Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

What does a good content marketing strategy look like? Why is content marketing king? Whether you are new to the riveting world of content or are a self-ascribed expert (i.e. content addict), there is always more to learn. You may have noticed that we’re talking about more than a marketing tactic.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 1, 2021

Content marketing has the potential to do great things for your brand. However, like any marketing initiative, you need to understand how it’s impacting your organization and the ROI (return on investment) it’s delivering. Quantifying content marketing is a standard part of determining its performance.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Standing at the content marketing crossroads? With 73% of hiring managers looking to ramp up their freelance talent, the big question looms: content marketing freelancers or a full-scale content marketing agency ? A robust content marketing strategy is like a good stew – it needs time to simmer and develop.

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The Lead Agency

MARCH 17, 2024

But what comes first is the lead. Website lead generation forms are one of the most critical touchpoints in the B2B landscape. They are the front lines of engagement, meticulously designed to convert casual browsers into leads. Combining B2B and B2C statistics, the average conversion rate from lead generation forms is 1.7%.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2021

Did you know that over 80% of business-to-business (B2B) marketing teams have a content marketing strategy? But only 11% of those teams consider their content marketing strategy as an excellent one! But how do you create a strong content marketing program? Understanding Content Marketing.

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Biznology

JUNE 22, 2018

I was recently leading a client workshop where I get a question that I had never heard before, “Why are you emphasizing such an aggressive use of analytics if content marketing should be a soft sell?”. The post Does a soft sell conflict with content marketing analytics? And how do you do that?

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ClickZ

JUNE 19, 2023

This, combined with Google’s new – and still evolving – look SERP featuring Generative Search Experiences (SGE), means that the role of data and analytics becomes even more essential to understand what trends are happening in your market and with your content and how it is converting and performing.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Content marketing is a contact sport. Such is the life of a content marketer, where you must balance content marketing strategy vs. execution. You can’t “win” at content marketing without a solid strategy. Your first play should be a content marketing strategy. Image: SEMRush.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

As data analytics grow in sophistication, measuring the results of your marketing efforts becomes even more critical to your company’s success. So why, then, do 44% of all B2B companies not even bother to measure their content marketing ROI? After all, what’s the ultimate goal of content marketing?

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Contently

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Marketing budgets increased in 2022 after dropping to a historic COVID-19-related low in 2021. But content marketers can’t celebrate yet. That extra budget increases the expectation that marketers prove content delivers business results. That can increase the ROI from content marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2022

Debate raged for a long time about whether SaaS companies really needed content marketing. In 2022, that debate is dead — content is a critical piece of successful digital marketing for every SaaS brand. Topics covered in SaaS content are often technical. 5 Actionable Content Marketing Lessons for SaaS.

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Scoop.it

APRIL 11, 2024

According to On24 , 66% of marketers say their sales teams prioritize leads generated by varied webinar strategies. In addition, 99% of marketers cite webinars as key to their plans. This blog will spotlight why those marketers adopt a webinar strategy. You can also do that with traditional content marketing methods.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 7, 2018

The final stage of the content marketing “circle” is analytics: the measurement and evaluation of the results of content marketing activities which feeds back into the first stage, content planning, in order to support data-driven strategic decisions. Web Analytics Tools.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2020

This is why always-on content marketing wins every time: each piece of content is a test. According to CMI, only 9% of B2B marketers believe that their content strategy is effective. Although most B2B small businesses use content marketing, most of them are a total flop. You optimize over time.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 6, 2021

Cultivating new leads and clients can be much costlier and more time consuming than retaining or upselling current ones. However, in today’s world, where we can utilize predictive analytics tools to create highly personalized experiences for customers, it’s critical to focus on delivering value over making a sale or focusing too much on cost.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of the content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. Few companies have too much product content.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For B2B brands, having a content marketing program tends to be a given. But one of the challenges of having a baseline assumption is that it can be easy to lose sight of why content marketing became such a cornerstone of B2B marketing in the first place. It can play a critical role!

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 17, 2021

“Is content marketing the right choice for my business?” Content marketing isn’t just one of those trends that come and go in the marketing world. It’s an essential ingredient in marketing success in the digital universe. After all, it appears on a content marketing agency’s blog, right?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 8, 2021

Is anybody successful with content marketing? Content marketing with a thoughtful strategy and plan doesn’t usually provide the ROI (return on investment) expected. For anybody to be successful with content marketing, you must define success. There are certain must-haves for success in content marketing.

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ClearVoice

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Meanwhile, behind the curtain, in a dark corner of the stage, analytics has been waiting for its moment in the limelight. With recent advances in marketing data analysis, analytics is poised to steal the show. Analytics also gives you actionable data that can support a variety of intelligent content decisions.

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BOP Design

JANUARY 25, 2022

Have you logged into your company’s Google Analytics and were unsure where to find the most useful reports? If you want to dive deeper into Google Analytics and learn more about the user’s journey on your B2B website, here are metrics we recommend you keep an eye on. Learn more: Key metrics to track for B2B marketing.

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Contently

JANUARY 31, 2023

It does mean you probably have more AI functionality available than you realized—even in your content marketing technology. The next step after understanding what the customer thinks today is to predict where those sentiments will lead them tomorrow.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 27, 2020

The best way to do that – and statistics back it up – is content marketing. Did you know that even if you inherited a windfall, you could spend those hundreds of thousands on slick TV ads only to have some other upstart (who does do content marketing) rake in three times your leads?

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ClearVoice

MAY 31, 2023

Let’s face it: Running a successful content marketing campaign isn’t cheap. You need to invest a significant amount of resources and time to see meaningful results from your content marketing efforts. Tracking content ROI allows you to evaluate the effectiveness of your campaigns.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2019

How do you feel about your content marketing strategy? Has it been the guiding force that you intended, helping you attract new audiences and converting them to leads? Content marketing isn’t a perfect science —nor is it a one-and-done kind of activity. The thing is, now you have data.

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Martech

MAY 27, 2022

Tom Snyder is an agency content marketing manager at Hot Dog Marketing in Austin, Texas. His creative roots in copywriting and his passion for analytics are good examples of the kind of all-around game marketers need to bring to the evolving digital playing field. What do you enjoy most about marketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 8, 2020

I had the great pleasure to work with Michael Brenner while in SAP North America Field Marketing and later in SAP Global Marketing. His work in both Thought Leadership and Content Marketing constituted early-stage pioneering work in what we now know as “ modern marketing ”.

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Only B2B

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Any smart marketing tactic even if backed with modern and advanced tools, can cripple down if its content strategy is not planned and focused. So, in this blog, we will shed some light on the strategies of lead generation through content marketing. Don’t Ever Forget To Do An Extensive Market Research .

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If you’re promoting to law firms, consider replacing “lead generation” with “client development” and “landing pages” with “practice area pages.” Rather, understand where each customer stands in the buying cycle and reach out to them with the right type of content.

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Contently

MAY 26, 2020

When I was making the transition from journalism to marketing, my first big epiphany came from a caveman cartoon. You make content, people click on it, and then—BOOM—they immediately buy something or fill out a demo request form. The 3 stages of content ROI. Content leads. Audience growth. These things take time.

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The Lead Agency

MARCH 17, 2024

But what comes first is the lead. Website lead capture forms are one of the most critical touchpoints in the B2B landscape. They are the front lines of engagement, meticulously designed to convert casual browsers into leads. This information becomes the bedrock upon which successful marketing strategies are built.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

“The only metric that matters in marketing is how many qualified leads you generate every month.” ” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue.

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nDash

APRIL 7, 2022

You already know social media should be part of your content marketing strategy. But, do you know which analytics tools to use to enhance those efforts? Social media analytics tools allow you to compile data to answer tough questions about your strategies – like: Should I keep posting on Facebook? Google Analytics.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 14, 2023

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are the metrics that determine your content marketing success, but not all KPIs are equally important. In this article, we’ll explore the metrics that matter most for content marketing in 2023. What KPIs are important for content marketing?

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Hinge Marketing

APRIL 17, 2023

Is your firm ready to start generating significantly more new business leads online? If so, you’ll need to develop a lead generation website — the engine that will drive your online lead generation program. A professional services lead generation website presents some unique challenges. You will need a blog.

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DivvyHQ

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Although it first entered our lexicons more than 50 years ago, “information overload” is all too pertinent in today’s digital business landscape, and especially when it comes to content marketing analytics. Content marketing managers are swimming in analytics. That information is valuable on its own.

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DivvyHQ

JANUARY 26, 2022

Should your company focus on generating leads from content? Regardless of your size and market position, here's a quick guide on the importance of content in not only maintaining that position, but also growing your market through lead generation. The simple answer is yes. Dollar Shave Club, anyone???

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