Tiecas

APRIL 5, 2024

Did you know 80% of successful content marketers have a documented content marketing strategy? In my experience working with manufacturers and industrial companies, too many are in a rush to pump out more content without a strategy in place. Table of Contents What is an Industrial Marketing Strategy?

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Schools, educational institutes, and EdTech entrepreneurs across the country are bracing themselves for the ‘new normal in education. Online education is the fastest-growing segment of the edtech market, with revenues expected to reach $350 billion by 2025 (Source: ResearchAndMarkets ). Email Marketing.

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 10, 2011

  Here is a key issue facing organizations today: each time a new social technology is introduced, it ultimately alters the buying behaviors of the new social buyer persona.  This issue and the surrounding complexities call into question, for organizations today, their readiness for adapting to the new social buyer persona. 

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The Lead Agency

MAY 19, 2019

According to the Content Marketing Institute’s 2018 report, 91% of B2B marketers are using content marketing to reach their customers. While it’s great that so many B2B marketers are aware of how effective content marketing is for their overall strategy, it means that a vast amount of content is being generated.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

That’s why it’s just as important to have a strategy in place for your CTAs as it is for any other component of your overall content marketing plan. How will your target audience and/or buyer persona respond to your CTA? Buyer Persona CTAs Text CTA: Follow in the footsteps of high-performing account executives.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 29, 2021

With a well-maintained sales-marketing partnership, prospects are participants in a seamless sales pipeline transition through to the end, with the right content and message served up to them at the right time. Develop Sales Collateral Content . Educate and Coach. This goes hand in hand with sales collateral.

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Cintell

APRIL 30, 2019

This has become a whole lot easier in the digital age with access to big data to inform us and provide guiding insights across a customer’s journey. Creating personas using attributes, characteristics and interests is a necessary step to effectively segment and identify the right customers. The key here is relevancy.

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Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

From bylined articles to informational videos, content helps prospects learn about brands and gather information about their products and services. Content serves as the primary vehicle for educating, engaging, and guiding potential customers at each stage of their journey to make a purchase.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 11, 2015

As CEO of a company moving to content marketing, are you wondering how to set the right course? And you have a sense that the traditional marketing that generated leads in the past isn’t working anymore. What is the content’s focus? Those two things are the most important determinants of content marketing success.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Editor’s note: Pam Didner recently authored the book Effective Sales Enablement for marketers. In this article, she shares that perspective with three ways content marketers can provide value to the sales team. Marketers can enable sales leveraging different elements – one of those ways is through content.

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Televerde

MAY 13, 2024

Quick Takeaways: Most buyers ch oo se a vendor from their day-one list, making early and effective top-of-the-f unne l engagement essential. Top-of-the-funnel marketing strategies include SEO, content marketing, email marketing, PCP ads, trade shows, and social media (among others).

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Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the most frequently-referenced reasons for using intent data in demand generation is creating and developing effective buyer personas , according to the 200 senior marketers we surveyed. This ranked in a similar position to content personalization, proving the power of intent for knowing more about B2B decision makers.

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Exo B2B

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this world where every purchasing decision can involve multiple stakeholders and take months of deliberation, understanding the nuances of B2B personas and the complex journey of the B2B buyer is not only useful, it’s essential. Buyer personas play a crucial role at every stage.

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Televerde

JULY 11, 2022

It’s about increasing awareness, creating a sense of urgency, and educating your audience about your solutions. One example of demand generation is a marketing automation software company that begins its marketing campaigns by alerting marketers to the amount of time they waste on manual tasks. Image from Hootsuite.

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PureB2B

MARCH 25, 2020

From content creation, to lead generation and nurture, the strategy has to be cohesive throughout the buyer journey. Marketers who have a handle on developing a good demand generation strategy are able to increase conversions with their content, raise brand awareness, and decrease sales cycle time.

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PureB2B

MARCH 25, 2020

From content creation, to lead generation and nurture, the strategy has to be cohesive throughout the buyer journey. Marketers who have a handle on developing a good demand generation strategy are able to increase conversions with their content, raise brand awareness, and decrease sales cycle time.

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6sense

JANUARY 19, 2022

“The really great thing about PathFactory,” Grace said, “was their governance over all the different types of tags that a content marketer needs.”. Specifically, content marketers can use PathFactory to add tags (labels that tell the platform what the content is about) for content types in 6sense.

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

We’ll start by discussing the importance of understanding your buyer personas and defining your ideal customer profile. Finally, we will cover measuring results and optimizing campaigns as well as analyzing data to refine your winning strategies for account-based marketing continuously. Developing Buyer Personas C.

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SmartBug Media

JULY 10, 2023

A one-size-fits-all approach is rarely the right choice, and making sure that the content is tailored to your personas is a great place to start. Check out this resource on mapping content for your buyer personas , and work toward reducing your bounce rate with the tips inside!

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Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 18, 2010

.  Complex B2B buyer experiences, in similar ways, have the nature of involving experiential processes within seven phases of the buyer journey.    These processes also have a tendency, in a B2B context, to recycle during the entire buyer journey and contribute to the overall buyer experience. 

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PureB2B

MARCH 25, 2020

From content creation, to lead generation and nurture, the strategy has to be cohesive throughout the buyer journey. Marketers who have a handle on developing a good demand generation strategy are able to increase conversions with their content, raise brand awareness, and decrease sales cycle time.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Define target audience and buyer personas. Build out a Buyer’s Journey and map out content for each stage. Solidify which marketing tactics you want to focus on. Content Marketing. Email Marketing. Think back to those personas we planned out in our initial marketing strategy.

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SmartBug Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Define target audience and buyer personas. Build out a Buyer’s Journey and map out content for each stage. Solidify which marketing tactics you want to focus on. Content Marketing. Email Marketing. Think back to those personas we planned out in our initial marketing strategy.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 2, 2011

.  Messaging has been the dominant practice of marketing as well as sales for decades and despite the new label of content marketing - continues unabated.    And frankly, it still amounts to marketing promotions that I just don’t need.    What is happening when buyers find you? 

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Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. Longer sales cycles, complex technical products, and a highly analytical buyer persona are just a few factors that set it apart. Your content needs to be technically sound, solution-oriented, and backed by data or proof points.

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Kapost

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In 2017, digital marketing in the B2B space is the standard for any organization looking to actually connect with and influence customers at each step of the buyer journey. Are teams collaborating to create content efficiently that resonates with customers? The real question is, how organized is your internal workflow?

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This is where buyer personas come in. Buyer personas help you effectively connect your value propositions to customer pain points in a language they speak. Careers: Job level, experience, education, aspirations. Nowadays, 89 percent of customers begin their buying process with a search engine (hello, Google).

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Launch Marketing

JANUARY 18, 2018

Empower the sales team: Marketing has a personal interest in seeing the leads they generate convert into not only sales opportunities but also revenue. Identify specific buyer personas: While segmentation is not a new concept in marketing, building buyer personas is too often ignored by B2B marketers because of its complexity.

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Utilizing the first critical element of research and insights for persona creation, personas can help guide the organization towards a common shared focus on helping customers to achieve their goals. Organizations should strive to develop buyer personas , user personas, and customer personas.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 24, 2012

I talked about how every business needs a content strategy – it is not just for large companies. I also answer the question of whether content marketing is just another term for marketing. Is Content Strategy Just For Large Companies? Content marketing is not as hard as small company marketers may fear.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

.  B2B businesses need to view the entire buyer experience and reinvent it.    This will require new ways of thinking, new tools, new systems, and much deeper understanding on who is your buyer persona and mapping your buyer’s journey to know the best ways to meet the buyer where they are in their journey. 

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Outgrow

MAY 3, 2021

How to Boost eCommerce Sales Using Interactive Content. Interactive content elevates content marketing. It's a tool that accelerates the buyer’s journey, leading to an increase in your eCommerce sales. Here’s what you must do to know your buyer: - Explore Your Buyer Persona.

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SnapApp

MAY 29, 2018

Like most things in the strange science of B2B selling, this isn’t set in stone; a lead that isn’t going to buy now could be persuaded by content or a sales demo that agitates their pain points. Content saturation and more educated buyers aren’t the only things making the sales process more difficult to manage.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 10, 2023

Your content marketing strategy isn’t going to reach new heights without a carefully curated content marketing funnel. A well-crafted content marketing funnel helps drive traffic , generate leads and secure conversions. All you need is an effective plan and high-quality content. Fill content gaps.

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Everything Technology Marketing

MAY 24, 2010

The effectiveness of traditional push marketing is rapidly declining, marketing budgets and headcounts have been slashed over the last few years (while output expectations have increased), and the availability of new technologies for marketing automation is leaving many B2B marketing professionals scratching their heads.

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SnapApp

MAY 21, 2019

According to our panel of experts, it starts with getting to know your audience and understanding your company’s buyer personas. We heard from Jennifer Lux of LyntonWeb , who said, “Really understanding your personas is key to attracting the right sales-ready audience. Experiment with Tactics that Cater to Your Audience.

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Metadata

JULY 21, 2022

With the right automation tools, you can quickly locate new topics of interest, cutting down on the time you spend doing manual research for content marketing ideas. Encourage all team members to offer their input on supporting the buyer journey and collect the most promising ideas. Loop in the buying committee.

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