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Report: Most Content Marketers Now Strive to Increase Brand Awareness

KoMarketing Associates

Many content marketers are focused on improving brand awareness through their strategies, but as new research shows, this top goal is not always the easiest to achieve. This is followed by increasing sales revenue (41 percent), improving sales lead quality (33 percent) and increasing website traffic (31 percent).

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Survey: Time Remains the Top Obstacle for Marketers Utilizing a Content Strategy

KoMarketing Associates

Many marketers now use content to resonate with their target audience, but new research suggests that there are still many challenges associated with executing a content marketing strategy. This is followed by creating content, content quality and writing. Using Content Marketing to Achieve Top Objectives.

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B2B Content Marketing Trends in the Software Industry: CMI Survey Recap

KoMarketing Associates

Last month, Content Marketing Institute (CMI) released its report , “B2B Software Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America,” sponsored by the International Data Group (IDG). The report, which highlights responses from more than 1400 B2B software marketers across the U.S. Videos (87%).

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What Makes Effective B2B Content Marketing? [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

55% of B2B marketers say it is unclear what effective content marketing looks like at their organizations. This was one of the key highlights of the sixth annual B2B Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report from Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs released last week.

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6 Content Marketing Tips That Drives Leads

Marketing Insider Group

Too often we grab the latest product brochure, sales presentation or case study and post it online. But customers are looking for you to demonstrate an understanding of their needs before they are ready to engage in the sales process. Related Posts: The 4 Most Common Mistakes in B2B Content Marketing Need to Drive Leads?

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32 B2B Marketers to Add to Your Google Plus Circles

KoMarketing Associates

Whether you want to use Google+ for information gathering or you are looking to connect with influential B2B marketers, we have compiled a list of 32 marketers that we see as “must adds” to your Google Plus circles. Ed Hadley (Neolane) – Senior Marketing Manager @Neolane; Conversational Marketing Evangelist.

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Heightened Web Traffic Still Equals Content Marketing Success

Content Standard

Web traffic has long been a focal point when tracking a brand’s online presence; however, today’s B2B marketers are also leaning on sales-lead quality to specifically gauge the success of their content marketing objectives. When using content marketing, B2B companies are more than 2.5

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