ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

Paid is straightforward, it’s sexy (to non-marketing executives, at least), and it’s a simple sell internally when navigating the budgeting process because of the instantly measurable ROI. They want to be informed and educated about brands, products, and services. Here’s an example from ClearVoice’s marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 19, 2021

From brand name awareness, to lead generation, marketing your SaaS business requires maximum ROI for the lowest cost. Explaining what their products and expertise can do for those customers. You might think that your product can make the entire world a better place. But, we’re a B2B company,” you protest.

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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. The more variety you include in your B2B marketing content, the better.

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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.

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Martech

APRIL 2, 2024

What’s the key to B2B marketing success? B2B influencer marketing involves collaborations between creators and brands to develop and share content that promotes the brand’s products or services. The same influencers you see on your personal social media feeds could be the missing link in your B2B marketing strategy.

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The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Enhance your B2B marketing plan with this marketing plan template. Firstly, the aim is to position as thought leaders in the industry through sharing valuable insights and expertise. Lastly, prioritizing customer education about products and services showcases commitment to providing value.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B companies is the fact that the last person a buyer speaks to is a salesperson.

Marketing Management 83

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NuSpark Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2018

While the marketing gurus tell you content is a must-have gizmo in the B2B marketer’s tool belt, sometimes the return on investment (ROI) feels a little squishy. Goals for this tactic range from building a reputation for thought leadership to increasing traffic through search engine optimization. White Papers and E-Books.

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Contently

MAY 26, 2020

The cartoon was in Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin’s Slideshare on Why Content Marketing Fails , which has over 6 million views and does a fantastic job illustrating why many companies struggle with content marketing ROI: Some marketers expect content revenue to have a linear path. The 3 stages of content ROI. Making your own map.

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

And for B2B marketers and large enterprises, the cost of lagging behind the content marketing trend curve is too massive to ignore. Self-guided B2B buying journeys. Data from McKinsey reveals that 77 percent of B2B buyers are comfortable spending up to $50,000 on self-service or remote purchases. Let’s get started.

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BOP Design

DECEMBER 27, 2022

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. What makes this B2B content marketing piece excellent?

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Content4Demand

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It’s really not different in B2B marketing, as we heard from Michael Brenner, CEO, Marketing Insider Group , at the B2B Sales & Marketing Exchange in October. But the proof is in the results, and Brenner gave specific examples of how brands used empathy—or focusing on the buyers’ problems and needs—to boost ROI.

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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.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Email marketing is a form of direct marketing that uses messages to promote products or services, send thought leadership pieces, or connect with their audience in other ways. A thoughtful email marketing strategy provides customers with interesting and valuable information to make smarter purchasing decisions.

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Contently

APRIL 23, 2020

Product is sending a survey, the content team is sending a newsletter, customer marketing is sending a product update, and the sales team is reaching out with a special expansion proposal. Even B2B brands in niche industries? In many ways, content marketing is more important for B2B companies than B2C companies.

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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”. For example, tracking leads, cost per lead, and closed deals will help you identify the program’s true ROI.

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

Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Two recent studies measured ROI for social media versus email, and they appear to contradict each other. One said social media was first and email second for ROI, and the other said the opposite. As an email marketer, everything you do, especially in B2B, is about cultivating and recognizing intent. Who’s right?

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Author of 3 books on white paper writing and growth hacks for businesses Why should you follow him? Janet is all about promoting thought leadership and will encourage you to take rewarding actions. She occasionally posts about work culture and thought leadership. Michael posts great videos on skill-building.

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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. 1) Customer Case Studies.

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PathFactory

OCTOBER 12, 2022

She was featured in this Harvard Business Review article discussing how the modern B2B buyer journey is changing, and those buyers expect more than ever. I sat down with Caitlin to get her thoughts on everything from the buyer journey to sales and marketing alignment (and everything in between). A: Content is hugely important.

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BenchmarkONE

JULY 28, 2022

While some firms put a lot of emphasis on the “marketing” side of the equation, others may be strictly content production houses. Only 42% of B2B marketers consider themselves successful at content marketing. . Innovation alone isn’t going to make your product or service stand out from the crowd.

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 10, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutes As a leading strategy for B2B SaaS marketing, account-based marketing (ABM) has become increasingly important in today’s rapidly changing landscape. ABM helps organizations focus on their top priority accounts without wasting any marketing spend, leading to higher return on investment in marketing efforts.

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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?” Check out this resource , which details how you can do more with less to maximize the ROI of your content. .

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

Exo B2B

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Today we are launching new products in environments that change at full speed. The launch of new products or services is one of the strategic ways to ensure the sustainability of an organization, provided that it is well orchestrated to deliver a return on investment (ROI). 1-The technology/product couple; The case of a CRM.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Work Management 51

NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Despite the challenge, your sales and leadership team continually ask you to produce qualified leads. Here’s some food for thought. As Gartner reported in Flipping to Digital Leadership: The 2015 CIO Agenda , digitalization has become the muscle that transforms businesses. The Empathetic Entrée. iv] Tech Target. vi] Blanc Otus.

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Madison Logic

AUGUST 31, 2023

Multiple decision-makers on a purchasing team do their own online solution research when buying a complex B2B solution. Gartner research suggests sales reps only have 5% of a buyer’s time during their B2B buying journey, so it’s up to marketers to arm buying groups with all the information needed to make an informed decision.

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nDash

AUGUST 2, 2022

If you aren’t sure how your health tech digital marketing is producing ROI, then a few tips might help. While health tech companies are creating incredible products and technology that have positively impacted the way we do healthcare, there’s simply too much competition in the industry today to do marketing without a plan.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

E-newsletters, blogs and white papers are among the most popular types of content. 7 “Rs&# for B2B Marketing Content Planning by Customer Think. How Much B2B Content is Enough? by Savvy B2B Marketing. How to Take Advantage of the New B2B Buying Behavior by Fast Company.

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Valasys

JULY 15, 2020

.” Your content strategy framework transcends to more than just creating conventional forms of content to the use of white papers, e-books, and newsletters, for branding and advertising purposes. Read more on 13 Ways Agile Content Marketing Benefits B2B Enterprises. Know Your Customers. Be Data-Driven. Prioritize SEO.

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Top of Funnel Tips Marketing & Strategy B2B Thought Leadership 89

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. What is the value and ROI of marketing automation? . and increase sales productivity by an average of 4%. Social media.

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Search Engine Marketing Marketing Automation Services Search Marketing Marketing Automation 120

Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In ClickInsights Expert Interview Series we feature top notch industry experts and thought leaders and get their insights, opinions and predictions. What types of metrics do B2B marketers need to measure a marketing campaign's success? Suggest one ROI metric that you have found to be very effective" Read on to get their insights.

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Content Standard

APRIL 4, 2019

So time is of the essence for marketers hoping to make an impact with B2B video marketing in this rapidly evolving landscape. Why B2B Video Is Already Essential to Your Marketing Strategy. B2B tech brands particularly benefit from video’s unique capability to communicate complicated concepts to potential buyers.

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Chris Koch

AUGUST 21, 2009

Recently, I was asked by a former ITSMA client to help put together a plan for a thought leadership program for a B2B technology company that sells both products and services. It forced me to think about all the components necessary to build and sustain a thought leadership strategy.

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Chris Koch

AUGUST 21, 2009

Recently, I was asked by a former ITSMA client to help put together a plan for a thought leadership program for a B2B technology company that sells both products and services. It forced me to think about all the components necessary to build and sustain a thought leadership strategy.

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Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Network Marketing Paper 100

Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2016

What will successful B2B marketers to be doing more of, or differently, in 2016? That question was recently posed to the expert contributors at the B2B Marketing Zone , and two dozen responded with a range of insights about content marketing, measuring results, employee advocacy, customer experience and other topics.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2015

We often get asked by our customers to help them create content that is more promotional, or that has a direct product tie-in. ” Stop promoting products in your content marketing for these reasons: Content marketing must help the buyer. Then promote your brand and product “on the edges.” What does this mean?

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Launch Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2019

When you think of “B2B” marketing, you naturally think “Business to Business,” not “Business to Customer.” But insufficient focus on the customer experience or customer marketing is a crucial mistake that many B2B companies inadvertently make. The Goal of Customer Marketing. Testimonials and Advocate Marketing. User Groups/Events.

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