Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 9, 2023

As content marketers, we are always on the hunt for interesting data to grab reader attention and support our claims. The journalistic protocol is to cite an original, authoritative source that is transparent about its methodology (like the description on page 41 in CMI’s annual B2C Content Marketing Report.)

Stats 283

Stats Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Work Management 283

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 21, 2021

Content creation is the cornerstone of a successful inbound marketing strategy. This new Checklist: Perfecting Your B2B Brand Identity helps B2B companies hone how their brand looks, feels, and sounds in the marketplace, which is a great first step to creating the voice that will transcend your content. What will be worth their time?

B2B 361

B2B Paid Search Agency Guidelines Content 361

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.

Research 52

Research B2B Paper Content 52

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In content marketing, we measure effectiveness by the amount of organic search traffic and rankings we deliver for our clients. And that is derived from the value our content brings to a brand’s prospects and current customers. But they often surprisingly not judged on how well the overall content marketing program works.

Marketing Agencies 2 270

Marketing Agencies 2 Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Ad Agencies 270

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.) in 2021 compared to 2020.

Research 52

Research B2B Purchase Intent Paper 52

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 24, 2021

When you humanize your brand with authentic content, you can build the kind of trust that makes your company the go-to authority in its field. In fact, even in the glory days of Madison Avenue, the most successful agencies published authentic content that informed and humanized even as it entertained. Now don’t get me wrong.

Branding 355

Branding Brand Identity Advertising Agencies Content 355

Launch Marketing

JUNE 8, 2022

Marketers spend much of their time developing content for materials ranging from tweets and Facebook posts to email campaigns and white papers. Through expert resources and proven best practices, we offer the answers to all your content marketing questions you have about the length of specific content pieces.

Content Marketing 127

Content Marketing Paper Content SEO 127

KoMarketing Associates

JULY 6, 2020

B2B content marketers are constantly producing new assets to resonate with their target audience. However, new research shows that eBooks may be the key to reeling in new prospects and customers. This was followed by the white paper, guide, eGuide, and tips and tricks guide. The Customer Consumption of Marketing Content.

Marketing Report 156

Marketing Report B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B 156

Chris Koch

MARCH 23, 2012

If you’re a corporate marketer like me, no doubt you’ve been put in the situation I faced this week: you have a white paper that an external content person created for the company and now you need to make that content social. The white paper has one big idea. White papers are serious.

Paper 100

Paper Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing 100

The Point

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

How is it that a quality white paper on a hot topic can still generate bad leads? Even a well-written white paper, by a respected author, on a hot topic of vital interest to your target audience, can still generate leads your salespeople will consider “junk.” Choose your content carefully. It’s the offer.

Paper 100

Paper Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

B2B content marketing is an indispensable strategy for businesses looking to establish their brand, engage their target audience, and drive conversions. What is B2B content marketing? B2B content marketing is the creation and distribution of content, in all its forms, related to your business and relevant to customers.

Marketing AI 123

Marketing AI B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Content Marketing 123

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In our second blog in a series on the Impact of Coronavirus on B2B Content Consumption , we noticed an interesting trend. By the late Spring, the one professional audience that had the most voracious appetite for content related to the virus and working from home was the Legal field. By selecting the U.S. Slicing Up the Pie Charts.

Work Management 216

Work Management Content Marketing Management Paper 216

Writing on the Web

APRIL 4, 2011

I asked Laura Carlson to share with you here some important perspectives on content marketing. It doesn’t matter what you call your information (white paper/eBook, microsite/landing page), what matters is using information wisely to get found, get known and get clients. Alternatives.

Paper 100

Paper Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Microsite 100

Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 5, 2022

The phrase “content is king” was used by Bill Gates in 1996 to describe the future of the internet as a marketplace to share information. More than 25 years later and after countless innovations across both print and digital content, the familiar phrase continues to dominate business headlines. three to five pieces of content ?before

Thought Leadership 220

Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Peer-to-peer Lead Scoring 220

DivvyHQ

AUGUST 16, 2022

Data is the backbone of everything we do as content marketers. But you may not have the benefit of a large amount of content consumption data to guide and inform your content strategy and planning.

Planning 91

Planning Content B2B Marketing Report 91

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.

Paid Content 144

Paid Content Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership 144

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

At ClearVoice, we understand that not all people are content people. Heck, not all marketing people are content people. We’ve been tempted to and have poured a ton of dollars into paid before, and we’re a content-led organization that has used content to grow our organic traffic 35X (and counting over the past five years).

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Research finds that over half of organizations report higher-quality leads because they use personas. Here are a few tips for getting started: Complete updated research. Whether you have existing personas or you’re creating them for the very first time, you’ll want to update your research. Create persona profiles.

Sales Cycle 228

Sales Cycle Practices Marketing Automation Services Buyer Personas 228

The Point

MAY 17, 2021

Whatever demand gen channels you use to generate marketing leads, there’s value in always promoting a mix of content and other offers that span the entire buying cycle: early-stage, mid-stage, and late-stage. The Risks of Over-Reliance on Late-Stage Content Click To Tweet.

Marketing Management 207

Marketing Management Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Demand Generation Agencies 207

KEO Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2015

If you’ve ever published a white paper, you’ve probably experienced one of the most challenging aspects of white paper creation: choosing the right topic. A white paper’s success strongly correlates with how many people download it and how your audience reacts to the insights it delivers.

Paper 48

Paper Marketing Agencies 1 Tips Paid Search Agency 48

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 22, 2020

With people staying in their homes in more ways than one, we wanted to get a better sense of how this has impacted Real Estate content consumption and the types of information these professionals are after. as our Region, this brings our total number of content recommendations from 66,349 to 62,298 over the last 180 days.

Analysis 245

Analysis Ad brokers Content Work Management 245

Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Whether your goal is to acquire leads, boost sales, or increase conversions, content is vital to moving people through the buyer’s journey. From bylined articles to informational videos, content helps prospects learn about brands and gather information about their products and services.

Top of Funnel 79

Top of Funnel Trends B2B Thought Leadership Buyer Personas 79

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) and strategic content creation and distribution mesh perfectly. However, strategic content creation and distribution are great solutions to these challenges. This goes beyond understanding content topics and the search intent behind each keyword. Sharing relevant data points and case studies.

Account Based Marketing 95

Account Based Marketing ABM Tactics Top of Funnel 95

SnapApp

JULY 28, 2015

Say you’ve created an amazing white paper that’s jam-packed with important information for your audience. Maybe it’s time to make your white paper interactive. At a basic level, an interactive white paper is a dialogue , whereas static long-form content is a monologue. Read my information!”

Paper 48

Paper Interactive Marketing B2B Marketing Peer-to-peer 48

Only B2B

APRIL 3, 2024

In today’s vast landscape of information, buyers rightfully expect to explore solutions at their own pace. It analyzes diverse online behaviors, including content downloads, registrations for white papers, visits to solution-related webpages, and even interactions with competitor content.

Sales Qualified Leads 71

Sales Qualified Leads Intent Data Lead Ranking High Quality Lead 71

Launch Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2021

However, for B2B leaders, the mix of content for thought leadership looks a bit different. With the rise in the use of digital channels to promote content, more and more organizations and individuals are utilizing every channel possible, flooding these channels with consistent content. Ideas for Thought Leadership Content.

B2B Thought Leadership 83

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Marketing & Strategy B2B 83

PureB2B

JUNE 8, 2021

It might go without saying, but strategic audience research is one of the most important foundations of any marketing strategy and campaign. With the rapid increase in volumes of data, many marketers have resorted to getting their information from second-hand, or even third-hand information. What is Original Research?

Research 62

Research Campaigns Work Management Marketing Management 62

PureB2B

JUNE 8, 2021

It might go without saying, but strategic audience research is one of the most important foundations of any marketing strategy and campaign. With the rapid increase in volumes of data, many marketers have resorted to getting their information from second-hand, or even third-hand information. What is Original Research?

Research 62

Research Campaigns Work Management Marketing Management 62

Launch Marketing

APRIL 13, 2022

Content marketing has long been a staple of B2B marketing and continues to be so as 2022 brings more opportunities and challenges for content ideation, creation and distribution. Here, we take a look some shifts in content marketing over the past year and how that impacts strategy, planning, and execution moving forward.

Trends 126

Trends B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Planning 126

Contently

MAY 9, 2024

Writing a white paper is the heavyweight bout of content creation. And just like boxing, crafting a white paper requires strategy, finesse, and a game plan. Execute it well and your white paper can position your brand as an industry champion who’s adept at addressing your customers’ needs.

Paper 128

Paper Case Studies Case Study Work Management 128

ClearVoice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Creating high-quality content is only the first step in creating a powerful demand generation strategy. Regardless of how good your content is, it’s only effective if it reaches your target audience. Business-to-business (B2B) demand generation is a critical part of any successful content marketing strategy.

Demand Generation Agencies 59

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Webinar Metrics 59

Scoop.it

AUGUST 3, 2023

The psychology of curated content can massively impact how effective your content is, how authoritative your brand seems in its niche or industry, and more. Read on to learn more about how to understand user behaviour and leverage user psychology to create and deliver more engaging, curated content. What Is Curated Content?

Curation 75

Curation Content Paper Loyalty 75

Content Marketing Institute

MAY 4, 2018

Sales teams push back on content development to ensure that individual customers are treated as partners rather than demographic targets. Sales pushes back on content development to ensure that customers are treated as partners. Shouldn’t sales trust the content that marketing produces to do more of the initial relationship building?

Top of Funnel 96

Top of Funnel Research Content Marketing Marketing Budget 96

Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Blogging remains an important and effective B2B content marketing tactic, but with so many competitors, it is difficult to stand out. Analyzing search trends can give insights into the search engine optimization (SEO) side and what content to potentially prioritize moving forward. What Has Worked in the Past? What Is Trending Now?

Paid Search Agency 113

Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 113

Contently

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The default in B2B marketing seems to be to make every “big rock” piece gated content, hidden behind a form. But how do you actually decide when content should be gated and when it shouldn’t? After a hiatus, Ask a Content Strategist is back by semi-popular demand. Why most gated content fails.

Top of Funnel 175

Top of Funnel Content Webinar Metrics Landing Pages 175

NetLine

APRIL 14, 2022

Since 2016, we’ve published our annual content consumption report with a few core pieces of information with the goal of improving upon the prior year’s efforts. Introducing the 2022 State of B2B Content Consumption and Demand Report for Marketers. of all registrations), B2B Marketers promoted 20% more White Papers than eBooks.

Intent 97

Intent Webinar Metrics Peer-to-peer Intent Data 97

Only B2B

DECEMBER 10, 2020

With the conferences and shows canceled due to global pandemic, we should understand the content marketing is very prominent and every business should implement it strategically. . Many businesses who yet have not adopted content marketing have found themselves between the rock and a hard place. What Is Content Marketing? .

B2B Marketing 133

B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B Marketing Management 133