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Finding the Hidden Money in Your Content Strategy

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For us, the direct conversions from emails that we send out, along with content that we share on social media, is minuscule—it’s really small. We’ve therefore decided to use social media as more of a broadcast medium, and I know many social media experts would take exception with that strategy.

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It’s Q4—do you know where your 2016 revenue will come from?

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That means starting digital conversations through email, social, and search with tons of content. Shifting resources to marketing is more than a project. For example, let’s say that the conversation started with a prospect searching Google about a business problem and found you through a white paper on your website.

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Quantifying the Value of Lead Nurturing: A Case Study

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The amount of research they conduct, the resources they use, and the pace of that research vary significantly from buyer to buyer. The BDR can recommend nurturing content and help position the seller as a valuable resource so that when the lead does reach sales-readiness, the seller is the first company that comes to mind.

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Can the value of lead nurturing be quantified?

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They research products and vendors on the internet anonymously before engaging with sales, and the amount of research they conduct, resources they use, and the pace of their research vary significantly from buyer to buyer. So why are many sales and marketing departments in B2B companies continuing to work together in a linear fashion?

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B2B Content Marketing Strategy Should Focus on Developing Lead Intelligence

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In many cases, there is not a likely search term that can be optimized or purchased, so the content that marketing produces needs to give some type of intelligence to the sales rep, or the rep is simply making a cold call. And then he went on to visit three more related pages on the site.

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The fastest route to success requires lateral thinking.

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For most companies, it likely started with marketing automation software, a website makeover, Search Engine Optimization, Pay-per-click advertising, and Customer Relationship Management software. I don’t care if it’s email, social media, cold calling, or direct mail… Any of these methods are going to have relatively low response rates.

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Feeding Sales Is a Process, Not a Project.

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Today, it’s safe to say that marketing still owns the brand and a few projects that support that function, but the skills and resources developed in the marketing department during this era have naturally lent themselves to projects that had a beginning, middle, and an end. The buyer has WAY more control than they used to.