Digital B2B Marketing

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Three Reasons Content Curation is Overrated

Digital B2B Marketing

B2B marketers are looking for a shortcut to thought leadership , but the shortcut many are taking lead somewhere else completely. According to a recent report on eMarketer , 85% of marketers curate content in order to establish thought leadership! Content curation can be a valuable activity. Curation is not enough.

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The Path to Value from Content Curation

Digital B2B Marketing

Increasingly, marketers are adding content curation to their marketing activity, often with objectives of sharing a certain amount of content each day. Ardath Albee ( @ardath421 ) has a sample to-do list for a content marketer in Show Quantity the Door. That doesn’t mean curation is not valuable.

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Content Curation: The Oldest Media Activity

Digital B2B Marketing

As marketers become publishers in their own right, it is natural they become expert content curators also. In Content Curation – It’s What’s for Breakfast These Days on Social Media Explorer , Stephanie Schwab says brands the curate interesting content from outside sources ultimately expand their brands.

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A New Definition for Inbound Marketing

Digital B2B Marketing

Inbound marketing is a hot topic in B2B marketing. However, as more B2B marketers grab the inbound marketing flag, many will miss the two keys to making inbound marketing effective: Be found through the recommendation of others. Here are other activities that can easily masquerade as inbound marketing: Paid search?

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Just Say No to Marketing Advice

Digital B2B Marketing

All Marketing Advice Should Include a Disclaimer Your strategy is your direction; it should never be prescriptive. The problem is, marketing advice is prescriptive. If you are not already, you need to develop an inbound marketing program. By curating instead of creating content, you can save 100′s of hours every year.

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Just Say No to Marketing Advice

Digital B2B Marketing

All Marketing Advice Should Include a Disclaimer Your strategy is your direction; it should never be prescriptive. The problem is, marketing advice is prescriptive. If you are not already, you need to develop an inbound marketing program. By curating instead of creating content, you can save 100′s of hours every year.

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Inbound Marketing vs Outbound Marketing: The Real Difference

Digital B2B Marketing

Outbound marketing is about interruption. Inbound marketing is about discovery. So why is inbound marketing a better way to market? Outbound Marketing Outbound marketing interrupts what you are doing and asks you to change. In inbound marketing, discovering your content is natural. But so what?