B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 7, 2023

(This month's Research Round-Up discusses the latest B2B content consumption report from NetLine Corporation. NetLine publishes this report annually, and it consistently provides a wealth of real-world insights regarding how business professionals actually consume content.) since the 2019 edition of the research.

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Research B2B Paper Content 52

Contently

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The global pandemic changed our behavior dramatically—for marketers, one notable shift was that digital content consumption increased drastically. They found that most effective content is personalized, relevant, timely, and informative, while making an impact across the customer journey. Confidence is mixed.

Demand 199

Demand Content Marketing Guidelines Content 199

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. Few companies have too much product content. It is a top tactic.

Top of Funnel 262

Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 262

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Content marketing is a contact sport. Such is the life of a content marketer, where you must balance content marketing strategy vs. execution. You can’t “win” at content marketing without a solid strategy. A fruitful content marketing return for your organization requires both strategy and execution. Image: CMI.

Marketing & Strategy 362

Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Webinar Metrics Content Marketing 362

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 17, 2023

As content marketing experts, we realize that not everyone has this superpower. That’s why we’ve done the groundwork for our fellow content marketers, and compiled a list of the 25 best marketing articles that everyone needs to read. Here’s 25 of the best marketing articles that every content marketing needs to read.

Paid Search Agency 335

Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 335

Contently

APRIL 6, 2023

Love them or hate them, buyer personas are key to creating successful marketing strategies and effective content. By understanding the needs, wants, and behaviors of your ideal customers, you can tailor your messaging and campaigns to better resonate with them. What Is a Buyer Persona?

Buyer Personas 164

Buyer Personas Template Psychographics Customer Surveys 164

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 8, 2022

While picking the right tech stack is an exercise in evolution, one thing has remained constant throughout time: Primary research is the best way to understand your customers. 3 rd party data certainly has gotten more powerful, and so has our ability to do primary research. I have some ways we do primary research to share.

Research 98

Research B2B Marketing Tips B2B 98

B2B Marketing Directions

JULY 17, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up is devoted exclusively to the latest B2B content consumption report from NetLine Corporation. NetLine publishes this report annually, and it consistently provides a wealth of real-world insights regarding how business professionals actually consume content.)

Research 52

Research B2B Purchase Intent Paper 52

Valasys

JANUARY 30, 2024

To truly unlock this understanding, tapping into the power of market research is crucial. Market research, in the context of social media marketing, involves gathering and analyzing data about consumer behavior and trends on social media platforms. These strategies are not born out of sheer luck or spontaneous creativity.

Social Media 40

Social Media Research Social Marketing Planning 40

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 3, 2022

As marketers turn to data and analytics to help them achieve their key objectives, new research indicates that intent data, in particular, is helping them reach their goals. Intent data is generally defined as information that reflects a web user’s behaviors, specifically as it pertains to content consumption.

Intent Data 265

Intent Data Class Intent Planning 265

Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

You don’t want a demo of their software — you haven’t even had time to read their content yet. eBook Learn More According to research from Gartner, B2B buyers are spending more time researching online, and less time interacting directly with sales — as little as 5-6% of their total buying journey.

Lead Ranking 164

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 164

The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. IMPACT : Use ABM strategies to deliver personalized, relevant content to specific buying roles within large accounts.

Paid Search Agency 241

Paid Search Agency Demand Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 241

Content Standard

JANUARY 4, 2024

A Content Disrupted podcast with Axel Kirstetter, Vice President of Global Product Marketing for Guidewire. Access this and more Content Disrupted episodes on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or Google Podcasts. How often does your marketing team produce content based on internal opinions or requests?

Top of Funnel 87

Top of Funnel Planning Content Buyer's Journey 87

Tony Zambito

APRIL 17, 2016

Recent surveys of marketing professionals by Rapt Media , Forrester , Seismic, SAP , IBM , and others all indicate that content personalization remains the biggest challenge for marketers this year and for the foreseeable future. The majority of content today is not hitting the mark with buyers and customers.

Buyer Personas 100

Buyer Personas Research Personalization Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of the content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. Few companies have too much product content. Quick Takeaways.

Top of Funnel 288

Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Trends Lead Scoring 288

Inbox Insight

JULY 28, 2020

But in a time of uncertainty, understanding B2B buyer behavior is more important than ever. What solutions do they want to hear about in your next content delivery? Our latest survey taps into the Insights for Professionals (IFP) network of IT decision makers for insights into what makes IT buyers tick.

Enterprise Management 85

Enterprise Management Work Management Research Marketing Management 85

B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 29, 2023

Source: Edelman and LinkedIn (This month's Research Round-Up focuses exclusively on the latest B2B thought leadership impact study by Edelman and LinkedIn. This research is conducted annually, and it consistently provides useful insights about the importance and value of B2B thought leadership content.)

B2B Thought Leadership 52

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Research B2B 52

Contently

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Customer behaviors only indicate what’s already happened. Puneet Mehta, founder and CEO of Netomi, has seen firsthand NLP and artificial intelligence’s (AI) ability to give detailed information about customers to agents in their call center in real time. It even suggests the most appropriate agent for each scenario.

Marketing AI 147

Marketing AI Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency Content 147

Content4Demand

JULY 7, 2021

As B2B buying trends evolve, it’s important that your content keeps up. According to the recently released 2021 B2B Buyers Survey Report from Demand Gen Report, here are a few of the top trends: Buying committees continue to become more prevalent, and committees are growing larger. Stakeholder Content Needs Differ.

Account Based Marketing 121

Account Based Marketing Peer-to-peer B2B Content 121

Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

To create highly relevant, high-impact email messages, you’ll need to collect and use more information from your prospective customers. Benefits of personalizing your email marketing messages include: Higher open and click-through rates; Greater engagement with your email content; Increased conversion rate of prospects to buyers; and.

Email Marketing 340

Email Marketing Personalization Psychographics Marketing & Strategy 340

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way marketers communicate and create content. Brands need to focus on creating content that feels authentic and is true to their core values and beliefs. But how can we ensure that AI-driven content is used responsibly? What is Authenticity? Copyright Office.

Marketing AI 339

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Copyright 339

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Buying signals in marketing are essential for qualifying leads by showing prospective buyers the right content at the perfect time. When B2B buyers need to solve a problem, they start researching online.

Lead Ranking 309

Lead Ranking Buy Work Management Marketing Management 309

Trade Press Services

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For many years, “creating enough content” was cited by marketers responding to the Content Marketing Institute’s annual State of Marketing survey as their top challenge. Today, “creating the right content for their audience” represents the biggest communication challenge for 57 percent of marketers.

Trends 104

Trends B2B Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership 104

Contently

JANUARY 31, 2023

We could all be forgiven for briefly believing that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in marketing are only about generating content. It does mean you probably have more AI functionality available than you realized—even in your content marketing technology. But it’s a new year.

Marketing AI 132

Marketing AI Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Planning 132

Martech

JANUARY 9, 2024

Research data before the event Digital events are a great way to engage existing customers and build a sense of community in your industry. During the planning phase, research your customers and prospects to inform the kind of sessions and experiences to include in your event.

Optimization 117

Optimization Ideal Customer Profiles Customer Surveys Communities 117

Martech

APRIL 8, 2024

The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am trained with MarTech content. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. Here’s something somebody asked me!

Business 105

Business Best Practices Marketing AI Forecasting 105

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 75

Marketing Management Vendors Studies Top of Funnel 75

Martech

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This technology leverages artificial intelligence for tasks like content creation, data analysis and customer engagement. “Generate” doesn’t only refer to creating new content but encompasses various capabilities. Whether generating or rewriting content, specificity is key. It’s just content.

Marketing AI 143

Marketing AI Classified Ads Generation Lead Ranking 143

ClearVoice

AUGUST 16, 2023

Personalized content is more likely to be engaged with remembered than generic content, helping build customer relationships and creating a more positive brand experience. It requires a deep understanding of your target audience along with the ability to create and deliver content relevant to each individual.

Advertising Agencies 98

Advertising Agencies Marketing Agencies 1 Paid Search Agency Ad Agencies 98

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Since B2B buyers primarily research solutions on their own, effective marketing is crucial. But how do you subtly engage your prospects when they are researching solutions online? Intent data is information about the online behaviors of your prospects and evaluates their interest in purchasing your product or service.

Intent Data 124

Intent Data Lead Gen Intent Lead Scoring 124

PureB2B

JUNE 8, 2021

It might go without saying, but strategic audience research is one of the most important foundations of any marketing strategy and campaign. With the rapid increase in volumes of data, many marketers have resorted to getting their information from second-hand, or even third-hand information. What is Original Research?

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Research Campaigns Work Management Marketing Management 62

PureB2B

JUNE 8, 2021

It might go without saying, but strategic audience research is one of the most important foundations of any marketing strategy and campaign. With the rapid increase in volumes of data, many marketers have resorted to getting their information from second-hand, or even third-hand information. What is Original Research?

Research 62

Research Campaigns Work Management Marketing Management 62

Stevens & Tate

JANUARY 9, 2020

When it comes to market research strategies, the more you know about your target audience, the more effective they will be. The biggest mistake you can make is assuming you know who your audience is and that you understand what their needs are without doing the proper market research. Send Out Customer Surveys.

Research 83

Research Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Focus Group 83

BenchmarkONE

MAY 14, 2020

We all remember doing research projects in school. I’m sure a lot of us promised ourselves we wouldn’t put ourselves through that kind of ordeal again, but we weren’t banking on required work-related research. . It would be simple if market research wasn’t needed. It would be simple if market research wasn’t needed.

Research 81

Research SWOT Analysis Marketing & Strategy 81

Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This invaluable resource provides businesses with unrivalled insights into their prospect’s behavior, enabling them to present their offerings at precisely the right moment. When we talk about buyer intent data, we refer to the information gathered about a person’s online behavior. What is buyer intent data?

Buyer Intent 105

Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Demand Generation 105

Binary Demand

MARCH 26, 2024

In this article Overview Definition Buyer intent & content format Importance Intent-based marketing tips Benefits Conclusion [ps2id id=’definition’ target=”/]What is Intent-based Marketing, and How Does it Work? Signal 2: Visiting specific pages about features and pricing suggests active research for a purchase.

Intent 52

Intent Intent Data Paid Search Agency Webinar Metrics 52

sagefrog

APRIL 16, 2024

Providing the right information and support at each stage can guide potential customers toward purchasing and ultimately improve your sales success. For instance, during the awareness stage, providing educational content can help attract and engage potential customers. Foundational research plays a crucial role in this process.

Buyer Personas 62

Buyer Personas Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management Marketing Management 62