Digital B2B Marketing

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No, Content Will Not Kill Advertising

Digital B2B Marketing

The latest killers are the social media and content marketing stars. Although it is a weak impression, advertising delivers that impression at scale while often pushing towards a marketer’s content. Conveniently, content is the next step. The Content Experience. However, content doesn’t deliver the same scale.

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Content Marketing Advice: Stop Competing with My Children!

Digital B2B Marketing

To date, the currency that purchases our attention is content. Content that is useful and connects with our priorities, content that entertains, content that teaches. Content that offers us something beyond your brand and message. However, content is merely the vehicle. Content all about you.

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B2B Marketers Are Turning Away Prospects

Digital B2B Marketing

One of the primary ways B2B marketers capture leads online is asking prospects to register for content. Doing it effectively requires creating content prospects want in a format that is easy to engage with while capturing the information you need. Does Your Content Create A Barrier? Only 40% share webcasts.

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Content Marketing and Choose Your Own Adventure Books

Digital B2B Marketing

Today, B2B marketers use content to meet the information needs of their audiences. However, the experience is often built on the assumption the marketer knows best , with a carefully planned stream of content dictated for each person. Provide Choices Throughout Content. B2B buyers are well educated adults.

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Connecting Thought Leadership to Lead Generation in B2B Marketing

Digital B2B Marketing

Many B2B marketers look to content marketing as a key part of establishing thought leadership. However, companies frequently expect the same content marketing program to capture contacts or leads as well. One of the best examples of this is Hubspot and the incredibly successful webcasts with Dan Zarella.

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Inbound Marketing vs Outbound Marketing: The Real Difference

Digital B2B Marketing

If it is an email promotion for an upcoming webcast or a banner ad showing how much money your business can save, a marketer is interrupting you and asking you to move on to something else. In inbound marketing, discovering your content is natural. So why is inbound marketing a better way to market? The difference is friction.

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Inbound Marketing for B2B: Discussion Recap

Digital B2B Marketing

What are the key challenges to B2B inbound marketing, how does inbound marketing change the type of content B2B marketers need to create and what tools are critical to inbound marketing? The discussion highlighted three specific areas where content is challenging B2B inbound marketers. Content Development Resources.