Digital B2B Marketing

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Why B2B Marketers Are Slow To Invest In Data

Digital B2B Marketing

In a recent #B2Bchat about new data available for B2B marketers, participants shared a number of concerns or barriers to using new data. Nearly every provider is willing to share this information and has ways to illustrate the quality or accuracy of the data. Many participants simply assumed the data would be inaccurate.

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The Golden Rule for Marketing

Digital B2B Marketing

So stop sending it, and stop assuming asking for an email isn’t a meaningful barrier. Gary Thuerk, referred to as the father of spam, said “I never fill out any personal information on Web sites because it all goes into some kind of marketing database” in an interview with eSecurity Planet. I didn’t think so.

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B2B Marketers Are Turning Away Prospects

Digital B2B Marketing

Doing it effectively requires creating content prospects want in a format that is easy to engage with while capturing the information you need. Does Your Content Create A Barrier? Informing Is Not Selling Your content should solve your prospects problems, not deliver a sales pitch.

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6 QR Code Mistakes Marketers Make

Digital B2B Marketing

Yes, QR codes can offer a convenient alternative to URLs or contact information, but stop making these QR code mistakes. In the conference example above, the QR code was a barrier, not an improvement. When you scanned it (yes, I did, I was so floored by the execution), you went to a page with a flash video providing more information.

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The Greatest Danger in Marketing: Metrics

Digital B2B Marketing

However, without careful selection of metrics, diligent analysis and a clear overarching vision, those same metrics can become the biggest barrier to successful long-term marketing programs. Metrics may inform your vision, but purely following your metrics will lead you away from it.

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7 B2B Content Marketing Lessons from Call of Duty 2

Digital B2B Marketing

It Informs What could happen if someone compromised our systems, instead of a physical location? Your Turn What are the biggest barriers to B2B marketers producing higher value content? The video raises questions about the wisdom of weapons systems and weaknesses in our infrastructure that matter to anyone. Your B2B content can too.

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Does B2B Content Marketing Really Help Buyers Buy?

Digital B2B Marketing

Content marketing provides the information buyers need to determine the type of solution they need, develop internal support for a change, create a short list of providers and address objections , all while positioning your company as a trusted resource. In B2B marketing organizations, content marketing aims to help buyers buy.

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