KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 2, 2016

A few weeks ago, we covered the “ 2016 State of B2B Digital Marketing ” report from Ascend2 and Marketo. Even though the most significant barrier to B2B digital marketing success relates to inadequate marketing budget, 84 percent of B2B marketers still believe their strategies are successful. Email, the website, and SEO.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 24, 2019

Social media. Of course, not all social media promotion is created equal. Historically the realm of B2C marketers, Facebook also provides plenty of opportunities for B2B marketers. LinkedIn is where the pros go, so it’s long been the gold standard for B2B marketers. Organic vs. paid social: Which reigns supreme?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 20, 2018

By now, I’m sure you’re sick of hearing how social media can drive conversions and create brand growth. However, your social media accounts can be a fully functional sales channel that drives revenue. Let’s take a look at how you can strategize your social media platforms and examine sales tactics that work on social.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 23, 2016

There’s no doubt that LinkedIn is one of the most effective social media lead generators for B2B marketers, offering businesses the chance to tell their brand story in a unique and meaningful way. On the other hand, many B2B brands still struggle to engage their audience on the platform.

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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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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 22, 2021

If you manage a marketing budget, you know how much money goes into two critical areas: paid media and marketing technology. Namely, B2B advertising leader LinkedIn and the #1 B2B marketing attribution application, Bizible. LinkedIn Ads have proven to be a powerful tool for B2B marketers. Ads and Attribution.

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Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 6, 2009

Just a quick post to point readers to an interview of me on Marketo 's blog, Demand Generation and Social Media: Thought Leadership with Mike Damphousse of Green Leads. Questions discussed: What is B2B appointment setting ? What metrics do you use to measure your social media success?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Customers are increasingly demanding more from B2B organizations. According to studies, 80 percent of B2B organizations say that customer’s expectations are higher because of what they experience as consumers. Creating content just for the sake of content, will not be as effective as having a thoughtful content strategy in place.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 20, 2009

The next interview in the B2B Marketing thought leader interview series is with John Watton, VP Marketing at ShipServ , the leading e-marketplace for maritime shipping (and also a Marketo customer). I'd break this into three areas: channel, messaging and media. Those that are 'ready' get passed to sales.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 13, 2020

Too often, and especially in B2B marketing, we give the job of building the relationship that turns marketing leads into sales prospects to the sales development rep (SDR). It’s wound into our lives in a way that social media still isn’t, which our survey shows isn’t checked by most people until they get to work.

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Email Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Urgency Marketing Thought Leadership 174

Smashmouth Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2009

Just a quick post to point readers to an interview of me on Marketo 's blog, Demand Generation and Social Media: Thought Leadership with Mike Damphousse of Green Leads. Questions discussed: What is B2B appointment setting ? What metrics do you use to measure your social media success?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 1, 2015

However, the system breaks when the purchase is made offline–like when a buyer works directly with a salesperson who takes the order (a typical use case for B2B purchases). In other words, if one of these prospects connects with a sales rep, and ultimately ends up purchasing, Marketo feeds that conversion back to Google AdWords.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Jokes aside, have you given much thought to how your customers can actually contribute to helping you grow your customer base? Peer-to-peer marketing is not only a viable channel you should be exploring, but it’s also one that has seen great success in both B2B and B2C marketing. 4) Go Live on Social Media.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

But today, Marketo and Facebook have started to make this goal a reality for social advertising channels. The first integration between Marketo and Facebook Custom Audiences empowers marketers to better target “known” customers on Facebook with relevant information. Taken together, Facebook and Marketo have made this a lot easier.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 11, 2017

Since we adopted Marketo in 2015, we’ve been nurturing our leads with weekly emails that provide educational content. At this time, there are a handful of companies in the B2B space (known as third-party intent data providers ) that can provide you with data on what your prospects are learning and talking about online.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 29, 2015

For the past three months, Marketo and the Economist Intelligence Unit have teamed up to uncover exactly what is on the minds of the marketers around the world, and where they think marketing is going. Watching the massive impact social media has had on the marketing landscape over the last 5 years has been incredible.

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Kabbage

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. B2B Marketing Blogs. Content is everywhere these days. HubSpot’s Marketing Blog. MarketingProfs.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

To help you along, we’ve compiled a list of 20 of the top content marketers in both B2B and B2C. B2B Content Masterminds. Ahava Leibtag is a speaker, writer, content marketing strategist and President of Aha Media Group. He’s also a Marketo alum and rock ‘n’ roll photographer on the side.)

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 29, 2019

They’re the unsung heroes of B2B marketing. But with more buyers using mobile devices and social media platforms trying to keep people on-site, marketers would be wise to reexamine the role of forms and data collection. Many social media channels allow you to capture registration and lead information directly on their sites.

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Kabbage

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. B2B Marketing Blogs. Content is everywhere these days. HubSpot’s Marketing Blog. MarketingProfs.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2017

I recently had the pleasure of attending one of the biggest marketing conferences of the year— Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit. 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”.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Email marketing, content strategy, customer conversion, brand philanthropy, and social media – check out five high-level strategies to improve each of these marketing functions. . SOCIAL MEDIA. Leave behind: Social Media as a Place to Pitch. Adopt in 2020: Social Media as a Place of Engagement. EMAIL MARKETING.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 6, 2017

At Marketo, we finished the year by running a social countdown, called #marketocountdown , that highlighted some of the top influencers to follow so you can stay up to date on trends, tips, and best practices. Peg Fitzpatrick is a popular social media speaker and the author of The Art of Social Media. Jessica Northey.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 31, 2017

In one of our bi-monthly #marketochat’s, we discussed How to Build a Vibrant Community on Twitter with Social Media Influencer, Madalyn Sklar. Why is engagement on Twitter so important for B2B marketers? Does it differ for B2B vs. B2C? What’s one key piece of advice you’d offer B2B marketers just starting on Twitter?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

You can hardly open a website, newspaper, or social media site without reading someone’s forecast. Value is not only one of the 9 keys to B2B sales success , but also at the center of the sales competency wheel. It’s that time of year when sales, marketing, and business pundits share predictions for what’s to come in 2019.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

I spent the next three hours pulling what I thought were weeds. If a writer produces a beautifully written thought leadership piece, but your goal was to generate leads for a webinar, can you blame them for missing the mark if you never communicated your goals? Easy enough, right? Those plants cost hundreds of dollars!”

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

In fact, a report on B2B lead generation presented by the Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn showed that only 16% of marketers believe their current efforts are extremely effective. Say you’re an agency offering social media, content marketing, and PPC services. Putting an ABM strategy in place is just the beginning.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The ultimate goal of the Fearless 50 is to sharpen members’ leadership skills and provide them with all the necessary tools for world-class digital transformation. Scott Wright , Marketing Automation Manager, Peak Media Properties. Stacy Blackman , Associate Director, B2B Marketing, Mspark.

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Marketing Automation Services B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management Thought Leadership 96

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 23, 2019

I don’t have to tell you that email marketing is an incredibly powerful B2B tool. More than half of B2B marketers consider email the most effective channel for generating revenue. While there was a brief moment when experts warned that social media would upset email’s reign, B2Bs have only seen email grow in popularity.

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B2B Thought Leadership Marketo Contact Marketing Thought Leadership 134

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. In most B2B organizations, marketing focuses on facilitating a successful hand-off to sales. How did you fix it?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Thought leadership. Leadership development. Every great B2B company started out as an entrepreneur’s dream. This New York Times bestselling author has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to building a true connection with your customers across all social media channels. Digital marketing. Engagement.

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B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Planning Digital Marketing Funnels 134

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 4, 2017

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the realm of B2B marketing may not be as sexy (or terrifying) as some of the more commercial and (so far) fictional applications of AI—but, here are three reasons why it is exciting for marketers : You Can Start Using It Right Now. AI is Being Rapidly Adopted—So Don’t Get Left Behind.

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Marketing AI B2B Thought Leadership Gartner Thought Leadership 134

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 16, 2015

Author: Ellen Gomes We’ve all heard about the many ways that you can use social media to effectively market—grow your followers, measure engagement, use unique URLs—but often a question that social media managers and digital advertisers want to ask is: How can I target my content to specific people without posting it for everyone else to see?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Black Friday, named for the day when retailers move out of the red and into the black, promotes spending across the board, from gift shops to restaurants and B2B to B2C organizations. B2B Tips and Tricks. Competition is stiff, but savvy B2B businesses can stand out from the crowd by following this advice: Move Pipeline Up in the Year.

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Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies 134

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 21, 2016

When it comes to attributing ROI to a top-of-funnel social media strategy, the challenge is often in having access to enough data points to correctly understand its impact on revenue. Now, let’s explore how to measure the ROI of B2B social campaigns with multi-touch attribution: 1. Good luck with that.”

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 14, 2017

Facebook Watch & Social Media. This will provide an amazing opportunity for social media marketers to shift the content they’re producing within the platform to meet user expectations and define a new “normal” in engagement. ” Lisa Marcyes , Senior Social Media Marketing Manager. .”

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 25, 2013

Lead generation is at the top of almost every B2B marketer’s responsibility list. A marketing automation solution is one tool B2B marketers use for succeeding at these lead management challenges. Marketo is considered a leader in the lead management / marketing automation industry. Social media. Absolutely.

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