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7 takeaways from a study on B2B thought leadership; why it works or doesn’t

Sword and the Script | B2B

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

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[Research Round-Up] New Study Shows the Continuing Value of B2B Thought Leadership

B2B Marketing Directions

Source: Edelman and LinkedIn (This month's Research Round-Up discusses the sixth edition of the B2B thought leadership impact study by Edelman and LinkedIn. This research has consistently provided valuable insights about the impact of thought leadership content on the perceptions and behaviors of business decision-makers.)

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The 10 Best Examples of Thought Leadership Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

Thought leadership content marketing is one of the most effective ways of establishing your name and company as an authority in your industry. Thought leadership marketing means going beyond the same blog posts and regurgitated ideas that everyone seems to be publishing. Quick Takeaways.

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Research Explores the Value of B2B Thought Leadership

B2B Marketing Directions

Image Source: Grist Grist, a B2B thought leadership and content marketing agency based in London, recently published the results of its Value of Thought Leadership Survey 2020 (the "2020 Survey"). The 2020 Survey is the third installment of Grist's research regarding B2B thought leadership.

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5 Great B2B Content Marketing Examples

BOP Design

Content marketing for B2B firms includes a wide range of types designed to resonate with buyers of different backgrounds and functions throughout the purchasing journey. In this post, we look at 5 great B2B content marketing examples and what makes them stand out. HubSpot’s Case Study. A few things.

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Confucius Say: Your Case Studies are Worthless

Marketing Craftmanship

The most noteworthy article on B2B selling was published in a 1966 Harvard Business Review article (#66213). Extrinsic selling is a “trust me” approach, employed by a great number of B2B product and service providers. Would a company ever publish examples of its past work that were not portrayed as highly successful?).

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8 tips to adopt vertical marketing and drive SaaS growth

Martech

Examples include ProCore, which sells software for construction management and AppFolio, which sells software for apartment management. Horizontal software, on the other hand, can generally be sold to any company, often focusing on either B2C or B2B markets. Dig deeper: Did martech break B2B marketing?

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