Marketing Craftmanship

MARCH 21, 2014

Client newsletters are the most widely used, often abused and hotly debated B2B marketing tactic for professional services firms of any size. Some firms avoid this pain by slapping their logo on boilerplate content purchased from a 3 rd party, but those firms can pay a bigger price, in terms of brand damage.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The second definition is what we’re going to talk about here—what your marketing department’s strategy should be for making the most of the time, energy and dollars you allocate to marketing. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Create Visual Content. Create More Relevant Content. Go Multichannel.

Resource Management 351

Resource Management Demand Generation Agencies CMS Development Work Management 351

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Marketing is complicated. As the new year looms, planning your marketing budget and activities is top of mind for B2B marketers and leaders. When looking at your long-term marketing strategies and long-term marketing goals for the year ahead, there are probably many questions your organization will be looking to answer.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

So how do you incorporate social media into the marketing mix? It starts with one very important paradox that I also outlined in The 4 Cs of Social Media : social media is both a revolution in the way consumers interact with brands and yet we can approach it like any marketing channel. Allow your content to be shared.

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Launch Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Launch’s cybersecurity marketing consultants have worked with many companies on their social media strategies , helping them understand the benefits of including social media in their marketing mix and ensuring they establish goal-driven strategies and execute effectively. Is it to increase traffic to your website?

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sagefrog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The key to thriving is a multifaceted marketing strategy that aligns with your brand’s core values and resonates with your target audience. In Sagefrog’s 2024 B2B Marketing Mix Report , we found that B2B marketers’ top objectives for the year ahead are brand awareness, lead generation, client retention, and sales support.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 52

Martech

JANUARY 12, 2024

As we slide into 2024, B2B marketing leaders face new challenges: deals are harder to close, budgets are shrinking, and expectations are rising. We must rethink what it means to be effective in marketing. You need to identify the causal relationships between marketing investments and business impact. Get MarTech!

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Efficiency Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing Planning 129

B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 18, 2023

Many B2B companies use surveys and survey reports to fuel their thought leadership marketing programs. Here's a proven way to make your survey-based content more credible to potential buyers. Research surveys and survey reports * have become important marketing tools for many B2B companies.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A June analysis of the first 600 MarTechBot prompts revealed users chiefly derived value from generative/creative tasks, while also using MarTechBot to help them unravel a variety of marketing dilemmas. Universal marketing challenges were the catalyst for most of these queries. How do you envision the future of AI in marketing?

Marketing AI 104

Marketing AI Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 104

Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In partnership with Drift , we surveyed over 500 B2B professionals to understand how the B2B customer experience has transformed over the past year. Removing friction across digital channels is important to staying top of mind for B2B customers. Overall frustration with B2B experiences is on the rise. Patience is scarce.

Marketing AI 102

Marketing AI Research Conversion Marketing Management 102

Hinge Marketing

APRIL 20, 2016

In his book, Kotler on Marketing , Kotler describes the 4 Ps of traditional marketing mix: Product (service), Price, Place, and Promotion. Since then, the marketing mix has changed radically and grown in complexity. Key Trends Influencing the Mix. The New Marketing Mix.

Marketing Mix 48

Marketing Mix Work Management Marketing Management Online Marketing 48

Only B2B

JULY 5, 2023

In the ever-changing landscape of B2B marketing, demand generation plays a pivotal role in driving business growth and success. As we enter 2023, it is crucial to adapt to the evolving nature of B2B demand generation and discover effective strategies to generate demand and engage target audiences.

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Demand Generation Demand Sales Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing 62

The Lead Agency

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

According to the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) , more than three-quarters (81%) of marketers think interactive content is more attention-grabbing than content that isn’t interactive. Interactive content such as quizzes and calculators engage readers more than long chunks of text.

B2B 62

B2B B2B Thought Leadership Long Tail Marketing Content 62

Crimson Marketing

JULY 26, 2013

Content marketing is a core part of how you can drive your inbound lead generation funnel. The best marketing mix includes creating the right content for your varying social media networks. . I recently sat down with Rishi Dave to discuss his fascinating insights and experience with content experimentation.

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BtoB Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Digital Marketing Funnels 100

FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Even before the internet, corporate video was a powerful (and expensive) tool in the marketing mix. During the 2000s, video production costs plummeted, bandwidth increased, and B2B videos quickly became a staple for online marketing. How can your business tap into B2B video? Let’s explore this a little further.

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B2B Marketing Video Marketing Effectiveness Buyer Personas 62

Crimson Marketing

AUGUST 26, 2013

Having a content strategy isn’t just about developing good content. You need to be able to see the value of your content efforts. When thinking about content strategy, you should consider four main pillars: Space – What space do you want to own? The first pillar of content strategy is “Space.”

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BDB

MARCH 1, 2024

And this is perhaps even more true for B2B marketing, where sales processes are typically slower and more considered than the fast-paced world of B2C sales. 1 When it comes to B2B marketing, PR can be an invaluable tool for supporting your objectives and reaching these research-savvy audiences.

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BDB

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

And this is perhaps even more true for B2B marketing, where sales processes are typically slower and more considered than the fast-paced world of B2C sales. 1 When it comes to B2B marketing, PR can be an invaluable tool for supporting your objectives and reaching these research-savvy audiences.

Paid Content 26

Paid Content PR Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 26

B2B Marketing Directions

APRIL 2, 2017

Two recent studies provide several important insights regarding the role and importance of thought leadership content in the marketing mix. Thought leadership content is often the primary means of creating the initial engagement with a potential buyer.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 30, 2017

Slideshare can be an excellent resource for B2B marketers looking to showcase expertise, and provide a way to share thought leadership and information. But perhaps most importantly in B2B marketing, Slideshare can be a valuable destination for learning and improving B2B digital marketing programs.

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B2B Marketing Account Based Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B 121

Launch Marketing

MAY 12, 2021

More than 71% of B2B marketers currently include videos in their marketing mix. For organizations looking for ways to elevate their content marketing, videos can be a great addition. Video Marketing Strategy. Here are some examples of video content that you can create and distribute to your audience.

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Planning Webinar Metrics Video Marketing Marketing & Strategy 122

B2B Digital Marketer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Balancing the Art of Trust and Technology in B2B Understanding consumer behavior and driving successful marketing strategies. In this insightful episode, host Jim Rembach sits down with Brandon McKee, CEO of Win Big Media, to explore the intricacies of B2B marketing and how to achieve certainty in this dynamic field.

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Allocation Planning B2B Marketing Marketing Budget Creation 52

Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The leadership team expects Marketing to understand which channels, touches and content have the greatest impact on generating conversations, consideration and ultimately consumption. Build Your Attribution Model to Account for a Multitude of Touches, Content and Channels. It’s All About the Mix.

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Marketing Attribution Multi-Touch Attribution Multi-Channel Allocation 153

DivvyHQ

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In today's digital environment, asking the question, "Should we be using video as part of our marketing mix?" The real question for B2B enterprise marketing teams is which kinds of videos to produce. Here are 5 highly effective types of video for B2B teams to maximize the return on their investment in video marketing.

Video Marketing 90

Video Marketing B2B Brand Identity Branding 90

Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2019, set out to develop a documented, strategic marketing plan that is aligned with your firm’s top business priorities and objectives. Once the plan has been crafted, be sure to share it with firm leadership. With so much emphasis on emerging trends, many firms have neglected their most valuable marketing asset—their website!

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Planning Marketing Proposals B2B Thought Leadership Work Management 124

Integrated B2B

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

There’s a seat for everyone at the Thought Leadership table, says Morten Floee Knudsen, Thought Leadership Content Manager at global engineering company FLSmidth. In a highly competitive market with discerning buyers, thought leadership is an important tool in the B2B marcomms toolset.

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Content4Demand

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

B2B audiences are online, but they’re increasingly more difficult to reach through saturated channels and overtaxed attention. Community-based marketing offers a fresh angle to stir up your marketing mix, allowing B2B marketers to capture attention in a new way while ramping up brand loyalty among prospects and customers.

Communities 67

Communities Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency 67

B2B Marketing Directions

JULY 29, 2018

It's now clear that thought leadership content is having a major impact on B2B buying decisions. Several recent studies have confirmed that business buyers are consuming more thought leadership content , and that thought leadership affects decisions at every stage of the buying process.

Thought Leadership 40

Thought Leadership Research B2B Thought Leadership Demand Generation Agencies 40

Inbox Insight

APRIL 11, 2022

Achieving a seamless, unified B2B multi channel strategy requires a specialist skillset and understanding as well as effective cross channel integration and alignment to your overarching objectives. What first hand perspectives can our experts provide B2B marketers around multi channel strategy success?

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Multi-Channel Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Advertising Channels 98

PathFactory

JANUARY 3, 2020

With the new year comes a new batch of exciting B2B marketing trends and challenges. Podcasts rose to new heights and marketing chatbots became the preferred method of interaction for users. At the same time, account-based marketing became more relevant. So now, what does 2020 hold for B2B marketers?

Lead Ranking 98

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring B2B Marketing Work Management 98

KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The word these days is content. Video content in particular is an increasingly compelling tactic for business marketers to deploy throughout the funnel, with numbers to support its use. Marketers are seeing positive results when they include video in the marketing mix. We’ll help you get started.

Video Marketing 120

Video Marketing B2B Marketing Planning B2B 120

Circle Studio

JANUARY 30, 2020

Many B2B companies are already leveraging webinars as part of their content marketing and thought leadership efforts. As with any marketing tactic, a successful and effective B2B webinar is ultimately a byproduct of proper planning and execution. Develop great content. Plan, plan, plan.

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Webinar Metrics Tips Contingency Planning B2B 96

B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 31, 2021

Marketing Analytics and Lead Nurturing is a strategic combination across all revenue marketing organizations. A well-thought-out lead nurture strategy backed by data-driven insights through marketing analytics frameworks is a game-changer. While others see nurturing as a series of emails, we see nurturing differently.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

The second definition is what we’re going to talk about here—what your marketing department’s strategy should be for making the most of the time, energy and dollars you allocate to marketing. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency.

Resource Management 100

Resource Management Work Management CMS Development Marketing Management 100

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Author: Peter Bell Running, in some ways, is a lot like content marketing. Content marketing can sometimes feel the same. You’ll read headlines about the power of having a lot of content–we need to produce more of it, as quickly as possible! Can you meaningfully measure the performance/impact of your content?

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Chris Koch

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I’ve been working with my colleagues at ITSMA on another survey on social media for B2B marketers that I hope you’ll take by going here. B2B marketing lays the path to a sales discussion and supports relationships with existing customers. I resisted treating it as a standalone in the survey.

Social Media 100

Social Media Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy B2B Thought Leadership 100

NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

As a technology marketer targeting CIOs, you’re likely aware that roadblocks stand in the way of communicating with them. Despite the challenge, your sales and leadership team continually ask you to produce qualified leads. Here’s some food for thought. The best way to do this is to offer them educational content.

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