Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Content marketing is always changing. It’s not something you set and forget. With more access to data and a better understanding of your buyers’ preferences, you may always be fine-tuning your approach to content marketing. For those looking for what’s now and what’s next, we’re sharing emerging trends that have increased in popularity throughout the […].
DiscoverOrg
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
First things first: People buy from people first, product second , according to Director of Sales Steve Wernke. They want to feel good about who they’re buying from, and they want to walk away feeling good. As they negotiate, they want to feel like they won. So how can you make sure your customer-to-be wins – and feels like they won – while winning business yourself?
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Zoominfo
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. Recently, we published The Ultimate List of Marketing Podcasts. So if you’re already familiar with the sales podcasts on this list, we recommend you check out that post as well.
Webbiquity
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Guest post by Brian Mechem. Recent years have seen an explosion of direct online sales in the global B2B sector. The shift from brick-and-mortar to ecommerce that’s been playing out over the past two decades in the B2C world is increasingly impacting B2b vendors. Giants like Amazon have also launched Amazon Business to reach small and medium enterprises.
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ANNUITAS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
A Memo from CEO Adam Needles to ANNUITAS clients on the Adobe Acquisition of Marketo. Good morning. You probably saw that late yesterday Adobe bought Marketo. (And if you didn’t, now you know!). For those of you with Marketo in your Demand Process technology stacks, your next question is probably what does this mean for me ? And what does this mean for our ANNUITAS Perpetual Demand Generation ® (PDG) investments?
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Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Landing pages are central to every marketing strategy. Landing pages have one focus—conversions. While it’s not incredibly hard to create a landing page these days, conversions are still hard to come by. Yet for all the work you’re doing, you may be your own worst enemy, making mistakes that are costing you leads. There are […]. The post Landing Pages: The Huge Mistakes Marketers Make and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Rev
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
Don’t you wish B2B marketing had something as effective as Facebook to help us target our ideal customers? I’ve been running Facebook ads for a long time. In fact, I’ve pretty much been on the platform since it was a thing. My expertise with the platform is predominantly because of my background as a B2C demand generation specialist. Simply put, Facebook offers some competitive advantages that most other platforms couldn’t dream of.
Zoominfo
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Recruiting and marketing may be two separate fields—but in today’s digital world, the lines between the two have become increasingly blurred. In fact, 86% of HR professionals agree that recruitment is becoming more like marketing ( source ). The recruiting landscape is now a candidate-driven and highly competitive environment. As a result, the strategies recruiters use for candidate sourcing now mirror the tactics marketers use to attract customers—the main overlap being branding.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Digital marketing is ever-changing as innovation creates new opportunities for marketers every day. Along with it, your strategy must change and grow with technology to keep ahead of your competitors. Trending digital marketing strategies keep marketers on their toes trying to innovate new and different ways to engage their audiences. In this blog, we’ll take stock of the digital marketing landscape in 2018, discuss what’s changed and what’s new, and see where you should be investing your energy
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In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.
Oktopost
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
So you wrote a great article, crafted social posts, and scheduled them across the networks. Two weeks later, you view your social analytics and see no clicks, no likes, no shares – zero social engagement. What went wrong? Think, for a moment, about what makes you engage with a B2B brand’s content. Perhaps you know […].
Contently
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
What you say and how you say it matters. Brands love to talk about voice, but a lot of them end up sounding the same. Every company wants to serve the customer and be conversational—which is fine. Those aren’t bad things, but they’re not differentiators anymore. They’re just table stakes. If your team feels stuck talking in circles about brand voice , you can avoid arguing about tone and POV by playing a few brainstorming games.
Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
At one point, there was such a thing as separation between your work life and your social life. For many professionals, this is no longer true. This is why more and more thought leaders, business consultants, and influencers are choosing to focus on personal branding: it’s not enough to be a nameless part of a […]. The post Personal Branding – Why Now Is The Time To Build Your Personal Brand appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Golden Spiral
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Are your marketing efforts producing the kind of results you need? Sometimes, companies can put the right tactics in place and desire the best outcomes, but end up flying blind because they haven’t set key performance indicators (KPIs). You can reach the most aggressive goals if you set KPIs and monitor them weekly (and monthly, quarterly, and annually).
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Zoominfo
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Most sales professionals recommend using a sales methodology that involves uncovering a buyer’s biggest problem or pain point. While this is essential for sales success, it’s also only half of the story. This type of approach often drives sellers to employ a “find-out-what’s-wrong-and-fix-it” mindset. Sellers hear a buyer’s complaint and often jump to problem-solving far too quickly.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
In the past, blogs served as fun platforms where people could write about their opinions on a variety of topics. While this still holds true today, more and more businesses have recognized the importance of blogs to their overall success. To remain competitive in the digital landscape , companies have realized more than ever before that they must provide some sort of value to their customer base.
Kapost
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Storytelling is the latest buzzword in B2B marketing. Everyone says they’re doing it, but it’s hard to find stories that truly resonate with audiences. An analysis of NewsCred articles found. The post How to Use Storytelling to Bring Your Brand’s Narrative to Life appeared first on Kapost Content Marketing Blog.
Contently
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Search engines have historically been distant cousins to social media platforms. Both channels let people discover valuable content—just in different ways. Search was more transactional, asking users to come prepared with a keyword or a question. Social was more open, letting users wander until they found something they liked. But with Google’s latest announcement, they’re about to become a lot more like twins.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
There is no doubt that digital marketing or online marketing is crucial when it comes to the success of any business no matter what industry you are in. Unlike the past where businesses used traditional advertising, today, they are not as effective as online advertising and this has pushed many businesses to adopt online advertising […]. The post 10 Digital Marketing Tricks Used By Famous Business Brands appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
Oktopost
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
We’ve all heard the numbers: video is expected to make up more than 80% of all web traffic by 2019. From Instagram Stories to Facebook Live, more and more B2B marketing professionals are realizing the potential of social video in driving greater audience engagement, higher conversion rates, and more revenue. But as we all know, […].
Zoominfo
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Today’s sales professionals have more ways than ever to get in touch with prospects. And yet, sales reps can’t escape the most common and often the most frustrating method of sales prospecting communication—and that’s voicemail. . There’s no way around it—sales reps spend a lot of time leaving voicemails, and unfortunately, most go unanswered. Consider these statistics ( source ): 15% of a sales rep’s time is spent leaving voicemails. 80% of calls go to voicemail, and 90% of first time voicemai
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
It’s important to have a very clear appreciation of just how important data is when it comes to making marketing decisions. Understanding how your campaigns are performing, how different visitor segments are interacting with your site and which strategies and tactics are generating the greatest ROI isn’t just nice to know. It’s imperative to your brand and your marketing’s overall success.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Spiralytics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
A 2016 survey by Spigit found that 75% of the respondents have improvement of customer experience (CX) their top objective as a company. CX was also the most pressing matter for marketers in 2014 , and it’s expected that by 2020, it will take over price and product as key differentiators. But why are companies looking at CX this way?
Contently
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Like many entrepreneurs, Matt Byrom founded his business because he couldn’t find anyone else to do what he needed. In the late aughts, Byrom was working as a freelance designer in the UK when he came across the site of a relatively new company called Dropbox. The company’s pitch was a 90-second animated video and a sign-up form. That’s it.
Marketing Insider Group
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Email marketing is still alive and kicking. In fact, email marketing still has one of the best ROIs of any marketing tactics. For every $1 spent, expect a $38 return. It also accounts for 40% more customer acquisition than social media. While these stats illustrate the opportunity of email marketing, the reality is that inboxes are full. So, […].
Only B2B
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
5 Signs You Might Be Losing Attrition from ToFU to BoFU Consumer Insight Group says, 83% of social media customer service users do not buy because of bad experience. The post appeared first on ONLY B2B.
Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO
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Zoominfo
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Personalization. It’s one of the most talked-about trends in the marketing world today. Marketers—us included—continue to preach the importance of understanding your customers and delivering targeted, personalized campaigns based on what you know about them. But, what we haven’t discussed are the risks of personalization—or more specifically, what happens when a campaign is too personalized.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
There has been one common thread in each of my customer conversations throughout the past two years, and that is the desire to deliver—and be part of—a seamless and unforgettable end-to-end customer experience. Today, we’re one step closer to making this a reality for our thousands of customers and partners worldwide. I am thrilled to announce that Marketo has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Adobe.
Brandpoint
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
People don’t like ads. A quarter of online ad views are fraudulent, and ad-blocking software prevents brands from reaching parts of their audience. Google’s Ad campaigns are a great solution to cut through the digital noise and target the people who are already searching for answers relevant to your brand. However, it can be tricky to master a successful ad.
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