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Why Most B2B Companies Don’t Use Earned Media (Public Relations)

Marketing Craftmanship

Most B2B company websites, across all industries, contain some combination of self-produced “owned media” content, including blog posts, case studies, white papers, podcasts, archived webinars, and event calendars. Historically, the insurance industry looked down upon term life insurance, and had low regard for part-time agents.

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How Mid-Funnel Content Examples Can Aid a Financial Services Content Marketing Strategy

Content Standard

Recently, a project sent me looking for mid-funnel content examples for a financial services content marketing strategy I was working on. The client—an investment brand—had a well-established content plan with plenty of individual articles, pithy blogs, and top-of-the-funnel awareness content. What asset classes were right for them?

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5 Ways AI Can Help Sales and Marketing Alignment

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AI technologies are also creating key internal opportunities that drive better alignment between marketing and sales resulting in an increase in revenue and a healthy pipeline. Let’s look at five ways AI can help marketing and sales continue to tear down silos. Support Sales with Relevant Customer Experiences.

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Industrial B2B marketers have an untapped digital opportunity

Biznology

They have always gone to market with big trade events, airport advertising, and field sales reps to follow-up on all those leads. If a client needs something, an account exec gets a call, whips out their cape and flies over to the client to solve the problem or make the sale. White Papers and Case Studies.

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5 Digital Marketing Trends To Dial Up In Uncertain Times?

Marketing Insider Group

Voice Searches: Go to the Head of the Class. Make It All About the Customer: World-Class CX. Not literally, but they do expect a seamless experience from the first spark of interest to customer service after the sale. Today’s shoppers have grown impatient and we demand swift, seamless experiences across digital platforms.

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5 Sales Plays to Build Your Pipeline Faster

SalesIntel

Despite this, many teams’ outbound sales methods are reluctant to evolve. As a result, many sales leaders struggle to develop a strong and consistent sales pipeline. 72% of sales managers meet with their sales reps each month to assess the sales funnel. Overcoming Sales Challenges.

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How to Generate Leads with Content Marketing and Personalization

SmartBug Media

Additionally, you can offer types of content such as white papers and e-books to provide longer-form answers. The goal here is to get your lead to your sales team. Placing calls to action (CTAs) strategically in the content you’ve made (as mentioned above) compels them to take the next step and move further down your funnel.