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2020 Content Marketing Trends – Content for the Buyer Journey

Marketing Insider Group

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. Quick Takeaways.

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Your B2B Marketing Budget Playbook for 2021 Success [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Most companies have learned that B2B marketing budgets are much more important than they thought – and that their existing marketing strategies, well, kind of sucked. Look, we all knew B2B marketing had plenty of problems long before COVID-19: Generic, bland, and forgettable content.

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Book Review: eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale

Webbiquity

Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system. Divided into six sections, as an appetizer the book starts off with eMarketing Essentials , the “why&# of using content marketing for complex sales.

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eMarketing Expert Ardath Albee on the Limitations of a Lead Gen Mindset

ViewPoint

Yet B2B marketers seem to be more focused on lead generation than the rest of the process. I really think it’s an impediment to the effectiveness of marketing in becoming a strategic arm of the company, rather than just a cost center. Your thoughts? But, let’s start with creating content.

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2013 in Review: Top Content Marketing Assets & Initiatives for the New Year

KoMarketing Associates

Today, we’re providing internet marketing solutions across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and we’re hoping to expand our presence in the new year. But it all starts with our people, thought leadership, and contributions to the industry. This goes for our company’s marketing tactics as well.

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How Your B2B Content Programs Can Better Support ABM Throughout The Complete Buyer’s Journey

PathFactory

Account based marketing (ABM) is about winning, protecting, and expanding key accounts to provide the greatest revenue growth potential. While ABM is not a new concept, recent studies from eMarketer showed only 17% of B2B marketers worldwide said their ABM program was mature and driving strategic growth. In conclusion.

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Three Reasons Content Curation is Overrated

Digital B2B Marketing

B2B marketers are looking for a shortcut to thought leadership , but the shortcut many are taking lead somewhere else completely. According to a recent report on eMarketer , 85% of marketers curate content in order to establish thought leadership! In Summary Is curation valuable?

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