibility and authority, read this post to find out how!

Learn how to Become a Better Storyteller with Insights from GoDaddy's Shawn Pfunder

Stories affect actions. But how can your harness the power of storytelling to engage your audience? In his session, Shawn provided three story templates to live by.

Elevate Your Marketing Career with One Simple Word: Strategy

What does marketing strategy really mean? According to McLean Donnelly, it's choosing what not to do. Find out how to use math, execute on a strategy and empower your team in this post.

Using Audio to Engage in a Connected World

The future is here! Now is the time to start consider not only the second or third screen, but the screenless marketing opportunities that exist today. Learn how to adapt and thrive in a connected world.

Taming the Wild Wild West of Social Media Digital Reputation

Social media is inevitably part of every business today. But many organizations are struggling to create governance and guidelines around how it should be used for business. If you need help taming your team, this post is a must-read.

5 Ingredients to Master the Perfect Content Marketing Recipe

Today's consumers are overwhelmed and tired of the same run-of-the-mill content being produced by every marketer out there. Now is the time to begin focusing on content impact by serving your customers delicious content they are sure to devour.

TopRank Marketing Events

We were lucky enough to host not one, but two events during Digital Summit Minneapolis. On behalf of myself and my team, I would like to thank everyone that joined us for either happy hour or dinner to connect, network and gain knowledge from other like-minded marketers.

What's Next?

Thank you to everyone that attended Digital Summit Minneapolis and helped make it awesome! If you're interested in engaging with the TopRank Marketing team more, here are three ways to do so:

We are on the hunt for some smart, creative and results focused marketers to join our team. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.

If you're a brand and would like help with your own digital marketing, contact us today.

You can see members of our team speaking and attending at Content Marketing World, Social Brand Forum, Influencer Marketing Days and MarketingProfs B2B Forum. We hope to see you there!

Gain a competitive advantage by subscribing to the TopRank Online Marketing Newsletter.

Online Marketing Blog - TopRank, 2017. | Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned | http://www.toprankblog.com

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[ralphlayton]

6 Cannes Revelations About B2B Marketing in 2020

In June the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity brought together some of the world’s savviest B2B marketers, brands, and other creative professionals. From Nike, IKEA, and Visa to Tommy Hilfiger, Microsoft and Target, strong brands and the marketers behind them were involved at Cannes, and the trends they gathered to explore will play a part in shaping how B2B marketers focus their efforts in the months and years ahead. Here’s a run-down of some of the top B2B marketing and other revelations from this year’s Cannes, and what they’ll mean for your business in 2020 and beyond.

1 — Cannes B2B Marketing Brand Engagement Take-Aways

One running theme at Cannes this year was centered around being mindful of your brand’s purpose, and how it will be especially important when it comes time to meet your audience’s needs and make the greatest impact. Being a change-maker brand comes from honing in on consumer desires, so listen to the signals coming from the online platforms where your customers and potential clients spend the majority of their time. Don’t entirely eschew machine learning when it comes to your data, but build brand trust by ensuring that appropriate and responsible humans have data oversight. Look to feed off competitive momentum and focus conversations and cultural discussions using creativity, and keep it sincere when it comes to brand activism, while avoiding all hints of opportunism, many at Cannes urged. Brand engagement, especially through influencer marketing, has been the focus of several recent articles we've published, including these:

Hitting Your Target: Why Account-Based Marketing and Influencers Are the Perfect Match

11 Qualities You Should be Looking for to Find Your B2B Influencer Match

7 Top B2B Influencer Marketing Trends for 2020

2 — Cannes B2B Marketing Consumer Journey Take-Aways

Dig in and embrace the sometimes-messy digital world where your potential customers interact, by communicating with them and taking the time to learn about their lives through what they’re posting online, because cold and impersonal data can only get you so far in the customer journey. These raw and real connections can unite and forge new relationships in ways that polished marketing campaigns sometimes just can’t, and some of the winners at Cannes showed examples of building these types of connections. Build strong brand value while also allowing customers to take the wheel, nurture the connections your brand makes, and don’t be afraid to build strong creative partnerships in your efforts. Valuing the participation of consumers while also standing by your brand’s values were among the trends explored during Cannes this year. Search taking place from smart speakers and other connected voice-assisted is poised to boom in the coming years, and podcasting is expanding to offer new ways to integrate brand messaging. Strive to build a seamless voice search approach that meshes with the values and messaging of your brand or that of your client, as sound is the newest frontier for B2B marketers. We're written about smart search recently, including in these helpful articles:

Hey Alexa: How Do I Bake Voice Search Into My B2B Marketing Strategy?

How B2B Marketers Can Win at Search with Best Answer Content

Optimize Your B2B Content Performance with an SEO Audit

[bctt tweet="“We’re very good at doing marketing on screens. We’re not as good at audio only.” — Bessie Lee, Founder and CEO, Withinlink" username="toprank"]

3 — Cannes B2B Marketing Diversity Take-Aways

Cannes made efforts to find and highlight the areas in marketing where diversity continues to be lacking, led by people over 50 and those who are differently-abled, and spent considerable time exploring how setting aside fear and risk can lead to huge economic and strategic opportunities. Going beyond hiring, diversity should move towards being more of a core piece of a brand’s values, some of those gathered at Cannes noted. Adding diversity key performance indicators (KPIs) to existing performance metrics would go a long way towards making inclusiveness an important part of opportunity pipelines, and ultimately bottom lines, it was noted during Cannes.

4 — Cannes B2B Marketing Long-Term Planning Take-Aways

Connections coming from unexpected places and new experiences are poised to change how B2B marketers expand beyond traditional sources, and an emphasis on the power of creativity to strengthen organizations was made at Cannes. Brands and how they reflect culture at large will become more of a joint initiative at successful firms and in strong marketing efforts, especially in creative campaigns. Cannes showed that creativity will likely thrive in the coming year, even more-so when it’s increasingly expressed as a team effort, done in what some gathered for the week called real-time branding, with all involved having a creative stake in new marketing initiatives. Having a relevant and flexible B2B marketing strategy, and building innovative creative methods whether working solo or with an agency, were also take-aways from Cannes this year. We've explored both long-term planning and the question of when is the right time to partner with an agency, in recent articles such as these:

How to Boost Your Content Marketing Efforts By Planning Ahead

5 Marvelous B2B Content Marketing Lessons From Mrs. Maisel

How to Choose a B2B Marketing Agency that Can Evolve with Your Needs

[bctt tweet="“The value of agency creative is $10 Billion.” — Jay Pattisall, Forrester @jaypattisall" username="toprank"]

5 — Cannes B2B Marketing Storytelling Take-Aways

At Cannes a more transformational flavor of storytelling was seen as coming down the pike, one that will help evolve the narrative with more levels of both client and customer experience, all combining to bring better communication to consumers. Rapidly-expanding digital technologies and more data than ever present challenges, but also massive opportunities, especially when the two combine to help creative storytelling efforts that help drive B2B marketing efforts. Creating compelling narratives and delivering them in new and relevant ways will play a factor in marketing in 2020 and beyond, and firms utilizing solely technology to overcome marketing barriers may be left behind. Learning to better recognize the people behind the data and the numbers was also seen as a key trend at Cannes, along with greater incorporation of empathy and intuition in marketing processes. Neuroaesthetics and an evolving method of storytelling that is always-on will expand on traditional forms of narratives that have been largely limited to a beginning, middle, and end. Micro-storytelling efforts will also help brands shows that they are listening, and encourage consumers to create and share their own stories. A few of our helpful looks at storytelling in marketing are these:

Once Upon a Time: Storytelling in Today’s B2B Content Marketing Landscape

Be Like Honest Abe: How Content Marketers Can Build Trust Through Storytelling

6 Ways to Bring More Boom! & Less Boring to Your B2B

6 — Cannes Trust in B2B Marketing Take-Aways

We’ve focused more than ever on trust in marketing over the past year at TopRank Marketing, with pieces such as these:

The B2B Marketing Funnel is Dead: Say Hello to the Trust Funnel

Trust Fractures: How to Avoid Accidentally Eroding Your Brand’s Credibility

Trust Factors: The (In)Credible Impact of B2B Influencer Marketing

At Cannes the power of trust played a major role this year, and how to regain it using transparency, authenticity, and empathy, after being compromised over the past several years in the eyes of many. A theme that resonated throughout the week was that nothing secures a relationship as powerfully as trust, which is the cornerstone of any long-term partnership. Trust in platforms and technology were also at the forefront on Cannes this year, and admonitions to shift to marketing strategies that are more real, open, transparent, and true were common themes for rebuilding broken trust. [bctt tweet="As the old adage goes: Trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets. #B2BMarketing #trust" username="toprank"]

Building on Marketing Lessons From Cannes

via GIPHY

These six major theme take-aways in the areas of brand engagement, customer journeys, diversity, long-term planning, storytelling and trust from this year's Cannes can play a part in your own B2B marketing strategy as we head ever-closer to 2020. You can also learn more by joining us at upcoming speaking events and conferences. Our CEO Lee Odden will be speaking at Content Marketing World this fall, where on September 3 he'll be presenting "How to Develop a B2B Influencer Marketing Program That Actually Works" with Amisha Gandhi of SAP, and a solo session on September 4 exploring "Content Marketing Fitness - 10 Exercises to Build Your Marketing Beach Body." Our Senior Director of Digital Strategy Ashley Zeckman will also be speaking at Content Marketing World, in "Guardians of Content Vol 1: How to Scale B2B Influencer Content to Save the Galaxy."

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[thegoose5150-blog]

Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned

Parting [ways after an amazing conference] is such sweet sorrow.

Your energy is high, your brain is full and you feel the love of other like-minded marketers. Sometimes however, it's hard to keep that drive alive once the closing keynote has commenced and you resume your normal routine.

But what if instead of going about business as usual, you keep the momentum going?

Our team was very fortunate to participate in an event this week in our own backyard, the 2017 Digital Summit in Minneapolis. In addition to speaking, we had a large group of team members attend to gain new knowledge, created live blog coverage of the event, and hosted an attendee happy hour and dinner.

If you need a refresher to keep your marketing wheels turning or were not able to attend and would like some marketing insights, let the content below be your guide.

Top Digital Summit Takeaways

If you're looking for snackable nuggets of information, where better to go than Twitter! Below are some of the top conference takeaways from our very own TopRank Marketing team members.

Here's why you should be on #snapchat says @carlosgil83. The content disappears so the users are constantly on it. #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/Pr4pP9gfip

- Debbie Friez (@dfriez) August 15, 2017

Content marketing is really relationship marketing. @minaseeth #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/Zit5ygbas2

- Lee Odden (@leeodden) August 14, 2017

Only 15% of B2B marketers are doing influencer marketing. That's a massive opportunity #DSMPLS @leeodden pic.twitter.com/A6EQX7xudA

- Evan Prokop (@eprokop1) August 15, 2017

Design thinking framework. What is? What if? What wows? What works? @cliffseal #DSMPLS

- Annie Leuman (@aleuman4) August 14, 2017

When the system changes, the people who come out ahead are the people who change. Mr. Seth Godin on stage for opening keynote #DSMPLS pic.twitter.com/8PTneuW7Ey

- Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) August 14, 2017

More than 50% of searches will be done by voice in 2020 #DSMPLS

- Slater????? (@TheSteve_Slater) August 15, 2017

Market thru a story using these components: 1) hero (customer) 2) normal life 3) what needs change? 4) why? 5) what's next? #DSMPLS @pfunder

- Elizabeth Williams (@ElizabethW1057) August 15, 2017

Former skateboarder @Pfunder says stories are what we tell ourselves over an over & they propel us forward at #DSMpls pic.twitter.com/IBvD8yN75g

- Susan Misukanis (@smisukanis) August 15, 2017

Let's tell the true story of our pets. @annhandley #dsmpls pic.twitter.com/s5q6GnSLkF

- Ashley Zeckman (@azeckman) August 15, 2017

Interactive Infographic: 15 Quotes to SuperCharge Your Digital Marketing

To help you supercharge your marketing success, we reached out to some of the most trusted voices in the digital marketing world speaking at the upcoming Digital Marketing Summit Minneapolis conference for their quotable advice. Marketers from companies like 3M, Thomson Reuters, IBM, The Economist Group, BMC Software, Pandora, Salesforce, Adestra, Schwinn Bicycles, SEMRush and our own agency, TopRank Marketinghave joinedexperts includingSeth Godin and Ann Handley to sharetheir pithy tipson a variety of digital marketing topics.

Check out the interactive infographic here.

TopRank Marketing Conference Coverage

Lee Odden Shares Ways to Supercharge Your Content with Influencer Marketing

Many marketers are searching for ways to supercharge their marketing but aren't quite sure how to get started. Incorporating influencers into your marketing strategy can add credibility and authority, read this post to find out how!

Learn how to Become a Better Storyteller with Insights from GoDaddy's Shawn Pfunder

Stories affect actions. But how can your harness the power of storytelling to engage your audience? In his session, Shawn provided three story templates to live by.

Elevate Your Marketing Career with One Simple Word: Strategy

What does marketing strategy really mean? According to McLean Donnelly, it's choosing what not to do. Find out how to use math, execute on a strategy and empower your team in this post.

Using Audio to Engage in a Connected World

The future is here! Now is the time to start consider not only the second or third screen, but the screenless marketing opportunities that exist today. Learn how to adapt and thrive in a connected world.

Taming the Wild Wild West of Social Media Digital Reputation

Social media is inevitably part of every business today. But many organizations are struggling to create governance and guidelines around how it should be used for business. If you need help taming your team, this post is a must-read.

5 Ingredients to Master the Perfect Content Marketing Recipe

Today's consumers are overwhelmed and tired of the same run-of-the-mill content being produced by every marketer out there. Now is the time to begin focusing on content impact by serving your customers delicious content they are sure to devour.

TopRank Marketing Events

We were lucky enough to host not one, but two events during Digital Summit Minneapolis. On behalf of myself and my team, I would like to thank everyone that joined us for either happy hour or dinner to connect, network and gain knowledge from other like-minded marketers.

What's Next?

Thank you to everyone that attended Digital Summit Minneapolis and helped make it awesome! If you're interested in engaging with the TopRank Marketing team more, here are three ways to do so:

We are on the hunt for some smart, creative and results focused marketers to join our team. If that sounds like you, check out our open positions.

If you're a brand and would like help with your own digital marketing, contact us today.

You can see members of our team speaking and attending at Content Marketing World, Social Brand Forum, Influencer Marketing Days and MarketingProfs B2B Forum. We hope to see you there!

Gain a competitive advantage by subscribing to the TopRank Online Marketing Newsletter.

Online Marketing Blog - TopRank, 2017. | Digital Summit Minneapolis: A Look Back at What We Learned | http://www.toprankblog.com

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[samuelpboswell]

6 Cannes Revelations About B2B Marketing in 2020

In June the 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity brought together some of the world’s savviest B2B marketers, brands, and other creative professionals. From Nike, IKEA, and Visa to Tommy Hilfiger, Microsoft and Target, strong brands and the marketers behind them were involved at Cannes, and the trends they gathered to explore will play a part in shaping how B2B marketers focus their efforts in the months and years ahead. Here’s a run-down of some of the top B2B marketing and other revelations from this year’s Cannes, and what they’ll mean for your business in 2020 and beyond.

1 — Cannes B2B Marketing Brand Engagement Take-Aways

One running theme at Cannes this year was centered around being mindful of your brand’s purpose, and how it will be especially important when it comes time to meet your audience’s needs and make the greatest impact. Being a change-maker brand comes from honing in on consumer desires, so listen to the signals coming from the online platforms where your customers and potential clients spend the majority of their time. Don’t entirely eschew machine learning when it comes to your data, but build brand trust by ensuring that appropriate and responsible humans have data oversight. Look to feed off competitive momentum and focus conversations and cultural discussions using creativity, and keep it sincere when it comes to brand activism, while avoiding all hints of opportunism, many at Cannes urged. Brand engagement, especially through influencer marketing, has been the focus of several recent articles we've published, including these:

Hitting Your Target: Why Account-Based Marketing and Influencers Are the Perfect Match

11 Qualities You Should be Looking for to Find Your B2B Influencer Match

7 Top B2B Influencer Marketing Trends for 2020

2 — Cannes B2B Marketing Consumer Journey Take-Aways

Dig in and embrace the sometimes-messy digital world where your potential customers interact, by communicating with them and taking the time to learn about their lives through what they’re posting online, because cold and impersonal data can only get you so far in the customer journey. These raw and real connections can unite and forge new relationships in ways that polished marketing campaigns sometimes just can’t, and some of the winners at Cannes showed examples of building these types of connections. Build strong brand value while also allowing customers to take the wheel, nurture the connections your brand makes, and don’t be afraid to build strong creative partnerships in your efforts. Valuing the participation of consumers while also standing by your brand’s values were among the trends explored during Cannes this year. Search taking place from smart speakers and other connected voice-assisted is poised to boom in the coming years, and podcasting is expanding to offer new ways to integrate brand messaging. Strive to build a seamless voice search approach that meshes with the values and messaging of your brand or that of your client, as sound is the newest frontier for B2B marketers. We're written about smart search recently, including in these helpful articles:

Hey Alexa: How Do I Bake Voice Search Into My B2B Marketing Strategy?

How B2B Marketers Can Win at Search with Best Answer Content

Optimize Your B2B Content Performance with an SEO Audit

[bctt tweet="“We’re very good at doing marketing on screens. We’re not as good at audio only.” — Bessie Lee, Founder and CEO, Withinlink" username="toprank"]

3 — Cannes B2B Marketing Diversity Take-Aways

Cannes made efforts to find and highlight the areas in marketing where diversity continues to be lacking, led by people over 50 and those who are differently-abled, and spent considerable time exploring how setting aside fear and risk can lead to huge economic and strategic opportunities. Going beyond hiring, diversity should move towards being more of a core piece of a brand’s values, some of those gathered at Cannes noted. Adding diversity key performance indicators (KPIs) to existing performance metrics would go a long way towards making inclusiveness an important part of opportunity pipelines, and ultimately bottom lines, it was noted during Cannes.

4 — Cannes B2B Marketing Long-Term Planning Take-Aways

Connections coming from unexpected places and new experiences are poised to change how B2B marketers expand beyond traditional sources, and an emphasis on the power of creativity to strengthen organizations was made at Cannes. Brands and how they reflect culture at large will become more of a joint initiative at successful firms and in strong marketing efforts, especially in creative campaigns. Cannes showed that creativity will likely thrive in the coming year, even more-so when it’s increasingly expressed as a team effort, done in what some gathered for the week called real-time branding, with all involved having a creative stake in new marketing initiatives. Having a relevant and flexible B2B marketing strategy, and building innovative creative methods whether working solo or with an agency, were also take-aways from Cannes this year. We've explored both long-term planning and the question of when is the right time to partner with an agency, in recent articles such as these:

How to Boost Your Content Marketing Efforts By Planning Ahead

5 Marvelous B2B Content Marketing Lessons From Mrs. Maisel

How to Choose a B2B Marketing Agency that Can Evolve with Your Needs

[bctt tweet="“The value of agency creative is $10 Billion.” — Jay Pattisall, Forrester @jaypattisall" username="toprank"]

5 — Cannes B2B Marketing Storytelling Take-Aways

At Cannes a more transformational flavor of storytelling was seen as coming down the pike, one that will help evolve the narrative with more levels of both client and customer experience, all combining to bring better communication to consumers. Rapidly-expanding digital technologies and more data than ever present challenges, but also massive opportunities, especially when the two combine to help creative storytelling efforts that help drive B2B marketing efforts. Creating compelling narratives and delivering them in new and relevant ways will play a factor in marketing in 2020 and beyond, and firms utilizing solely technology to overcome marketing barriers may be left behind. Learning to better recognize the people behind the data and the numbers was also seen as a key trend at Cannes, along with greater incorporation of empathy and intuition in marketing processes. Neuroaesthetics and an evolving method of storytelling that is always-on will expand on traditional forms of narratives that have been largely limited to a beginning, middle, and end. Micro-storytelling efforts will also help brands shows that they are listening, and encourage consumers to create and share their own stories. A few of our helpful looks at storytelling in marketing are these:

Once Upon a Time: Storytelling in Today’s B2B Content Marketing Landscape

Be Like Honest Abe: How Content Marketers Can Build Trust Through Storytelling

6 Ways to Bring More Boom! & Less Boring to Your B2B

6 — Cannes Trust in B2B Marketing Take-Aways

We’ve focused more than ever on trust in marketing over the past year at TopRank Marketing, with pieces such as these:

The B2B Marketing Funnel is Dead: Say Hello to the Trust Funnel

Trust Fractures: How to Avoid Accidentally Eroding Your Brand’s Credibility

Trust Factors: The (In)Credible Impact of B2B Influencer Marketing

At Cannes the power of trust played a major role this year, and how to regain it using transparency, authenticity, and empathy, after being compromised over the past several years in the eyes of many. A theme that resonated throughout the week was that nothing secures a relationship as powerfully as trust, which is the cornerstone of any long-term partnership. Trust in platforms and technology were also at the forefront on Cannes this year, and admonitions to shift to marketing strategies that are more real, open, transparent, and true were common themes for rebuilding broken trust. [bctt tweet="As the old adage goes: Trust is gained in drops and lost in buckets. #B2BMarketing #trust" username="toprank"]

Building on Marketing Lessons From Cannes

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These six major theme take-aways in the areas of brand engagement, customer journeys, diversity, long-term planning, storytelling and trust from this year's Cannes can play a part in your own B2B marketing strategy as we head ever-closer to 2020. You can also learn more by joining us at upcoming speaking events and conferences. Our CEO Lee Odden will be speaking at Content Marketing World this fall, where on September 3 he'll be presenting "How to Develop a B2B Influencer Marketing Program That Actually Works" with Amisha Gandhi of SAP, and a solo session on September 4 exploring "Content Marketing Fitness - 10 Exercises to Build Your Marketing Beach Body." Our Senior Director of Digital Strategy Ashley Zeckman will also be speaking at Content Marketing World, in "Guardians of Content Vol 1: How to Scale B2B Influencer Content to Save the Galaxy."

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