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7 takeaways from a study on B2B thought leadership; why it works or doesn’t

Sword and the Script | B2B

Thought leadership benefits B2B marketing in so many ways – awareness, consideration and even customer retention – but it can have adverse effects when it’s under-resourced and turns out to be light on substance The social media platform LinkedIn and the PR firm Edelman routinely team up to conduct surveys. So, how can you get on a shortlist?

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Five Surprising Findings from the 2017 Marketing Strategy Report

Webbiquity

CoSchedule, a top content planning and research tool vendor, just released its State of Marketing Strategy Report 2017 , based on a survey of nearly 1,600 marketing professionals. Which is why a documented strategy and audience research are so important. But a few stood out as…unexpected. When in doubt, experiment.

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B2B Sales Cycles Require 27 Interactions both Digital and Human [Study]

Sword and the Script | B2B

“Buyers now exercise more due diligence than ever before, conducting more research and engaging in more conversations with vendors and third parties,” according to Forrester. That analysis is how the research firm sets up a paper that compares the results of several surveys over time.

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Survey: CMOs Struggle to Connect Marketing Efforts with Company Success

KoMarketing Associates

Korn Ferry recently conducted the “2018 CMO Pulse Survey” to determine how many marketing initiatives can be tied back to company success. Both analytics and personalization are in need of improvement, according to the survey, and previous research suggests that they go hand-in-hand.

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Study Finds Marketers Are Increasing Spend on Original Video Content

KoMarketing Associates

To find out, IAB recently conducted the “Digital Content NewFronts: Video Ad Spend Study 2018” report. This is an increase from 44 percent in 2017 and 43 percent in 2016. However, previous research suggests that it has been difficult for them to measure ROI. million will go toward original content.

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Survey: AI May Help Marketers Solve Pressing SEO Challenges

KoMarketing Associates

To gauge how marketers value SEO, SearchDex recently surveyed 100 industry professionals. Its research found that managing SEO is still difficult for many marketers, and key challenges range from a lack of resources to poor in-house knowledge. Approximately 91 percent of marketers said that managing SEO is difficult.

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Survey: Majority of B2B Marketers Struggling with Lead Management

KoMarketing Associates

Marketing and sales professionals are spending time and energy generating leads, but new research suggests that they are not always in the best position to take advantage of these new opportunities. Recent research has indicated that marketing and sales teams have different ideas of what is means to deliver new opportunities.