The Forward Observer

MARCH 1, 2024

Social Media Strategy: A Practical Guide to Social Media Marketing and Customer Engagement by Julie Atherton About the Book Social media marketing is no longer optional. This book unpacks the winning formula for effective social media marketing complete with comprehensive updates and the latest developments.

Social Media 169

Social Media Social Marketing Enterprise Management Marketing & Strategy 169

Act-On

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Link building. And since big search engines – such as Google – frown on “link building” strategies, we like to focus on link earning. SEO FAQ: Your Most Common Search Engine Optimization Questions Answered Link building is typically associated with shady practices. What’s the difference?

SME 141

SME FAQ Domain Link Building 141

The Forward Observer

MARCH 15, 2024

is the founder and CEO of MarketingProfs, the largest B2B marketing training, consulting, and event company dedicated to helping large organizations, teams, and individuals execute marketing campaigns that drive actual results. While this sounds like common sense, shockingly few organizations actually conduct business this way.

Brand Identity 189

Brand Identity Branding Work Management Marketing Management 189

Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2023

If your B2B business has plateaued and you’re struggling with new ideas to generate leads and grow sales, here’s good news. There are established, effective eCommerce marketing tactics you can use to increase base revenue and upsell opportunities in a very short period of time. What are B2B eCommerce Marketing Tactics?

eCommerce 292

eCommerce Social Media Tactics B2B Marketing 292

Convince & Convert

APRIL 25, 2024

For the past eight years, NetLine’s annual analysis of B2B content consumption and demand has stood as a lighthouse for marketers navigating the stormy waters of content strategy and lead generation. million first-party content registrations and offers a map for marketers in search of treasure (aka new business).

B2B 143

B2B Case Study Case Studies Content 143

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 13, 2023

In spirit of 2023’s Oscar Awards, we’re naming 10 small businesses that we believe deserve recognition for the best content marketing. Every great business owner knows that committing to the best content marketing practices can take your profits to the next level. But what exactly are the best content marketing practices?

Marketing Budget 227

Marketing Budget Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Creation 227

Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The spread of eCommerce has dramatically changed B2B marketing and distribution. While B2B vendors were initially slower to embrace eCommerce than consumer marketers, B2C actually represents a much smaller share of total online sales today. The B2B ecommerce market, however, accounted for $1.8

eCommerce 270

eCommerce Marketing AI B2B Marketing Trends 270

Webbiquity

APRIL 13, 2022

B2B buyers have relied heavily on search for years, but recent research shows that Gen Z and Millennial buyers are 2X more likely than older generations to discover a product by searching online. That makes SEO one of the top areas of investment for B2B marketing teams. Image credit: Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.

SEO 292

SEO Marketing Websites B2B Marketing & Strategy 292

Act-On

APRIL 10, 2024

But not entirely unlike when a colleague sends you a link to a gated ebook, you give your contact info to download it, and then get a phone call from a sales rep the same day. Luckily for marketers, lead scoring exists. For marketing and sales teams, that handoff is a potential minefield. How inappropriate! How inappropriate!

Lead Ranking 190

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 190

Webbiquity

MARCH 10, 2022

Building a strong brand creates awareness and credibility, making your company top of mind when your customers and prospects think about the types of products and services you offer. For any B2B company, it takes planning and a solid strategy to establish a successful brand. Image credit: Patrik Michalicka on Unsplash.

Spending 325

Spending Brand Identity Branding Top of Funnel 325

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 15, 2023

Google, the world’s leading search engine, currently has over 85% of the search engine market. As a B2B business, consistently sharing fresh content isn’t just a recommendation; it’s a necessity. Fresh content improves search rankings, increases engagement, establishes trust, optimizes keywords, and earns backlinks.

SEO 235

SEO Marketing Agencies 2 Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 235

Webbiquity

JANUARY 18, 2024

When done properly, sending cold emails—that is, messages to people or companies with whom you have no prior relationship—is still one of the best tactics for B2B lead generation or making direct sales. Moreover, they can complement your other marketing strategies in substantial ways. So, do your research.

Email Marketing 165

Email Marketing Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 165

Top Rank Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Always-on strategies. For business leaders and marketers, attempting to keep pace in this environment is challenging, but highly rewarding. Our guide to building an SEO strategy in 2024 will help you tie modern best practices into the enduring fundamentals of the craft. What is an SEO strategy? Algorithms.

Marketing AI 104

Marketing AI SEO Ad Building Marketing & Strategy 104

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

There’s something interesting you should know about B2B companies and their content strategies. But here’s the catch – not many have a strategy that covers the whole business. We’re talking about reaching out to different kinds of customers with content that’s all about marketing and selling.

Ideal Customer Profiles 236

Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing & Strategy Work Management Marketing Management 236

Webbiquity

MARCH 15, 2022

Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is just important for B2B companies as B2C businesses. B2B marketers spend a great deal of time, effort, and money on top-of-funnel activities to drive website traffic. CRO requires the right strategy. Here are six ways to make sure your B2B CRO strategy is on the right track.

Marketing & Strategy 255

Marketing & Strategy Top of Funnel B2B Landing Pages 255

Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2020

LinkedIn is undoubtedly one of the best social platforms for B2B marketing. With 675 million monthly users and 30 million companies active on the platform, it lends itself well to promoting business services, networking, building an audience, and content marketing. Quick Takeaways. Quick Takeaways.

Linkedin 363

Linkedin Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Enterprise Management 363

Top Rank Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

One of the big reasons why Google revolutionized search engines when it launched in 1998 was its PageRank algorithm , which rewarded pages based on how many other websites were linking to them. It’s little wonder that link building has been a crucial element of SEO ever since. Why is link building valuable for SEO?

Link Building 95

Link Building SEO Ad Building Lead Scoring 95

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 31, 2023

But do you know how direct the relationship is between understanding your customers’ needs and maximizing the results of your marketing efforts? This allows you to identify gaps in the customer experience and opportunities for improvement, as well as develop targeted marketing strategies that resonate with your audience.

Enterprise Management 259

Enterprise Management B2B Marketing Tools Marketing Management 259

Webbiquity

JUNE 21, 2022

With that in mind, here are seven ways a B2B brand can increase its influence across various marketing platforms and realize the resulting benefits. They must get their branding right while addressing their target market on the different platforms where they hang out, and with the exact type of messaging they expect to hear.

Privacy Policies 339

Privacy Policies Brand Identity Branding Multi-Channel 339

Webbiquity

JULY 25, 2023

Your marketing team has put a ton of work into the site over time, creating compelling content, logical navigation, and powerful search engine optimization (SEO), building up domain authority. Here’s a nine-step guide to help sustain and build upon your SEO progress and past success.

SEO 245

SEO Marketing Websites Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 245

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Whether you’re an aspiring social media manager looking to grow your skill set, or a marketing leader seeking an experienced professional for your team, below are seven essential skills for social media managers to contribute to your company’s success. build a strong brand identity. build a strong brand identity.

Social Media 306

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Media 306

Thinkers360

MARCH 31, 2024

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 B2B thought leaders, analysts and influencers you should work with in 2024 (APAC). Marketing, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation Chenthil Eswaran Aspire Systems (India) Pvt. Congratulations to all who participated! Join us today !

Work Management 144

Work Management B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Enterprise Management 144

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.

Content Marketing 221

Content Marketing Work Management Paid Search Agency Marketing Management 221

The Lead Agency

APRIL 2, 2024

How to improve SEO for B2B blog writing In the digital marketing landscape, nothing stays the same for too long. Search engine optimisation (SEO) may still be paramount to business-to-business (B2B) blog writing, but my oh my, how the rules are constantly changing.

Lead Scoring 118

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking SEO B2B 118

B2BMarketing.net

APRIL 16, 2024

Yet, it’s precisely this gap that offers an unprecedented opportunity for collaborative intelligence, the teamwork between human and machine, to bring B2B brands closer to their customers, making them more fiercely human than ever. It’s here that we, as marketers, must tread carefully. billion in 2023 to $2.1

Brand Identity 45

Brand Identity Branding B2B Ethics 45

Thinkers360

MARCH 22, 2024

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 B2B thought leaders, analysts and influencers you should work with in 2024 (Europe, Africa & Middle East). Congratulations to all who participated! Join us today !

B2B Thought Leadership 141

B2B Thought Leadership Work Management Thought Leadership B2B 141

Martech

APRIL 2, 2024

What’s the key to B2B marketing success? B2B influencer marketing involves collaborations between creators and brands to develop and share content that promotes the brand’s products or services. The same influencers you see on your personal social media feeds could be the missing link in your B2B marketing strategy.

B2B Marketing 123

B2B Marketing B2B Planning B2B Thought Leadership 123

B2B Digital Marketer

APRIL 25, 2024

B2B Digital Marketer What Are Digital Sales Rooms? Our guest, Anne Slough, a veteran in sales strategy and digital transformation, brings a wealth of experience in integrating these tools to enhance customer engagement and streamline sales processes. How digital sales rooms can enhance the B2B buyer experience.

Sales Cycle 52

Sales Cycle B2B Sales Marketing Automation Services Buyer's Journey 52

B2BMarketing.net

APRIL 16, 2024

Yet, it’s precisely this gap that offers an unprecedented opportunity for collaborative intelligence, the teamwork between human and machine, to bring B2B brands closer to their customers, making them more fiercely human than ever. It’s here that we, as marketers, must tread carefully. billion in 2023 to $2.1

Ethics 52

Ethics Brand Identity Branding B2B 52

Thinkers360

APRIL 20, 2024

Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Retail 2024 2024 Annual Ranking Find and work with the World’s Premier B2B Thought Leaders, Advisors, Analysts, Authors, Influencers & Speakers (100M+ followers combined). Congratulations to all our Retail influencers who participated! Join us today ! 4 Dr. Ken Ip Score: 31.42

B2B Thought Leadership 119

B2B Thought Leadership Thought Leadership Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 119

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Any B2B marketer looking to rank for competitive keywords should invest the necessary time in developing an SEO process that starts well before any words are written and extends far beyond the moment of publication. 7 Steps of the B2B SEO Process #1: SEO research Developing your SEO process starts with research.

Process 105

Process SEO B2B Marketing Lead Scoring 105

Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Social media has revolutionized B2B marketing. Now an essential tool for all marketing efforts, it has changed how brands reach their customers, build awareness, and foster connections with their audiences. 60% of US B2B marketers named social media the most effective B2B channel for driving revenue in 2023.

Social Media 117

Social Media Trends Media B2B 117

Top Rank Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

B2B marketers recognize that the audience on LinkedIn is immensely valuable: more than 1 billion professionals scrolling their feeds with a career-focused mindset. It’s a fantastic platform for B2B marketing activities and the numbers bear that out. This is a good guiding light for your LinkedIn content strategy.

Linkedin 90

Linkedin Marketing & Strategy Viral Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 90

B2B Digital Marketer

MARCH 28, 2024

Insights From a Google Insider Mastering B2B Paid Advertising In the fast-evolving digital landscape, mastering the art of B2B paid advertising has never been more critical. In this episode, you’ll learn: The myths surrounding B2B paid ads and the truths that dispel them.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Ads B2B Advertising Agencies 52

Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

With any B2B marketing strategy, it’s easy to get lost in the jargon. As you embark on your quest to master the art of B2B SEO, it’s essential to familiarize yourself with the key terminology that will be your guiding stars. This is definitely true of search engine optimization.

Search Marketing 117

Search Marketing SEO Mobile Advertising Long Tail Marketing 117

Top Rank Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2024

B2B marketers who wish to optimize their social media spend should first invest in understanding the intrinsic link between these platforms and their users. The state of B2B social media marketing 2023 saw a 20% increase in social media marketing investment by B2B marketers.

Social Media 92

Social Media B2B Marketing Social Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 92

Martech

MARCH 12, 2024

For the last two decades, B2B marketers have tried to figure out how to use social media to reach buyers. Here’s a list of key things CEOs should know about social media in business marketing. It won’t just appear, it’s not clean and simple like other marketing channels. Do we have a strategy? Is it important?

Social Media 81

Social Media Media B2B Advertising Agencies 81