KoMarketing Associates
JULY 26, 2018
When done successfully, B2B content writing can drive some impressive business results like increased search traffic, boosted social media engagement, and more importantly, conversions. There are numerous tips and strategies that can help B2B content writers be more effective and efficient. Here are a few hacks to help you start seeing better outcomes from your content marketing : 1.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
JULY 26, 2018
Picture yourself as a prospector in 1859 drilling one of the first commercial oil wells in western Pennsylvania. You seek a dark, mysterious substance that can illuminate rooms at night. Your peers are drilling too, so you assume there’s value. To be an ‘early adopter’ is both thrilling and comforting. You pursue a fantasy of success fired by the most ancient of fuels: FOMO (fear of missing out).
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Kaon
JULY 23, 2018
This article originally appeared on Entrepreneur.com (July 18, 2018). Considering that the major portion of a buyer’s journey takes place without his or her knowledge, salespeople have to rise above a long list of challenges, regardless of their industry. Competition is fierce, and organizations are finding that their salespeople are unable to tell a compelling enough value story to set themselves apart.
SnapApp
JULY 26, 2018
In the last five years as marketing has rapidly evolved as a field, so have the kind of skills and jobs available to marketers. Gone are the days where a generic marketing professional could walk into a company and perform just about any marketing function. Today, marketing professionals are expected to be multi-dimensional, but often are held accountable to different metrics and rely on different skills and expertise based on their unique position.
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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.
Act-On
JULY 25, 2018
Are you thinking about hiring a social media expert to help with (or run) your social marketing? Pro tips for knowing when, why, who - and how - to hire.
B2B Marketing Zone brings together the best content for marketers in the B2B industry from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Zoominfo
JULY 22, 2018
The world of B2B marketing underwent a dramatic transformation in recent years—and unfortunately for us marketers, we no longer have such rigid control of the buyer’s journey. Instead, we’re operating in a business environment dictated by the wants and needs of our customers. Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more.
Vision Edge Marketing
JULY 26, 2018
How organizations approach their MarTech differs among various organizations. The 16 th annual 16th annual Marketing Performance Management (MPM) benchmark study found that the group known as the Value Creators (those that earn 90 or greater grade by the C-Suite) are far more likely to have a strategic Marketing Ops function. A number of characteristics distinguish this Best-in-Class (BIC) from their colleagues named the Sales Enablers and Campaign Producers (the group earning 80-89 and the g
KoMarketing Associates
JULY 24, 2018
Forms deserve far more consideration than they get. Compared to how much time we invest in every other element of a lead generation campaign – the advertising, the content download, the landing page – the opt-in form often just gets slapped in like an afterthought. That’s strange behavior, given that the information we’re gathering through that form is the whole point of the campaign.
Customer Experience Matrix
JULY 27, 2018
It’s nearly a year since Gartner placed Customer Data Platforms at the top of its “hype cycle” for digital marketing technologies. The hype cycle shouldn’t be taken too literally but it does capture the growing interest in CDPs and reminds us to expect this attention to attract critics. Sure enough, we’ve recently started to see headlines like “ Customer Data Platforms: A Contrarian’s View ”, “ Why Your Customer Data Platform Is a Failure ” and “ CDPs: Yet Another Acronym That Lets Marketers Dow
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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.
Zoominfo
JULY 26, 2018
As technology continues to grow and evolve, the needs of the modern customer are also changing. In an effort to meet those changing needs, marketers are ditching traditional marketing initiatives in favor of a more adaptive approach to marketing– also known as agile marketing. If you’re unfamiliar with agile marketing, it’s time to get on board. Implementing an agile strategy will help you increase marketing productivity, reduce your time-to-market, increase profits, and so much more.
Influitive
JULY 26, 2018
Customer feedback isn’t just a nice-to-have. For any organization that is committed to creating a second-to-none customer experience, regularly sourcing customer feedback is mission critical. Feedback enables you to constantly iterate on your products, optimize the customer journey, and include customer voices in everything you do. With it, your customers can be the engine behind.
KoMarketing Associates
JULY 25, 2018
Whether it’s social media marketing or email marketing, new research shows that marketers are turning to a wide array of digital marketing tactics to achieve their primary objectives. Clutch recently published the results of its “How Businesses Use Digital Marketing in 2018” survey, and statistics showed that social media (81 percent), website (78 percent) and email (69 percent) are the top three digital marketing channels for marketers.
Onalytica B2B
JULY 26, 2018
TLDR: Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Brands are shying away from running effective influencer programs. Regulatory hurdles mean sharing content and mobilising influencers becomes a cumbersome process. Celebrity endorsements are risky and less effective than using social influencers. It is well documented that a great number of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences brands often partner with celebrities to help spread key messages, increase their brand awareness and ultimately to get their products
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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.
Zoominfo
JULY 25, 2018
A successful traveling salesperson wields the ability to take in their surroundings and use contextual clues to glean what they can about each prospect they interact with. Using these clues, the salesperson then tailors their sales presentation to each prospective customer’s particular wants and needs. If all goes according to plan, by the end of the visit, the consumer wonders how they’ve lived so long without this salesperson’s product. .
Marketing Insider Group
JULY 23, 2018
A lot of companies miss the mark with employee activation because they only build one-way of a two-way street. The end goal should go beyond empowering employees to further brand objectives.The company behind the brand should also be empowering employees to further their own professional goals. When your culture is set up to launch each […]. The post How to Build an Employee Activation Program appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
KoMarketing Associates
JULY 23, 2018
Marketers continue to turn to email marketing as a way to reach out to customers and prospects, and as they do so, basic segmentation is growing in popularity as a tactic. Adestra and Econsultancy recently conducted the “2018 Email Marketing Industry Census” and discovered that 82 percent of marketers currently practice basic email segmentation. About 11 percent are planning to do this in the near future, and only seven percent of respondents said that they do not practice segmentation.
InsightSquared
JULY 27, 2018
Sales, marketing and business operations professionals will join forces for Ramp by InsightSquared , the second annual revenue ops event of the year, on August 6th-7th at the Westin Boston Waterfront. Here’s all the reasons why you should be there: 1. Spend the day learning from experts around relevant tactics that you can put into action when you get back to your desk.
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.
ViewPoint
JULY 26, 2018
While most companies scramble to create content, they remain unaware that podcast content is the least expensive tactic per impression and listener. This is due to the unique nature of podcasting which allows many uses for the final recorded and printed program transcript. The following is a story, really a compiled story about different real people we know, using podcasting in many ways.
Marketing Insider Group
JULY 23, 2018
Influence marketing is all the rage. Influencers get paid big bucks to capitalize on their large networks in hopes that the brands they recommend will fly off the shelves. In fact, influencers have a more limited impact on purchases — and their biggest impact comes at a small, defined portion of the purchase cycle. Thus, […]. The post Influencer Marketing: It’s Not A Funnel appeared first on Marketing Insider Group.
KoMarketing Associates
JULY 26, 2018
Although marketers are invested in purchasing demographic data to reach out to their target audience, research shows that they are not entirely confident in the information they receive. Lotame recently published “The State of Audience Data Research Report” and found that when purchasing demographic data, accuracy is “very important” to the majority (84 percent) of marketers.
Webbiquity
JULY 27, 2018
Guest post by Tifany Scifo. Some companies rely on trade shows for new business or to expand their client base, while other use the shows to launch a new product. Regardless of the objective, a successful trade show can “make or break” a new or small company. There’s a lot of potential at these shows, but unfortunately also a lot of competition.
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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
Biznology
JULY 23, 2018
If you spend any time browsing the internet, you might have noticed that it seems like just about every site you visit has a little pop up asking you if you want notifications. If it’s not about notifications, then the website wants to know your location; and then finally, before navigating away from the page, there is another pop up wanting you to sign up for emails.
Marketing Insider Group
JULY 27, 2018
For the 185th episode of The Marketing Book Podcast, I interviewed Phil M. Jones, author of Exactly How to Sell: The Sales Guide for Non-Sales Professionals. If you’re a business owner, manager or marketer, the more you understand about the changing nature of modern sales in the era of the super-informed buyer, the more successful […]. The post Weekend Reading: “Exactly How to Sell” by Phil M.
Act-On
JULY 24, 2018
Employee advocacy is a fastest, organic tactic for building brand engagement. Here is a step-by-step plan for getting your employees to post, Tweet, and share your relevant content on their own personal social network accounts.
The Point
JULY 27, 2018
In the demand generation business, we often talk about “low bar” and “high bar” offers. The bar in either case is the level of time, effort, and commitment required of the prospect or person registering for said offer. So, for example, on a spectrum from low to high: * a white paper is a low bar offer (very little asked of the prospect). * a Webinar is a low bar offer (though not as low as a white paper because of the additional time commitment). * a demo or free trial is a high bar offer (due
Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO
On October 11th, understand how to navigate the AI landscape confidently, turning insights into groundbreaking strategies that set you apart. Why attend? You'll learn: Practical applications/Use cases How to find and assess the right AI technology Prioritizing quick wins Mastering prompt engineering Solving marketing challenges efficiently Strategies to launch pilot programs Case studies of B2Bs building smarter businesses with AI Exclusive bonus content: Actionable frameworks to get started qui
Biznology
JULY 24, 2018
Kristen Matthews. Over the last two weeks, I have discussed what clients want and expect from influencer marketing and what influencers want and expect from influencer marketing , each according to influencer marketing guru and creator relations goddess, Kristen Matthews. The Proof is Always in the Pudding. This week, I wanted to share what Kristen Matthews, herself, wants and expects from her clients, influencers, and creators.
Marketing Insider Group
JULY 25, 2018
Word on the street for marketers, at least in the United States, is that the smartphone market is on the brink of becoming supersaturated, that it is ready to plateau as far as growth and sales are concerned. What do the statistics say? Here in the United States the Pew Center for Research recently discovered […]. The post Is The Smartphone Market Oversaturated?
NuSpark Consulting
JULY 24, 2018
Is Advanced Television part of your media buying strategy? Here’s an introduction to connected TV and addressable TV. >. The post A Quick Look at Advanced Television Advertising Tactics appeared first on NuSpark Marketing.
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