Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 6, 2016

Influencer marketing now makes up a significant part of marketing budgets and according to a report by Tomson , 59% of marketers have plans to increase their influencer marketing budget in 2016. More than ever 2016 will see brands using employees as advocates, to seek the trust and loyalty of their customers.

Paid Content 100

Paid Content Marketing Management Budget Programs Planning 100

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 9, 2017

Social media may have helped marketers connect with clients and prospects in 2016 more than they initially thought. The “2016 Social Commerce Survey” from SUMO Heavy found that last year, 72 percent of buyers used social media on a daily basis. About 47 percent claimed that they utilized it multiple times per day.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

I thought it would be interesting to revisit some content marketing predictions for 2016. Especially the discussion of quantity over quality, which was a big theme for this year’s Content Marketing World … The following is a repost of an article that was published in January of 2016. Looks like they are holding up!

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Top of Funnel Content Marketing Advertising Agencies Content 100

ViewPoint

JANUARY 22, 2016

This is the third in a series of three blogs about what experts feel companies did well in 2015 and what they would do better in 2016. plus I pulled some additional comments pulled from Mikogo’s Sales Trends & Challenges in 2016 – 12 Experts Share Their Predictions (I am one of the experts). What They Can Do Better in 2016?

Top of Funnel 149

Top of Funnel Work Management PointClear B2B Thought Leadership 149

Kaon

MAY 17, 2016

As the SBANE Circle of Excellence welcomes the class of 2016, I can honestly say it is one of our best yet”, said SBANE’s New England Innovation Awards Committee Chairman, Todd Faber, President, The Faber Group. Congratulations to all of the Winners of the 2016 New England Innovation Award!

Interactive Marketing 113

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Whether you’re thinking about launching a business in 2016 or you’re already working on growing one, you probably recognize and understand the importance and value of tools. In this post, we’re listing the 50 best startup tools and resources that you should consider using in 2016. Customer Support Tools. Sales Tools.

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Startups Tools Best Practices Word of Mouth 100

Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 8, 2015

We are seeing continued growth in the adoption of buyer personas as a means for understanding buyers and customers. Perhaps of greater importance is their customers and buyers are engaged and benefitting immensely from renewed initiatives to be relevant to the goals of buyers. Take The State Of Buyer Persona 2016 Survey.

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Buyer Personas Customer Surveys Ideal Customer Profiles Organic Leads 100

KEO Marketing

JUNE 16, 2016

In 2016 brands will be striving to connect more deeply with customers. The age of the well-informed customer is upon us, with their greater access to information and constant connection to their friends and industry experts. Here are three attributes that brands must embrace in 2016. Customer Experience.

Brand Identity 48

Brand Identity Branding Ethics Trade Show 48

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But, as Arnie Kuenn points out, if your target customers aren’t looking for the type of content you’re putting out, you’re already swimming against the tide. As I performed keyword research throughout 2016, I began noticing more and more terms returning an “Answer Box” result in Google SERPs.

Adwords 152

Adwords SERP Work Management Paid Search Agency 152

Convince & Convert

MARCH 15, 2016

My good friends at Edison Research handled the data gathering for my new book, Hug Your Haters , and we discovered that customer service is being massively disrupted. Podcast Listening Grew 23% Between 2015 and 2016. In 2016 it’s a much different story: 64% of podcasts are being listened to on a smartphone or tablet.

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 8, 2015

It seems like a millisecond ago, my team and I were assembled at our 2015 kick-off making plans for the coming year and alas here we again, the end of another year and looking forward to 2016. Investment in marketing skill set is essential in 2016. This will never work as technology is not, nor never will be, a strategy.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Planning B2B Work Management 100

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2015

No, it’s time for content prognosticators and marketing futurists to get out their crystal balls and start predicting the biggest trends for content marketing for 2016. My Main Content Marketing Prediction For 2016? The leading marketing trend of 2016 will be the maturing of the age of ad blocking. What do you think?

Paid Search Agency 100

Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Content Marketing Demand Generation Agencies 100

Influitive

JANUARY 27, 2017

To start 2017 off strong, we’re reviewing some of Influitive’s biggest B2B marketing campaigns from 2016 to see what went well and what we could improve on. (If January is the perfect time to review the past year’s ups and downs—both personally and professionally—to see how you can do better. If you’re curious about previous years,

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Campaigns B2B Advertising Agencies 100

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 2, 2016

Ad games are the most effective way to engage your target customers on mobile, but creating an ad game alone isn’t enough – you also need to think about who your target customers are, where they spend their time and. The post 5 Key Mobile Marketing Trends for 2016 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Biznology

APRIL 13, 2016

Just like that, the first quarter of 2016 is done. We thought this would be a good time to analyze the emerging marketing trends of 2016 so far. After looking through many of the trends we are seeing, the common themes across almost all new marketing initiatives have to do with delivering excellent customer experiences.

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Trends Planning Paid Search Agency Loyalty 80

Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

What will successful B2B marketers to be doing more of or differently in 2016? That question was recently posed to me and other thought leaders who contribute to B2B Marketing Zone, and 25 responded with a range of insights about content marketing, measuring results, employee advocacy, customer experience and other topics.

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Personalization B2B Marketing Education B2B 100

Thinkers360

APRIL 18, 2024

At a Glance Aruna Ravichandran SVP & Chief Marketing and Customer Officer for Webex, Cisco Focus Areas : Marketing, Cloud, DevOps, IT Operations Thinkers360 In-Depth Profile & Portfolio: Aruna Ravichandran Social Media: LinkedIn | X Books: DevOps for Digital Leaders , The Kitty Hawk Venture.

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B2B Thought Leadership Work Management Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management 52

Convince & Convert

JANUARY 4, 2016

Prediction #1: We’ll see many more positive media stories about email marketing than negative in 2016. Beacons, geofences, mobile bar codes, and app behavior triggers will further intertwine email and mobile in 2016 and beyond. Prediction #2: The majority of email opens will occur on mobile devices in 2016. highlight to tweet).

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

So what can your brand do to stand out and get a customer’s attention, and ultimately turn that […]. The post Top 100 Content Marketing Influencers and Brands In 2016 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. It’s no wonder that one of the biggest challenges content marketers face today is getting their content seen.

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Content Marketing Brand Identity Branding Content 0

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But, as Arnie Kuenn points out, if your target customers aren’t looking for the type of content you’re putting out, you’re already swimming against the tide. As I performed keyword research throughout 2016, I began noticing more and more terms returning an “Answer Box” result in Google SERPs.

Adwords 120

Adwords SERP Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

Tony Zambito

JANUARY 3, 2016

In 2016, we will mark the fifteenth year since buyer personas were first introduced. What is clear is buyer personas are now entering the mainstream of dialogue when it comes to overall customer understanding. . I wish to thank the (124) respondents of the State of Buyer Personas 2016 Survey for taking the time to complete the survey.

Buyer Personas 100

Buyer Personas Correlation Effectiveness Ideal Customer Profiles 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Many marketing experts have predicted that 2016 will be the year for videos. This is no surprise given leading content marketing brands like Red Bull, Netflix, GoPro, Cisco, Amazon, and many more are already using videos to build awareness and loyalty with their customers.

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Stats Video Marketing Amazon Loyalty 100

KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 26, 2017

Marketers believe in the benefits of personalization, but research indicates that they are not confident in their ability to deliver unique customer experiences. The “2017 Trends in Personalization” report from Evergage recently showed that 96 percent of marketers agree that personalization can help advance customer relationships.

Personalization 121

Personalization Marketing Management Marketing & Strategy Paid Search Agency 121

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

If there’s one thing we learned in 2015, it’s that in 2016 marketers are increasingly moving away from a “Mad Men” advertising era to a digital marketing age focused on the customer experience and journey. The post 12 Marketing Trends Every Top Brand Needs To Know In 2016 appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

Trends 100

Trends Brand Identity Branding Marketing & Strategy 100

Kaon

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Visit us at ExhibitorLive 2016 booth #1672 February 29- March 2 in Las Vegas! With new advancements in technology, and marketers’ desire to deliver a better customer experience, the probability for creating higher qualified leads for their sales teams is now better than ever before. The answer is simple.

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Trade Show Sales Qualified Leads Interactive Marketing Sales Cycle 100

Lattice

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

And who among us doesn’t need to hit the ground running in 2016? Modern marketers already have a wealth of knowledge about their customers and prospects in their CRM and marketing automation systems. From there, predictive analytics can be used to identify the unique fingerprint of your most valuable customers.

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Top of Funnel Analytics Demand Lead Scoring 100

Biznology

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Here are the 10 most inspiring digital marketing stories of 2016. Best known for their functional cars that offer amazing price-to-value ratios, the customer market grew by 60,000 cars in the last three years. DACIA : A subsidiary of Renault is one of Europe’s fastest growing car brands. They focused on both desktop and mobile users.

Paid Content 80

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Planning Advertising Agencies 80

The Forward Observer

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

His other books are: Better Selling Through Storytelling: The Essential Roadmap to Becoming a Revenue Rockstar with a Foreword by Tim Sanders (2019) The Successful Pitch: Conversations About Going from Invisible to Investable with a Foreword by Judy Robinett (2016) The 7 Most Powerful Selling Secrets: Soar Your Way to Success With Integrity, Passion (..)

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Onalytica B2B

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Typical techniques of social selling include sharing relevant content, interacting directly with potential buyers and customers, personal branding, and social listening. Social selling has become a powerful strategy used by organisations to help sell their ideas and win customers.

Enterprise Management 0

Enterprise Management PointClear Brand Identity Branding 0

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 11, 2015

You May Be Surprised at the # 1 B2B Marketing Responsibility of 2016. Managing “marketing technology tools” and “market/competitor analysis” round out the top three marketing duties predicted for 2016, representing 76% and 75% of respondents, respectively. Why Customers? Sign up to be notified as soon as our beta is announced.

B2B Marketing 100

B2B Marketing Marketing Management B2B Paid Search Agency 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

Here’s a list of our top 10 performing blogs for 2016, brought to you by me and unsuspectingly chosen by you: Measure the ROI of Digital Advertising Beyond Revenue Impact. If you’ve ever shopped at Nordstrom before, you may have realized how it’s the epitome of world-class customer service. Lead by example.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketo B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 106

Martech

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The RMN boom is, in large part, a result of brands and retailers working together to find the best way to reach these customers as their habits shift toward delivery and pickup. ( A: I worked at a number of companies before, but began at Georgia-Pacific in 2016. A: The main barrier for customers was delivery costs. Get MarTech!

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Advertising Agencies Media eCommerce Cost Per Click 104

xiQ

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

xiQ Wins Prestigious 2016 Content Marketing Award. Sept 19, 2016 — xiQ, Inc., a leader in real-time personalized market intelligence, is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the 2016 Content Marketing Award for Best Integration of Mobile Devices in a Content Marketing Program. Follow xiQ on Linkedin and Twitter.

Enterprise Management 62

Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services Content Marketing Salesforce.com 62

Spiralytics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

A 2016 survey by Spigit found that 75% of the respondents have improvement of customer experience (CX) their top objective as a company. CX was also the most pressing matter for marketers in 2014 , and it’s expected that by 2020, it will take over price and product as key differentiators.

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Press Differentiation Paid Search Agency Pricing 118

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 12, 2022

During the five years I covered marketing technology as a Gartner research analyst, I never saw a category take off like the customer data platform (CDP). In 2016, the CDP shot up Gartner’s well-known Hype Cycle – which tracks buzz – more vigorously than anything in memory. How Salesforce uses a customer data platform.

Ideal Customer Profiles 98

Ideal Customer Profiles Enterprise Management Marketing Management Loyalty 98

Contently

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The internet changed all that—and we’ll look back at 2016 as the year that digital officially assumed the mantle. 2016 was a landmark year for the marketing, media, advertising, and tech space. If 2016 was any indication, VR may end up as a niche market compared to the portability, sociability, and widespread applications of AR.

Marketing AI 60

Marketing AI Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Acquisitions 60

Vidyard

MAY 11, 2016

Beating out tough competition, Vidyard joins an elite group of marketers that have partnered with Marketo to positively impact their joint customers’ businesses and bottom lines, build engaging relationships with customers and inspire others in the marketing industry.

Marketo 50

Marketo Bulldog Solutions Enterprise Management Work Management 50