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. Are you meeting their needs?

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BenchmarkONE

JANUARY 12, 2022

And one of the most effective ways to make those connections at scale is through content. . But there’s more to it than just creating content and hoping your prospects see it and identify with it in some way. You have to tap into the customer journey and how content plays a part within it. . What Is a Sales Funnel?

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The Point

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If you ask most B2B marketers how they use chat platforms like Drift , the immediate answer would most likely be: converting Web visitors. And now that chat is becoming a staple of the B2B tech stack, creative marketers are finding ever more innovative ways for leveraging their investment to drive engagement throughout the lead lifecycle.

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MKT1

MARCH 14, 2024

Broad and horizontal approaches to marketing no longer work. With modern martech (AI, automation, no code tools), your audience now expects personalized, high-value marketing that feels custom built for them. If you want to see demos from a handful of startups changing how marketers market, come to our 2nd AI showcase on 3/21.

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MKT1

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Educating the rest of your company on marketing is often the hardest part of doing marketing. Marketing’s actual job is to understand an audience and communicate to that audience in a value-add way. Yet, when it comes to doing this internally, marketers often fall short–very, very short.

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MKT1

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you don’t adopt AI as a marketer, you won’t be efficient or effective enough to compete—we’ve all heard this many, many times at this point. Kathleen and I are marketers and investors. Improve marketing operations and processes : Use AI to streamline your team and free up time to work on meatier projects.

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Martech

APRIL 18, 2024

The recent shift from “conversions” to “key events” in (GA4) represents a significant change that digital marketers, especially SEO professionals, need to understand and act on. This article explores the implications of this change and insights on how to leverage it to elevate your marketing reporting. And who can blame them?

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Ledger Bennett

MAY 7, 2020

Have you ever wondered how sales and marketing fit together? What someone meant when they talked about the funnel? Well, we’ve put together a complete guide for you to learn all about the two different types of funnels we utilize daily. What is a Marketing Funnel?

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Rev

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s where marketing qualified leads, or MQLs, come into play. You’ll also learn how MQLs compare to sales qualified leads, (SQLs) and how they work together in the sales funnel. You’ll also learn how MQLs compare to sales qualified leads, (SQLs) and how they work together in the sales funnel.

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MKT1

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Over the past couple years writing newsletters and working with hundreds of founders and marketers, we’ve developed a fairly-comprehensive approach to building B2B marketing. But more than that, we hope that this becomes an evergreen intro and summary to all of MKT1 ’s content.

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Hubspot

MAY 5, 2021

Conversion funnels are a fundamental concept in sales. Personally, I like to visualize the funnel as that big scary slide you wanted to try as a kid. Customers take a similar journey through your company's conversion funnel when evaluating whether or not to buy from you. All leads begin at the top of the funnel.

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Only B2B

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Our attention in 2022 was on: Making the most out of current economic situation Expanding our value-driven marketing strategy. Your business relies on generating qualified leads and making sales. So what lead generation tactics will bring you the most leads in 2023. Content Marketing. Produce more leads.

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Metadata

MAY 4, 2021

Metadata is the first demand generation platform for B2B marketers. It’s changing the way B2B marketers scale and experiment with paid social campaigns. What was your journey to becoming a Senior Content Marketing Manager? I brought content in-house to help drive organic demo sign-ups and revenue.

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accelerate agency

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Like everything else, sales have gone online, and that’s especially true for the SaaS industry. In the following article, we’re going to give you all the details and tricks you need to finetune your SaaS sales game so you can make sure you’re selling your SaaS product in the best way possible. What Is the SaaS Sales Process?

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Sprout Social

MARCH 21, 2017

These days, it’s a given that anyone involved in digital marketing understands the importance of social media, from a content and engagement perspective. Developing a social media marketing funnel “mindset” so that you can think like a conversion optimizer when planning and executing your social media campaigns!

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Parse.ly

JULY 29, 2021

Table of Contents. Understand content marketing for top of the funnel. Incorporate multiple channels in marketing funnel stages. Build successful marketing funnel stages. When we talk about The Content Marketer’s Funnel , lead generation gets a lot of attention.

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Sharpspring

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Marketing” refers to a broad universe of tactics, tools, and theories, but when it comes to marketing strategies for small businesses, the most effective ones truly prioritize customer relationships. A strong brand keeps up momentum even if advertising expenses rise. The Importance of Small Business Marketing.

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MKT1

AUGUST 7, 2023

The process of buying software is typically a complicated mess with roadblocks around every corner—and I think it might be getting worse. When I run through a bad demo request process (which is nearly every time I go through one), I find myself saying “Just take my money [startup] and stop wasting my time!”

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MKT1

OCTOBER 24, 2023

There’s no better time for me to share my thoughts on building a high-impact growth strategy–and what exercises you should go through that will actually lead you to the right growth marketing plan for your business. As I began writing this newsletter, I realized this is a 2 parter.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Competition for eyeballs and clicks are at a premium, so your email marketing strategy needs to constantly evolve to keep up. However, many companies still use generic tactics that haven’t been relevant in years — leading to disinterested customers frantically searching for the unsubscribe button. Is email marketing easy?

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Content strategy pivots have been a normal response in the wake of COVID-19. As physical marketing spend shifts to digital channels, brands are looking to sales enablement and demand generation. Brands have begun embracing more of a human touch—and in some cases, a conversational tone—in their content strategies.

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SalesIntel

MARCH 14, 2023

One of the biggest challenges in B2B sales is to identify the right prospects. Businesses pay large amounts of money to fill their sales funnel; however, most of these leads are unqualified. Segmenting your audience makes it much easier to create relevant content that is used to convert prospects into leads and customers.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 13, 2021

Maybe you have a general idea, like they saw an ad and clicked on it, or that someone told them about it. But what if they saw an ad multiple times across different platforms? Or it was a combination of newsletter information, social media posts, and word of mouth? Why marketing attribution models are important.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 8, 2019

In an industry where creating better brand-to-customer relationships is everything, demand generation is an umbrella term for a range of marketing activities that drive long-term engagement —including lead generation, demand capture, and pipeline acceleration. Field marketing events are also a very common tactic for pipeline acceleration.

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Contently

APRIL 9, 2018

“Content marketing is a marathon.” ” In the content marketing community, this phrase is our version of “there’s no place like home.” Great content marketing can absolutely deliver compounding returns over time , building loyal audiences likely to buy more from a brand.

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Contently

APRIL 9, 2018

“Content marketing is a marathon.” ” In the content marketing community, this phrase is our version of “there’s no place like home.” Great content marketing can absolutely deliver compounding returns over time , building loyal audiences likely to buy more from a brand.

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Outgrow

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

20 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies for the Growth Hacking Funnel. Or as he explained, “growth, not with traditional advertising but rather with programming smarts on a shoestring budget". Lo and behold, came growth hacking strategies that EVERY marketer started talking about. Growth Hacking Funnel.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 10, 2018

Here’s some news that might come as surprising: a recent study in the UK of IT professionals working in B2B said they preferred that companies market to them using email by a gross majority: 57 percent. through organic search, social media, etc.). through organic search, social media, etc.).

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sagefrog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Many industries are marked by rapid technological advancements, changing regulations, and increased competition and standing out in a crowded market has never been more challenging—or critical. The key to thriving is a multifaceted marketing strategy that aligns with your brand’s core values and resonates with your target audience.

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SendX

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

If you haven’t heard it yet, let me tell you that there are 450+ email marketing software in the world. ActiveCampaign offers affordable pricing while providing email marketing, powerful marketing automation, and CRM tools you need to boost engagement in your audience. Send Newsletters. Email Marketing.

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Lake One

JULY 27, 2023

Most companies measure the success of their marketing efforts by how prospects move through the funnel. HubSpot’s Customer Journey Analytics at a glance Launched at HubSpot’s Inbound22 conference, Customer Journey Analytics is available to Marketing Hub Enterprise users. Want to go deeper?

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The Lead Agency

APRIL 14, 2024

Tired of trend lists that don’t apply to the unique challenges of B2B marketing? B2B marketing can be complicated; buyer journeys are messy. Multiple stakeholders and longer decision-making processes bring unique challenges, and the how-to tips everywhere online are mostly irrelevant in B2B industries.

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ClearVoice

JULY 22, 2022

The copy is insightful and compelling, and you’ve made great use of visual content. Every piece of content should have a call to action (“CTA” in marketing speak). This is Digital Marketing 101 stuff. We should never let a piece of quality content run into a dead-end. What makes a good call to action in marketing?

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LeadsRX

MARCH 9, 2022

Marketing and marketing technology (MarTech) have a lot of terms and acronyms, so here’s our list of the most common – and some not-so-common – terms, complete with definitions. Attribution refers to giving credit to a particular advertising campaign or collection of campaigns for conversions. Attribution. Any-Touch Attribution.

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SalesIntel

APRIL 17, 2024

In the B2B industry, email automation has become a transformative tool enabling you to streamline communication, offer personalized content, and cultivate leads efficiently. To enhance your email campaigns, it’s crucial to understand and implement effective strategies for B2B email marketing automation.

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EveryoneSocial

JULY 7, 2021

Twenty years ago, there were no social media marketers. And in the couple of decades since the profession was invented, the role has evolved as rapidly as social media itself. Today, social media professionals wear many hats, juggle countless tasks, and have their hand in virtually every part of the business.

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Contently

JUNE 29, 2017

Welcome to a special Fourth of July edition of Ask a Content Strategist, where I finally answer the question: What’s the ROI of wearing an American Flag romper all weekend in the Hamptons? So, how do you—or others—use article content to influence leads in the B2B process? I’ve lightly edited our exchange.

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