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Where Do Case Studies Fit into Your Content Marketing Strategy?

Marketing Insider Group

Case studies help you build a story around your customers, products, and services. Case studies are one of the most powerful forms of content to have in your marketing repertoire. Case studies can help your business generate leads, educate consumers, boost your credibility, and display your success.

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3 benchmarks for the B2B marketing budget as a percentage of revenue

Sword and the Script | B2B

Gartner: 9.1% of revenue invested in marketing The technology analysis firm Gartner conducts an annual poll of marketing. Gartner doesn’t provide a lot of details on who it polls, but I believe it’s reasonable to guess they are polling their subscription clients, which in my experience tend to skew towards larger tech companies.

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5 Lead Nurture Campaigns that Build Pipeline and Support ROI

Act-On

Design nurture campaigns based on lead scoring A Gartner study found that businesses using lead scoring experienced a 77% increase in ROI with lead generation. A warm lead might receive relevant content such as a case study, a white paper, or other educational content.

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Seven Ways B2B Tech Buying Behavior is Changing [Research]

Webbiquity

.” While there’s no reason to doubt these findings, a few caveats are important to note: The relative value of user reviews versus case studies is highest for relatively simple, low-cost (under four figures per certainly, under low five-figure purchases often) SaaS products versus enterprise software.

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How to Choose the Right Tech Marketing Agency

Top Rank Marketing

Research from Gartner found, for example, that more than 70% of buyers consider at least four software providers before making a final purchase decision. Source ) #2: Track record and case studies showcasing successful tech marketing campaigns. 3: Demonstrates an ability to stay on top of trends and changes.

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The untapped potential of video for sales enablement

Biznology

“ Tech Providers Will Pay Far More Attention to Sales Enablement” was one of “ 10 Fearless Predictions for B2B Tech Sales and Marketing in 2017 ” from Gartner technology marketing analyst Todd Berkowitz. The need for mid- and late-funnel video for sales enablement. ” Relegate all video to the top-of-the-funnel?

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Using video for “buyer enablement”

Biznology

“Much like sales enablement, sales organizations must focus on what we call ‘buyer enablement’ ” Gartner research indicates that two-thirds of any B2B buying journey is devoted to “gathering, processing and de-conflicting information.” Like this post? Sign up for our emails here.