Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The way B2B technology buyers conduct research make buying decisions is changing. Buyers now consistently rely on five top sources of information–yet vendors typically concentrate on only two of these. The 63-page study provides a wealth of insights for B2B marketers and product managers. as opposed to products.

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I love working with them and they bring fresh perspective to (often) stale content marketing strategies—but they have two common areas of vulnerability: They can tend to approach content from an “inside-out” perspective, and they can be too quick on the content trigger. The answer is market research.

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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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ClearVoice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The groundhog saw his shadow, so you know what that means — six more weeks of digital marketing research and studies! Check out this month’s report for information about which social platform influencers are flocking to. Study: Only 1 in 5 brands know what the metaverse means for their company. Learn more.

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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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Hinge Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Hinge Research Institute’s newly released High Growth Study 2022: AEC Edition paints this picture. About the Study. Firms of all sizes, global regions and key executive roles were represented in the study, with the vast majority of firms doing business in the United States. . graphic design, copywriting.).

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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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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Work Management 359

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 2, 2021

When it comes to content marketing, how do you know what to write about? The answer is simple: conduct a content gap analysis. In short, this analysis will help you find gaps in your content marketing strategy and show you exactly how to fill them. What is Content Gap Analysis? Why is Content Gap Analysis Important?

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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

According to a major study by Google, Gartner and Motista , B2B buyers are more emotionally connected to the brands they purchase than B2C consumers. A few months prior, I lead an initiative to switch survey vendors to the Qualtrics platform which offered capabilities superior to our past vendor. At the event. Brands like L.L.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 13, 2024

User feedback and content audits are a match made in heaven. Leveraging user feedback gives you crucial insights and actionable guidance for your content audits to ensure your adjustments lead to meaningful results. That’s just one of the many ways user feedback can work hand in hand to bolster your content audits and upgrades.

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B2B Marketing Directions

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

(This month's Research Round-Up features a study by Boathouse that reveals what CEOs actually think about marketing and CMOs, and a survey by Informa Tech that addresses how much trust B2B technology buyers actually place in marketing.) Overall, this survey contains good news for CMOs and marketers.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 18, 2024

Quick Takeaways Every blog post must have a clear purpose, whether to inform, persuade, entertain, or a combination, guiding the writing style and structure. Choosing a topic involves balancing personal passion with what the audience is searching for, using keyword research and Google Trends as tools. Start with keyword 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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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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Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 268

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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Sword and the Script | B2B

MAY 17, 2022

“Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. That analysis is how the research firm sets up a paper that compares the results of several surveys over time. Sales complexity continues to grow.

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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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Exo B2B

JANUARY 23, 2024

I recently published on LinkedIn, part of the results of CMI’s annual content marketing study, “B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Outlook for 2024” This publication focused on LinkedIn’s dominance as the social network of choice for the vast majority of those who publish B2B content on social networks.

Marketing AI 52

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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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Research Content Marketing Paid Search Agency Content 105

B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

In my last post , I discussed some of the major findings from the State of Original Research for Marketing 2019 survey by Mantis Research and BuzzSumo. This research found that a substantial number of companies have made original research an integral part of their marketing efforts.

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Customer Surveys Research Effectiveness B2B Thought Leadership 49

Webbiquity

MARCH 8, 2022

They’re useful, but most focus on basic techniques such as developing a strategy, creating content, choosing the right platforms, and using your analytics. Publish original studies. Creating content is an essential part of any marketing strategy. There are many types of content you can create, but nothing beats original studies.

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Small Business Marketing Tactics Business Cost per Acquisition 292

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. Why This Study is Needed. About the Study. A second version of the study was published in 2018. The timing could not have been better.

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Content4Demand

AUGUST 27, 2021

We recently gathered 10 intent data experts and power users and collected their tips and insights in The Content + Data Connection: 10 Top Marketing Executives Explore the Rewards of Integrating Intent Data into Content Strategies. Like Surveying on Steroids. How should the different data types be applied to content strategy?

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At this point, there’s no denying that content marketing is being used by most companies. In this post, we’ll be looking at how to tell if content marketing saturation has hit your industry. Content marketing is highly prevalent in just about every industry, making it hard to cut through the noise. What Is Content Saturation?

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

You can do it through your online content. Convey a consistent message across your website and content marketing. To learn more about your target audience , send out surveys, conduct interviews, do keyword research, and have meaningful conversations in person and online. Take notes and research as you go.

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Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2023

adults have said that they consider Twitter — recently rebranded as X — to be dominated by unpleasant people who hold extreme views, with a scant 12 percent considering the platform fun to use — two of several findings of interest to digital marketers contained in newly-published social media platform survey results.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JUNE 15, 2021

If B2B marketing writers aren’t in direct contact with customers in developing content, you are probably just making it all up. I’ll even take that a step further: if you aren’t in direct contact with customers in writing content, you are probably just making it all up. That’s my take on a survey by Typeset and Mantis Research.

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Customer case studies have been a core part of the B2B content marketing mix for years. In the latest content marketing survey by the Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs, 61% of the B2B respondents said they are using case studies in their content marketing program.

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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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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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Hubspot

JULY 12, 2021

As it turns out, a recent study from SimpleTexting shows that text message marketing might still be alive and well. Below, we'll dive into the study's research, explain why some marketers might still want to consider SMS strategies, and note a few takeaways for an effective campaign. Why SMS Could Be Coming Back Strong.

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Convert

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Marketers can easily make informed guesses and calculated assumptions based on insights and industry best practices , but there might be another way to get extremely valuable insights for your next optimization campaign: conducting user research. User research methods can span from simple to complex. Card Sorting.

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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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Research Top of Funnel Content Marketing Budget Programs 89

BuzzSumo

AUGUST 13, 2019

In BuzzSumo’s Content Trends report, author Steve Rayson found that authoritative content and original research are the two types of content most likely to get links and shares. This is why we teamed up with Mantis Research for the second year to study if and how marketers are using original research.

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Research Planning Advertising Agencies Customer Surveys 98

Content4Demand

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Nearly half (47%) of the 200 senior-level B2B marketing professionals surveyed in the 2019 Content Preferences Survey Report cited case studies as the most valuable influencer content format—the top choice. Source: 2019 Content Preferences Survey Report. Source: 2019 Content Preferences Survey Report.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Puneet Mehta, founder and CEO of Netomi, has seen firsthand NLP and artificial intelligence’s (AI) ability to give detailed information about customers to agents in their call center in real time. Survey Your Database of Customers and Contacts Reach out directly to your contact or customer list with a sentiment survey.

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Marketing AI Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency Content 147

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. How do they plan their budget?

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