Tony Zambito

MAY 6, 2020

One approach is to initiate and understand deeply the emergence of the “Pandemic Persona.” Businesses will need to understand the “Pandemic Persona” in the context of business and commerce. What must business leaders and cultural institutions gain a deeper understanding of in order to understand the Pandemic Persona? .

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 13, 2018

We talk about buyer personas a lot on the ZoomInfo blog— for good reason! Marketers use buyer personas to inform every piece of their marketing strategy and ultimately generate more revenue for their respective companies. But buyer personas only work if they’re accurate and include the right kinds of information.

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The Lead Agency

APRIL 2, 2024

How to improve SEO for B2B blog writing In the digital marketing landscape, nothing stays the same for too long. Search engine optimisation (SEO) may still be paramount to business-to-business (B2B) blog writing, but my oh my, how the rules are constantly changing. In B2B, we play the long game.

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Exo B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

But also about blog, search engine optimization (SEO) and artificial intelligence. And are we increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (the ChatGPTs of this world) to write our blog posts, as a way of wasting less time, making our lives easier, taking shortcuts? Who are your personas? What are their issues and needs?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

In today’s blog post we explain why buyer personas are a critical—but often missing—element of your SEO strategy. What is a buyer persona? On a basic level, a buyer persona is essentially a fictional representation of the person who is most likely to buy from your company—your ideal customer. Glad you asked!

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 7, 2020

Writing blog articles for inbound marketing shouldn’t be scary—if anything, it should be fun to write about your business. Blog copy should be as original as possible. An organization that emphasizes its authority shouldn’t be wishy-washy with its blog articles. Write to Your Audience.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 3, 2022

In this guide, we’ll show you how to better understand your target audience by creating buyer personas built on social media data. What is a buyer persona? A buyer persona (sometimes referred to as a customer persona, target persona, audience persona or marketing persona) is a fictionalized profile of your target customer.

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Sharpspring

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Lots of businesses set up blogs without any planning behind the effort. But starting a blog for your business isn’t a task to be taken on without forethought. And this is why many business blogs never deliver any noticeable results: They rank for random keywords that never bring any sales or leads. Here’s the checklist: 1.

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SmartBug Media

JUNE 7, 2019

An introduction might not be the most informative part of your inbound marketing blog article, but it might just be the most important. Although some inbound marketing content might entail more business-related reading, you’re still competing for your distracted persona’s attention. On average, Americans spend just 16.8

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Stevens & Tate

MAY 9, 2022

Buyer personas can help you when it comes to senior living marketing. What Buyer Personas Do You Need for Your Senior Living Business? On the surface of it, the buyer persona for a senior living business seems obvious. Facilities which offer different levels of care need to have personas for each level offered.

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Cintell

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The phrase “buyer persona” gets tossed around within pretty much any marketing course, articles, and other educational materials. Why is the Buyer Persona Important for Business? It is the buyer personas that help businesses decide: Click here to know more.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Welcome back to our B2B Blog Post Round-Up series. The February edition features content about recruiting nightmares, inadequate buyer personas, key considerations for technology buying, and so much more. 5 Reasons Your Buyer Personas Aren’t Good Enough. Bad buyer personas. What is a buyer persona? Keep reading!

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EMagine B2B Blog

JANUARY 6, 2019

Content marketing personas are not new, however, tightly integrating these personas with SEO strategy and tactics is relatively new to most companies and organizations. What is a Content Marketing Persona? What is a Content Marketing Persona? The Importance of Personas. What does this mean for SEO?

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

If you’ve done inbound marketing for any length of time, chances are your organization has written some blog posts. Before you start making changes to your old blog posts, you need to know which keywords you’re targeting with the changes. Now, knowing what you’d like to rank for, let’s move on to look at your historical blog posts.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 15, 2023

In this article, we’re outlining everything you need to know about B2B digital marketing, from identifying your target audience and analyzing competitors, to exploring different digital channels and building trust with your customers. Buyer Personas. This includes blog posts , eBooks, whitepapers, webinars, and more.

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Contently

JUNE 29, 2017

So, how do you—or others—use article content to influence leads in the B2B process? First off, it’s critical to have fleshed out buyer personas so that you understand the audience you’re going to reach. The top of the funnel might require articles, videos, and research papers. I’ve lightly edited our exchange.

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Navigate the Channel

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

One effective method that has gained significant popularity over the years is blogging. Whether you run a small startup or a well-established corporation, blogging can offer numerous benefits that can enhance your brand, engage your audience, and drive growth. Your potential customers might not even know you exist.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 9, 2020

Website copy, blog copy, print copy—what’s the difference? For me, writing concise, snappy web or print copy leaves me feeling like Don Draper (minus the bar cart and cocktails), while blogging (which I’ve been doing since before blogs were “blogs”) leaves me feeling like investigative journalist Bob Woodward.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Welcome back to our monthly B2B Blog Post Round-Up. Similar to the content published here on the ZoomInfo blog, these pieces are intended to help sales, marketing, and recruiting professionals with their day-to-day job responsibilities. We hope you stick around and find inspiration in our November blog post picks. Keep reading.

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SmartBug Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Read any inbound marketing blog or article and it’ll tell you to start any new initiative with, first, your goal(s) and then, second, your buyer personas. Because personas are at the heart of content. Buyer personas allow you to target and attract the right people to your website like sweet-smelling pheromones.

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Tony Zambito

JANUARY 22, 2017

One means for the last sixteen years to understand customers and buyers have been the use of buyer persona development. It is time to rethink buyer persona development in this new era of digital disruption. When the concept of buyer personas was first launched in 2001, the world was a very different place. and early 2000’s.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2015

So… what should you include in a buyer persona? Check out the new infographic inspired by our eBook, The Intelligent Guide to Buyer Personas. This article originally appeared on the Cintell blog. The post What To Include In A Buyer Persona [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on B2B Marketing Insider.

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BOP Design

MARCH 26, 2018

We’ve all been there, staring at a blank screen willing great blog topics into existence. Don’t worry, we’ve got a few easy-to-follow tips on how to build a calendar of delectable topics for your B2B blogging strategy. And let’s get past the idea that B2B blogging is boring because it isn’t if you pick the right topics.

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the 15 years since originating the concept of buyer personas in 2001, there has been one issue that continues to plague fully understanding exactly where, how, and why buyer personas can be beneficial. I believe, in part, the issue is fertilized by efforts to capitalize on the emerging popularity of the term buyer persona.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 20, 2015

We had an excellent conversation about the need for buyer personas, and the role they play as a foundational component of a B2B marketing strategy. In many cases, the need for buyer personas manifests itself in the form of common marketing challenges. This is why creating buyer personas is so important. What are their pains?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Now, with the rise of video and podcasts, it's blogging's turn to feel the heat. I reached out to marketers with backgrounds in product marketing, SEO, YouTube, podcasting, and more and asked them, " Are Blogs dead? In all fairness, this question surrounding blogs is not without reason. Blogs vs. Other Marketing Channels.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 21, 2015

A recent article on MediaPost raised the question “Are Buyer Personas a Waste of Time?” The article quoted Michael Jaschke, CEO of 48Bricks , an ad tech company, as saying, “The premise of trying to model consumer behavior based on massive amounts of data does not work.” But don’t go crazy.

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Content Marketing Institute

APRIL 10, 2018

Are those stereotypes or personas? presidential election, and NASCAR dads, which became a target audience in the 2004 elections, are closer to personas, though too thinly described. The key to powerful buyer persona development comes down to three important factors: grounded in fact, functional, and more than demographic data.”.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It’s up to you, however, to turn the stubborn empty page into a tasty blog post your audience devours. And that leaves you struggling to shoe-horn the creation of a blog post into your not-a-minute-to-spare days. Perhaps you could get away with creating fewer blog posts. Start with your persona research. Learn to Steal.

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SmartBug Media

JULY 2, 2021

Your organization is already producing blog articles on a consistent basis. Chances are that you know the benefits of blogging and the impact it can have on your organization’s website traffic growth over time. Simple tweaks might be all you need to get your blog over the hump to becoming a key traffic and lead driver.

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Biznology

JANUARY 26, 2016

The beginning of the year is often a best of time in the blogging world. Is your content marketing using your personas and buyer’s journeys? The post 10 content marketing articles you missed appeared first on Biznology. So, this week, we’re doing the equivalent of putting on a movie in class. Like this post?

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BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Your company blog is great for pushing your own content marketing agenda and for providing endless resources to your leads and site visitors. So, let’s dive into the specifics needed to take your blog from an essential component of your small business marketing plan to a reliable, go-to resource for others within your industry.

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Hubspot

JUNE 16, 2020

When I sit down to write a blog post, I stick to a routine that has some flexibility. If you're writing for the professional who is part of a large organization, how does your blog cater to their needs? Many marketers agree — blogging is an important part of their content strategy. Are you keeping your audience in mind?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this article, we will explore the fundamentals of B2B content marketing, delve into effective strategies for creating impactful content, and examine the role of generative AI in enhancing content creation. This content includes articles, blogs, videos and podcasts, as well as in-depth whitepapers and research.

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Stevens & Tate

JULY 10, 2020

Creating a buyer persona is essential to effective attraction marketing. In order to perfect your approach in buyer persona launch , these are some common mistakes to avoid: Don’t Forget to Focus on the Buyer Decision. Assuming About the Buyer Persona Leads Campaigns Astray. Less is More: Master One Buyer Persona First!

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 20, 2015

A recent survey conducted by Cintell*, entitled 2016 Benchmark Study On Understanding B2B Buyers , indicates that high performing organizations utilized qualitative research for their buyer personas. The study focused entirely on the use of buyer personas for understanding B2B buyers. This is a welcome shift. Communicating The Value.

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Hubspot

JUNE 3, 2020

First, as a journalism student, I was taught to never write a conclusion for an article. While this became a habit, it's something I've had to unlearn as a marketing writer because you need to write a conclusion in your blog posts. As a blog writer, this second lesson is the standard I hold myself to. Write a summary.

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