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Our Favorite Blog Posts & Articles for 2016: 5th Annual Edition

KoMarketing Associates

As I performed keyword research throughout 2016, I began noticing more and more terms returning an “Answer Box” result in Google SERPs. High ROI is Costing You Money. However, it is a frequent misconception that higher ROI is always better. Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends. From Darren Huang.

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Revisiting Content Marketing Predictions in 2016

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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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Survey: Marketers Remain Challenged to Prove the ROI of Efforts

KoMarketing Associates

Although marketers are invested in showing the impact of their work, new research indicates that they are struggling to prove the ROI. percent) claim that their top challenge for proving ROI is attributing social and content to revenue. According to the 2017 Marketing Leadership Survey from TrackMaven, just 27.6

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The Three Most Important B2B Marketing Questions for 2016

Kaon

To achieve success in 2016, these are the most important questions for marketers to ask: What are the reasons our sales teams lose deals they should have won? In 2016, we need to be focused not on what’s different about our solution but why it matters to the customer. ROI) and the emotional (e.g., Why do we lose?

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Report: On-Site Content Marketing Yields Highest ROI for Online Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

The 2017 “What Works in Online Marketing” report from AudienceBloom recently looked at ten different tactics online marketers are using, as well as the ROI they are presenting. While being two of the easiest tactics to execute or find a vendor to execute, social media and email marketing were near the bottom of the list in terms of ROI.

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The B2B Marketer’s Guide to Measuring Social Media ROI

Zoominfo

billion spent on social marketing efforts in the United States alone in 2016 ( source ). When asked why many cited the difficulties associated with measuring the ROI of their social media efforts ( source ). Unlike other marketing strategies, calculating ROI on social initiatives can be difficult for a number of factors.

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My Top Content Marketing Predictions For 2016

Marketing Insider Group

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. I also thought that we would stop asking about social media ROI (not so right) and that we would start to see a shift to content marketing (slow start but right.).