Contently

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Here are five important content campaigns that stand out to me, not just for what they did for the client, but for how they still inform what I do today. Whether it’s for advertising, content marketing, or journalism, every writer needs a portfolio that shows off your distinct voice. Bhutan Tourist Board: The power of research.

Advertising Agencies 211

Advertising Agencies Campaigns Paid Search Agency Television marketing 211

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Nowadays, it's critical you invest in a video marketing strategy to build brand awareness and expand your reach, particularly since so many people prefer watching video over other types of content. However, one significant downside to live streaming is the unpredictable nature of it, which makes your content prone to flaws.

Examples 101

Examples Ad Building Brand Identity Branding 101

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Whoa – quite a mouthful!

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Web 2.0 100

Scoop.it

MARCH 21, 2023

2023 is outside, and most digital marketing specialists understand that today’s SEO is more than keywords in content and tons of backlinks from other resources. To win SERPs in 2023, we need to write content for people but, at the same time, make it look high-quality for search engines.

SERP 80

SERP Long Tail Marketing Dwell Content 80

Webbiquity

MARCH 21, 2019

Scott Brinker’s marketing technology supergrapic has grown from just 150 tools in 2011 to almost 7,000 today. Creating quality content. Content has become the cornerstone of B2B marketing. It’s been reported that 91% of B2B marketers use content marketing. Content marketing is about quality, not quantity.

Marketing AI 267

Marketing AI Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 267

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Moz did that eye-tracking study back in 2011 when Google was just starting to show video thumbnails in search results when there were fewer of those than we see today. Eye-tracking studies of Bing’s and Google’s SERPs show a strong influence of visual results on click-through, as shown in the heat maps below.

SEO 159

SEO SERP Conversion Eye-Tracking 159

RebelMouse

AUGUST 25, 2022

Google announced the rollout of a new major algorithm update — dubbed the “helpful content update” — which launched the week of August 22, 2022. The helpful content update uses machine learning to deprioritize content that isn’t, well, helpful. What We Know so Far About Google’s Helpful Content Update.

CMS Development 98

CMS Development Content Classified Ads Eye-Tracking 98

markempa

DECEMBER 19, 2016

“With the rise of content marketing, a lot of businesses get stuck in the eBook rut,” saysLinda West ( @ misslindawest ), Director of Digital Marketing at Act-On Software , a rapidly growing company that makes a marketing automation Software as a Service (SaaS). A Shift in Customer Behavior in Content Marketing. And no wonder. “We

Top of Funnel 120

Top of Funnel Marketing Automation Services Video Marketing B2B Marketing 120

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. What you need to focus on is the content and optimizing the content to get comments and likes which will help you drive amount of people that Facebook will show your page to.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

Content marketing is the most critical aspect of modern marketing, and its focus is always on the customer. 2011: Snapchat arrives, becoming beloved by all generations because who doesn’t look better with a filter. Marketers need to deliver content that attracts buyers. This is what content marketing is.

Paid Content 291

Paid Content Ad Frequency Paid Search Agency Marketing Budget 291

Hubspot

JUNE 14, 2018

Now, let’s look at a real example of human-centered design: meal subscription boxes. Take HelloFresh, which was founded in 2011 by Dominik Richter, Thomas Griesel, and Jessica Nilsson. Unlike your boss in the first example, the HelloFresh founders didn’t come up with an idea unrelated to real consumer’s actual needs.

Design 97

Design Examples Product Customer Surveys 97

Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    In addition, I love the numerous amount of content available by some really great writers that shape your thinking or spur further thoughts.  Image via Wikipedia.   And thank you Mr. . 

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel Trends Conversion Buyer Personas 100

B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 31, 2024

In his 2011 best-selling book, Thinking, Fast and Slow , Dr. Kahneman described his views regarding human judgment in non-academic terms and introduced his now-famous "System 1-System 2" model of human decision-making. Kahneman and Tversky challenged the long-standing notion that people make economic decisions on a purely rational basis.

Marketing Proposals 71

Marketing Proposals Impressions Opinions Paper 71

Avitage

MARCH 28, 2013

The opening lines, and most of the lines that followed, really grabbed my attention: “Marketers spent more than $40 billion on custom media in 2011. B2B marketers are allocating one-third of their budgets to content marketing, and more than half plan to increase content marketing spending in 2013.

Allocation 120

Allocation Webcast Curation Content 120

SnapApp

DECEMBER 29, 2011

2011 was a big year for SnapApp! SnapApp interactive content can go anywhere your audience is: your blog, website, Facebook page, on a stand-along microsite, and more. Want to see more examples? We were thrilled to see clients creating so many amazing quizzes and sweepstakes. Best SnapApp Sweepstakes: Magic Beans.

Best Practices 48

Best Practices Microsite Viral Marketing Buzz 48

Valasys

AUGUST 10, 2023

Most webmasters used to ignore old content on their websites once it was out of sight. Old content used to (and still in some cases) receive no love from site owners. This is a shame since SEO and tracking tools monitoring your traffic and rankings have allowed us to view old content in a new light. I do not blame them.

Traffic 52

Traffic Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Content 52

Webbiquity

MAY 17, 2016

With 93% of B2B marketers now using content marketing to build brand awareness and generate leads, success going forward will require producing higher-quality content —not just more of it. Creating high-quality content starts with planning (deciding what to write about) and research (determining what to say about those topics).

Planning 145

Planning Research Tools Best Practices 145

Webbiquity

AUGUST 19, 2016

Content marketing and SEO are often written about and addressed separately. There have been theories surrounding Google’s algorithm that question if content marketing as important as people think it is for a business’ rankings for years, but there’s no doubting that efficiently marketing quality copy is beneficial to any SEO strategy.

SEO 100

SEO Content Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Brandpoint

DECEMBER 13, 2018

When search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing professionals optimize content, it means they are updating/editing/fixing a web page to boost its organic search performance and bring more traffic to their website. The benefits of creating and optimizing content can be significant for businesses. How does Google rank content?

Top of Funnel 119

Top of Funnel SEO Optimization SERP 119

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

It is becoming more common for B2B organizations to offer website visitors content accessible in multiple languages. In the past, B2B marketers would be concerned with duplicate content issues that could arise in the implementation of multilingual web content. Multilingual Web Page SEO Best Practices for Google.

SEO 120

SEO B2B Marketing & Strategy Guidelines 120

SmartBug Media

APRIL 26, 2023

Here are some examples of personalized subject lines for Memorial Day sales that can be created with Klaviyo segments: For customers who have purchased outdoor goods in the past: "Get ready for summer with 20% off outdoor gear this Memorial Day." Personalize the content. Feels pretty special, right? Memorial Day Deals Ending Soon" 4.

SMS 98

SMS Email Marketing Practices Urgency Marketing 98

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 2, 2013

But I ultimately excluded idio because it is tightly focused on identifying the content that customers are most likely to select, a function I felt was too narrow for a proper CDP. It uses advanced natural language processing to extract entities and concepts from this content, classifying it with the vendor’s own 23 million item taxonomy.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management Lead Ranking 120

ClickZ

JUNE 3, 2020

30-second summary: Betches Media is a digital publisher which was founded in 2011. Content on the site is aimed at Millennial and Gen Z women. Stella Artois is running quarantine-specific content focused on promoting a sweepstakes that will pay for the wedding of couples who got engaged during this time.

Impressions 77

Impressions Curation Newsletter Ideal Customer Profiles 77

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. Content Marketing High-quality content, such as blogs, ebooks, whitepapers, and case studies, is a critical element for drawing in new business and capturing leads.

Work Management 130

Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs Demand Generation 130

Chris Koch

JANUARY 28, 2011

Testing the popularity of content. One of Forrester’s former analysts, Jeremiah Owyang, developed a big following on his personal blog “Web Strategy” in part because he hits on all cylinders of blogging: frequent posts, engaging content, and an active audience that contributes interesting and insightful comments.

Personalization 100

Personalization Forrester Brand Identity Branding 100

ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

When we know where to find quality content, it gives us a strategic advantage. In its State of Content Marketing 2022 Global Report , Semrush asked, “Which tactics helped you the most to make your 2021 content marketing strategy successful?” The content leans towards SEO and case studies. MarketingProfs.

Newsletter 134

Newsletter Planning Paid Search Agency Work Management 134

The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking The Rise of the Content Marketer Content Needs a King I know I don’t have to argue the value of content to readers of this blog.

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Last week I attended Content Marketing World where I joined over 1,700 marketers from more than 40 countries around the world. What makes Content Marketing World so great? There are a lot of things, such as the mastermind behind the whole operation, Joe Pulizzi (@ JoePulizzi ) and his amazing staff at the Content Marketing Institute.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Trade Show Content Mobile Advertising 100

Digilant

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Premium Content” is Rebranding Historically, premium content, and therefore premium ad buys, entailed getting your brand placed within the newest TV releases or blockbuster films. So, if “premium content” isn’t garnering premium results, what is premium? Premium content is now in the eye of the beholder: the consumer.

Advertisements 59

Advertisements Advertising Ad Frequency Classified Ads 59

B2B Marketing Insights - WE

JUNE 8, 2022

You might be missing out on easy ways to optimize your content. Marketers will tell you that creating high-quality content takes a lot of work and getting page views and shares is difficult. However, it is crucial to have useful, engaging, and easily-findable content in order for digital strategies to be successful.

Optimization 52

Optimization SEO Tips Long Tail Marketing 52

Sprout Social

APRIL 18, 2022

Vertical social networks are the next evolution in the never-ending quest for more curated online content experiences. Examples of vertical social networks. Since launching in 2011, Nextdoor has expanded its presence into more than 285,000 neighborhoods globally. Here are some you may have heard about: Letterboxd.

Verticals 103

Verticals Social Media Media Social Networks 103

Webbiquity

JANUARY 31, 2019

Most successful pages and brands have had a great deal of work put into them over time, along with solid decision-making in terms of content, post frequency, and who or what they tag. While most social media content doesn’t have a long shelf life, sometimes a piece of content can go viral after the fact.

Social Media 243

Social Media Media Word of Mouth Analysis 243

Everything Technology Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

One of my recent posts (“ The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 ”) received a lot of great comments. The number one marketing trend for 2011, according to the 17,000 member B2B technology marketing group on LinkedIn, is the increasing integration of social media with traditional marketing tactics to drive qualified leads.

Social Media 100

Social Media Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

The Effective Marketer Effectiveness is a discipline and it can be learned Home About the Effective Marketer Books Speaking Marketing Content That Sells When talking with lead nurturing and marketing automation vendors they all make it seem very easy. Who’s going to write all that new content? But why the focus on content?

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

October 9-11, BOLO 2011 Scottsdale, AZ: Agencyside will be presenting this event where you’ll learn how to stay ahead of the curve in all things digital; from analytics and target marketing to social media and agency management, this event’s topics are cutting-edge and helpful to all marketing professionals. At the 2011 Sales 2.0

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Web 2.0 Marketing Management 40

MLT Creative

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

October 9-11, BOLO 2011 Scottsdale, AZ: Agencyside will be presenting this event where you’ll learn how to stay ahead of the curve in all things digital; from analytics and target marketing to social media and agency management, this event’s topics are cutting-edge and helpful to all marketing professionals. At the 2011 Sales 2.0

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Web 2.0 Marketing Management 40

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Improve content quality. According to a recent study, 80% of B2B marketers already employing influencer marketing, report that influencers have had the greatest impact on improving content marketing campaigns ( source ). With their help, you can put your brand in front of a larger audience, expanding the reach of your content.

Word of Mouth 153

Word of Mouth Peer-to-peer Zoominfo Paid Search Agency 153