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30 Remarkable Content Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2013 (and 2014)

Webbiquity

In another study, 35% of marketing professionals worldwide cited content marketing as their leading focus in 2013, followed by social media (25%) and SEO (15%). business enterprises said creating “metrics that demonstrate the value of social media” was their top internal social media objective for 2013. Michael Brenner ).

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2013 Year in Review: Top 6 focus areas for B2B marketers this year

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Tweet As the holiday season quickly approaches an end, and marketers prepare to make 2014 their best year yet, we pulled together the top blog posts on the B2B Lead Roundtable Blog to share the most popular topics, chosen by marketers just like you. Read on for five more areas of focus that were top of mind in the B2B realm in 2013.

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Three Crucial Cybersecurity Questions to Ask Before Buying Any SaaS Marketing Tool

Webbiquity

The “freemium” model for software marketing—giving away a limited version of an online software product in order to entice users into paying for a scaled-up or full-featured version—started gaining traction back in early 2013 and really took off over the next 18 months. Image credit: rawpixel.com on Pexels.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity

More than 80% of small to midsized businesses (SMBs) plan to increase their use of social media in 2013. Not suprising, considering that 87% of SMBs say that social media has helped them either somewhat or a great deal in th past year. Of those using this channel, social media accounts for 32% of SMB marketing activities.

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Power Opinions - BANT is BUNK … Revisited

ViewPoint

I have written articles and blogs against BANT (as a lead qualifying criterion) for years. A couple of months ago I read a blog by Ardath Albee entitled “BANT is Bunk, BS and Irrelevant”. I summarized Ardath’s thoughts, and mine, in a blog published on July 11, 2013. BANT is not dead in high traffic, SMB offers.

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How Local Search Will Evolve in 2013 [6 Predictions]

Hubspot

It’ll be tough for 2013 to top a year that saw: The acceleration of local search volumes due to unprecedented smartphone adoption. Going out on a limb here, I predict that the local temperature will only continue to rise in 2013. 2013 will not, I think, be a year of radical changes in the local search paradigm.

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A Year in Review: The Biggest Social Media Updates of 2013

Hubspot

Can you believe 2013 is almost over? That''s why it''s important to not only analyze your own marketing data, but to understand what occurred in the marketing industry in 2013 as a whole. So, we pulled the top two or three updates to your favorite social networks from 2013 and what they mean for marketers everywhere.