In a typical 8-hour day, how many hours do you spend actually being productive? If you’re anything like the average worker, it’s probably a lot less than you would like to admit. Two separate studies – one carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (US) and another by VoucherCloud (UK) – both find the average worker […]
Here at Venture Harbour, we empower marketers, entrepreneurs and brands to accelerate growth. While we’re not an SEO or marketing agency in the traditional sense, our focus is essentially on making these strategies more effective for agencies and business owners. This means we work very closely with digital agencies, marketing professionals and entrepreneurs to help […]
According to McKinsey&Company, email marketing is 40 times more effective than social media and marketers still rate this strategy as the most effective, according to Smart Insights research on the State of Email marketing in 2017. Source: Smart Insights Now, creating a killer email marketing strategy can take time and one of your biggest challenges is […]
With so many conversion rate optimisation (CRO) tools available today, it’s easy to think anyone can pick up the latest software and transform their business. However, as with any trade, the right tools in the wrong hands can cause all kinds of damage and it takes more than a bit of software to run a […]
Finding the right mix of B2B inbound marketing strategies can be challenging and most articles covering this topic are only going to tell you the same obvious things. Generate leads from organic search, make the most of social media and don’t forget about paid advertising – that kind of rubbish. Yeah, thanks for that. In this […]
If you’re not automating your sales process in 2018, you’re getting left behind. With today’s range of tools, businesses of all sizes are turning automation into bigger results. Which means it’s not only the leading brands in your industry you need to try and catch up but also the smaller enterprises who now have the […]
If you’re on the hunt for an all-in-one customer relationship management (CRM) platform but you’re not yet ready to pay up for enterprise software, then you’ll want to keep reading. Maybe you’re not sure exactly what you need from a CRM or you simply don’t have the budget to go all-in at this stage. Whatever […]
Did you know Twitter is the most popular social marketing channel for organisations in the UK? According to CMI research, 95% of UK marketers choose Twitter as a content marketing platform for lead generation, beating LinkedIn (92%) and Facebook (74%). If that comes as a surprise, it probably shouldn’t because Twitter has proven itself as one […]
Marketing automation and CRM platforms are great for lead nurturing, but first you’ve got to be able to generate those leads to begin with. This is where your web forms come in and optimising your forms for lead generation will help you unlock the full potential of your customer relationship management (CRM) software. In this […]
In the age of personalised marketing, chatbots emerge as one of the few channels that can offer a genuine one-to-one experience between brands and users. Sadly, the hype that surrounded chatbots throughout 2016 and an unfounded focus on human-like conversations detracted from the true potential of chatbots. As far as lead generation tools, chatbots can […]