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7 takeaways from a study on B2B thought leadership; why it works or doesn’t

Sword and the Script | B2B

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys.

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New Research: How and Why Some Technology and Software Firms Grow More

Hinge Marketing

election, and waves of social issues/changes dominating the media and peoples’ attention, it’s not a wonder that the buying cycle for technology and software firms was both unpredictable and unprecedented. The gap grows even larger with the next technique: promoting thought leadership on social media. See Figure 8.)

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The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for Mapping Your Customer Journey

Televerde

However, with the modern buying cycle dominated by the digital landscape, the customer journey is much more complex. Today’s modern consumers communicate with brands on at least ten different channels —from social media, email, paid ads, etc.—and Public relations. Your touchpoints may include: Social channels.

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B2B Lead Roundtable Blog: Our 10 most popular blog posts of 2012

markempa

Here’s an at-a-glance analysis that could provide a glimpse of the most pressing issues lead generation professionals have faced in 2012: Understanding and leveraging social media. Four blog posts focused on some aspect of social media. B2B Public Relations: 7 tactics to pull more leads into the funnel.

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3 Ways to Get the Most from Your B2B Agency

Schubert B2B

Your agency also must understand the complex markets that you need to reach, your buyers and their buying cycles. Lisa Goetz is a public relations executive at Schubert b2b, where she primarily writes content and manages media relations. Regularly Communicate.

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The Design of Buyer Experience

Tony Zambito

  The recent advances in technologies related to the Internet, interactive digital media, and social media represent the coalescing “tipping point” that is shifting buyers to have expectations for improved experiential opportunities that have not existed before. 

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Interview: How DXC is leveraging Adobe’s AI-Powered Adobe Experience Platform to unify data

ClickZ

Customer experience management is top-of-mind for large enterprises that want to create impactful, personalized experiences across the entire buying cycle. Like many large organizations, DXC accrues a large volume of data from multiple sources including social media, website visitors, various marketing initiatives and other tools.