Oktopost

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Last year, the return of office culture, recession fears, and AI’s rise transformed B2B marketing. In this fast-paced environment where change is inevitable, leveraging ‘easy wins’ is crucial for engaging your audience and converting leads. According to our research, yes. This is where employee advocacy comes in.

Trends 69

Trends Practices B2B Thought Leadership Best Practices 69

Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

It also helps companies position themselves as experts in their fields, building credibility and trust with target audiences. Content serves as the primary vehicle for educating, engaging, and guiding potential customers at each stage of their journey to make a purchase. This is a key attribute of any thought leader.

Top of Funnel 79

Top of Funnel Trends B2B Thought Leadership Buyer Personas 79

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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.

Thought Leadership 316

Thought Leadership Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 316

SmartBug Media

MAY 8, 2023

B2B content marketing should be an essential focus to connect with your customers. The goal is to create content to solve a prospect’s potential problem or to educate or inspire them so your brand is top of mind when they choose a solution or product. Don’t overlook video in your strategy. Is it relatable, funny, or engaging?

Marketing Strategy 98

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics 98

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. My personal thoughts and experiences as an industrial marketer and consultant. Engineers and technical buyers are empowered by ready access to information and prefer to do their own extensive research before engaging with suppliers.

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

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

Heinz Marketing

MAY 22, 2023

While video marketing is commonly associated with B2C marketing, it’s becoming increasingly popular in the B2B space as well showing immense opportunity. To utilize video marketing to its highest potential, it’s crucial to understand the distinct characteristics and advantages that set apart B2B vs B2C.

B2B Marketing 107

B2B Marketing Video Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B 107

Thinkers360

MARCH 22, 2024

Navigating AI in Contact Centers with NICE’s Carmit DiAndrea , Lopez Research Analyst Perspective: AI and Growth Drive HPE’s Strategic Acquisition of Juniper, But It’s Too Early to Declare Victory. Thinkers360: Tell us a bit about your background and areas of expertise.

B2B Thought Leadership 52

B2B Thought Leadership Marketing AI Thought Leadership Research 52

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. With 78% of businesses that use social selling outperforming businesses that don’t, you can’t afford to miss out on this strategy.

Sales Management 136

Sales Management Examples Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 136

Launch Marketing

MAY 12, 2021

More than 71% of B2B marketers currently include videos in their marketing mix. Whether video marketing is something you have mastered or are just beginning to explore, these tips can help with planning, strategy and topic formation. Video Marketing Strategy. Know Your Audience. Engagement.

Planning 112

Planning Webinar Metrics Video Marketing Marketing & Strategy 112

BOP Design

JANUARY 4, 2022

As an experienced B2B marketing agency , we thrive on innovative ideas and are always on the lookout for new trends, strategies, and approaches to help our clients better connect with their target audience. And it’s true that B2B content marketing is often a means to achieve that lead generation goal.

Tactics 107

Tactics B2B Thought Leadership Content Marketing Webinar Metrics 107

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 14, 2021

As video marketing continues taking the world by storm, more businesses adopt it as a pivotal strategy to educate consumers, generate leads, and boost ROI. Not only is video educational and entertaining, but it can help your business connect with your target audience on a deeper level. Educational videos.

Video Marketing 363

Video Marketing Top of Funnel Content Marketing Planning 363

Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

B2B Demand generation is changing. Novel formats, channels, and technologies like TikTok and ChatGPT are now driving forces behind buyer interest, opening up new ways for B2B brands to raise awareness about their products. Creating an infallible B2B demand generation strategy 1.

Demand Generation Agencies 62

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 62

Strategic-IC

JANUARY 13, 2021

What is Social Selling and why should it form part of your ABM strategy? So let’s look at 29 reasons why Social Selling (particularly via LinkedIn) should form part of your ABM strategy. 90% of B2B decision-makers “never” respond to cold outreach, which means traditional sales methods like cold calling simply aren’t going to cut it!

Account Based Marketing 101

Account Based Marketing Linkedin ABM Webinar Metrics 101

EveryoneSocial

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Whether you cringe at the term “thought leader” or not, harnessing the power of thought leadership can be a goldmine for your company. It’s why many organizations have a thought leadership strategy in place or are thinking about how to leverage their internal expertise further. Let’s dive in!

Thought Leadership 52

Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Webinar Metrics Ad Building 52

Thinkers360

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the ever-evolving B2B landscape, cultivating strong relationships with industry analysts and thought leaders (B2B influencers) is crucial for establishing brand awareness, achieving thought leadership status, and ultimately driving sales growth. The two are related, but distinct marketing disciplines.

Enterprise Management 52

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership 52

Launch Marketing

APRIL 11, 2018

ON24, a leading webinar marketing platform, recently published their 2017 Webinar Benchmarks Report that provides great information for marketing professionals that are involved with webinar planning and promotion. We’ve summarized the findings below on planning and promoting a webinar. Scheduling a Webinar.

Webinar Metrics 54

Webinar Metrics Promotion Planning Practices 54

KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, and 2016 planning underway, business owners are assessing where they are with respect to B2B search engine marketing goals and objectives. One of the most effective content marketing tactics we recommend, for SEO and broader online marketing performance, is a B2B blogging initiative.

B2B Thought Leadership 120

B2B Thought Leadership Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy B2B 120

Heinz Marketing

MAY 22, 2023

While video marketing is commonly associated with B2C marketing, it’s becoming increasingly popular in the B2B space as well showing immense opportunity. To utilize video marketing to its highest potential, it’s crucial to understand the distinct characteristics and advantages that set apart B2B vs B2C.

B2B Marketing 52

B2B Marketing Video Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B 52

B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. How to Pick the Right B2B PR Agency For You. Expert public relations tactics and strategy from an experienced PR person have the power to bolster your reputation and draw people to your brand. Social media strategy.

PR 238

PR B2B Thought Leadership Advertising Agencies Campaigns 238

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Knowing what is happening across the industry can be beneficial to your content strategy to attract the right personas, and stay compliant. This poses a great opportunity to connect with other professionals in the industry and see how other companies are approaching their marketing strategies.

Advertising Agencies 101

Advertising Agencies B2B Thought Leadership Lead Ranking Business 101

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2017

A gathering of hundreds of marketing executives, partners, and thought leaders from around the world came together to learn about the latest marketing trends and strategies in the new “Engagement Economy”. To get started, here are three steps to building a successful employee advocacy strategy: 1.

Webinar Metrics 133

Webinar Metrics Ad Building B2B Thought Leadership Peer-to-peer 133

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

They want to be informed and educated about brands, products, and services. Potential customers do most of their research online before entering the sales funnel, and while the exact percentage varies from research study to research study, somewhere between 71% and 92% of B2B buyers start with a generic search.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. With 78% of businesses that use social selling outperforming businesses that don’t, you can’t afford to miss out on this strategy.

Sales Management 62

Sales Management Examples Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 62

Exo B2B

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It requires deep thought, meticulous analysis and the ability to project your business into the future. In the world of B2B marketing, every decision must be carefully calculated. Here’s an overview of the key stages we focus on: 1- B2B strategic marketing analysis Before you can chart a course, you need to know where you are.

Planning 59

Planning Paid Content Allocation B2B Marketing 59

FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the 2000s, video production costs plummeted, bandwidth increased, and B2B videos quickly became a staple for online marketing. Initially popular with mostly young viewers watching videos for entertainment, TikTok’s bite-sized videos offer an increasingly viable option for B2B marketing.

B2B Marketing 62

B2B Marketing Video Marketing Effectiveness Buyer Personas 62

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

You will need to spend more of your time and energy generating demand rather than capturing it; creating educational content and positioning yourself as a thought leader rather than developing promotional content. Healthcare marketing strategies, from both a B2B and B2C perspective, have shifted digitally.

Work Management 105

Work Management Marketing Management B2B Marketing B2B 105

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

You’ll get to see strategy session meetings with real clients, in-house campaign build outs for training courses and live events, group huddle ups and team bonding sessions, wheel spin giveaways (where you can win free stuff) and much more.”. “If Now, you can access their research on the MarketingExperiments YouTube channel!

Youtube 220

Youtube Advertising Channels Work Management Marketing Attribution 220

KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 6, 2019

The most significant challenge B2B marketers face is in effectively communicating with target audiences and prospective buyers. B2B buyer personas provide a foundation for accomplishing the research and development of effective online marketing campaigns designed to achieve strategic marketing objectives.

Buyer Personas 123

Buyer Personas Paid Content Online Marketing B2B Marketing 123

DemandBase

AUGUST 10, 2020

What’s more, ABM as a category, strategy, and technology has shifted significantly among B2B marketers from being perceived as a nice-to-have to a strategic must-have. Some quick ABM adoption data from the 2020 ABM Market Research Study ). B2B firms see a 40 percent year-over-year increase in ABM budgets from 2019 to 2020.

Account Based Marketing 119

Account Based Marketing ABM DemandBase Peer-to-peer 119

Content4Demand

OCTOBER 27, 2020

E ven with B2B purchases, we now have one-click access to peer reviews and insights. You may be asking, “But Alicia, I thought customer success stories should only be used for bottom-of-the-funnel content?” Transcribe interviews around hot trends and position your clients and partners as influencers.

Top of Funnel 85

Top of Funnel Communities Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership 85

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You’ll get to see strategy session meetings with real clients, in-house campaign build outs for training courses and live events, group huddle ups and team bonding sessions, wheel spin giveaways (where you can win free stuff) and much more.” “If Now, you can access their research on the MarketingExperiments YouTube channel!

Youtube 100

Youtube Advertising Channels Work Management Marketing Management 100

Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2020

Co-branding is a marketing strategy where two or more brand names form a branding collaboration around a product, service, or topic. Source: Seismic, Hinge Research Institute. Yet, content creation is still a top priority for most B2B marketers. Source: Hinge Research Institute. Launching with Co-branding with Research.

Research 118

Research Co-Registration Brand Identity Branding 118

Engagio

MAY 14, 2021

Waving the Content is King banner, B2B companies have deluged our poor buyers with even more information: blogs, ebooks, webinars, product reviews, videos, emails, phone calls …. The biggest change is that 10 years ago the vast majority of the research happened on our own websites so we could observe the behavior.

Work Management 126

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services B2B Thought Leadership 126

Circle Studio

DECEMBER 6, 2018

So as many firms have started to focus more on creating quality content and not just large volumes of content, getting the most out of your B2B content marketing efforts is essential. Long before marketers were calling it content marketing, companies were creating whitepapers as a way to educate their audience about a particular topic.

B2B Marketing 88

B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Content Marketing Marketing Proposals 88

SmartBug Media

MARCH 19, 2021

If you’re an inbound marketer in the B2B space, you understand how much time and energy goes into planning and executing your marketing campaigns. of my favorite inbound marketing resources that any B2B marketer can benefit from subscribing to in 2021 and beyond. The Ultimate Guide to B2B Marketing in 2021. What Is Clubhouse?

Paid Content 105

Paid Content Inbound Marketing Resources B2B Marketing 105

Champion Communications

OCTOBER 12, 2021

What kind of relationships do B2B buyers want with vendors? What role does Editorial play in the B2B buying process? Do B2B buyers want to go to your event? Champion Communications recently hosted a webinar to dig deeper into the minds of B2B buyers and gain insight into these questions. Keep me out of Jail”.

Brand Identity 62

Brand Identity Branding B2B B2B Thought Leadership 62