Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2021

Did you know that over 80% of business-to-business (B2B) marketing teams have a content marketing strategy? But only 11% of those teams consider their content marketing strategy as an excellent one! But how do you create a strong content marketing program? Understanding Content Marketing.

Work Management 272

Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management Budget Programs 272

KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As marketers look for new ways to leverage data, new research suggests that they may want to keep privacy in mind, as this can often make or break their relationship with customers. Only 24% of marketers believe that consent should be required before sharing customers’ personal data with other companies.

Privacy 275

Privacy Marketing Report Paid Search Agency Touchpoints 275

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. Then, process it using data analytics.

Email Marketing 171

Email Marketing Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 171

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In an ambitious marketing world, it is important for businesses to learn how to differentiate their products and services in order to effectively engage and retain customers. Companies are constantly adapting to changes in the market and as a result, they adjust what they sell and how they sell it. Build Relationships.

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Differentiation Service Product Paid Search Agency 285

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 11, 2023

In e-commerce, investing in multi-channel marketing can help you quickly take your business to the next level, but it can also come with a number of challenges that you may or may not be aware of. To overcome multi-channel marketing challenges, you have to know how you’re going to address these challenges when they appear in front of you.

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Multi-Channel Advertising Channels Work Management Marketing Management 214

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Nintendo and Amazon understood the ageless principle that your product is not what you sell. If you’re struggling to get the revenue you desire or your marketing isn’t converting, you might be selling the wrong thing. Find out why your product is not what you sell. But isn’t solution selling dead?

Product 206

Product Lead Ranking Fulfillment Amazon 206

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2021

If you can master this skill, you’ll continually improve your digital marketing efforts and drive more brand loyalty online. Incorporating key findings that give you a deeper understanding of consumer trends into your marketing strategies can push you ahead of competitors in your industry. What is Predictive Marketing Analytics?

Lead Ranking 342

Lead Ranking Analytics Marketing AI Marketing Budget 342

Webbiquity

APRIL 18, 2023

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? Leverage Advocate Marketing Advocate marketing is one of the best ways to grow your audience and attract new buyers.

eCommerce 299

eCommerce Social Media Tactics B2B Marketing 299

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As a marketer or B2B business owner, it is extremely important to take advantage of visual communications to accommodate this portion of society. Believe it or not, there are many movies that have a lot to teach us about the world of business and the essential traits needed in order to become a successful marketer. The Truman Show.

Planning 363

Planning Forrester Work Management Storytelling 363

Webbiquity

MAY 25, 2021

James Creech has a unique perspective on influencer marketing. As co-founder and CEO of Paladin , he oversees the B2B marketing of a B2C influencer marketing tool. So who better talk to about the similarities and differences between B2C and B2B influencer marketing? The Best Influencer Marketing Platforms for B2B and B2C.

B2B Marketing 340

B2B Marketing Practices B2B SMS 340

Act-On

MAY 21, 2024

We recently spoke with our internal customer marketing expert, Jennifer Blanco. She explained that while you don’t need to overthink it, you do want to seize the opportunity to get your new relationship off to a great start. The best way to do that is by using a marketing automation tool that allows you to create triggered emails.

Marketing Automation Services 195

Marketing Automation Services Act-On Customer Satisfaction Open Rate 195

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ask any marketer what it takes to be a great leader, and you’ll probably get some predictable responses. Things like creative vision, decisiveness, and data-driven decision making are common leadership traits that marketers fixate on at the moment. It’s true that these are important for successful marketing.

Lead Ranking 234

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 234

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The digital marketing landscape changes so much and so frequently that it’s almost impossible to imagine what the future of digital marketing may offer in terms of opportunities. What do I see as the biggest content marketing trends for 2022 and beyond? My 2022 Marketing Predictions.

Marketing AI 357

Marketing AI Marketing Budget Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising 357

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 29, 2021

You’ve decided to open up new markets for your products, but you have a major challenge: how to build brand awareness among your new target customers. When you leverage content marketing to expand your business into new territory, you’ll be a step ahead of your competitors. Expand your team to handle the larger content workload.

Planning 361

Planning Paid Search Agency Content Marketing Advertising Agencies 361

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Content marketing is leading the way for effective marketers. Many businesses hire content marketing agencies to help develop and distribute their messaging. However, there are some potential content marketing agency problems you want to consider. Content marketing agencies offer numerous benefits.

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Marketing Agencies 2 Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Ad Agencies 356

Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As marketers we know the importance of planning, executing, and measuring the results of campaigns. Skate to where the puck is going, not to where it has been” may be a rather overused quote, but it’s very in true in marketing. IDC sees this new relationship between business and technology as “digital-first”.

B2B Thought Leadership 218

B2B Thought Leadership Lead Ranking B2B Marketing Planning 218

Heinz Marketing

MAY 20, 2024

By Maria Geokezas , Chief Operating Officer at Heinz Marketing Do you ever feel like your sales, marketing, and customer success teams work from different playbooks? Marketing plays a crucial role here, attracting attention through targeted campaigns and informative content.

Ideal Customer Profiles 119

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Cross-Selling Top of Funnel 119

The Marketing Blender

MAY 13, 2024

In B2B marketing, professional services is an industry that requires a specialized approach. After all, you are often selling your “smarts” (expert knowledge that drives value in the service) instead of a tangible product. The people you sell to must be able to trust that you know more than they do about your area of expertise.

Marketing Budget 98

Marketing Budget Service B2B Marketing B2B 98

ClickDimensions

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Many small to medium businesses (SMBs) often grapple with one common challenge: disjointed sales and marketing communications. The Impact of Disjointed Communications Inconsistent Messaging One of the most significant repercussions of misaligned sales and marketing communications is inconsistent messaging.

SMB 110

SMB Cross-Selling Buyer Personas Marketing Management 110

Martech

MAY 20, 2024

Marketers today face a perfect marketing storm, battered by conflicting forces. But here’s the kicker: the disconnect isn’t just with the audience — it’s a three-ring circus with a front-row seat for the marketing team. Marketing messages become inauthentic, creativity gets stifled and trust erodes.

Branding 114

Branding Brand Identity B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency 114

Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Channel partner marketing means efforts to recruit and support third-party partners to expand a vendor’s market access. Traditional support methods include training, data-sharing, co-marketing campaigns, rebates, MDF (market development funds), and sales enablement, like content, events and sales playbooks.

Work Management 112

Work Management Advertising Agencies Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing Management 112

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Social selling is a tool that almost anyone can add to their professional toolbox. While sales professionals have traditionally applied social selling, it can apply to anyone using relationships and relational marketing in their career. Social media doesn’t replace your existing selling or relational tools.

Peer-to-peer 197

Peer-to-peer Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 197

Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This digital shift has welcomed a new era in sales: social selling. If you want to compel buyers online, social selling is a new sales approach that allows you to cut through digital noise and harness buyer attention. However, since social selling is a relatively new concept, few sales teams manage to get it right.

Sales Management 136

Sales Management Examples Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership 136

Scoop.it

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Anyone can argue that small businesses need email marketing more than anyone else. If you think about it, small businesses must be very cautious about the marketing channels they pick because they have limited resources and budgets. That forces them to adopt cost-effective marketing strategies that can generate significant returns.

Small Business Marketing 94

Small Business Marketing Email Marketing Business Paid Search Agency 94

Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As B2B content marketing has evolved from simply telling buyers what brands want them to know to creating more useful content, there’s been a shift in perspective. Rather than egocentrically pushing out information, smart B2B brands are empathizing with buyers and focusing more on the experiences that marketing can create.

Rules 120

Rules B2B Marketing Work Management Customer Satisfaction 120

Spiralytics

APRIL 16, 2023

Emotional marketing focuses on reaching basic human emotions such as anger and joy to get people to act, whether that’s sharing a video or buying a product. It’s a compelling force, which is why more brands have incorporated various emotional marketing tactics into their strategies. Emotional Marketing in General 1.

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Statistics Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Marketing & Strategy 118

Contently

OCTOBER 14, 2020

After nearly 30 years in advertising and digital marketing, I’m fascinated by how the early parts of our careers shape us along the way. It’s resulted in a book, Bronze Seeks Silver: Lessons from a Creative Career in Marketing. ” Recruiters gave this content campaign high marks, which helped me land a job.

Advertising Agencies 217

Advertising Agencies Campaigns Paid Search Agency Television marketing 217

Heinz Marketing

JULY 20, 2023

By Michelle Voznyuk , Marketing Specialist at Heinz Marketing Customer success leaders today face an increasingly challenging task of navigating post-sales efforts. Not only are they pressured to mitigate churn, but they must also simultaneously drive revenue through upsells, cross-sells, and advocacy.

Paid Search Agency 94

Paid Search Agency Cross-Selling Customer Satisfaction Marketing & Strategy 94

Top Rank Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

B2B CRM Users Are Highly Focused on Nurturing Leads and Customers 33 percent of B2B sales and marketing professionals have focused their customer relationship management (CRM) usage on the customer service, up-selling and cross-selling portion of the buyer journey over the past 5 years, closely followed by 32 percent who have targeted mid-funnel lead-generation (..)

Marketing Analytics Tools 118

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing AI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 118

Oktopost

MARCH 4, 2024

In this highly competitive and saturated market, SaaS companies must continuously meet their KPIs, drive customers down the B2B funnel, and ensure they stand out from their competition. 60% of B2B SaaS companies reported their biggest marketing problem is a lack of time and resources. What is B2B SaaS Marketing?

Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Marketing & Strategy 62

Oktopost

APRIL 28, 2024

Social media marketing managers and sales executives are no longer sitting on opposite ends of the strategy table. In case you haven’t heard yet – building relationships and engaging on social media platforms is the future of B2B sales. To close more deals, sales executives are starting to take social media for sales seriously.

Social Media 80

Social Media Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Media 80

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

At ClearVoice, we understand that not all people are content people. Heck, not all marketing people are content people. Marketing is the tip of the spear for driving growth and new customer acquisition. They want to discover solutions and make purchase decisions without being marketed or advertised. Here we go!

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Martech

JUNE 3, 2024

Lester Wunderman, known as the creator of modern direct marketing, outlined similar strategies in his 1996 book “Being Direct: Making Advertising Pay.” Personalizing marketing makes people feel the brand knows and caters to their unique preferences, interests and needs to foster a stronger personal connection.

Planning 55

Planning Work Management Marketing Management Lead Ranking 55

Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

To achieve these goals, nurturing strong relationships with your prospects will make all the difference in growing your pipelines and increasing your sales win rate. So, in order to efficiently guide prospects to closed-won, nurturing relationships is key. In fact, you should avoid outright selling on social media.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Management Buyer's Journey Sales Cycle 131

The Lead Agency

JULY 24, 2023

This blog was originally posted on the 11 th of September 2015 and has been updated for 2023, incorporating practice questions to ask yourself with regard to the B2B marketing mix, and an 8 th P to consider! is essential, that B2B Marketers tailor their seven Ps for their offering in a way that targets their business clients.

Marketing Mix 118

Marketing Mix B2B Marketing Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 118

Oktopost

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

While some B2B brands are still committed to more traditional sales methods, social selling can be even more efficient. In this article, we’ll take a look at the process of social selling and how it can help B2B companies generate more leads (and ultimately more revenue). What Is Social Selling? What Is the Social Selling Index?

Peer-to-peer 171

Peer-to-peer B2B Thought Leadership Branding Brand Identity 171

Sprout Social

APRIL 24, 2023

It’s no wonder that influencer marketing is one of the most popular forms of social media marketing. The influencer-consumer relationship is evolving right alongside social media (and just as rapidly as the networks themselves). Influencer marketing is far from over—but it is undergoing systemic change.

Advertising Agencies 119

Advertising Agencies Planning Social Media Paid Search Agency 119