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7 Digital Marketing Services Every Business Needs

Marketing Insider Group

Before you succumb to the hype and hire a social media intern or go all out with paid search ads, you need to consider digital marketing services. Hiring in-house help is an expensive way to boost your social media presence, and paid search ads only generate about 5% of traffic.

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How Content Marketing Directly Improves Sales

Marketing Insider Group

While some invest a tremendous amount of money in traditional advertising channels, many use the power of content instead. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. They will consume content, but only if it’s valuable to them.

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Your B2B Social Media Plan Needs to Include These 8 Steps

Top Rank Marketing

It’s not too hard to see why social media marketing is often associated with the B2C realm. But make no mistake: social media marketing can be extremely effective in B2B, helping marketers drive awareness, build community, establish credibility and much more. Do you need an Instagram strategy?

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12 Essential Benchmarks for Understanding The B2B Buyers’ Journey

KoMarketing Associates

In addition to incremental changes, such as the shift toward mobile devices, B2B marketers must also contend with a rapidly changing workplace and online world. For example, workers today are more likely to work from home or on the road, making it harder to track which company they work for due to shifting location.

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The Simple Content Marketing Strategy for Startups

Marketing Insider Group

When you start a business, there’s a lot on your mind: how to fund all the equipment you’ll need, how to keep track of revenue and expenses, how to produce your goods and services economically enough to make a profit, and how to get the word out about what you offer. A content strategy? That’s the power of a robust content strategy.

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7 Top B2B Social Media Trends

Oktopost

Social media has revolutionized B2B marketing. Now an essential tool for all marketing efforts, it has changed how brands reach their customers, build awareness, and foster connections with their audiences. And businesses recognize the power of social media in driving tangible results.

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3 Reasons You Need to Run Paid Social Ads (With Tips For Each Platform)

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Paid social ads can guarantee exposure, drive traffic, and encourage revenue. Organic social media is often positioned as the be-all and end-all of social media marketing. However, to really maximize your social media efforts, you need both organic posts and a paid social media strategy.