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Digital Marketing’s Massive Measurement Lies

Digital B2B Marketing

When you report this as a sale driven by marketing, you are taking credit for a sale even though marketing didn’t cause it. According to Wordstream, the #1 and #2 keywords based on search volume are facebook and youtube. I was already looking for Dell, search was simply an easier way to navigate. Marketing Influenced.

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10 Ways to Kickstart Your Inbound Marketing Program

Digital B2B Marketing

Not only do you still need to create content to capture leads, nurture prospects and support sales, you need to create sharable and discoverable content also and then patiently wait before you see the return on this new investment. Your initial inbound marketing results are promising, but you need more.

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Buyers to Marketers: Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You

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So your sales consultant can contact me? The marketing automation machine lives on a diet of email and your sales process is built on the telephone. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and various niche platforms will be potential ways to nurture prospects, in the environment each prospect chooses. No thanks, I’ll pass.”

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Buyers to Marketers: Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You

Digital B2B Marketing

So your sales consultant can contact me? The marketing automation machine lives on a diet of email and your sales process is built on the telephone. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and various niche platforms will be potential ways to nurture prospects, in the environment each prospect chooses. No thanks, I’ll pass.”

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Bad Advertising Advice: Go Where Your Audience Is

Digital B2B Marketing

Are they on Facebook? Media sales representatives perpetuate the problem, comparing reach to their competitors. It sounds obvious, on point, and innocent, but the oft-told advice to “go where your audience is” is one of the worst pieces of advice B2B marketers receive. Do they watch the Super Bowl?

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The B2B Marketing Guide to Paid Content Distribution

Digital B2B Marketing

For consumable, spreadable content without a strong sales or company spin, start with this list. Facebook Ads. Facebook’s targeting options for B2B marketers are far better than many people give it credit for. Of course you can (anything is for sale in the publishing world these days). Promoted Tweets.

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Three Reasons Content Curation is Overrated

Digital B2B Marketing

Prospects want to know what you think In enterprise B2B sales and marketing, prospects want to understand how you view their marketplace, challenges and opportunities. Everyone else is already curating Look at Twitter, LinkedIn industry groups or Facebook pages. Curation, by itself, is not enough to differentiate you.

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