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Marketing

80 of The Best, Easiest-to-Use, and Most Valuable Marketing Tools from 2018

In the market for a new piece of software? Here, 31 marketers share which tools they adopted in 2018 and will continue to rely on in 2019.

Marketing Elise Dopson | Jan 16

Agencies

Advice on Preparing for a Client Reporting Meeting from 31 Marketing Agency Professionals

Agency pros share their experiences and insights for running client reporting meetings that are productive and actionable.

Agencies | Jan 15

Content Marketing

How to Build A Successful Content Marketing Strategy from Scratch in 2019

Blogging, podcasting, video, long-form content and more – 40 marketers share their best advice for starting and scaling up your content marketing efforts in 2019.

Content Marketing | Jan 8

Marketing

How to Increase Your Live Chat Response Rate, According to 46 Marketers

From personalizing your initial prompt to asking the right questions, here are some proven ways for improving the response rate from your live chat efforts.

Marketing | Jan 3

Marketing

A Foolproof Way to Reach And Engage Your Target Audience Through Your Company’s Blog

A 5-step, systematic approach to engaging and influencing your audience.

Marketing | Jan 2

Marketing

29 Advertisers On the Top 5 Facebook Ads Metrics for Measuring ROI

We asked marketers to share their 5 most-important Facebook Ad metrics for measuring campaign performance. Here were the most common responses.

Marketing | Dec 18 2018

Case Study

Epicosity’s (Years Long) Search for the Perfect Client Reporting Solution

Chris Kappen joins the Agency Spotlight to share how Epicosity’s client reporting process has evolved since implementing Databox.

Case Study | Dec 11 2018

Marketing

25 Marketers Share How to Grow Your YouTube Channel, Subscribers, and Views

48% of the marketers we surveyed are creating between 10-30 new videos every month. Here’s how they’re using this content to grow their YouTube channels.

Marketing | Dec 10 2018

Case Study

How Blue Frog Marketing Improved the Accuracy and Efficiency of its Client Reporting

Kelsey Meyer joins Databox’s Tory Sher to discuss how Blue Frog Marketing has improved both the efficiency and accuracy of its client reporting.

Case Study | Dec 3 2018

Marketing

Will Increasing Your Facebook Ad Budget Actually Increase Sales?

92% of agencies say that Facebook Ads are at least somewhat effective at generating sales. But, when and how should you increase your investment?

Marketing | Dec 3 2018

Case Study

How SMA Marketing Uses Databox as the Single Source of Truth for Clients and Employees

Ryan Shelley, founder of SMA Marketing, shares how providing real-time access to performance data has transformed the agency/client relationship.

Case Study | Nov 28 2018

Marketing

36 Agencies on How to Set Goals for Clients (When the Client Doesn’t Have Any)

97% of agencies say that setting goals for a specific client KPI leads to improvement in that KPI. Here’s how agencies set client goals in the first place.

Marketing | Nov 26 2018

Data Snacks

How Square 2 Marketing Ensures A Great Experience for Every Drift Conversation

Square 2 Marketing’s Cassandra Clemens shares the metrics they monitor to ensure effective response and engagement with website visitors.

Data Snacks | Nov 20 2018

Marketing

42 Agencies On the Traffic Sources That Will Grow & Decline Next Year

60% of agencies say that organic drives the most traffic for clients right now. How will that change over the next 12 months? We asked them to share.

Marketing | Nov 19 2018

Marketing

Dozens of Marketers On How to Get More Views on YouTube

We surveyed dozens of video marketers to find out the most effective ways to drive more views to your YouTube videos.

Marketing | Nov 14 2018

Ground Up Podcast

From Buying Out Its Investors to Launching an Original Series–Wistia’s Moment of Clarity

On this episode of Ground Up, Chris Savage shares the details of what led to the decision to raise debt and buy out investors and why they decided to spend $111,000 to film a documentary.

Ground Up Podcast | Nov 13 2018

Product and Design

New in Databox: Onboard Clients Quicker by Sending Templated Carousels

By sending Databoard Carousels into client accounts with just one click, it’s now easier than ever to build client reports and onboard new clients.

Product and Design | Nov 9 2018

Marketing

The Most Effective Channels for Reaching Your Target Customer

We asked dozens of marketers to share their most effective channel for reaching their target audience and their best tips for doing it well.

Marketing | Nov 7 2018

Product and Design

New in Databox: Instantly Visualize 3,000+ Metrics from 65+ Data Sources

Big updates to the app and dashboard designer (as well as 1,712 new pre-configured Datablocks) make it easier than ever to find and track the most important KPIs.

Product and Design | Nov 6 2018

Agencies

36 Marketing Agencies Share Lessons Learned From a Bad Client Experience

We asked a few dozen agencies to share their most painful client experiences, and more importantly, the advice they’d give to other agencies to avoid them.

Agencies | Nov 5 2018

Agencies

Yes, You Can Have Both a Thriving Business and Live a Balanced Life [Podcast]

Here’s How James Robert Lay, founder of the Digital Growth Institute, Went From Near Divorce to 4 Kids, a Balanced Life, and a Thriving Business

Agencies | Nov 2 2018

Marketing

The 8 Most Important Factors When Buying Software (According to Marketers)

According to Databox’s latest research, 25% of marketers say that “customer proof” is the most important factor when evaluating 2 (or more) software products. Here’s what else we learned…

Marketing | Nov 1 2018

Marketing

32 Agencies Share Their Favorite Project Management Tools & Processes

We polled dozens of agencies to find out which project management tools they use and how they use them to build successful project management processes.

Marketing | Oct 29 2018

Agencies

How Marketing Agency, Synx, Now Provides Its Clients Better Visibility into Their Performance

Hear how Charles McKay rolled out processes that allow his agency’s account managers to double their productivity and provides clients with greater visibility into their businesses.

Agencies | Oct 26 2018

Product and Design

New Integration: Track Your Subscription & Financial Metrics for Free from ProfitWell

Track all of your critical subscription metrics in Databox from a free ProfitWell account: revenue, churn, upgrades/downgrades, ARPU, and much more.

Product and Design | Oct 26 2018

Agencies

How PR 20/20 Creates Client Reports 3X Faster & Spends More Time on Strategy

Keith Moehring shares how his agency has used automated dashboards to set and hit marketing goals for clients.

Agencies | Oct 25 2018

Agencies

How PHNX21creative Built Its Client Reporting Process from Scratch

Here’s how Kenny Lange uses automated reporting to help his clients understand their digital marketing strategies and set reasonable expectations for his agency.

Agencies | Oct 23 2018

Analytics

8 Ways to Grow Your Business by Leveraging Customer Support Inquiries

Here are 8 reasons that your business will grow and your support team will thank you when you track the causes of new customer support inquiries.

Analytics | Oct 23 2018

Agencies

How To Offer Analytics as a Service When Your Prospect Isn’t A Good Fit For a Marketing Retainer

We interviewed Tyler Pigott, CEO from Lone Fir Creative, to learn how his agency has opened their 4th revenue stream: coaching services around digital marketing.

Agencies | Oct 22 2018

Product and Design

Embed Databoards: Share Live and Interactive Dashboards on Any Web Page or Application

With the Databoard Embed feature, you can share and publish live, interactive dashboards on any web page, blog post, wiki page, web application, or intranet portal.

Product and Design | Oct 19 2018

Agencies

How Big Sea Generates $50,000 in Billable Time Every Year With Automated Reporting

Here’s how Andi Graham from Big Sea stopped wasting time manually assembling client reports and began tracking data in real-time and billing time for higher-value work.

Agencies | Oct 18 2018

Marketing

Are Funnels Still the Right Way to Measure Your Sales and Marketing?

Learn how to using cyclones to grow revenue from 9 top-tier sales & marketing experts (& me).

Marketing | Oct 17 2018

Marketing

Dozens of HubSpot Users Share High-Performing Lead Nurturing Examples

According to our research, 41% of marketers adjust their lead nurturing campaigns every month. Here are the strategies they’re finding to be most successful.

Marketing | Oct 17 2018

Marketing

Power Users Share Their First Impressions of HubSpot’s Conversations Tool

Dozens of HubSpot power users share their thoughts on the Conversations tool, including their experience with setup, ease-of-use, conversions, and more.

Marketing | Oct 16 2018

Marketing

Top Advertisers Share Tips for $10 Customer Acquisition Costs on Facebook

According to our latest report, 46% of marketers report a customer acquisition cost (CAC) on Facebook of less than $10. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Marketing | Oct 15 2018

Agencies

How Grou Uses Databox To Create Client Presentations 5x Faster

Learn how Grou creates their client presentations in 2 days, rather than 2 weeks. Also, see how they use our Goals and Client Performance tools over the course of the month.

Agencies | Oct 12 2018

Marketing

What’s the Average Facebook Ads CTR & How Do You Improve It?

30+ advertising pros share their average click-through rate (CTR) on Facebook as well as the tactics that work for improving it.

Marketing | Oct 11 2018

Marketing

Dozens of Advertisers Share Strategies for Reducing Facebook CPC

According to our latest report, 63% of the advertisers we polled report a cost-per-click (CPC) of less than $1. Here’s how they’re optimizing their ads, targeting the right audience, and reducing cost.

Marketing | Oct 10 2018

Marketing

100+ Marketers Share The Link-Building Techniques That Work Best

According to our latest report, 84% of marketers have a deliberate strategy for building backlinks. Here are the tactics that are working best.

Marketing | Oct 9 2018

Agencies

How Pepperland Marketing Improved Client Traffic by 10% After Adopting Databox

Sean Henri’s 6-person agency was spending way too much time building error-prone client reports. Here’s what happened once they started using Databox.

Agencies | Oct 4 2018

Product and Design

New Integration: Track the Performance of Your Instagram Business Account

Track important campaign metrics from your Instagram Business account and visualize reach, impressions, post engagement, follower demographics (and more) in minutes.

Product and Design | Oct 3 2018

Marketing

Benchmarking Average Session Duration: What it Means & How to Improve It

Dozens of marketers share the data behind their average session duration as well as the strategies that work for improving it.

Marketing | Oct 2 2018

Agencies

30 Degrees North Saves Hours on Client Reporting Every Month. Here’s How They Reallocate That Time.

Tabitha Young shares how she has used reporting templates, annotations, and live dashboards to cut their report-building time by 66%.

Agencies | Sep 28 2018

Agencies

How IDS Agency Saves 72 Hours Every Month on Client Reporting

Ismail Aly has leveraged real-time performance data as a key differentiator in the market. Hear how his agency, IDS, leverages the power of Databox to improve client relationships and save hours on reporting every month.

Agencies | Sep 27 2018

Product and Design

New Integration: Harvest Time Tracking Visualized

Visualize project management metrics from Harvest like hours tracked, billable hours, billable amount, non-billable hours, expenses (and more) in minutes.

Product and Design | Sep 27 2018

Agencies

How Bluleadz Increased Sales Qualified Leads for Clients by 20%

Learn how Bluleadz uses weekly meetings to focus on the most important client KPIs, make adjustments in real-time, and improve ROI for their clients.

Agencies | Sep 26 2018

Agencies

How To Build A Client Communication Dashboard Without Writing Code

Here is how Charles Drengberg built a simple client communication hub in WordPress that allows clients to check the status of their marketing at any time.

Agencies | Sep 25 2018

Marketing

Here’s How to Increase Your Referral Traffic (Tips from 42 Marketers)

We asked dozens of marketers to share the tactics that work for increasing website referral traffic. Here’s what we learned.

Marketing | Sep 24 2018

Case Study

How Impulse Creative Increased Client Lead Generation by 15% with Real-Time Reporting

Remington Begg, founder and CEO at Impulse Creative, shares the impact that having access to real-time performance data has had on his team and agency.

Case Study | Sep 21 2018

Marketing

10 Marketing KPIs That Will Predict Your Team’s Success

This guide will help you set up KPIs for your marketing team so you can learn which metrics will lead to revenue growth.

Marketing | Sep 19 2018

Marketing

15 MailChimp Integrations That Power Users Recommend Most

We tapped a few dozen MailChimp users to give us their thoughts on the MailChimp integrations they rely on most. Here’s what we learned.

Marketing | Sep 19 2018

Marketing

How to Write Compelling Chatbots That Receive Double-Digit Response Rates

Marketers from IBM, HubSpot, Drift (and more) share tips for building chatbots that get loads of responses.

Marketing | Sep 13 2018

Sales

The Psychology of Sales Enablement (INBOUND 18 Session)

Amber Kemmis from SmartBug Media shared the lessons she has learned after rolling out sales enablement services to clients.

Sales | Sep 13 2018

Agencies

7 Steps to Creating Contagious Content (INBOUND 18 Session)

Marcus Sheridan of IMPACT shares the 7 ways that content can distinguish your brand from all your competitors.

Agencies | Sep 13 2018

Agencies

How To Avoid Analysis Paralysis (INBOUND 18 Session)

Amanda Nielsen shared the framework that New Breed Marketing uses to choose the correct marketing metrics for their clients.

Agencies | Sep 13 2018

Agencies

How To Close Deals Faster at Your Agency (INBOUND 18 Session)

Karl Sakas shared some tips on managing the sales process that he has learned after working with hundreds of agencies.

Agencies | Sep 13 2018

Product and Design

Introducing Flexible Grids – Customizing your Databoards is Now Easier Than Ever

Now you can visualize your performance data with fewer clicks and in less time than ever before.

Product and Design | Sep 13 2018

Ground Up Podcast

Mike Volpe on the Current State of Inbound Marketing & What It Takes to Build a Movement

Fresh of his announcement of joining Lola as CEO, Volpe shares his insights on building a movement, marketing to the SMB, and the current state of inbound marketing.

Ground Up Podcast | Sep 12 2018

Ground Up Podcast

Here’s How the HubSpot Blog Drives 5 Million Visits Every Month

On this episode of Ground Up, the director of the HubSpot Blog, Emma Brudner, sits down with Pete to talk about how HubSpot’s blogging team continues to find new ways to grow the blog.

Ground Up Podcast | Sep 11 2018

Marketing

42 Paid Marketers Share Strategies for Lowering Your AdWords CPC

More than 40 paid marketers shared the strategies that have worked for lowering their cost-per-click (CPC) on AdWords, including tips for improving your Quality Score, keyword targeting, and more.

Marketing | Sep 11 2018

Marketing

Organizing the Deluge of Marketing Data – The Simple Framework Our Agency Uses

Here’s how to organize your marketing data into specific categories so that you can measure the pathway from awareness to sales.

Marketing | Sep 10 2018

Blog about Business Analytics, KPIs and product updates

In the market for a new piece of software? Here, 31 marketers share which tools they adopted in 2018 and will continue to rely on in 2019.

Agency pros share their experiences and insights for running client reporting meetings that are productive and actionable.

Blogging, podcasting, video, long-form content and more – 40 marketers share their best advice for starting and scaling up your content marketing efforts in 2019.

From personalizing your initial prompt to asking the right questions, here are some proven ways for improving the response rate from your live chat efforts.

A 5-step, systematic approach to engaging and influencing your audience.

We asked marketers to share their 5 most-important Facebook Ad metrics for measuring campaign performance. Here were the most common responses.

Chris Kappen joins the Agency Spotlight to share how Epicosity’s client reporting process has evolved since implementing Databox.

48% of the marketers we surveyed are creating between 10-30 new videos every month. Here’s how they’re using this content to grow their YouTube channels.

Kelsey Meyer joins Databox’s Tory Sher to discuss how Blue Frog Marketing has improved both the efficiency and accuracy of its client reporting.

92% of agencies say that Facebook Ads are at least somewhat effective at generating sales. But, when and how should you increase your investment?

Ryan Shelley, founder of SMA Marketing, shares how providing real-time access to performance data has transformed the agency/client relationship.

97% of agencies say that setting goals for a specific client KPI leads to improvement in that KPI. Here’s how agencies set client goals in the first place.

Square 2 Marketing’s Cassandra Clemens shares the metrics they monitor to ensure effective response and engagement with website visitors.

60% of agencies say that organic drives the most traffic for clients right now. How will that change over the next 12 months? We asked them to share.

We surveyed dozens of video marketers to find out the most effective ways to drive more views to your YouTube videos.

On this episode of Ground Up, Chris Savage shares the details of what led to the decision to raise debt and buy out investors and why they decided to spend $111,000 to film a documentary.

By sending Databoard Carousels into client accounts with just one click, it’s now easier than ever to build client reports and onboard new clients.

We asked dozens of marketers to share their most effective channel for reaching their target audience and their best tips for doing it well.

Big updates to the app and dashboard designer (as well as 1,712 new pre-configured Datablocks) make it easier than ever to find and track the most important KPIs.

We asked a few dozen agencies to share their most painful client experiences, and more importantly, the advice they’d give to other agencies to avoid them.

Here’s How James Robert Lay, founder of the Digital Growth Institute, Went From Near Divorce to 4 Kids, a Balanced Life, and a Thriving Business

According to Databox’s latest research, 25% of marketers say that “customer proof” is the most important factor when evaluating 2 (or more) software products. Here’s what else we learned…

We polled dozens of agencies to find out which project management tools they use and how they use them to build successful project management processes.

Hear how Charles McKay rolled out processes that allow his agency’s account managers to double their productivity and provides clients with greater visibility into their businesses.

Track all of your critical subscription metrics in Databox from a free ProfitWell account: revenue, churn, upgrades/downgrades, ARPU, and much more.

Keith Moehring shares how his agency has used automated dashboards to set and hit marketing goals for clients.

Here’s how Kenny Lange uses automated reporting to help his clients understand their digital marketing strategies and set reasonable expectations for his agency.

Here are 8 reasons that your business will grow and your support team will thank you when you track the causes of new customer support inquiries.

We interviewed Tyler Pigott, CEO from Lone Fir Creative, to learn how his agency has opened their 4th revenue stream: coaching services around digital marketing.

With the Databoard Embed feature, you can share and publish live, interactive dashboards on any web page, blog post, wiki page, web application, or intranet portal.

Here’s how Andi Graham from Big Sea stopped wasting time manually assembling client reports and began tracking data in real-time and billing time for higher-value work.

Learn how to using cyclones to grow revenue from 9 top-tier sales & marketing experts (& me).

According to our research, 41% of marketers adjust their lead nurturing campaigns every month. Here are the strategies they’re finding to be most successful.

Dozens of HubSpot power users share their thoughts on the Conversations tool, including their experience with setup, ease-of-use, conversions, and more.

According to our latest report, 46% of marketers report a customer acquisition cost (CAC) on Facebook of less than $10. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Learn how Grou creates their client presentations in 2 days, rather than 2 weeks. Also, see how they use our Goals and Client Performance tools over the course of the month.

30+ advertising pros share their average click-through rate (CTR) on Facebook as well as the tactics that work for improving it.

According to our latest report, 63% of the advertisers we polled report a cost-per-click (CPC) of less than $1. Here’s how they’re optimizing their ads, targeting the right audience, and reducing cost.

According to our latest report, 84% of marketers have a deliberate strategy for building backlinks. Here are the tactics that are working best.

Sean Henri’s 6-person agency was spending way too much time building error-prone client reports. Here’s what happened once they started using Databox.

Track important campaign metrics from your Instagram Business account and visualize reach, impressions, post engagement, follower demographics (and more) in minutes.

Dozens of marketers share the data behind their average session duration as well as the strategies that work for improving it.

Tabitha Young shares how she has used reporting templates, annotations, and live dashboards to cut their report-building time by 66%.

Ismail Aly has leveraged real-time performance data as a key differentiator in the market. Hear how his agency, IDS, leverages the power of Databox to improve client relationships and save hours on reporting every month.

Visualize project management metrics from Harvest like hours tracked, billable hours, billable amount, non-billable hours, expenses (and more) in minutes.

Learn how Bluleadz uses weekly meetings to focus on the most important client KPIs, make adjustments in real-time, and improve ROI for their clients.

Here is how Charles Drengberg built a simple client communication hub in WordPress that allows clients to check the status of their marketing at any time.

We asked dozens of marketers to share the tactics that work for increasing website referral traffic. Here’s what we learned.

Remington Begg, founder and CEO at Impulse Creative, shares the impact that having access to real-time performance data has had on his team and agency.

This guide will help you set up KPIs for your marketing team so you can learn which metrics will lead to revenue growth.

We tapped a few dozen MailChimp users to give us their thoughts on the MailChimp integrations they rely on most. Here’s what we learned.

Marketers from IBM, HubSpot, Drift (and more) share tips for building chatbots that get loads of responses.

Amber Kemmis from SmartBug Media shared the lessons she has learned after rolling out sales enablement services to clients.

Marcus Sheridan of IMPACT shares the 7 ways that content can distinguish your brand from all your competitors.

Amanda Nielsen shared the framework that New Breed Marketing uses to choose the correct marketing metrics for their clients.

Karl Sakas shared some tips on managing the sales process that he has learned after working with hundreds of agencies.

Now you can visualize your performance data with fewer clicks and in less time than ever before.

Fresh of his announcement of joining Lola as CEO, Volpe shares his insights on building a movement, marketing to the SMB, and the current state of inbound marketing.

On this episode of Ground Up, the director of the HubSpot Blog, Emma Brudner, sits down with Pete to talk about how HubSpot’s blogging team continues to find new ways to grow the blog.

More than 40 paid marketers shared the strategies that have worked for lowering their cost-per-click (CPC) on AdWords, including tips for improving your Quality Score, keyword targeting, and more.

Here’s how to organize your marketing data into specific categories so that you can measure the pathway from awareness to sales.

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