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Digital Sales & Marketing World 2021

The premier, hybrid event for growth-focused business leaders, digital marketers, and sales pros. Virtual passes are free for IMPACT+ Pro members. In-person passes on sale soon.

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Discover the full array of IMPACT services, including inbound marketing training, web design, paid media management, and more.

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Getting started with digital sales and marketing

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They Ask, You Answer

Free They Ask, You Answer course

Learn the principles of the They Ask, You Answer by taking our most popular course, taught by Marcus Sheridan himself.

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Turn your company into a high-performing digital organization with our flagship coaching program, Digital Sales and Marketing Mastery.

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“One of the 11 Marketing Books every CMO should read.” — Forbes

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Virtual Selling Mastery

Equip your sales team with proven methods to connect with today’s buyer, shorten the sales cycle, and close more deals, faster.

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Virtual Selling Summit 2021

Your one-day virtual selling crash course! Today, sales reps are struggling to sell remotely. Learn how to close more deals in a virtual world.

Virtual Sales training checklist

Video sales call best practices

What to do if your sales reps are missing their numbers during COVID

How to use LinkedIn to close more deals in 2021

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Free video sales and marketing strategy course

Zach Basner teaches you the fundamentals of making video for sales and marketing work inside your organization.

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Video Sales and Marketing World 2021

Video Sales & Marketing World 2021 is in the works. In the meantime, enjoy the 2020 event on-demand - free for IMPACT+ Pro Members.

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The Visual Sale, the book

Learn how to use video to ignite sales, accelerate marketing, and grow your business in a virtual world in this book from Marcus Sheridan and Vidyard’s Tyler Lessard.

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Master video inside your organization

Video is a critical component of any high-performing digital sales and marketing program, and is a key part of Digital Sales and Marketing Mastery.

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The ultimate guide to video for sales

7 most important videos for sales and marketing

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Ace your YouTube strategy in 2021

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Taught by Carina Duffy, IMPACT’s lead HubSpot trainer.

Marketing automation mastery (with HubSpot workflows)

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Following INBOUND 2020, IMPACT and HubSpot co-hosted a full-day of deep dive sessions to help HubSpot users get the most out of the new features fast! On-demand access is free for IMPACT+ Pro Members.

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Maximize your investment in HubSpot's marketing, sales, or service platforms with guided training and implementation services.

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Hubspot pricing: your guide to everything HubSpot costs

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Website Optimization Summit

Learn how you may be unwittingly undermining the money-making potential of your website and how to fix it! Watch the opening keynote for free on-demand inside IMPACT+.

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Ah, social media. Just when you feel like you're getting comfortable with the rules that govern Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and so forth, the powers that be decide to change their algorithms, flip the table on what works and what doesn't, and upend what it takes to grow your brand's social presence. Stay on top of the latest social media news and get all the expert insights you need to grow your brand's online community with the resources below.

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You're an organizational leader or digital marketer who believes they want to build an online community to grow your business — or you're thinking about it — but you need more information on the why and the how of creating and managing branded communities online. If this sounds like you, you've come to the right place.

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Audience vs. Community: What's the Difference for Your Brand?

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The Good, Bad, & Ugly Approaches to Working With a Social Media Intern

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Stephanie Baiocchi Director of Community & Events, Speaker, Co-Leader of the Chicago HubSpot User Group, Host of ‘The IMPACT Show’ Podcast

Stephanie is the Director of Community & Events at IMPACT and absolutely loves connecting with people and building relationships. She has been using HubSpot for 8 years across a variety of industries on the client and agency side.

Stephanie is also a co-leader of the Chicago HubSpot User Group. She is a Carthage College graduate with a B.A. in Public Relations and German. She also owns a highly coveted HubSpot bicycle! You can catch Stephanie engaging with our community in our Facebook group, IMPACT Elite, or planning our variety of in-person and virtual events.

Outside of IMPACT, Stephanie loves photographing weddings, trying new restaurants and taking her dog, Penny, to the park.

Ali Parmelee Facebook Ads Lead, Paid Media Specialist, Speaker, 15+ years of PPC and Facebook Ads expertise

As IMPACT’s Facebook Ads Strategist, Ali build and manages full-funnel e-commerce and lead generation campaigns. She loves Facebook Ads, and see's them as the perfect blend of creativity and analytics.

As part of an elite Mastermind group with some of the best Facebook advertisers in the world, she continuously builds her skills and pushs boundaries to produce dynamic marketing results—and return on investment.

Ali thrives in the constantly evolving landscape of Facebook and Instagram Ads with full-funnel development, marketing automation and growth strategies.

Jessica Palmeri HubSpot Trainer, 8+ Years Of Digital Marketing Strategy & Project Management Experience

Jessica is a Certified HubSpot Trainer with a long track record of both leveraging HubSpot as a marketer, as well as training HubSpot clients on how to maximize their automation software investments.
Jessica has 7+ years of hands on HubSpot experience. As a member of the IMPACT HubSquad, she works with clients to up their inbound marketing game, consider out-of-the-box automation strategies, and ultimately achieve their organizational goals.
She’s active in local HubSpot User Groups, helps to lead the monthly HubSpot Virtual Peer Group discussions in IMPACT+, and periodically connects with product managers at HubSpot to provide feedback on their product roadmap.
When she’s not HubSpotting, Jessica loves to tackle new recipes in the kitchen and she’s always down for a good road trip or weekend getaway.

Stephanie Baiocchi Director of Community & Events Speaker, Co-Leader of the Chicago HubSpot User Group, Host of ‘The IMPACT Show’ Podcast

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"Avoiding Instagram Influencer Fraud Ft. Oliver Yonchev of Social Chain" (Inbound Success Ep. 108)

September 16th, 2019

How to Grow Your Online Community Using Video (Film School for Marketers, Ep. 11)

April 30th, 2019

"How Alex Nerney's Pinterest Strategy Drives 200,000 Organic Monthly Visits to His Website" (Inbound Success Ep. 89)

May 6th, 2019

The Many Pieces of the IMPACT Community (The IMPACT Show Ep. 70)

February 13th, 2019

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Research: The best times to post on social media in 2020 (by platform)

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