"Big Announcement and Objectives & Metrics:" The IMPACT Show Ep. 33 [Show Notes]

Happy 2018 everyone!

If you missed this week’s episode of The IMPACT Show, you may be the only one… Just kidding.

This week we saw our biggest live audience to date and with good reason — Bob and Nick had a huge announcement

In addition to our big news, the two caught up on the latest industry news includingAmazon looking into ads on Alexa, personalization and time machine learning, and what happens if your company evolves but your employees don’t.

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How Mike Volpe is Making Old School ABM New Again

We all know account-based marketing is nothing new. It’s been practiced for years.

At the early stages of inbound marketing, traditional marketing tactics including account-based marketing (ABM) were looked down upon, but, now that inbound marketing isn’t the shiny new object, many sophisticated marketers are talking about how old-ish school tactics are helping them get in front of prospects that inbound just can’t reach.

Enter, Mike Volpe read more

The Sales Lion To Merge with IMPACT

Today, we are thrilled to announce that The Sales Lion will be merging with IMPACT.

For years, both teams have had a close relationship sharing the same purpose, passions, values, and goals.

Last year, we formed a partnership that allowed our two companies to work together, better educate and service clients, and co-host IMPACT Live 2017.

In 2018, we’re making this partnership permanent.

What to Expect:

I will join Bob Ruffolo and Tom DiScipio as a partner of IMPACT, read more

4 Things I Learned About Growing My Marketing Career Over The Years

Truth be told, I didn’t imagine a career in marketing back in my college days.

When I was 18, I honestly wasn’t even thinking of going to college because I couldn’t afford it. I was living in a small town north of Pittsburgh and my plan was to waitress, like I did all throughout high school. Yeah, that was my plan. 

Today, I am part of one of the largest marketing agencies in the country. If you would have asked me at 18 where’d I’d be today, I would read more

How to Get Back to Business After a Long Holiday Break [MarketHer Ep. 17]

We are very lucky here at IMPACT.

Between Christmas and the New Year, we close our doors and take a much needed break from the daily grind.

We spend the weeks leading up to this time preparing to ensure all work and clients are satisfied and ready to hit the ground running come the 1st of the New Year, but whether you take a break over the holidays or go on vacation, don’t you just feel like your mind is in a fog those first few days back?

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You're Celebrating the Wrong Growth Metrics. Here's Why.

Spotify has over 60 million users; Twitter, 330 million; Instagram, 800 million.

“New users” is to the SaaS world what the “Red Wedding” was to Game of Thrones fans — a hot topic, a game changer; but depending on your business goals, industry, and even audience, it may not be a fair representation of your organization’s actual growth or success.

For many SaaS organizations it is, in fact, a vanity metric.

What Are Vanity Metrics Anyway?

Simply put, vanity metrics read more

"Not Your Mother's New Year's Resolutions" (Creator's Block, Ep. 55)

This time of year is always full of reflection. And looking back, 2017 has been an… interesting year for Jessie-Lee, Marcella, and myself.

It’s been full of amazing client work and big wins, as well as broken expectations and massive life changesIn short, a lot has happened. 

But when we scoped out our annual New Year’s episode, I wanted us to move beyond the usual, “Okay, read more

How These Top 7 Tech Mergers & Acquisitions of 2017 Will Affect 2018

Sometimes, the best you could hope for is to go out with a bang.

Whether your a company whose becoming progressively successful or one who just doesn’t see a clear future for itself, being acquired can be an exciting strategy leading to an unknown future.2017 saw a number of notable deals arise, especially in the tech industry. Some left market watching curious, while others just seemed like a perfect marriage.

What’s great about acquisitions, especially to read more

"Inbound Marketing New Year's Resolutions" (Inbound Success Ep. 19)

Happy new year from The Inbound Success Podcast! I can’t believe today is officially 2018 and the new year has already begun. In last week’s Christmas episode, I looked back on 2017 and shared why I started this podcast and thanked the guests that have joined me on this journey so far.

This week, its a holiday again and I wanted to look forward to what I’m resolving to do in 2018, both personally and professionally.

So here goes… Listen to the podcast to hear read more

100 Inspirational Leadership Quotes To Make You a Better Manager This Year

Happy New Year, everyone!

Like many on our team, if you’re newly-managing a team this year, understand one thing:

The best managers aren’t focused on improving their ability to supervise, they’re focused on improving their ability to lead

Almost anyone can be trained to manage, but very few actually succeed in becoming truly great leaders.

So, while the new year confetti is still settling and before you’re neck-deep in the year’s objectives, here’s a little read more

New Step by Step Roadmap for Forex Trade Exit Strategies

As a lot of the strategies are crafted dependent on the person’s abilities they generally yield good returns. Many strategies are geared toward hedging against downturns in the industry. There are much too many exit strategies to select from.

Definitions of Forex Trade Exit Strategies

With just a little education, diligence and desire, it is possible to soon begin Forex trading, some very effective tutorials or forex articles can help you read more

There’s a new artist to be on the look out for “Lil Fifty”

Lil Fifty’s building a repertoire for himself in the industry. Boasting a pioneering sound along with a dynamic stage presence, this artist’s music is turning eyes and ears. This is one artist that you’ll want to keep up with and follow his career. High impact moves are being made by Lil Fifty, and it won’t be long before he reach a bigger amount of fan’s because of his great music .

Lil Fifty

Coming from the south and the city of Yazoo City, MS, this artist does music for the struggle read more