Contently

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Customer research can surprise you. Why you can’t afford to skip customer research. Why you can’t afford to skip customer research. Customer research involves gathering data about your ideal consumers—who they are, what they want, and how you can help them. 5 types of customer research. The takeaway?

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Animalz blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Our in-house innovation lead, Tim Metz, explores new ideas and technologies for our customers and content. In this article, he shows how content teams can use AI tools in their research process. What you need to know to make the most of this guide What follows are advanced AI research tactics.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

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. Quick Takeaways.

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Martech

AUGUST 24, 2023

With generative AI hype overinflating expectations, 63% of marketing leaders say they plan to invest in the technology in the next 24 months, according to two reports from Gartner. The only enterprises making money are conference organizers and content publishers.” EKOM also uses traffic analytics to create recommendations.

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Martech

MARCH 22, 2024

AI tools and large language models (LLMs) are changing the content marketing process, impacting how we conceive, produce and distribute content. Below, I delve into the content marketing lifecycle to show how content teams are incorporating generative AI at different stages.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. Few companies have too much product content. It is a top tactic.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

So why, then, do 44% of all B2B companies not even bother to measure their content marketing ROI? After all, what’s the ultimate goal of content marketing? Yes, it is true that we use content marketing to: Help our target audience solve problems. Provide information our audience can’t find elsewhere.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JULY 25, 2021

Research surveys and survey reports have become important marketing tools for many kinds of B2B companies, including those that offer marketing technologies and various kinds of marketing-related services. Many B2B companies are conducting or sponsoring surveys, and they feature survey reports in their marketing programs.

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B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 7, 2023

(This month's Research Round-Up discusses the latest B2B content consumption report from NetLine Corporation. NetLine publishes this report annually, and it consistently provides a wealth of real-world insights regarding how business professionals actually consume content.) since the 2019 edition of the research.

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Contently

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The global pandemic changed our behavior dramatically—for marketers, one notable shift was that digital content consumption increased drastically. Recently, Lucidpress took an in-depth look at those shifts in its 2021 Content Effectiveness Report , which surveyed 452 professionals from leading industries to gauge the state of current content.

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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A few months prior, I lead an initiative to switch survey vendors to the Qualtrics platform which offered capabilities superior to our past vendor. speakers were able to tell compelling stories based on insights derived from survey data. Relationships Between Research and Growth. The purchase was still fresh in my mind. .

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As we close out 2021, we assume you’re spending most of your time explaining to executives and colleagues why the data and reports you shared with them earlier this year are no longer relevant. Your coworkers may not always understand how quickly digital marketing reports and estimates can change, but we do.

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2020

Source: Seismic, Hinge Research Institute. Content is king. Everyone is creating content. Yet, content creation is still a top priority for most B2B marketers. In fact, in the Hinge Research Institute’s 2020 High Growth Study of Professional Services Firms, content creation is the top priority.

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 15, 2023

(This month's Research Round-Up discusses two recent surveys that examine how marketers are using artificial intelligence in mid-2023. These surveys explore the extent of AI adoption in the marketing industry, the use cases and expected benefits of AI, and marketers' concerns and uncertainties about AI.)

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 26, 2021

It’s why we conduct market research every year to better understand what our customers want and uncover new business opportunities. But sometimes market research alone isn’t enough, especially when consumer preferences can change overnight. What is social media market research? Social media market research is also: Affordable.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Content marketing is a contact sport. Such is the life of a content marketer, where you must balance content marketing strategy vs. execution. You can’t “win” at content marketing without a solid strategy. A fruitful content marketing return for your organization requires both strategy and execution. Image: CMI.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JULY 17, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up is devoted exclusively to the latest B2B content consumption report from NetLine Corporation. NetLine publishes this report annually, and it consistently provides a wealth of real-world insights regarding how business professionals actually consume content.)

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Business Brainz

MARCH 21, 2021

A survey by ITSMA revealed 87% of B2B marketers reported that their ABM initiatives outperform their other marketing investments in terms of ROI, making account-based marketing the natural choice for marketers. ABM is engaging at a personal level and delivering messages or insightful content that will be helpful for prospects.

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The Point

JULY 17, 2017

Demand Gen Report has published the results of this year’s “B2B Buyer’s Survey,” and the trends identified merit close attention for those marketers involved in B2B demand generation and content development. IMPACT : Use ABM strategies to deliver personalized, relevant content to specific buying roles within large accounts.

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Hinge Marketing

JULY 29, 2021

Most professional services executives place little value on research. Just the other day we presented the results of primary prospect research to one of our clients that had commissioned it. The real importance of research in business growth. In short, primary research will help you grow your firm. Not sure you agree?

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Content Standard

APRIL 2, 2019

Audience personas, segmentation, and journeys are common pillars of content marketing —informing all elements of the content strategy, targeting techniques, and distribution methods. Original research for content marketing takes the guesswork out of audience development. Relevance is content marketing currency.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In partnership with Drift , we surveyed over 500 B2B professionals to understand how the B2B customer experience has transformed over the past year. Our research shows that businesses using Conversational Marketing create better digital customer experiences and achieve their pipeline goals. 2021 Key Findings. Patience is scarce.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 13, 2019

Top-performing B2B content marketers put the information needs of their audiences ahead of the company’s sales and promotional message. That’s one of the key findings from the ninth annual report from the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs: B2B Content Marketing 2019: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report.

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B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 29, 2023

Source: Edelman and LinkedIn (This month's Research Round-Up focuses exclusively on the latest B2B thought leadership impact study by Edelman and LinkedIn. This research is conducted annually, and it consistently provides useful insights about the importance and value of B2B thought leadership content.)

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Excelsior Research

JANUARY 3, 2022

Market Research Guide. A step-by-step guide to completing your own market research. Also, companies have realized the importance of market research for the business. A snippet from Statista , Research plays a pivotal role in the product line and audience segmentation. Why Market Research? Types of Market Research.

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Hinge Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The Hinge Research Institute has released a special consulting industry version of its breakthrough study of professional services buyers and the firms that they hire. This study also saw the addition of industry-specific versions of the report, such as this one. In the current report we are focusing on consulting firms.

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Inbox Insight

AUGUST 30, 2020

A good reputation within your industry puts you in good stead, but truly engaging with prospects takes a measured approach with great communication and even better content. Where do they go to research solutions? What information sources do they trust to aid their decision? Survey sample. Download the full report, here.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

AUGUST 15, 2023

B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B companies is the fact that the last person a buyer speaks to is a salesperson.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The outlook for B2C content marketing looks bright if budgets are any indication. Fifty-seven percent of B2C marketers surveyed expect their 2019 content marketing budget to increase over 2018, and 29% of those expect it to increase by more than 9%. CMIContent 2019 #research Click To Tweet. research Click To Tweet.

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Content4Demand

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In a recent Content4Demand webinar, Research Campaigns: Tell Stories With Data for “Campaigns in a Box , we shared a great deal of information about how Allyson Havener, VP of Marketing at TrustRadius , used research campaigns to identify and target specific new audiences. When do you start doing content ideation?

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Content4Demand

JULY 7, 2021

As B2B buying trends evolve, it’s important that your content keeps up. According to the recently released 2021 B2B Buyers Survey Report from Demand Gen Report, here are a few of the top trends: Buying committees continue to become more prevalent, and committees are growing larger. Stakeholder Content Needs Differ.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Content marketing is like cooking. In its State of Content Marketing 2022 Global Report , keyword research tool company Semrush surveyed 1,500 content marketers worldwide. In its State of Content Marketing 2022 Global Report , keyword research tool company Semrush surveyed 1,500 content marketers worldwide.

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Inbox Insight

JULY 28, 2020

What solutions do they want to hear about in your next content delivery? Research is a big part of the technology buying process and our data sheds the light on IT decision making practices as well as the link between content consumption and intent to buy. This is why looking at buyer content consumption is key.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

MARCH 26, 2024

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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B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 12, 2022

(This month's Research Round-Up features a look at "revenue marketing" benchmarks by Demand Spring, an extensive examination of the state of content marketing by Semrush, and a report by Considered Content discussing two surveys that show where B2B buyers and B2B marketers are on the same page.

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Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

High quality premium content is arguably one of the most important elements of a successful content marketing strategy. For example, buyers today are much more likely to research potential solutions to a business problem online than rely on a sales person to guide them. . Premium Content Defined. Uses of Premium Content.

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Martech

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This technology leverages artificial intelligence for tasks like content creation, data analysis and customer engagement. “Generate” doesn’t only refer to creating new content but encompasses various capabilities. Whether generating or rewriting content, specificity is key. It’s just content.

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