Contently

JANUARY 22, 2021

But one thing is clear: Gen Z and millennials are changing the way that brands tell their stories and position themselves in the market. To buy stuff from companies that reflect our values, so we can feel good about ourselves when we pop a CBD gummy and start clicking on Instagram ads. That’s right.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Your value proposition (VP) should tell consumers why they should choose to do business with you instead of your competitors. It plays a huge role in converting leads into paying customers. According to IBM, 81% of consumers worldwide are either value-driven or purpose-driven. What is a Value Proposition? Compelling.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 4, 2024

Often, leads aren’t ready to buy, and when they are, it’s a challenge to keep them engaged. And with drip marketing, emails don’t have to live on an island unto themselves. A marketer’s job is to find and understand high quality leads, then help convert them to sales. Why use drip campaigns?

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Marketers have been forced into survival mode to keep their businesses afloat. However, we know that COVID-19 has forced the world to make significant shifts in business and marketing. Digital has become the supreme leader in the marketing world. It now accounts for about 80% of all marketing channel budgets.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 26, 2019

Every day, your customers are bombarded with corporate promotions and marketing messages, from both familiar and unfamiliar brands. Consumers with an emotional connection to a brand have a 306% higher lifetime value, stay with a brand for an average of 5.1 But, storytelling can portray a more personal, emotional resolution.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2023

Video marketing has become a vital and productive tool for businesses in almost every sector. This post explores five effective B2B video marketing strategies that can help you capture attention, deliver compelling messages, and generate demand for your offerings. #1 Guest post by Nina Petrov.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They became especially effective with the mainstream adoption of email in the 1990s, giving smart marketers and media pros a direct line to their audience. Nearly five years ago, I wrote about why the email newsletter is the most important part of content marketing. Damn near every marketer uses email as a marketing channel.

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Oktopost

JUNE 14, 2021

It takes intelligent targeting, a gentle approach, and calculated marketing strategies to embrace a new client into the sales funnel. It’s not uncommon for B2b marketers to conflate these two processes and definitions, which is an unfortunate lousy habit. . What Is Lead Generation? How Do I Find Keyword Opportunities?

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 15, 2024

By concentrating on specific niches, B2B creators produce content that directly addresses their audience’s needs, establishing trust and fostering strong connections. It’s simple: they deliver value. Who Are B2B Creators? They focus on delivering insights, advice, and stories that matter to businesses. Image Source: Inc.

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ClearVoice

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If you have been a content marketer for a while, you know many buzzwords are thrown around haphazardly in conversations and materials. One of those is the endless pursuit brands have with being considered a great storyteller. 6 storytelling myths in marketing. This includes: How to write clear, poignant storytelling copy.

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Content Standard

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A Content Disrupted podcast with guest Todd Unger, Chief Experience Officer and SVP of Marketing and Member Experience at the American Medical Association. What implications do these habits have for how marketers think about the brand storytelling? Listen, follow, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or Google Podcasts.

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Valasys

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When it comes to content marketing, you want to ensure that your audience connects with your product or service, and storytelling may help you achieve that goal. Infact, according to Marketing Words, 68% of consumers say that brand stories influence their purchasing decisions. What Is Storytelling?

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

You can prove – through brand storytelling – that what you offer consumers works. And 90% trust what other customers say about a company over what the company says about itself. Case studies are one of the most powerful forms of content to have in your marketing repertoire. What are Case Studies in Content Marketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

What does a good content marketing strategy look like? Why is content marketing king? In fact, it is an inquisitive nature and a desire to know more and try out new things that has allowed content marketing to evolve into the dynamic, multi-dimensional, ever-shifting medium that it is today. When did content marketing start?

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Televerde

JANUARY 11, 2021

Lost leads are frustrating because you’re often left without answers. In some cases, it’s best to let bad leads go. Sometimes, leads just didn’t see the right material from your company or hear about the benefits. Use the remarketing strategies and techniques below to reconnect with and bring back lost leads.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Read on to find out what B2B Lead Roundtable Blog posts were shared the most as well as the three topics B2B marketers valued most in 2014. Topic #1 — Lead generation is king. Lead generation was a huge topic for 2014 and for good reason. But what’s the best way to optimize your lead gen efforts?

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 30, 2021

When you hear the phrase “product marketing,” what are some of the first brands that come to mind? Product marketing is all about the consumer. To be a successful product marketer, you must pull the consumer into your narrative. Each of these companies is a trailblazer and a storyteller. What is Product Marketing?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2020

Data has revolutionized marketing and become a valuable asset in improving targeting and personalization. It’s a key tool in decision making for any company, but it doesn’t necessarily lead to connections. That’s why it’s critical to infuse empathy in marketing, delivering a true customer-centric approach. Does it matter?

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Sage Marketing

APRIL 4, 2023

Storytelling is hardly a new phenomenon. Hardly surprising then, that storytelling has always been the central pivot of good marketing. Hardly surprising then, that storytelling has always been the central pivot of good marketing. That can only be achieved through the art of storytelling.

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Sage Marketing

APRIL 4, 2023

Storytelling is hardly a new phenomenon. Hardly surprising then, that storytelling has always been the central pivot of good marketing. Hardly surprising then, that storytelling has always been the central pivot of good marketing. That can only be achieved through the art of storytelling.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In the deluge of advertising, marketing gimmicks, and multi-sensory content all of us are exposed to daily, establishing trust between your brand and your customers is an uphill battle. Here are six key practices for building trust in your brand. Storytelling is a powerful tool. Guest post by Natasha Lane.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2015

The stories employees and executives tell internally are the most human leading indicators of organizational health and marketplace effectiveness—more so than the marketing stories we tell externally. A large gap between the two is a leading indicator of problems and shouldn’t be ignored. Many Companies Don’t.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. How To Create A Successful B2B Influencer Marketing Strategy In Five Steps. Influencer marketing is hot right now, and it’s likely going to stay that way.

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Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In an age where the allure of artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the attention of so many of us in the B2B marketing industry, the essence of authentic human connection in storytelling is more important than ever. “81% of marketers think content writers jobs are at risk because of AI.

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Tomorrow People

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A closer look at what marketing tactics seem to be working – and what to watch out for. Earlier this year, before the world experienced mass disruption, we were putting the finishing touches on a series of eBooks looking at some of the most interesting trends we saw in content, marketing, and business strategy. Work to Earn More Trust.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 6, 2021

Cultivating new leads and clients can be much costlier and more time consuming than retaining or upselling current ones. However, in today’s world, where we can utilize predictive analytics tools to create highly personalized experiences for customers, it’s critical to focus on delivering value over making a sale or focusing too much on cost.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2021

Let’s get real about B2B content marketing. It doesn’t add value to your audience and can seem completely irrelevant. In this post, we’ll review why B2B content marketing sucks and how to improve it so that it delivers a true ROI (return on investment). Most industries are in a state of content marketing saturation.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It’s vital to build brand awareness because consumers are much more likely to buy from a brand they know and trust than one that’s new to them. Content marketing can be a highly effective way to build brand awareness. Content marketing is an excellent way to demonstrate knowledge and expertise and build trust with your audience.

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Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 8, 2024

The last time you took an objective look at your company’s business marketing strategy, what was your takeaway? If using micro-moments, storytelling and video aren’t part of your plan, let’s re-visit these digital marketing trends and their importance in every business strategy now. What’s working?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2020

In today’s “cancel culture,” many businesses and other organizations are thinking it might be best to avoid opinionated content marketing. What is the number one goal of content marketing? When your values align with those of your customers, your opinions are more likely to ring true with their world view.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 12, 2023

External communication, marketing and public relations (PR) have been tricky for brands over the last few years. Leading to an ever-increasing emphasis on how corporations reflect these values when communicating with their audiences. What are brand values? Why it’s important to have and share your brand’s values.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Then, you should work with your marketing team on adding more journalistic content to your mix. Storytelling in content marketing makes the information more compelling than a bland statement of the facts. How Do Journalism and Content Marketing Differ? Credibility is critical for journalistic content marketing.

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Moz

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Posted by chrisgiarratana Add value to SEO reports with storytelling. If this describes your SEO reporting approach, you’re missing out on vital opportunities to retain clients and upsell with carefully crafted storytelling strategies. Now, more than ever we need to show clients the value we bring to the table.

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 8, 2018

If you wanna be the best marketer with the greatest content marketing strategy in town, you should get a load of this. What’s this content marketing strategy thing all about? The missing element is a clear content marketing strategy. But what exactly is content marketing? Reduce your marketing budget.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 1, 2023

It’s no secret that video has taken over the world of digital marketing. From brand storytelling to product demos, we’ve all seen how quickly video has revolutionized the way businesses communicate with their customers. And if you want to compete with the big dogs, video is an essential tool to keep in your content marketing arsenal.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 21, 2023

There’s nothing like one of the best content marketing TED talks to inspire a new perspective. At Marketing Insider Group, we love learning from the industry’s thought leaders to keep our own marketing efforts both innovative and effective.

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SmartBug Media

JULY 28, 2023

In today's competitive business environment, it's crucial to find effective tactics that speed up lead-to-opportunity conversion in the deal pipeline. Identifying Potential Leads The first step is identifying potential leads and attracting them to fill your pipeline.

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