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How to Use Video Content to Generate Leads and Drive Sales

Contently

The series, which debuted over a decade ago, was one of the first majorly successful examples of video content marketing. Clips helped drive sales of the blender up 500 percent in 2008 without any overt calls-to-action. How video content can help drive leads. How does video impact this relationship? Video case study.

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Event Marketing Leads Plummet Due To Coronavirus Cancelations

Smashmouth Marketing

Amid the day to day progression of the coronavirus, companies are seeing one of their major lead generation programs dry up – event marketing. One of the most respected VCs out there, Sequoia, just released a memo to its portfolio companies comparing this year’s impact on business to be similar to 2008. Virtual Events.

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Marketing B2B to Gen Z: Web Content Marketing Strategies for Your Next Generation of Customers

Walker Sands

The best place to start is your web content marketing strategy. And how can you tailor your web content to meet their needs and preferences? Your move: Talk like an expert, but keep Gen Z marketing content conversational and authentic. Make your content inclusive Gen Z is the most diverse generation in history.

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Content Marketing During a Downturn: Here’s What the Conventional Wisdom Gets Wrong

Contently

Companies need to keep growing to succeed, and content is one of the most effective ways to do that. Here’s how investing in content can help you overcome today’s biggest challenges and position your company to succeed long term. How content marketing leads to meaningful ROI. Let’s say you have $500.

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Your B2B Marketing Budget Playbook for 2021 Success [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Look, we all knew B2B marketing had plenty of problems long before COVID-19: Generic, bland, and forgettable content. Neglecting customer retention to focus on lead generation. The LinkedIn-Edelman study reports that executives are prioritizing four key areas: Content marketing (59%). Impersonal ads and digital experiences.

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Why Social Impact Storytelling Will Be 2021’s Hottest Content Trend

Contently

That’s why social impact storytelling was one of the top content trends I presented in our State of Content Marketing 2021 trends webinar (which you can get on-demand here.). Social impact storytelling needs to be a part of your content strategy in 2021. It’s not a nice-to-have anymore; it’s a necessity.

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Content Goblins

Kevin Indig

SEO - content goblins SEOs, referred to as “ content goblin willing to eschew rules, morals, and good taste in exchange for eyeballs and mountains of cash ” in the narrative journalism article by The Verge, have an outsized impact on the quality of the web. From 2008 to 2018, US publisher revenue nosedived from $37.8b