Best Books on Marketing and Branding to Take Your Business to the Next Level

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If you’re looking to take your marketing game to the next level, reading the best marketing books can be an excellent way to gain insights, learn new strategies, and stay up to date with the latest trends in the industry. Sure, you can browse all day on social media and search for articles and white […]

Six Signs It’s Time to Break Up With Your Marketing Automation Platform

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That nagging feeling that something’s not quite right. That little voice in your head saying you deserve better. That slowly rising sense of dread when you log into your user account. You guessed it—there may be trouble in marketing automation paradise.  Seriously, though: when you choose marketing automation software, you’re choosing an important partner. Teams […]

Best Manufacturing Marketing Examples to Inspire in 2023

Jargon. It’s easy to get lost in it. The world of heavy industry is rife with manufacturing marketing examples that show what happens when jargon distracts from clear communication. Marketing something incredibly technical, scientific, or just plain complicated presents a serious challenge. It takes not just great communication skills and marketing savvy, but also a […]

The Hottest Marketing Automation Trends for 2023

Wouldn’t it be nice if your buyers were predictable? If they’d always follow the same path to purchase, and you could easily predict their behaviors and purchasing patterns? It would make marketing and closing deals much easier, that’s for sure. But as you know, prospects and customers aren’t predictable. Their buying patterns, channel interactions, and […]

Act-On in Action: How We Built Our Customer Power-Up Series and Gained 700 New Best Friends

In 2022, we decided to bring back a program built and designed specifically with our customers in mind, Act-On Customer Power-Ups, a dedication customer webinar series.  We’ve seen great engagement and are building out even more programming for 2023.   When you launch or relaunch a customer program, it’s not guaranteed to be successful.  We’ll walk […]

Why ISO 27001 is Important for Marketers

Why ISO 27001 is Important for Marketers

Data security has always been important, but urgency around security only grew during the pandemic when many industries – such as healthcare – experienced all-time highs in the volume of security breaches. Marketing has also transformed over the past several years. Customers don’t just prefer personalized experiences – they demand them. And if you miss […]

Planning for a Successful Holiday Email Marketing Campaign

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A guest post from Brandon Blair and Travis Wetherbee on our Deliverability Team The holidays are the busiest time for email marketers and 2022 is going to be no different. This is the time of the year where volume and frequency are adjusted to try and meet those year end goals. At that same time we […]

Act-On Presents: The Rebel Instinct Podcast

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The Rebel Instinct Podcast features conversations with mavericks and outlaws across the marketing and martech space. Join us for conversations with technology executives, marketers and taste makers who trail-blaze boldly in their fields. Watch on YouTube, or listen on your podcast platform for stories about rebellious choices at work, what needs to stop in marketing […]

How 3 Insurance Companies are Leveraging Marketing Automation

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There are people out there on a quest to find your insurance products and services, and once you capture their attention, you don’t want to lose it. So how can you win attention and trust, then turn that into revenue? That’s a great question and one that many insurance companies are asking. One of the […]