The Lead Agency

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The core of B2B marketing is building reputation, demonstrating capability, and showcasing credibility to very specific B2B audiences. B2B marketers have to be acutely aware of their audience. The following are some of the characteristics of the B2B buying cycle that all B2B marketers should know.

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B2B Marketing Traction

MAY 30, 2014

I’m still seeing a real reluctance on the part of many B2B businesses to get human with their marketing and really tell their story. For too long, B2B marketers have put products and services first, believing that all they had to do was “build it and they will come.” People buy from people they like.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 18, 2017

At the end of each month, I log into Google Webmasters and set a custom compare date range for the past two months, specific to blog traffic. At the end of each month, we use analytics tools to show the impact our content has on driving conversions to the website and generating new prospects in the sales funnel. Blog Trends.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2011

B2B buyers are time deprived and risk averse – and also enormously well informed. From the B2B seller side, ‘beating the bushes’, ‘cold calling’, ‘hunting’… whatever you call it, is less and less effective. Information is available free (or close to it) today that you couldn’t buy for any amount of money five years ago.

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Valasys

MAY 22, 2020

Transcending your inbound lead generation tactics involves working on every aspect of digital marketing, ranging from personalization to campaign designing, & execution, and finally converting the prospecting opportunities into sales. Read more on 8 Reasons why B2B Marketers Should Prioritize Word-of-Mouth-Marketing (WOMM).

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The straightforward ramifications of content marketing include attracting & engaging the prospects along with the sales cycles & ultimately driving sales conversions. If your content strategy is superficially focused on just a part of the funnel such as the top of the funnel, all you can expect is attracting the prospects.

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Valasys

APRIL 3, 2023

It can be overwhelming to decide what to focus on with the first-party data you’ve collected when confronted with an overwhelming amount of information about prospects and customers. In B2B, Intent data shows what (potential) clients are keen on and what they are searching for on the web.

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KEO Marketing

JULY 10, 2017

These B2B focused companies need strategies and tactics that advance a buying cycle that often includes multiple buyers and long sales cycles. B2B marketers see that their digital marketing strategies are paying off. Why is business to business digital marketing so widely utilized? .

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Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Blog WhitePaperPundit Twitter Jonathan_Kantor. WhitePaperPundit : The Friday FREE White Paper List, a listing of free white papers from weekly Twitter Tweets that don’t require registration, posted each Friday. Twitter Keywords: White Paper , Whitepaper , #whitepaper , #wppundit. Blog Savvy B2B Marketing.

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Everything Technology Marketing

MAY 24, 2010

Your B2B markets are changing rapidly. It is now harder than ever for B2B vendors to get the attention of our audiences. B2B buyers are more sophisticated than ever. Today's prospects filter out most attempts by companies to interrupt them with vendor and product focused marketing messages and sales pitches.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2013

We’ve heard it time and time again: according to the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) almost 60% of the buyer journey is complete before prospects reach out to vendors. It may even hurt us in the buying process. 60-70% of B2B marketing content goes unused ( Sirius Decisions ). InboundWriter ). It was flat for years.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 29, 2010

Yes, GE and Microsoft sell directly to end-users but they are primarily B2B companies. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness. He suggests that B2B marketers take a cue from their B2C counterparts when it comes to increasing brand awareness.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

It’s time to take another look at online display advertising strategy now that Google has revamped its ad planner tool; now calling itself the Google Display Network Ad Planner, and eliminate site research from non-GDN sites. According to a B2B survey from Bizo last year, marketers see display as a priority for initiatives. .

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Home Marketing Matters About Contact B2B Marketing Store Company Website B2B Lead Generation Using a Business Blog by Achinta Mitra on September 20, 2010 in B2B Lead Generation , Industrial Marketing Blog In B2B lead generation, quantity versus quality is probably the biggest challenge faced by industrial marketers.

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 6, 2010

We asked white paper experts: " How should marketers balance the need for free content (helpful for prospects decision making) Vs. the need to have content that produces a steady flow of good leads (that can directed to sales team)? Blog WhitePaperPundit Twitter Jonathan_Kantor. Blog Savvy B2B Marketing Twitter MicheleLinn.

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Engagio

MAY 29, 2017

Advertising in ABM is very different from the broad ad campaigns that blanket websites where some of your prospects may or may not spend time. Instead, ABM advertising waits for the contacts in your chosen accounts to visit a page, and then serves an ad that’s relevant to their situation and their stage in the buying cycle.

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Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

What types of metrics do B2B marketers need to measure a marketing campaign's success? We have invited B2B Experts to shed light on the following question: "In what ways have metrics evolved with the increase in digital B2B marketing? Recommended Resources from B2B Marketing Experts. Marketo's Modern B2B Marketing.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 19, 2015

Congratulations, you’ve taken the first step towards increasing your online presence and implemented a B2B content marketing strategy. This usually happens after just a few months of launching a B2B content marketing strategy. A brand new blog post has no authority when Google first indexes it. Set up Email Workflows.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2020

When done well – with a strategy behind it and relevancy within each piece – it offers the benefit of exponential growth, building brand awareness and trust, winning over prospects and convincing leads, and endearing your customers, helping to build a loyal base of brand advocates. Use LinkedIn to Support Your B2B Content Marketing Strategy.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 3, 2022

One reason why content marketing continues to be so crucial to B2B success? The B2B buying cycle has gotten longer—a lot longer. of B2B sales to new customers take four months or longer to close. What Is B2B Content Marketing? Importance of Tracking Content Marketing Metrics for B2B Marketers.

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Hinge Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2015

It's where prospects go to learn about you. It tells prospects how to get in touch with you. And to encourage your firm's website visitors to deepen their engagement with you and move through the buying journey, you need a variety of calls-to-action (CTAs) throughout your site. CTAs for Early Stage Prospects.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Any B2B marketer concerned with marketing ROI and sales enablement needs to know how and when to use it. Second only to Google, YouTube has rapidly emerged as an easy-to-use and reliable search tool; it overtook Yahoo as the second largest search engine in 2008 and is now the fastest-growing media platform in history.

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Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. If your potential customers can’t find you, they can’t buy from you. Also, keep in mind that search is no longer just Google. Why is web presence optimization important?

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Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2011

Because more than 80% of consumer purchases and 90% of b2b buying cycles now begin with search. If your potential customers can’t find you, they can’t buy from you. Also, keep in mind that search is no longer just Google. Why is web presence optimization important?

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Ambal's Amusings

MARCH 11, 2010

Blog WritingWhitePapers Twitter Mike_Stelzner. Blog WhitePaperPundit Twitter Jonathan_Kantor. WhitePaperPundit : The Friday FREE White Paper List, a listing of free white papers from weekly Twitter Tweets that don’t require registration, posted each Friday. Blog Savvy B2B Marketing. Twitter StephanieTilton.

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Valasys

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In the previous sections of the blog, we have unraveled how brands can define, measure & optimize their social media KPIs for channels such as Facebook , Twitter , Instagram & LinkedIn. Also, the number of views on the videos is directly co-related with the engagement of the prospects.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. The Death of a Salesman?

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Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2011

It’s why a search for “social media sucks&# on Google yields almost 12 million results (so much for my SEO on this post, oh well). It’s more of a place to interact with peers than to engage prospects. because there are more blog comments to respond to, more Twitter followers to check out, etc.). The solution?

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 23, 2010

Rule #1: Natural or organic search engine optimization (SEO) In the research phase of the industrial buying cycle , engineers and industrial buyers tend to use broad keywords and phrases that describe their current problem. Passive reading of your content will not move the prospect any closer to his/her decision to buy from you.

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The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

Then with all the triggers in place, sit back and watch the software do the job of sending the right message to the right prospect at the right time. That reminds me of what I see when I visit most B2B companies’ websites. In the B2B marketing space this is notorious. Wow, it’s magical! Yes, except for one little detail.

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Online Marketing Institute

APRIL 4, 2011

Besides Google Adwords and Bing, what other major PPC sevices are. Real-Time Activity Stream 4 Content Strategies for B2B Corporate Blogging Derek Edmond | Apr 1, 2011 | 0 Comments No matter how much planning and goal setting goes into a B2B corporate blog, the writing and content ultimately is what will make a blog successful.

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Hubspot

MAY 16, 2017

Our prospects are overwhelmed by the amount of content they're exposed to, and they are tuning us out. Intent-based marketing is a methodology of listening to signals that show a prospect is researching a specific topic or problem area so you can send the right message at the right time. Social Media-Based Intent Data.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Besides the rise of social media as marketing channel, the emergence of marketing technology, more specifically Marketing Automation systems, in which you can configure the automated distribution of content to customers and prospects has been changing the way marketers see and create conent. Does it sound familiar?

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 31, 2010

You need to optimize it for search engines in order for your target audience to find your B2B blog (see my earlier post, “How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects” ). Here’s an example from my post titled “Deconstructing the Four Stages of the Industrial Buy Cycle.” Here less is better.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter.

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Ambal's Amusings

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Blog WritingWhitePapers Twitter Mike_Stelzner. Content is still king, so grant your prospects some love by giving them a great content-rich white paper. Blog WhitePaperPundit Twitter Jonathan_Kantor. Blog Savvy B2B Marketing. Twitter StephanieTilton. " Read on to get their insights. Michael Stelzner.

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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). You can follow John on Twitter @jwatton. . In the age of Twitter and Facebook, it's easy to let the channel be the answer.

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