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MARKETRI | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 CPA Content Marketing: Four Examples of Superb Content by Accountants 'B2B buyers complete nearly 60 percent of their purchase decision online before they even engage a sales representative, according to research by Google and CEM. Accounting firms must consider how to create online content that’s helpful and engaging enough to keep prospects coming back again and again. The results? -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 In (Partial) Defense of Tracking Cookies And Google. New tools and technologies could help. 'It''s easy to hate on tracking cookies. Wouldn’t life be great if browsers just shut cookies off altogether -- and kept them off? No more annoying ads! No more interruptions! Fair enough. get it. m sick of this stuff, too. And Facebook. And most of the web, for that matter. Awkward. -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013 Slideshare Is The Biggest Opportunity In B2B Content Marketing They even curated a selection of resources to help you understand what to upload to slideshare. If you’re anything like me, you spend a good portion of your time as a marketer either creating slides yourself, helping others create slide decks, or listening to others present. Can marketers create effective slideshare decks? -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 What Your Traditional Marketing Education Didn't Teach You About Marketing Today And luckily, today we''re announcing our new Inbound Marketing Certification program to help marketers and aspiring marketers alike bridge these gaps in marketing education. Instead, build ownable assets over time to help you attract, convert, close, and delight prospects, leads, and customers. But (isn''t there always a but ?). -
WRITTENT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013 15 Key Facts about Content Curation share blogs, industry publications, or other resources on a daily basis: Image Credit: Curata. Not only is actively curating a valuable tool for establishing authority, it can help individuals build relationships with key bloggers and copanies. Resources Rule. Google Cares Deeply about Authority. Curation Is Social.
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WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 30 Awesome Blogging Guides, Tips and Resources Particularly with Google’s emphasis in its recent Panda and Penguin algorithm updates on content that is fresh, compelling, unique, social, and naturally linked to, blogs have become even more essential to SEO strategies. more here in 30 of the best business blogging guides and resources of the past year. Why Blog. IT DROPPED! -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 6 Marketing Automation Lessons I Learned the Hard Way If your marketing is working the way it should be, your leads aren’t just sitting, waiting for your emails -- they''re engaging with you through social media, searching for your brand on Google, and finding their way back to your website. But very few vendors can also help you become a better marketer. What''s wrong with this picture? -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 Anatomy of a Blog Redesign – 10 Best Practices from Marketo At the same time, we do want the blog to help us achieve measurable goals, so we specified three main conversion goals at the beginning of our design effort: Build our opt-in email list. So, we created a section at the end of each post called “Related Resources”. This helps our content to spread with social amplification. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013 How Marketing Legend Guy Kawasaki Manages His Social Media Presence 'Guy Kawasaki is a special advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. Perhaps you may find some of my methods useful to help you get the most out of social media , too. 2) Repurposed Google+ Posts. Three other people also post to HolyKaw via Google+: Peg Fitzpatrick , Trey Ratcliff , and me. Google+. Twitter. -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 Do You Know Your Target Market? How to Find Out… Knowing your target market allows you to spend your marketing time and resources more effectively. Are your services more suited to high-income people with complex tax situations who want to avoid an audit, busy people who could do their own taxes but are willing to pay to have you take care of it, or someone who needs tax planning help? -
B2B WEB STRATEGY | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 3 Reasons That An On-Site Blog Helps Your SEO Google loves fresh content. Yet, Google loves fresh content and your relevance will increase in its eyes when your site is regularly updated. Continually updating your site with fresh content will cause Google crawlers to visit it more frequently- and to reindex it on a more continual basis. Where would they go? -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 What Is A Social Business? In this article I’ll offer my own definition as well as plenty of links to other resources you can check out for more ideas on how to help your organization transform into a social business. And please follow along on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and Google+ or Subscribe to the B2B Marketing Insider Blog for regular updates. -
VIEWPOINT | THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Good Reads for B2B Marketing - Protect Your Online Reputation Use tools such as Google Alerts, Social Mention and Topsy to discover your online rep, and work on building a positive online brand for your company. The LinkedIn Contacts tool that began for some select users could help marketers organize, maintain, and nurture business contacts. Do you have a resource from your sphere to share? -
LEDGER BENNETT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013 The top 10 B2B marketing research papers you should read 'If you only read 10 B2B Research Papers this year make it these, and in turn your marketing campaigns will be better-rounded, direct and thoughtful, helping you to capture the ‘Holy Grail’ of marketing – more sales opportunities and more closed deals at a lower cost! The freebies…. The Digital Marketing Evolution in B2B Marketing. -
3 Ways Social Media can Boost Sales Success Sales people can use popular online meetings tools like Google Hangout or even GoToMeeting to create spontaneous meetings with potential buyers. Marketing teams provides the platform and resources to sales to be able to do this. Follow the steps above to help your sales team make the cash register ring using social media. -
Social Media Marketing: Dell reveals how it turns thousands of brand detractors into fans Since then, Dell has invested millions of dollars’ worth of time and resources to join those conversations. Here are the free tools Margetic advised using immediately to hear the social media conversations impacting your business: Google Alerts : Whenever your company or your industry is mentioned online, Google will notify you. -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013 Sales Intelligence with Google: Marrying What You Want to Say with What They Want to Hear You’ve hired marketing writers, website content creators, sales script evaluators, public relations professionals, and other experts all with the sole goal of helping you craft a compelling, convincing, easy-to-understand message regarding the benefits and features of your products and solutions. Sam Richter is the founder of the Know More! -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013 B2B Content Marketing Trends in the Software Industry: CMI Survey Recap To help you measure your company’s content marketing initiatives and compare your efforts against those of the survey participants, KoMarketing Associates has put together a comprehensive guide to the report findings. We hope you will use these highlights to help shape your content marketing strategies in 2013 and beyond. -
WRITTENT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013 14 Blog Writing Tips for Creating SEO-Friendly Blog Posts Search engines like Google want to give searchers the very best results for their queries. If you publish infrequently or sporadically, Google assumes your blog is not a good resource for searchers. Setting up Google Authorship for your posts is just smart SEO for getting traffic from Google. Publish Regularly. -
BLUE FOCUS MARKETING | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013 The Important (and lucrative) Midsize Companies by @Midmarket Institute If you want to understand the ‘many midmarkets’, and reap great rewards for your company, we can help. Midmarket Directories allows Midmarket executives to search for specialized vendors familiar with the needs of companies like theirs, challenge by challenge, by category of providers or using keywords like on Google. Ram V. -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013 Getting the Most Out of Google Grants 'As a nonprofit organization, there are tons of free and extremely helpful resources out there just waiting to be taken advantage of. Google Grants , the nonprofit version of Google Adwords , is one of these free resources, and one of our favorites. Only applies to Google Search. Text ads only. -
BRN.SK | MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013 The New YouTube Design: What I Like and What I Would Change 'Home Company Contact Us Login Help & Training RSS Feed Linkedin Facebook Twitter GooglePlus YouTube. Another valuable enhancement is the addition of clickable social icons to link to your brand’s other social media profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc., Human Resources. Helpful Resources. Search. -
WRITTENT | FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013 Google+ Hangouts, LinkedIn Contacts and Other Fascinating Tools Hooking content, small business storytelling, social media strategy sources, Google+ Hangouts instructions along with the upcoming innovation in LinkedIn Contacts – how can you miss all that? Each blog is mostly dedicated to a certain topic but anyway there is a bit of everything that is helpful for small businesses! 'Hello everyone! -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 The Marketer's Guide to Search Engine Optimizing Non-Written Content Even with the new glasses , Google still can’t read and index images, video, and audio content without a little help. You''ve just created an infographic about the most popular ice cream flavors and toppings, and now you want to ensure it''s optimized to show up in Google. 1) Pick an image that''s in a Google-supported format. -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 8 Steps To Build A Content Hub That Converts [Slides] Instead, you need to build a content hub that helps your buyers. But to show the world how what you sell helps your buyers. Stories from your customer’s point of view on how what you sell has helped them. Design: Look at existing market examples to help you design the site. Weigh Preparing To Build Your Content Hub. -
WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013 33 Phenomenal Content Marketing and Copywriting Guides and Tips What metrics are most helpful in measuring success and support continual improvement? Helpfully pointing out that “You likely already have strong content on hand (either on-line somewhere or even stuck in a file cabinet in your office.) 25-point Web copy checklist: How to write for Google by Success Works. ** 5 STARS. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 How do you choose the right WordPress hosting solution for your websites? Google “WordPress Hosting” and you’ll see results that span all sorts of price ranges and technical specs. You need a document to cut through the noise and help you choose the right hosting for your sites. For less than $10/ month you share a single server’s resources with a few hundred other small sites. Dedicated Hosting. -
THE FORWARD OBSERVER | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 Ready, Aim, Fire: The 3 Steps For Powerful B2B Website Optimization Buyer personas are an archetype of your ideal customer , and help you to refine your marketing activities. For website optimization, buyer personas help you to. Buyer personas help you to know who you''re marketing to. As a result, understanding your buyer personas saves time, money and resources. Ready : Buyer Personas. -
WRITTENT | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 20 Exclusive Copywriting Tips Even Gurus Will Be Surprised to Know Do you know what Google, consumers, and your boss all hate? Here are a few of the most-trusted resources: Factbrowser - Statistics Search Engine. If it helps you get your point across, forget everything your English teacher ever told you about not starting sentences with “and” or “but.”. Split Long Sentences in Half. Be Honest. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013 7 B2B Companies to Admire for Exceptional Visual Content In fact, you already have the resources and know-how you need to create visual content right on your computer (or how to hire someone to help you out ). And since Dropbox is trying to compete with internet giants like Google, it definitely helps to have extra compelling, recognizable content to set them apart. 1) Dropbox. -
BIZNOLOGY | FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 Red Flags of Deceitful Link Building Firms As someone who works for a fully transparent and honest link building agency, it makes me squirm to know that people are paying shady link building and SEO firms without knowing what they’re going to get in return, or that what they’re paying for could actually hurt them rather than help them. 'Photo credit: MyTudut. Clear as Mud. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 How 5 Companies Are Using Inbound Marketing to Succeed in Competitive Markets Inbound marketing helps level the playing field for marketers with less budget, and more brains. Divorce and separation can also be a very private process that clients would rather Google than ask a friend about. Help Scout Builds Enterprise-Level Authority With Customer-Focused Content. Help Scout Marketing Resources. -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013 Marketing Is In The Throes of A Buyer Revolution You can follow Tony @ TonyZambito, on Linkedin , Google+ and soon on TonyZambito.com. Today, I am focused on evolving the concepts of buyer personas, buyer insight, and a new capability I call Buyer Foresight™ to help marketing make better informed decisions. Tell Us About Yourself. In 2002, I took a chance. What do I mean by this? -
SYNECORE | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 Why Every Business Should Have a Responsive Web Design Google support of device agnosticism in the recent switch to Adwords Enhanced Campaigns could be regarded as a tacit acknowledgement of this new integrated reality. This helps companies maintain brand integrity by delivering consistent messaging to any web user. THE INTERNET OF THINGS. But how would one do this? MOBILE CONVERGENCE. -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 10+ Essential Research Reports & Guides for B2B Marketers Research, guides, and marketing surveys help guide B2B marketers down the right path. Google Search Quality Guidelines. Google relies on raters, working in countries and languages around the world, to help measure the quality of search results, ranking, and search experience. View the full report. View the full report. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013 The Hottest Sales Trends of 2013 Helped by CRM and automation software, along with better targeting and social media driven insight, sales departments have witnessed a complete overhaul in the way sales are conducted. 'Our world is flatter than ever before. Technology has changed the way we communicate and create. Focus on Numbers. Make it Personal. Embrace the New. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 Why Your Keyword Strategy Is Incomplete Without User Intent If you think about it, at the heart of every search on Google, there’s some kind of intention. user wants answers, resources, information, reviews of a product, and much more. When you begin to focus on user intent, you’re going to be looking at live examples of searches that people type into search engines like Google every day. -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Google Adwords Changes You Want to Know 'If you’re already using Google Adwords to run your pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns, you may have noticed some changes within your Adwords campaigns recently. In February, Google released the option to upgrade to Enhanced Campaigns. The post Google Adwords Changes You Want to Know appeared first on VR Marketing Blog. -
B2B LEAD GENERATION BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013 Direct Marketing: 6 steps to drive more through sales pipeline They offer these tips to help you do the same. She advised using Google Remarketing , which she considers remarkably inexpensive, with your direct mail campaign. Related Resources: How to Build a Quality List and Make Data Drive Leads. After all, who pays attention to print anymore? It turns out your prospects are. Follow up. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2013 10 Ways to Drive Instant Results With Inbound Marketing Make sure your website has the right messaging to help visitors pass the blink test. Running an A/B test can yield you immediately actionable results that help you improve your marketing. Google Web Fonts : Find fonts ready for use on your website. HARO queries are all about being responsive, helpful, and educational. -
SYNECORE | THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 5 Ways to Optimize Your Business for Local Search Portal Sites: Make sure your company has submitted an accurate website sitemap to the major search engines, Google and Bing (Bing covers Yahoo). Doing so will ensure your site is fully indexed, which will help you get found when people are using portal sites to search for your business. The numbers don’t lie. to 918.5 million units. -
BIZNOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013 It’s a Small (Online) World After All My biggest “professional” platform has been Google+ which I consider to be a very powerful digital marketing tool, and a great resource to boot. consider this a success since I’m relatively new to Google Plus, and it’s been very helpful to me as far as learning and implementing Authorship. Image via CrunchBase. -
CONFLUENT FORMS | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 Why your business needs to claim its Google Places page Google Map on iOS (Apple) or Google via their Android phone. Your Google+ Local Page information. Google Places is now Google+ Local This part may be confusing, but Google used to have a service which is still operational called Google Places. Immediately. When does your location matter? -
Why marketing automation fails: the role of vendors and content Although aggressive sales practices, overpromising and not helping marketers to fully use their marketing automation tools to generate value, do play a role. Most of the reasons why marketing automation fails are effectively about content marketing, processes and resources. Pre-purchase, during the buy and after it. And what’s the key? -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 Overcoming Sales Objections With Content Marketing As sales reps, we’re constantly leaning on marketing’s resources to create sales enablement tools. It’s our job to guide prospects through the decision making process, so how can thought leadership content help us do that? How Can Thought Leadership Help You Overcome Sales Objections? . Thought Leadership? -
HUBSPOT | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 How to Conduct a Competitive SEO Audit to Outrank Industry Rivals This information will help give you a clear sense of what your whole goal of "doing" SEO is. The easiest way to know who’s in your space is to do a Google search for your keywords. Bing may show you some competitors that Google missed, especially on the paid side. do you know who shows up, and where, in the SERPs? What next? -
VERTICAL RESPONSE | MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013 6 Ways to Keep SEO and Content Sittin’ in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G After a slew of Google updates that attacked poor, low quality content, SEO and content are now the cutest couple on the block. Having low quality blog posts or articles will not only hurt your website in Google’s and Bing’s eyes, but your readers will notice the lack of substantial content. Google Authorship. Diversity. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013 The Essential Cheat Sheet for Social Media Cover Photo Dimensions [+ Pre-Sized Templates] To help you get started with visual content , this post will specifically give you a helpful cheat sheet you can bookmark and reference when creating the cover photos for your business' various social media accounts. Google+ news feed photo uploads. What other resources have you come across for improving your design chops? - Sales Prospecting Perspective Weekly Recap - Week of March 18, 2013
Today, I wanted to help our friends at Insidesales.com and Software Advice in promoting their 2013 Inside Sales Market Size Study. Today, they need our help in determining where the inside sales industry stands in 2013 and if growth is still outpacing the outside sales role. Now, on to this week's recap. Monday, March 18, 2013. -
Finding The Path To The Perfect World Of Prospecting In a perfect world of teleprospecting, every call would result in success, every assistant would be helpful, and every list would contain nothing but accurate, relevant information. Resourcefulness while prospecting and making smarter dials and emails is crucial to inside sales success. Don’t worry; you’re only just getting started. -
B2B MARKETING TRACTION | THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 B2B Marketers: Why a Penguin is Still Ruining Your Website Penguin is the code name for a major Google search engine algorithm change that was first implemented in the spring of 2012, and it was designed to stop spammy practices perpetuated by the SEO bad guys.It Many of those links and comments are still in linking to your site and still getting “dinged” by Google. worked. -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 4 New Marketing Fundamentals Impacting the B2B SEO Professional We have already seen this discussion take center stage here and in resources like Copyblogger , Search Engine Land , and B2B Marketing Insider. Give your PR team knowledge to help win the big pitch. For example, I have experienced a fair amount of doubt from B2B marketers on the urgency in adopting Google+. Final Thoughts. -
FEARLESS COMPETITOR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 Get Over It, Marketing Leader. Your Digital Marketing Budget is NOT Going Up. Budget and resource constraints (primarily financial and talent shortages) – 10 responses. Find New Customers had a client – a software company in Stamford, CT called Protegrity who retained Find New Customers to help them with their marketing. You can use the free Google Adwords tool or buy a service like WordTracker.com. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 Why I Hired the Fake Steve Jobs quick Google search can deliver a wide range of options, reviews, and insights, and a social inquiry via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or LinkedIn can generate information from your closest friends or colleagues on the latest, greatest, and most favorited options out there. Be helpful. The traditional advertising model is broken. -
WEBBIQUITY | TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 23 Expert SEO Link Building Guides and Tools In its efforts to combat webspam, Google now ignores or even penalizes “unnatural” link profiles. What tools are most helpful in link building efforts? SEO Link Building Q&A with an Ex-Google Webspam Team Member by Search Engine Journal. And Finally… 79 Link Building Resources for 2012 by KISSmetrics. -
BLOG MY CALLS | MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013 Content Marketing, Social Media, and Call Tracking Where yellow pages add used to be the main resource customers would use to find the phone number of a company, the internet is now the new resource for contact information. Placing our unique call tracking numbers on your various social media sites can help you determine where your traffic is coming from. Which makes sense. -
B2B LEAD GENERATION BLOG | MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013 Content Marketing: How a telecommunications company uses controversy to drive millions in pipeline These kinds of conversations have helped Tellabs to: Attract prospects outside of its traditional marketplace, such as Google, government agencies and utility providers using the same services as telecom companies. We’ve turned content marketing into something that helps Sales get their job done,” Stenitzer said. -
INBOUND SALES NETWORK | FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 How Google is Controlling Your Company In today’s day and age, your company is not what you say it is, it’s what Google says you are. When your potential customers research your industry, which of the 83% who start with a search on Google or one of the other major search engines, actually finds you? Even better, when they Google your company name, what do they find? -
ENGAGE | THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013 4 Ways Bloggers Can Keep Their Content Fresh It retained enough of my character that my audience wouldn’t think it was written by someone else, and it wasn’t created just for the shock value and to chase after a few more Google search hits. More information leads to more nuanced views and helps your audience develop opinions of their own rather than just accepting yours. -
MARKETRI | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 The Challenges and Benefits of Social Media Marketing for Attorneys and Law Firms This blog post on social media ROI should help clear things up a little. Marketri's post on creating a law firm social media policy should help. Using social media to share valuable information helps an attorney or a firm showcase expertise, which can lead to new business and career opportunities. Overcoming Common Concerns. -
BIZNOLOGY | TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013 Channel your exceptional SXSW social mojo all year long am always afraid that when agencies finally reveal the most beautiful parts of themselves to the world via Twitter , Facebook, Google+ , Pinterest, and Tumble during South by Southwest nobody will notice — and they won’t. Bang With Friends Launches Site To Help You Have Sex With Strangers At SXSW (techcrunch.com). -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013 32 Influential B2B Social Media Profiles (People) to Follow on Twitter BtoB Online (@btobmagazine) : “The resource for #marketing strategists” Follow BtoB Online at https://twitter.com/btobmagazine. “More than 500,000 small businesses, nonprofits, and associations worldwide rely on Constant Contact to help create and grow customer relationships.” Wildfire by Google (@wildfireapp). -
KOMARKETING ASSOCIATES | TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 Top 10 Tools for B2B Marketers As it stands now, we believe the following 10 tools lead the pack as the best available resources to improve organization, campaign integration, visibility, awareness, and productivity for B2B marketers in 2013. Google analytics allows B2B marketers to measure data on any time scale (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) -
BLUE FOCUS MARKETING | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013 Say “Cheese” with Social Small businesses are realizing that social media is here to stay, and they are taking notice because becoming a social brand can help drive revenue. successfully deployed social media campaign kicks this process up a notch by helping small businesses to dramatically amplify their messages and reach new prospects. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013 4 Simple and Inexpensive Ways to Improve Your Website for Lead Generation Make sure you pay attention to Google Analytics to ensure you focus on the most relevant terms. This helps the search engines and prospects to identify your niche quickly. It is also important to have links on every page that leads visitors to these resources. We all know our websites are crucial to our marketing success. -
SYNECORE | SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2013 4 Ways Small Businesses Should Spend On Mobile Google Adwords Enhanced Campaigns is the most recent example of this. By meshing its mobile and desktop advertising platforms together, Google has substantiated thought leaders’ suspicions that device agnosticism is the way of the future, and as such is helping to push along the transformation. Responsive Website. Ad Placement. -
IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENUE | FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013 3 Ways To Improve Targeting: Just Avoid This Statement in Your Prospecting Emails With all the resources and tools at your fingertips, in this digital age, you can’t figure out on your own that I am, or I am NOT, the right person? Or Google. Telling me your product is wonderful won’t help me at this very moment. Why would I do all your prospecting work for you? Selling is hard, tireless work. -
MODERN B2B MARKETING | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013 The Dawn of Marketing Automation [Video] by Dayna Rothman Marketing automation is not a new concept, according to the Google Ngram Viewer, the term was first used in 1980, and then started to gain traction in the late 1990s, peaking around 2004. The term then started to decline in usage, reaching a low point in 2007 before slowly rising again. Today its back up near the 2004 peak. -
DIGITAL B2B MARKETING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 A Guide to Creating a Thought Leadership Campaign It secures resources. By approaching this as a campaign, there are resources available to get it off the ground and quickly establish a presence. You will need a number of resources and an integrated effort, just like you will for any other campaign. Situation: Your B2B company is not seen as a thought leader in your industry. -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 Is Customer Experience The Future of Marketing? Our organization is 100% B2B, so we have to constantly figure out how to help companies that need to move toward our solutions figure out how. With limited resources you have to spend it on things that make the largest impact. So I combat the challenge by giving support and resources to those that “Get it.” Photo Source. -
B2B MARKETING TRACTION | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 LinkedIn Recommendations: Why Less is More My colleague Jeremy Eskenazi, Managing Principal at global human resources consulting firm Riviera Advisors , cautions against too many or reciprocal recommendations. Having reciprocal recommendations is similar to reciprocal links that Google used to favor for SEO rankings. Should you have 5? The more the merrier? LinkedIn marketin -
B2B MARKETING INSIDER | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 Is Thought Leadership The Future of Marketing? work with corporate executives and consultants, provoking questions and solutions to help them discover and communicate their unique thought leadership space. And please follow along on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook and Google+ or Subscribe to the B2B Marketing Insider Blog for regular updates. Favorite word is “why?”. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 8 Useful Tools for Identifying and Connecting With Prospects And fortunately, there are a handful of tools available to help you identify prospective customers and find out what topics and content are most interesting to them. final tactic I’d suggest is to use your prospect data to help inform the content you create. They’re looking for help and advice from a third party. Google Alerts. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 The 6 Major Buying Influencers If you still restrict online research to Google search, you have a ways to catch up. Take, for example, a resource, such as Kred , or a sales intelligence application, such as InsideView, that allows you to view web-wide information about topics of interest or companies from a single spot. Problem recognition. Online research. -
BLUE FOCUS MARKETING | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013 18 Experts, an Infographic and a New Book will Convince you that Social Media Networking is Serious Business! Set a goal of finding 10 new people to engage with each week, and soon you’ll have a core group of followers and sites like Twitter will become a wealth of resources.”. Engage in conversation, be helpful and tell your story—one tweet, one picture, one blog, one video, one link, one post at a time. Spell it out. It leverages it. -
DELICIOUS B2BMARKETING | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013 B2B's Digital Evolution Think with Google. The challenge for marketers is to be present in these channels at all times with content that educates buyers and helps guide commercial decisions. Most content is low value; it may be interesting or get a lot of "engagement," but it doesnt help buyers make commercial decisions. Share Think with Google site. -
SALES INTELLIGENCE VIEW | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013 Are You Marketing to the Right Audience? few practices, however, can help you understand your customers. If you need help, check Google Analytics searches for words with significant SEO value. Social media and marketing automation technology make it easy to grow your marketing reach, but don’t always make it easy to target the right audience. Grow your criteria. -
WRITESPARK | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 Four Tips to Guarantee Freelancer Websites Deliver Great Results (Guest Post) In this helpful guest post, marcom manager Christine Farrier offers practical advice on finding the right freelance writer on the marketplace sites. Her tips also apply to finding writers through a LinkedIn or Google search. . certainly help. door to help with vetting. The current. effectiveness. The challenge is to. -
BIZNOLOGY | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 Build some social media marketing backbone you big wuss learned this in my 20s: people like being asked for favors, asked for help. Asking for help doesn’t make you look weak, it makes you look resourceful. And, generally speaking, people love helping, especially when helping you is easy for them (most things that are hard for me are impossibly simple for folks I know). -
B2B VOICES | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 Who are Your Content Superheroes? I’ve written before on my lessons learned and the ways to leverage content , but that didn’t answer the challenge of where to find it and who can help. Who can help? And make sure you are sharing with them not only the content your company is posting, but become a vital industry resource for them. How do you mine it? -
BIZNOLOGY | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013 In Digital Marketing, Good Writing Matters, Too Not just because it will help with digital marketing, though it will. Good and plentiful details and interesting stories about your company will help you pitch and place stories and create your own content. Avail yourself of writers’ resources on the web and beyond. Photo credit: MarkGregory007. Many times. -
HUBSPOT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013 8 Times When You Shouldn't Feel Guilty About Using PPC PPC can be extremely helpful for you if you're in a time crunch. If you need results fast -- like net new leads to hit a lofty lead generation goal -- PPC can be a helpful, short-term resource. Let's not forget that Google PPC isn't the only paid online advertising that marketers can take advantage of. Yikes! Sneaky? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 8 Ways to Market Your Seasonal Business During the Off-Season That's right, seasonal marketers that think long-term and use their off-season time wisely can help tee their businesses up for smashing successes when peak season begins again. Some ideal places for these CTAs are your blog, your homepage, your product/service pages, your resource center, and in your social profiles. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 39 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs You Ought to Be Reading Email Newsletters: Waste of Time and Resources? How to Understand and Master Google+. This blog will help you learn about marketing throughout the entire funnel -- from top to bottom -- through the lens of digital marketing techniques. Posts You Might Like to Read: The Inbound Debate #9: Google Backlash, How Much is Too Much? -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 38 Fantastic Inbound Marketing Blogs You Ought to Be Reading Email Newsletters: Waste of Time and Resources? How to Understand and Master Google+. This blog will help you learn about marketing throughout the entire funnel -- from top to bottom -- through the lens of digital marketing techniques. Posts You Might Like to Read: The Inbound Debate #9: Google Backlash, How Much is Too Much? -
ENGAGE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013 3 Old Tricks for the New SEO lot of the major ones have already happened with Google’s new algorithm in 2011 and again in 2012, but it appears that there are Panda updates a few times every year. Google has gotten much smarter and knows when to call your bluff. Google can tell when content adds real value and when content has been posted just for SEO purposes. -
HUBSPOT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 The Blog Editor's Ultimate Guide to Managing Multiple Contributors Not only does having multiple blog contributors help you generate more blog content, but it also allows you to showcase the thought leadership and perspectives of your company's various experts. Multiple contributors can be a great way to help you publish a lot more content and, thus, boost your blogging frequency. Okay, okay. -
WEBBIQUITY | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 11 (of the) Best SEO Tools and Keyword Research Guides of 2012 With its progression of benignly named yet ferocious algorithm updates (Farmer, Panda, Penguin), Google continues, in its efforts to battle webspam, to confound and make life more difficult for legitimate SEO professionals and their clients as well. 78 Resources For Every Internet Marketer’s Toolkit by Search Engine Watch. -
WWW.BRAINSHARK.COM | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 How to Use a Survey to Deliver 4 Powerful Content Assets Home Company Contact Us Login Help & Training RSS Feed Linkedin Facebook Twitter GooglePlus YouTube. Aside from providing the infographic and release to the press, we also drove traffic via social media using Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest. Human Resources. Helpful Resources. Ideas Blog. -
WWW.BRAINSHARK.COM | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 Will Online Video be the Top Marketing Trend in 2013? Home Company Contact Us Login Help & Training RSS Feed Linkedin Facebook Twitter GooglePlus YouTube. Creating enough resources to keep up with content demands. It’s been said a zillion times, but YouTube averages 4 billion hits each day, and holds high authority in Google search. Human Resources. Ideas Blog. -
HUBSPOT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 How to Audit Your Website for Improved SEO and Conversions Does it give me all the resources relevant to this topic? To help you conduct an on-page SEO audit of your content, read the " Step-by-Step Guide to Flawless On-Page SEO ," which also includes a free downloadable on-page SEO template to keep you on track. You can indicate your preference to Google in a number of ways. -
MARKETRI | THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 How Young Professionals Can Advance Their Career Through Thought Leadership and Subject Matter Expertise When it comes to professional services firms, young employees are often quite unfamiliar with the concept of marketing and the fact that there is a plethora of quick and easy things they can do to advance their careers and help their firm reach its growth goals. Use tools like Google Reader , Google Alerts, LinkedIn Signal and Scoop.it -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 A Simple Guide to Setting Up Your First LinkedIn Ad Campaign So if you're using PPC to power your presence on Facebook, Twitter, or Google, consider yourself lucky -- you can add LinkedIn to that list, too. Call-to-Action (CTA): Having an actionable CTA within your ad copy will also help you improve your ad's clickthrough rate. Depending on your business, more specific targeting may be helpful. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013 Why Marketers Need to Rise Above the Deluge of Crappy Content If you’re a software vendor, your content isn’t just fighting for Google shelf space against the four or five competitors who do the same things you do. You’re competing against all of these in an epic battle for the scarcest resource on Earth: people’s attention. If you didn't see the slideshow, take a quick look. All caught up? -
BIZNOLOGY | FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013 Social business and knowledge as an accident of paper Are status updates an under-utilized resource in your organization? Google never asks people to delete wrong information or badly written blog posts. Mimicking the old can help you during an initial transition, but will soon hinder your ability to fully benefit from what a social business platform can do for you. Yahoo! -
DELICIOUS B2BMARKETING | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 26 Content Marketing Tools to Use in 2013 | OMI Blog Here are 26 of my favorite content marketing tools that can help you with everything from generating ideas down to distributing your content: Content Ideas. TrendSpottr – TrendSpottr helps users discover the most timely and relevant information about any topic from across the real-time Web. Classes. Events Calendar. Contact Us. -
How to do Social Media Management on the cheap In addition to offering low-cost plans, Sendible enables you to manage your Google+ pages , which is still a rare feature in social media management tools. Note that this is limited to Google+ pages, as opposed to your individual profile or stream.). You also get access to web analytics, Google analytics and social analytics. -
B2B MARKETING TRACTION | TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013 B2B Marketers – How to Make Your Website Mobile-Friendly Google Analytics presents this data, as do some statistics-tracking programs offered by website hosts (you have to activate this – web hosts don’t automatically start accumulating data on your behalf when your website goes live). This information can help you decide when to address the issue. Choose a strategy. -
BLUE FOCUS MARKETING | MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 14 Experts’ New Year’s Resolutions for Optimizing Social Media in Small Businesses However, Squeeze gives you statistics on the content you share on social networks that not even Google analytics can give you. We will devote the resources necessary to accomplish the resolutions above, whether that be time, attention, people, or money. No looking down now—this ride’s ready to begin. Here are three easy steps. -
HUBSPOT | MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 8 Ready-Made Job Descriptions to Recruit an All-Star Marketing Team Experience managing non-personal social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, etc. valuable SEO pro will keep up-to-date with SEO blogs and best practices, through resources like SEOMoz and Google Webmaster Tools. from scratch to help us convert visitors into leads. Definitely! Maybe not. | |