Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 19, 2023

) More than ever, you’re constantly competing against others for attention and eventual sales. How can you gather intel to help you improve your content marketing strategy? Learn how to perform and ace competitor content analysis in this simple breakdown. Execute monthly or quarterly reviews of your annual analysis.

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Analysis Top of Funnel Advertising Agencies Content 287

Webbiquity

MARCH 28, 2023

A well-rounded content marketing strategy will rely on several different types of content to achieve its goals. Understanding how each different content format works, which audience segments it appeals to, and how it fits into your overall sales and marketing funnel is key to success.

Top of Funnel 309

Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Planning 309

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. 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.

Top of Funnel 358

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Work Management 358

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 11, 2024

All customers you get to the bottom of the marketing and sales funnel begin as leads. In today’s environment, your digital presence offers the best opportunities for generating leads. Your website and social media platforms are geared for clicks that turn prospects from onlookers to potential buyers.

Top of Funnel 269

Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Leads Lead 269

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2021

Did you know that over 80% of business-to-business (B2B) marketing teams have a content marketing strategy? But only 11% of those teams consider their content marketing strategy as an excellent one! But how do you create a strong content marketing program? Understanding Content Marketing. It’s not a sales pitch.

Work Management 280

Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management Budget Programs 280

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 14, 2021

As video marketing continues taking the world by storm, more businesses adopt it as a pivotal strategy to educate consumers, generate leads, and boost ROI. Videos are easy to digest, can help people understand your business better, and will bring life and motion to your content and messaging. Quick Takeaways. Source: Sprout Social.

Video Marketing 363

Video Marketing Top of Funnel Content Marketing Planning 363

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 1, 2021

Content marketing has the potential to do great things for your brand. Quantifying content marketing is a standard part of determining its performance. So, how are you quantifying content marketing? How and what you measure should align with the goals in your content strategy. What content are they consuming?

Marketing Analytics Tools 343

Marketing Analytics Tools Content Marketing Work Management Marketing Management 343

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Content Marketing ROI is probably the biggest question I get from marketers who are struggling to build their own business case internally. It’s why I wrote my first book The Content Formula. Content Marketing is the about building measurable business growth. Everyone inside the business creates content.

ROI 317

ROI Content Marketing Digital Asset Management Business 317

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

There is no question that conventional wisdom — and an overall trend for the last few years — has leaned towards less ‘content gates’ in GTM programs – i.e., offering more content un-gated. How did we get so burned out on content gates? These trends are breathing new life into content gates.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Lead Ranking Multi-Channel Differentiation 130

Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 6, 2021

Cultivating new leads and clients can be much costlier and more time consuming than retaining or upselling current ones. However, in today’s world, where we can utilize predictive analytics tools to create highly personalized experiences for customers, it’s critical to focus on delivering value over making a sale or focusing too much on cost.

Top of Funnel 336

Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management Content Marketing 336

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 13, 2023

In spirit of 2023’s Oscar Awards, we’re naming 10 small businesses that we believe deserve recognition for the best content marketing. Every great business owner knows that committing to the best content marketing practices can take your profits to the next level. But what exactly are the best content marketing practices?

Marketing Budget 227

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Case studies are one of the most powerful forms of content to have in your marketing repertoire. The longer-form content goes more in depth to describe a problem, solution, and outcome – all while keeping the customer at the center of the story. You can incorporate case studies in content marketing in a myriad of ways.

Case Studies 282

Case Studies Case Study Studies Top of Funnel 282

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 2, 2021

When it comes to content marketing, how do you know what to write about? What topics should you cover in your niche to effectively pull in new traffic, leads, and customers? The answer is simple: conduct a content gap analysis. That means developing fresh, relevant, and engaging content your audience will love.

Analysis 321

Analysis Top of Funnel Work Management Lead Ranking 321

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In 2021, 82% of businesses use content marketing as part of their larger marketing strategy, but only about half feel that their efforts are successful. I would venture to guess that this problem is largely due to the fact that brands focus so much on new content that they forget to assess what they’ve already published.

Lead Ranking 342

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Analytics Tools Content 342

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. Granted, those factors make content marketing a long-term investment.

ROI 363

ROI Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Content Marketing 363

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Careless content marketing mistakes are costing businesses more than their monthly budget. Blindly navigating your marketing strategy can cause your content to capsize. An ineffective strategy will both pause a business’s growth and decrease their probability of sales by 40%. The Importance of Content Marketing.

Marketing Budget Creation 303

Marketing Budget Creation Content Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 303

Launch Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To help put this past year into perspective from a marketing standpoint, we have put together a list of our top B2B marketing content and resources from 2023, focusing on strategies and emerging trends. We hope this content will help you make 2024 your best year yet. But it is difficult to create a webinar that gets it right.

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Resources B2B Marketing Planning B2B 136

ClearVoice

APRIL 14, 2023

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are the metrics that determine your content marketing success, but not all KPIs are equally important. In this article, we’ll explore the metrics that matter most for content marketing in 2023. Content marketers can establish KPIs to measure the effectiveness of their content marketing strategy.

Marketing & Strategy 103

Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Content Marketing Work Management 103

Contently

APRIL 4, 2023

But here’s the reality: A smaller budget doesn’t have to negatively impact success with content marketing. Instead, use this time to take a fresh look at the impact of your content marketing resources. With that in mind, here are seven ways you can do more with your content, with fewer resources, in any economy.

Top of Funnel 155

Top of Funnel Budget Programs Content Marketing Marketing Management 155

Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For B2B brands, having a content marketing program tends to be a given. But one of the challenges of having a baseline assumption is that it can be easy to lose sight of why content marketing became such a cornerstone of B2B marketing in the first place. If your content comes across as salesy and pushy, readers will move on quickly.

B2B Marketing 114

B2B Marketing Top of Funnel Content Marketing Brand Identity 114

Scoop.it

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From seasonal upticks and downturns in sales to market trends to consumer behavior tendencies, ecommerce brands must manage a variety of factors when attempting to surpass the average CR of (approximately) 2%. Content marketing is, without a doubt, one of the best ways to achieve this goal. Let’s dive in.

Conversion Rate 107

Conversion Rate eCommerce Top of Funnel Conversion 107

Contently

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Content marketing ain’t easy… but isn’t that why it’s so valuable? Organizations are taking a more proactive approach to content these days as it relates to audience engagement, lead funnel growth, prospect nurturing, customer loyalty, and strong brand affinity. Does your content alleviate a pain point?

Lead Ranking 129

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 129

ClearVoice

MARCH 14, 2024

You can’t overlook the value of email marketing when it comes to content distribution. After all, content marketing is highly regarded for its exceptional capability of generating an ROI of over 3,600 percent. We will explore the ins and outs of integrating email marketing into your content distribution strategy.

Distribution 98

Distribution Marketing AI Email Marketing Marketing & Strategy 98

Contently

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Every part of your business that communicates with the outside world—whether it’s sales, customer service, or human resources—needs content. To achieve that consistent voice, content teams need to play an active role in delivering value to internal stakeholders.

Demand Generation Agencies 127

Demand Generation Agencies Content Demand Generation Paid Search Agency 127

Contently

MARCH 23, 2023

Content marketing is no exception. However, traditional metrics like website visits or clicks don’t tell us the whole story of how our content is performing. Engagement content metrics can also help you determine the best times and formats for distributing your content, as well as which topics generate the most interest.

Multi-Touch Attribution 164

Multi-Touch Attribution Word of Mouth Content Landing Pages 164

Heinz Marketing

MAY 19, 2023

By Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing You’ve spent months developing a content strategy and weeks laboring over a piece of content that you have deemed “high value”. Why are they unwilling to give you accurate contact information despite downloading your content?

Sales Qualified Leads 105

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Content Lead Scoring 105

Contently

MAY 26, 2020

The cartoon was in Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin’s Slideshare on Why Content Marketing Fails , which has over 6 million views and does a fantastic job illustrating why many companies struggle with content marketing ROI: Some marketers expect content revenue to have a linear path. The 3 stages of content ROI.

Top of Funnel 214

Top of Funnel Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools Lead Ranking 214

SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

A company website is many things: It's your 24/7 salesperson. It's the home for all of your marketing content. Most importantly, though, it's where your leads convert, giving you the opportunity to win their business—and grow yours. Take a look at the above example of HubSpot's " Introduction to Lead Nurturing " landing page.

Design 75

Design Tactics Sales Leads Marketing Websites 75

Contently

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Professor Hilary Schulman, the lead author of the study, explained why: “The use of difficult, specialized words are a signal that tells people that they don’t belong,” she said. ” For many marketers and sales leaders, this is very bad news. You can tell them what the terms mean, but it doesn’t matter.

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Cost per Lead CPL Barriers Content 218

Scoop.it

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Creating awesome content can be quite tough. Add to that the option to choose between content creation and content curation and it’s no wonder even expert marketers are left feeling somewhat lost. Understanding Content Curation Consumers rely more and more on digital content to make decisions when it comes to their spending.

Curation 88

Curation Marketing Analytics Tools Eye-Tracking Content 88

Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It’s been said, ad nauseam, that content is king. And, in our hyper-connected world where everyone is fighting for attention, good content is what drives good experiences. . Businesses use content marketing strategies to generate brand awareness, educate prospects and customers and establish credibility.

Digital Asset Management 137

Digital Asset Management Paid Content Work Management Marketing Management 137

Oktopost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

You might have a fantastic product and the perfect sales pitch, but none of that matters if you don’t have leads who might want to buy what you’re offering. For B2B marketers, finding new and promising leads is a never-ending challenge. What is Content Personalization?

Top of Funnel 122

Top of Funnel Personalization Sales Qualified Leads Generation 122

ClearVoice

AUGUST 25, 2023

Technical content marketing can be a highly effective component of a strong product marketing strategy. It educates and engages the target audience, ultimately driving sales. Understanding Technical Content Marketing Technical content marketing is a subset of content marketing that has a narrower focus on how your product works.

Marketing & Strategy 96

Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product Planning 96

SmartBug Media

APRIL 24, 2023

It's important for companies to engage in content marketing to build their online presence and grow brand awareness outside of word of mouth. The practice of content marketing allows companies to consistently put noteworthy content out there about what they do best and how their solution(s) can help consumers solve their problems.

Content Marketing 98

Content Marketing Planning Word of Mouth Content 98

Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 10, 2024

Whether you’re a business or company with an online presence (read: a website), the content you create defines you. This is where content key performance indicators (KPIs) come out to play. Content KPIs are the metrics and measurements that help you assess the effectiveness of your content strategy.

Lead Ranking 65

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Burn Rate Click Rate 65

Only B2B

JANUARY 12, 2022

As a b2b marketer, relying on a marketing plan that incorporates a number of approaches can help you raise brand awareness, expand your reach, and generate more sales leads. Content syndication should be one of the most important of these strategies. Publishing information on other websites enhances your credibility persona.

Lead Generation 118

Lead Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 118

Marketing Interactions

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The content we use to engage B2B buyers must resonate and be relevant. Come across a brilliant idea for content that we can’t say no to, created it and launched it to an unsuspecting audience thinking they’ll be thrilled. Sales says one thing, marketing messaging says another, and product marketing says something else.

B2B 149

B2B Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Content 149