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Elevate B2B Marketing News Weekly Roundup: The Rising Pull of B2B Video, Google Adds Followed Searches & Tests Notes

Top Rank Marketing

B2B Video Is Bringing in Customers [Report] 91 percent of B2B marketers have said that their organization has used video in marketing efforts, with 90 percent noting that video has helped increase traffic, while 71 percent of B2B brands have used videos created especially for social media, with 70 percent having utilized explainer videos — three of (..)

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A Multi-Touch, Multi-Media, Multi-Cycle Strategy Multiplies Results

ViewPoint

I field a lot of questions about what I call our multi-touch, multi-media, and multi-cycle strategy. Many of the questions I field have to do with number of touches and the types of touches we recommend to effectively nurture a prospect. Nurturing Prospects is Not Easy, Otherwise Everyone Would Do It.

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Social media isn’t enough. We need a marketing transformation.

Chris Koch

During one of the first few days I went to work at CIO magazine in 1995, I had what we called a “vendor visit”—one of many I would have in the coming years. But a quick read of our magazine showed that we didn’t write about products. Kind of a Fortune magazine for IT executives. Bibles, vacuums, and boxes.

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Industrial Companies shouldn’t Replace Email Marketing with Social Media

Industrial Marketing Today

Right off the bat let me say that this post is not about email marketing versus social media. However, I’ve had conversations with manufacturers and industrial companies where I am asked if email marketing is still relevant and effective since all the talk these days is about social media.

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How Content Marketing Can Save Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Content Marketing Institute

56% (17 of the 30, mostly B2B) said their company had no current integrated digital marketing strategy where they could roll up a broader view of all the PR, paid media campaigns , social media efforts, lead nurturing , or content-focused platforms. PR vs. demand generation ). Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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17 Ways to Promote Your White Paper for Lead Generation

NuSpark Consulting

Social Media. Of course, promote it via social media. According to research , visual content is more than 40 times more likely to get shared on social media than other types of content. Besides promoting your white paper via social media, you need to make it easy for others to share it as well. Lead Nurturing.

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Understanding the Three Layers of E-Commerce Revenue

SmartBug Media

With the exceptions of a few brands that grew through organic channels or by having a strong social media presence, e-commerce businesses have grown from direct advertising over the last 20 years. Maintaining a strong content strategy to enrich a social media presence. Top Layer: Paid Acquisition.

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