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10 Most Popular B2B Lead Blog Posts of 2016

markempa

The year 2016 is quickly coming to an end and the holiday season is a time for reflection and preparation. I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Blog, chosen by marketers, just like you, to help you get ready to have a great 2017. My methodology was compiling the aggregate social shares across Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google+. 1.

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Recapturing Lost Leads: Going After Form Abandoners

The Point

What to do if a prospect comes to your landing page, starts to fill out the form, but doesn’t complete the task? Form abandonment and cart abandonment campaigns are standard practice for B2C and ecommerce marketers, less so for those of us B2B types who deal in leads vs. transactions. However, “recapture” techniques such as retargeting and email can play a role in B2B – and generate real ROI – if the volume of traffic to a particular landing page, and thus the number of people who abandon

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Start A/B Testing Your Email Marketing Campaigns Like A Mad Scientist

Marketing Insider Group

I’ve always told people being a marketer is like being a mad scientist. We’re all in dark, damp labs working up the next lead generating creation. The only difference is we don’t have an Egor by our side. Or maybe your offices look different than mine. (Kidding) When it comes to creating effective email marketing […]. The post Start A/B Testing Your Email Marketing Campaigns Like A Mad Scientist appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Search Engine Advertising in China Starts With Knowing the Market

KoMarketing Associates

Search engine advertising is an effective way to boost website traffic and generate leads – and, when done correctly, many have found it is the most effective way. Knowing the market well is the key to start a successful search engine advertising campaign. This is as true in the U.S. as it is in China. However, the tools used to execute search engine campaigns are different.

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WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook 2024

Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.

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Behind the Scenes of Marketing Personalization

Hive9

Every day we’re marketed to in a fashion that has nothing to do with us. We’ve grown so used to this phenomenon, in fact, that most of us hardly see poorly matched advertisements or emails anymore. The marketers behind those messages are likely wasting both their time and money.

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How to Slow Your Content Marketing to Move Forward

Marketing Insider Group

As we near 2017, marketers have to juggle more than ever. With quickly evolving content trends, hundreds of content and social media tools to evaluate, the delicate balance of internal and external resources, and many other competing interests—content marketing can get overwhelmingly complex. For some marketers muddled in the industry, frustrations are running high and […].

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10 Gifts for Marketers That Will Boost Productivity

KoMarketing Associates

The holidays are upon us and time is running out to buy presents. Whether you’re a marketer looking to buy yourself (or your team) an end of the year gift, or you know a marketer that’s always looking to boost their productivity, we’re here to help. We’ve assembled a list of 10 gifts for marketers that can be used to make the hours between 9 and 5 (and beyond) easier to manage and more productive. 1.

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BlueVenn Bundles Omnichannel Journey Management, Personalization, and Single Customer View

Customer Experience Matrix

BlueVenn has only been active in the U.S. market only since March 2016, although many U.S. marketers will recall its previous incarnation as SmartFocus.* The company offers what it calls an omnichannel marketing platform that builds a unified customer database, manages marketing campaigns, and generates personalized Web and email messages. The Venn in BlueVenn The unified database process, a.k.a. single customer view, has rich functionality to load data from multiple sources and do standardizati

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B2B ABM: Seven Sales & Marketing Tips for 2017 - Tip #2 Should Marketing and Sales Agree on the Definition of a Lead?

ViewPoint

Should marketing and sales agree on the definition of a lead? They should, but mostly don’t. According to James Obermayer ( Sales Lead Management Association ), the fact that there is no agreement between marketing and sales on lead definition results in these problems: Salespeople say that they are not getting enough qualified leads. Per sales, a qualified lead is based on criteria they understand, but marketing is in dark.

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The Top 3 Tips for Writing Successful White Papers

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.

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How to Plan Your Content Marketing Calendar

Marketing Insider Group

As the year 2016 winds to a close, it is yet again time to fine-tune or create a unique content marketing plan for your business in the year 2017. Running a small or medium sized enterprise can be a really tough affair. Your marketing needs are as real and urgent as those of any multinational, […]. The post How to Plan Your Content Marketing Calendar appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Why you are just a resource & how you’re failing to drive demand with your content & social media marketing efforts

Biznology

According to a LinkedIn study reported in their Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to Thought Leadership eBook, 88% of IT buyers said that thought leadership was important or critical in determining their short list of vendors. And, if they did this study with other industries, I’m sure they’d find very similar results. So, why aren’t business, sales, and marketing leaders focused on providing specific thought leadership content that’s relevant to extremely targeted, specific audience?

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Infographic: How Our Brains Respond to Different Content Formats

Contently

If you’re a brand with information to share, how should you package it? The answer depends on how you want readers to process your content. According to a new infographic from Main Path Marketing , different types of content affect our brains in different ways—and also influence what we do next. If you want to build a relationship, use text. Blog posts, white papers, e-books—anything that puts your words front and center will allow people to connect with your story.

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B2B ABM: Seven Sales & Marketing Tips for 2017 - Tip #3 Should Marketing Be All In On Inbound?

ViewPoint

Should your company be all in on inbound marketing. Short answer: no. Here are three reasons why: Senior executives are 2.5 times more likely to respond to a quality outbound effort than are more junior executives. Don’t wait for them to contact you. Pick up the phone, leave a message , send an email – be persistent AND professional. Few senior executives want to be treated like the human equivalent of a pinball, capturing your attention only when they have hit the right bumpers and scored enoug

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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How to Create a Content Calendar for Better SEO

Marketing Insider Group

If you’re still producing content on a whim, then good for you! At least you’re producing content. But if you’re just banging-out the occasional blog post because you “had an idea” or just conjured-up the motivation, then now is a good time to create a content calendar. A content calendar is simply a schedule (often […]. The post How to Create a Content Calendar for Better SEO appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Chatbots: The future of conversational commerce and marketing

Buzz Marketing for Technology

It’s no secret that the rise of computer apps is transforming both the marketing and customer experience. One of the most intriguing developments in app development is in the area of chatbots that not only can send communications to customers but also respond “intelligently” to conversations. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Christian Brucculeri, the CEO at mobile messaging company Snaps, a developer of chatbots and other marketing technology products for companies.

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Search Engine Advertising in China Starts With Knowing the Market

KoMarketing Associates

Search engine advertising is an effective way to boost website traffic and generate leads – and, when done correctly, many have found it is the most effective way. Knowing the market well is the key to start a successful search engine advertising campaign. This is as true in the U.S. as it is in China. However, the tools used to execute search engine campaigns are different.

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Cognitive content strategy

Biznology

Managers of large sites must balance search AI with navigation IA. My job involves building content systems and platforms for the world’s largest private digital publisher— IBM. Most of the people I talk to outside of IBM have no idea of the size and scale of our publishing efforts. Here is an example of a Twitter conversation related to the topic: The goal is no different for small sites and large sites: you need to help your users find the content that answers their questions in the fewe

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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The Future of Social Media

Marketing Insider Group

Social networks are becoming more and more popular. In 2016, about 70% of Internet users are social network users and these figures are expected to grow. A few years ago, we were happy to get likes from friends and relatives; today, we share tips and skills, promote services and buy goods, etc. Many well-known […]. The post The Future of Social Media appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Business-to-business (B2B) pricing strategy research – part 2

Savanta

Last week I discussed two research techniques which can be used when determining the optimum pricing strategy – Gabor-Granger and Brand Price Trade Off (BPTO). These techniques are beautifully simple, but this simplicity has a flip side. The choice may be over-simplified and no longer reflect real-life decision scenarios which can be complex and based on a series of conscious and unconscious trade-offs.

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10 Gifts for Marketers That Will Boost Productivity

KoMarketing Associates

The holidays are upon us and time is running out to buy presents. Whether you’re a marketer looking to buy yourself (or your team) an end of the year gift, or you know a marketer that’s always looking to boost their productivity, we’re here to help. We’ve assembled a list of 10 gifts for marketers that can be used to make the hours between 9 and 5 (and beyond) easier to manage and more productive. 1.

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3 Keys to Modern Keyword Research: Update Your Strategy and Tools for 2017

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Nate Dame Though it might make for a catchy, clickbait title, keywords are not dead. 93% of online experiences begin with a search , and a search begins with words. As long as people use words to communicate with search engines, keywords will never die. How we use them in an SEO strategy, however, is always evolving. The first step to a modern keyword strategy is understanding the user intent behind target keywords.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

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.

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Creativity Doesn’t Mean Big (So Stop Making Excuses)

Marketing Insider Group

We assume creativity has to be big. We feel the need to tackle broad, sweeping ideals, produce massive, industry-leading projects, and find deep, life-affirming meaning in our work. But what if to get all that, we need to think smaller? Today, we go outside our echo chamber with James Miller, creator of the project A […]. The post Creativity Doesn’t Mean Big (So Stop Making Excuses) appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.

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Why online software documentation is a necessity in businesses

Biznology

We live in a digital age, a time when everyone who has a internet connection has access to a lot of useful information. Furthermore, we have tools and software that enable collaboration, even if we are several countries away from our co-workers. One of the widely used tools nowadays is online software documentation, and if you are in charge of online business, it is an absolute necessity.

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The Rise of Account-Based Marketing, in 7 Charts

Contently

There are a lot of buzzy trends in marketing that turn out to be little more than hot air. People-based marketing. Micro-moments. Conversation marketing. I could go on. (In fact, our editor-in-chief managed to pull together about 40 of the worst of them.) But account-based marketing—ABM for short—seems like one buzzword that’s here to stay. ABM is a marketing strategy in which the marketing and sales teams focus on courting specific clients, rather than determining their sales pipe based o

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7 Ways to Bring Your Emails Back to Life with Dynamic Content

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Jeff Kupietzky Variety is the spice of life, but when it comes to your email marketing campaigns, it’s tough to find the right mix of spice and substance to satisfy your subscribers’ expectations and needs. These days, personalization is KING, generating higher transaction rates, open rates, and click-through rates, which means that customizing the content for each and every recipient is absolutely critical to getting—and keeping—their attention.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Are Your Lead Conversion Rates Above Average?

Marketing Insider Group

If you want to improve your conversion rates, you need to implement the right sales funnel optimization strategy to get the results you want. This means taking a closer look at your current process and making improvements based on what you see behind the scenes. From the top of the funnel where visitors get converted […]. The post Are Your Lead Conversion Rates Above Average?

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Just 2 nameless people hanging out amongst the sea of parents

Ambal's Amusings

Just 2 nameless people hanging out among the sea of parents waiting for Ari’s winter concert to begin. I find this moment of being lost in the crowd absolutely refreshing and delightful because it puts things in perspective about who the true stars are in the life of all these people gathered here. Speaking of … Continue reading Just 2 nameless people hanging out amongst the sea of parents.

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The 6 Biggest Marketing Storylines of 2016

Contently

Out of everything that happened in marketing this year, perhaps nothing was more symbolic than digital advertising spend overtaking TV ad spend. For more than half a century, TV had been the primary advertising medium for marketers. The internet changed all that—and we’ll look back at 2016 as the year that digital officially assumed the mantle.