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The Trick to Seeing Through Marketing Statistics

Digital B2B Marketing

Here is a comparison, from the same study: 41% purchased a product because they saw a banner ad on a tablet. When compared to a banner ad on a tablet, watching a video is just slightly better. Barely better than a banner ad will never be a claim to fame. Social media research often has the similar problem.

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Do Blog Posts Actually Lead to Purchases [New Data]

Hubspot

If a prospect trusts the advice or information given in your blog posts, they might trust that your offerings are better quality than your competitor's because your brand knows the industry, what customers want, and the pain points that your product or service solves.

Purchase 101
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17 of the Best Examples of Beautiful Blog Design

Hubspot

Well, just as your website homepage is like the front door to your business, your blog's design -- much like a welcome mat -- is the front door to your business blog. Once you're done creating the quality content, you still have the challenge of presenting it in a way that clearly dictates what your blog is about.

Design 101
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Before and After: The Transformation of One Business Blog

Hubspot

1) A visually appealing banner area that promotes new and popular articles. We wanted to make sure that when readers landed on our blog’s listing page that they were given the opportunity to not only read the most recent blogs but also some of our most popular or influential posts. Want to get the latest skinny on social media?

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4 Content Marketing Tips from Grammarly’s Multi-Million Dollar SaaS Growth Strategy

BenchmarkONE

Grammarly’s approach is to zero in on the demographic of people reading and engaging with their content pieces and then target that same demographic for their social media and paid ads. . Most SaaS and B2B companies advertise with banner ads, touting how good they are and what a valuable solution they’d be.

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The 3 P’s of Content Marketing: What’s Your Position?

Writing on the Web

Most of it is done on your business blog, which is quite simply, “ The Best Darn Marketing Tool on the Planet.&#. This blog is currently ranked #5 in the Top42 Content Marketing Blogs. What you’re in business for? How clear are you?

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83 Exceptional Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2014

Webbiquity

So before it gets replaced by the next trendy buzzwordy term, here’s some marketing-related big data for you: 83 valuable facts, stats, and research findings covering strategy, social media, SEO, online advertising, email marketing, content, blogging, social networking, video and more. Social Media Today ).