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Beyond Beige: Ardath Albee’s Blueprint for Buyer-Driven B2B Strategies

Content Standard

According to Forrester, a whopping 85% of marketers say their content doesn’t deliver business value. Ardath is the author of eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale, and Digital Relevance: Developing Marketing Content and Strategies that Drive Results. Delivering the content we ‘think’ our customers want has proven ineffective.

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Why Your B2B Team Is Investing Too Much in Mobile

Contently

Mobile ad spending has surpassed $58 billion this year, accounting for 70 percent of all digital spend, per eMarketer. This “mobile-first” mindset gives consumers the ability to access information wherever they want to research and make purchases. According to the research, more than twice as many people in the U.S.

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Social media in B2B: from platforms to content… Ten years later.

Exo B2B

We were asking ourselves this question almost ten years ago in this blog post , with statistics from eMarketer dating back to 2009. Here is one of the graphs from the eMarketer study. In the latter case, here are two other graphs coming from CMI first and then, a study done by one of Forrester’s B2B specialists, Laura Ramos.

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50 Facts about online consumer behavior not to ignore

Biznology

81% of consumers research online before buying. ( 94% of B2B buyers research online for purchase decisions. 89% of shoppers do online research before purchasing an item in-store. eMarketer ). Research Gate ). 50% use their smartphone to look up restaurants/bars, and 31% to research or book travel.

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Why Is Social Media Measurement So Hard?

Convince & Convert

” In fact, new research from eMarketer shows that less than 20% of B2B marketers know for sure that their social media is generating positive results, and I’d guess the B2C data is similar. It’s not every day that you hear someone saying, “The return on my social media strategy is outstanding!”

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How Technology Is Revolutionizing B2B Events

Contently

According to a report from market research firm Demand Metric, events are second only to email when it comes to the most effective B2B marketing tactics. In total, events make up about a fifth of marketing spend at B2B companies, according to Forrester Research and Boston Consulting Group. Data and ROI.

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Tech Talk with Jivox: Personalization and ecommerce marketing

ClickZ

Jivox has been recognized by Forrester as a leader in creative advertising technologies. Research from eMarketer predicts consumers will spend $709 billion on ecommerce sales in 2020 for a total increase of 19%, the highest spike since 2008.

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