B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 14, 2024

Source: Kogan Page Last November, I published a review of Robert Rose's new book, Content Marketing Strategy. Rose's book is one of the best I've recently read, and it's an important addition to our library of content marketing literature. This is also an excellent book, and I enthusiastically recommend it.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

By Cherie Singer , Strategic Solutions Ambassador at Heinz Marketing As a former psychotherapist, my eclectic background has often served as another lens in the business world. The post 4 Cognitive Behavioral Tools for Sales Professionals appeared first on Heinz Marketing. Which one of these have you tried? or will you try?

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As marketers, you probably have a lot of brainstorming sessions where you're laying out landing pages, writing copy, and creating a strategy for a campaign. And brainstorming sessions and whiteboarding go together like peanut butter and jelly. Whiteboarding Techniques. Whiteboarding Session. Be creative. Stay focused.

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Stevens & Tate

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A critical key in modern marketing is storytelling. Visual Storytelling Techniques That Will Take You To The Next Level. Brainstorm and explore all avenues of how to convey your business story. The post How To Tell A Better Business Story appeared first on Stevens & Tate Marketing. The Meaning Behind the Story.

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Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2018

Looking for your next marketing employee ? Marketing is all about communication, so it goes without saying your new employee must be confident and skilled at communicating professionally. Professional communication will also often include writing to create successful multimedia marketing campaigns. Negotiation techniques.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

At HubSpot, we love brainstorms. Brainstorming is one of the most productive team-building activities we use at HubSpot. Luckily, many of our managers were able to adapt quickly, leading a number of successful virtual brainstorms in 2020. How to Run a Virtual Brainstorm. Director of Marketing at HubSpot. "A

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Brandpoint

MAY 23, 2022

While many marketers face the same hurdles in their departments, each industry brings a unique angle to these roadblocks. For example, scaling and maintaining your lead generation efforts will always be a focus area for marketers, but depending on your type of business, the details of why this is a challenge can vary.

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Rev

JUNE 21, 2023

We’ll help you begin brainstorming some ideas by looking individually at the definitions of sales prospecting and lead generation, as well as examples of how you can apply them in your B2B marketing and sales processes. Fortunately, there are now many innovative tools and techniques that can help you prospect more effectively.

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Brandpoint

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Have you noticed that this topic creates a collaboration gap between digital marketers, creatives and other departments? Throughout my career, I’ve seen tensions around the topic of SEO between digital marketing teams and other departments. Read More: The State of Digital Marketing for the Manufacturing Industry for 2022 ].

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 11, 2023

It can also enhance various aspects of business operations and marketing, when used efficiently. Customer Insights: It provides valuable data about customer preferences and behaviors, enabling more targeted and effective marketing strategies.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Since retail and fashion brands are innately about showcasing products in an attractive way, using Reels for marketing feels natural. Alexis Gaines is an Atlanta-based hairstylist who uses this technique often to show the different services she provides. The brand also used this fact-sharing technique to honor World Mental Health Day.

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Scoop.it

MAY 10, 2022

This stats from Orbit Media complements the data on main challenges content marketers face in work: lack of time and high-quality content creation are among the top three for specialists to overcome. Content marketers deal with tons of content daily: They brainstorm and plan it. Faster and more productive brainstorming.

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Engagio

MAY 31, 2023

In today’s saturated market, capturing attention and standing out from the crowd has become increasingly challenging. As marketers, we often find ourselves focused on completing tasks, ticking off boxes, and meeting deadlines. Check out an emotional wheel to get ideas for what emotion your marketing should evoke.)

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SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Everyone, from marketers to brands to common people, is utilizing AI to create SEO-optimized content within a fraction of the time than human writers. To get to the crux of this conversation, this blog will shed light on the pros and cons of ai-generated content and how you can use AI to create your marketing assets.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 2, 2024

Invite your whole organization together for a brainstorming session where the group identifies their most time-consuming tasks. But as times change, techniques must follow. Alignment between sales with marketing is increasingly important, tying together early prospect targeting and the buyer’s journey.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It includes detailed methods for engaging with customers, such as how to approach cold calls , effective emailing techniques , and tips for successful face-to-face meetings. Focus on innovative techniques like using social media and crafting personalized outreach messages. ” can help crystallize your sales philosophy.

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Lead Forensics

APRIL 16, 2024

AI can analyze historical sales data, market trends, and customer behavior patterns to generate accurate sales forecasts. By analyzing your interactions with leads and customers, AI can provide real-time feedback on your communication style, objection handling techniques, and presentation delivery.

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Scoop.it

JUNE 22, 2023

For example, a small company without the resources to allocate to a professional graphic designer may use generative AI for its marketing visuals. This way a growing business can compete in saturated markets, even if they don’t possess the same quantity of resources as their larger opponents. That is always inevitable.

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Seismic

MAY 18, 2023

My name is Liz, and I am on the incredible product marketing team at Seismic. Regular training sessions : Cover topics such as sales techniques, negotiation best practices, and industry trends. This is the final post of our five-part blog series and provides an outline of Seismic’s Enablement Maturity Growth Framework.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 2, 2024

Invite your whole organization together for a brainstorming session where the group identifies their most time-consuming tasks. But as times change, techniques must follow. Alignment between sales with marketing is increasingly important, tying together early prospect targeting and the buyer’s journey.

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Martech

AUGUST 30, 2021

For a long time, we’ve taken a very task-centric approach to marketing. While user stories were meant for software developers to see how people used their systems, it’s a technique that works well for marketers too — with a few minor tweaks. Stories that begin with “As a marketer….” What goes into a customer story.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Ideation sessions are critical for generating ideas and brainstorming creative and unique solutions to some of your business's biggest challenges. Creative Ideation Techniques. Then, both groups were instructed to brainstorm for ten minutes. This type of rapid-fire brainstorming could prove most successful for your team.

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Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. Low search volumes: Relevant industry keywords may have less search traffic compared to broader consumer markets. To adapt, manufacturers must embrace inbound marketing as a core strategy.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Think of that time you were in a brainstorming meeting, and your coworker spouted off an idea you shared with him in confidence, as if it were his own. Until then, take steps to protect the ownership of your ideas and content by consistently practicing the following branding techniques. 3 Simple Ways to Protect Your Content.

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Martech

JUNE 7, 2023

Undoubtedly, video is the most rapidly expanding and potent marketing medium globally. Every marketer must incorporate this channel into their strategy. That’s why there’s no excuse for marketers not to create and share video content. Embrace video as a primary marketing avenue. But it doesn’t stop there.

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Lead Forensics

MARCH 21, 2024

Consider inviting guest speakers or arranging training sessions on topics like negotiation tactics or emerging market trends. By arming your sales team with the tools and techniques to navigate objections confidently, you increase their resilience and improve their chances of closing deals successfully.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Lede is another technique used in journalism to improve readability. One idea per sentence” is a writing technique expressed by Theodore Bernstein in his book Watch Your Language. So get on the bandwagon, brainstorm topic ideas, write your long-form piece and develop a promotion strategy to distribute your article online.

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DivvyHQ

AUGUST 15, 2019

Content planning, while essential to your content marketing efforts, can feel like an uphill battle. In the early days of a new content marketing effort, there is likely no shortage of content ideas. But if you’ve been at it for a while, the idea tank can run low, which means your team needs to spend time brainstorming.

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MarketJoy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Managements and market executives are brainstorming for new ways to expand the business and to find ways to adapt conventional marketing strategies to the current trends. Marketing has been the backbone behind every successful product and service and it is what enterprises are relying on to bring them back into the game.

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Buffer

JANUARY 10, 2022

And, if you’re not sure what that is, try my very non-scientific technique: Review the questions that come in via your contact page, email, and LinkedIn InMails weekly. As you brainstorm, create a list of your best ideas and draw from it over a period of weeks or months. We’re all so busy.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We will tell you what it is, its benefits, and the main sales forecasting techniques. Machine Learning and Sales Forecasting 6 Machine Learning Sales Forecasting Techniques to Know What is machine learning? It doesn’t account for any market or macroeconomic changes that happen. Table of Contents What is machine learning?

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 8, 2024

.” While that, unfortunately, maybe the case with a good number of personal resolutions as the year wears on, in business, setting sound marketing goals — and following through — is a primary ingredient for success. Markets ebb and flow. User behaviors evolve — and so do marketing goals. Technologies come and go.

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Litmus

JANUARY 12, 2023

Combined with our own thoughts, here are email marketing design trends we expect to see in 2023 with examples. Should you leverage email marketing design trends? How email marketers will tap into usability this year. Let’s take a look at examples from brands applying minimalist techniques to their designs. Minimalism.

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Seismic

MAY 4, 2023

From my perspective, business transformation is: A comprehensive reorganization of a company’s operations, mindset, and behavior, generally undertaken in response to current and/or anticipated market conditions. Regular training sessions: Cover topics such as sales techniques, negotiation best practices, and industry trends.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? Overlooking A/B Testing A/B testing, often an unsung hero in marketing strategies, holds immense potential. Ignoring Data Insights Data is the compass guiding businesses through the vast sea of sales and marketing.

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Sharpspring

JANUARY 20, 2021

Over the years, marketing has evolved to accommodate online retail and digital services. When it comes to the two types of marketing known as inbound and outbound, one has proven to be more successful with online shoppers. Inbound Marketing Strategy vs. Outbound. Content marketing is a subset of inbound marketing.

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Stevens & Tate

MARCH 10, 2020

It should come as no surprise that a strong mobile presence is indispensable in today’s market. Whether your company is just starting up or has reached the point of maintain a well-established customer base, it’s important to stay up to date with the most current marketing trends and techniques for your ecommerce business.

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