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Advertisers, in general, are overwhelmingly positive about the new Quora ad program, which came out of beta earlier in 2017. The new self-serve program allows advertisers to target and create text-based ads at their fingertips. MORE
Customer data continues to increase in importance. Building massive datasets are not enough for success these days, however. Creating proprietary customer profiles and even automated intelligence platforms is now the norm. With these new standards comes a new skill set for the CMO. MORE
You do not have to wait on the new year to give an assessment of your marketing and business strategies. Technology and business trends are moving faster than ever, so whenever you have a chance to stop and revise, you should do so. MORE
There are many ways that B2B companies are different entities than B2C companies, but social media usage is not one of them. Because the fact is that your prospects, existing customers and employees are all on social media, probably every single day. MORE
Content marketing trends change often due to advances in technology, search engine preferences and changes in advertising. While the primary goals remain the same, strategies and techniques vary dependent on audience and industry. MORE
In order to have a successful trade show, you need to start with a timeline. Doing so helps to ensure that everything that is necessary for success is completed in a timely manner. It’s important to remember that the timeline noted below is for general purposes only. MORE
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When you attend a trade show, you pour many of your company’s resources — such as time, staff and money — into making it a success. This underscores the importance of your booth and making sure that it captures the attention of attendees while helping you achieve your objectives. The three trade show booth elements outlined below are ones that you shouldn’t skimp on. Eye-popping trade show graphics. MORE
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There are many blogs and headlines focused on how new tech is disrupting the marketing industry, but there is actually another area being disrupted that is just as important. Led by Millennials, new talent is moving unapologetically into tech companies from media. MORE
Creating a trade show budget for 2018 is a skill that pays off in a better use of company resources. By following the tips below when making the budget for this crucial aspect of marketing your business, you’ll be able to develop a more accurate template of the necessary costs. MORE
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The quest to convert target customers into clients is never-ending. The battle to connect with such clients has moved to the web across the past couple decades. It is no longer enough to advertise on radio, TV, billboards, magazines, and/or newspapers. MORE
The new buzzword for improving interest in your products and services is demand generation , which is fast becoming a vital metric for many companies. Not only does good demand generation help the supply chain, it also leads to happier customers and more alignment between sales and marketing. MORE
The majority of experts fully expect the future of marketing to be hands-free, following in the footsteps of mainstream hands-free consumer technology, a la Siri, and Alexa. MORE
The personal relationships and business reputation that you can develop through trade shows is an ROI that you cannot really obtain anywhere else. However, you need to attend the right shows to make sure that you are building the personal relationships and business reputation that actually matter. MORE
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Content marketing trends change often due to advances in technology, search engine preferences and changes in advertising. While the primary goals remain the same, strategies and techniques vary dependent on audience and industry.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2017
You do not have to wait on the new year to give an assessment of your marketing and business strategies. Technology and business trends are moving faster than ever, so whenever you have a chance to stop and revise, you should do so.
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APRIL 18, 2018
While many forward-thinking B2B marketers aim for customer-centricity, according to a recent study commissioned by Squiz, many brands still have much work to do.
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MARCH 13, 2018
Marketing as a whole is not a numbers game, but lead generation certainly is. We’re all blind going in. By the same token, our prospects only know what our marketing tells them until they try our products.
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MARCH 20, 2018
The world of business-to-business marketing continues to evolve in 2018. The trends and tactics that will move business forward may not be the strategies that experts thought would work months ago. What B2B marketing trends actually define 2018? Let’s take a look: Transparency.
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JANUARY 16, 2018
Creating a trade show budget for 2018 is a skill that pays off in a better use of company resources. By following the tips below when making the budget for this crucial aspect of marketing your business, you’ll be able to develop a more accurate template of the necessary costs.
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JANUARY 25, 2018
Marketing is an important element of selling products and is very visible for things like consumer goods. Well-known marketing examples for items like toothpaste, refrigerators, and clothing abound.
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APRIL 10, 2018
In order to have a successful trade show, you need to start with a timeline. Doing so helps to ensure that everything that is necessary for success is completed in a timely manner. It’s important to remember that the timeline noted below is for general purposes only.
Speaker: David Crane, Head of Content & Thought Leadership, Integrate
The coming month will test the boundaries of change management for marketing organizations (and their colleagues in sales, finance, IT and legal) as they ready their teams for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will go into effect May 2018. Much of what we’ve seen in B2B marketing publications, martech vendor blogs and from word-of-mouth borders on fear-mongering. Not to say this isn’t understandable – a lot of rather quick changes must be made to ensure GDPR compliance, and they can feel overwhelming. However, some of the wisest B2B marketing experts continue to reiterate one very important point: GDPR, while causing significant stress now, will lead to more efficient and effective marketing and sales down the road.
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MARCH 8, 2018
There are many blogs and headlines focused on how new tech is disrupting the marketing industry, but there is actually another area being disrupted that is just as important. Led by Millennials, new talent is moving unapologetically into tech companies from media.
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MARCH 27, 2018
The majority of experts fully expect the future of marketing to be hands-free, following in the footsteps of mainstream hands-free consumer technology, a la Siri, and Alexa.
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MARCH 15, 2018
Smartphones are now the number one way that consumers access the Internet. People are no longer making buying decisions sitting at home on a laptop – they are actively doing commerce within the scope of their daily activities.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2018
There are plenty of new technologies to employ within your current marketing infrastructure. What good are they without a great sales team? This is especially true of the B2B marketplace – no one cares about your beautiful networks if you can’t tell people what your company is about.
Navigate the Channel
APRIL 5, 2018
The successful methodologies that work in B2C sales funnels are not traditionally the ones that work in B2B. However, the current business landscape is anything but traditional. Technology and data are both pushing marketing in new directions.
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JANUARY 30, 2018
The quest to convert target customers into clients is never-ending. The battle to connect with such clients has moved to the web across the past couple decades. It is no longer enough to advertise on radio, TV, billboards, magazines, and/or newspapers.
Navigate the Channel
APRIL 3, 2018
With the weather continuing to improve on a daily basis throughout much of the country, the busy season for building material companies starts now. This is a great time to take a look at your public relations strategy to make sure it’s solid enough to take you through the rest of the year.
Navigate the Channel
MARCH 6, 2018
The business landscape of 2018 has changed immensely from the previous year – perhaps more quickly and definitively than any year over year measurement before it. However, there are still many marketing tactics that work in any market, regardless of the technology spurring disruptive change.
Navigate the Channel
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Trade show planning for 2018 is in full swing. With budgets and strategy considerations on the table, we’re offering our take on tips to maximize your trade show ROI for the upcoming year. Technology is (still) king.
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B2B marketers like you contributed their insights to Sagefrog’s annual B2B Marketing Mix Report, a valuable asset in planning your marketing strategy for the year ahead.
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APRIL 19, 2018
When you attend a trade show, you pour many of your company’s resources — such as time, staff and money — into making it a success. This underscores the importance of your booth and making sure that it captures the attention of attendees while helping you achieve your objectives. The three trade show booth elements outlined below are ones that you shouldn’t skimp on. Eye-popping trade show graphics.
Navigate the Channel
MARCH 29, 2018
Customer data continues to increase in importance. Building massive datasets are not enough for success these days, however. Creating proprietary customer profiles and even automated intelligence platforms is now the norm. With these new standards comes a new skill set for the CMO.
Navigate the Channel
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
Advertisers, in general, are overwhelmingly positive about the new Quora ad program, which came out of beta earlier in 2017. The new self-serve program allows advertisers to target and create text-based ads at their fingertips.
Navigate the Channel
DECEMBER 28, 2017
With the holiday season in full swing, it might not seem like you have enough time to add one thing to your to-do list. It’s not too early to start thinking about your public relations strategy for 2018.
Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa
Today’s sales and marketing environment is a paradox. There has never been more marketing channels to reach potential customers. But, connecting and building trust with buyers has never been harder. That's why we need to go beyond rational-logic based marketing to understand how our customers feel. Empathy is not just a “soft” skill, it's an incredibly powerful tool to understand customer motivation and increase lead conversion.
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JANUARY 4, 2018
Digital marketing has come a long way over the last few years. Big data means businesses have more data-driven insights than ever before, which translates to quality relationships with customers and (hopefully) increased conversions along with a better bottom line.
Navigate the Channel
JANUARY 23, 2018
If you have not embraced the AI revolution in marketing, you will soon find your business squarely behind the eight ball in your industry. Automation is one of the core implements/takeaways/precursors of artificial intelligence. Its proper use sets you up for big growth in every aspect of business.
Navigate the Channel
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
As our world becomes more trapped in technology, you can bet that your big customers will expect more personalization than ever. This is just how customers work – in the absence of huge technological divides, buyers often choose business partners over customer service issues.
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FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The personal relationships and business reputation that you can develop through trade shows is an ROI that you cannot really obtain anywhere else. However, you need to attend the right shows to make sure that you are building the personal relationships and business reputation that actually matter.
Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, CEO & Founder of VisumCx
B2B buyers are self-guiding their purchase journey, consuming more content along their purchase path and involving more stakeholders in the final decision. Therefore, it is necessary for B2B marketing teams to align to this purchase path and to the buying committees. This is not accomplished by creating more content or sending more communication, the key to success is establishing a conversation with your buyers that engages them in a meaningful dialogue and ultimately converts them to a customer.
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MARCH 1, 2018
There are many blogs and headlines focused on how new tech is disrupting the marketing industry, but there is actually another area being disrupted that is just as important. Led by Millennials, new talent is moving unapologetically into tech companies from media.
Navigate the Channel
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
All marketers must look for insights that speak to the future, and the B2B marketer has a tougher job than most. Because sales are to scale, mistakes look bigger than they actually are. A lack of vision hurts immensely because there are fewer sales to be had.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Marketing and sales must work as a team in order for your revenues to keep pace with your competition.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2018
The consumer experience continues to define success in branding and marketing. You add the most amount of value to your brand when you position your business as a friend looking to help.
Speaker: Douglas Burdett, Host of The Marketing Book Podcast, Founder/Principal of ARTILLERY
If you are a marketer who needs to generate more high-quality leads that will turn into sales opportunities and revenue, register now for this special event that will show you how to get started and moving in a profitable direction.
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JANUARY 18, 2018
The new buzzword for improving interest in your products and services is demand generation , which is fast becoming a vital metric for many companies. Not only does good demand generation help the supply chain, it also leads to happier customers and more alignment between sales and marketing.
Navigate the Channel
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Content marketing is here to stay. According to a report by Smart Insights , content marketing was rated the most valuable technique for increasing incremental sales throughout 2017—and it shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Here are some key content marketing trends to focus on for 2018: 1.
Navigate the Channel
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Having relatively easy access to the global audience is a terrible temptation. Many companies try to expand before they are ready or expand too quickly. However, there is simply too much business outside of the local area to ignore.
Navigate the Channel
OCTOBER 19, 2017
There are many ways that B2B companies are different entities than B2C companies, but social media usage is not one of them. Because the fact is that your prospects, existing customers and employees are all on social media, probably every single day.
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