Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 20, 2021

True thought leadership is hard to achieve, not because it’s hard, but because some in B2B just can’t get out of their own way. She works for a B2B tech company that “doesn’t believe marketing” but she knows they need it desperately. Of course, I was flattered and happy to re-connect with an old colleague.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2020

This is why always-on content marketing wins every time: each piece of content is a test. According to CMI, only 9% of B2B marketers believe that their content strategy is effective. Although most B2B small businesses use content marketing, most of them are a total flop.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

So why, then, do 44% of all B2B companies not even bother to measure their content marketing ROI? After all, what’s the ultimate goal of content marketing? Converting browsers to buyers, of course. Yes, it is true that we use content marketing to: Help our target audience solve problems.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 16, 2021

When it comes to driving value, content marketing beats advertising (almost) every time. They can coexist and support each other, but there’s no better ROI for your efforts than what you’ll experience with content marketing. Content marketing has a consistently higher ROI than advertising.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At this point, there’s no denying that content marketing is being used by most companies. In this post, we’ll be looking at how to tell if content marketing saturation has hit your industry. Content marketing is highly prevalent in just about every industry, making it hard to cut through the noise.

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Marketing Craftmanship

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Traditional thought leadership – whether it’s delivered through owned media or earned media – most often involves showcasing your own ideas and opinions, those of a client, or of an individual within your organization. Hands down. Branded Interviews serve as inherent 3rd party endorsements from credible opinion leaders.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Looking back, ABM has risen in parallel with key concepts and practices including Thought Leadership, Marketing Analytics and Data, Marketing Technology (MarTech), and Marketing Transformation. Not surprisingly, ABM is the top B2B marketing tactic.

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SmartBug Media

MAY 8, 2023

B2B content marketing should be an essential focus to connect with your customers. The goal is to create content to solve a prospect’s potential problem or to educate or inspire them so your brand is top of mind when they choose a solution or product. Use influencers for B2B content marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2020

If you haven’t thought about this question, then you should because it matters and impacts if they buy from you. One of the best ways to gain trust and credibility is through thought leadership. By executing a thought leadership strategy, you can gain credibility and showcase your expertise. Quick Takeaways.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ve been tempted to and have poured a ton of dollars into paid before, and we’re a content-led organization that has used content to grow our organic traffic 35X (and counting over the past five years). It’s about earning attention and building trust over time.

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Content marketing is ever-evolving. And for B2B marketers and large enterprises, the cost of lagging behind the content marketing trend curve is too massive to ignore. To help you keep up with the times, here is a compilation of the top 15 trends in content marketing that will shape the industry in 2023.

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MKT1

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Over the past couple years writing newsletters and working with hundreds of founders and marketers, we’ve developed a fairly-comprehensive approach to building B2B marketing. Principle 3: Balance (and combine) fuel and engine Mistake: Fuel & engine not working together Many marketing teams operate in silos.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 11, 2020

While companies have relied on traditional marketing strategies for decades, some are still wondering, what is content marketing really? Content marketing, when you peel away all the layers of techniques, trends, and possibilities, is a business opportunity. What Is Content Marketing Really?

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xiQ

APRIL 29, 2020

The core objective of B2B content marketing is to engage and influence prospective buyers early in their decision making cycle. In order to achieve this, companies need to adopt a “Trojan horse” content marketing strategy. What is Trojan Horse Content Marketing? i2c’s Content Marketing Strategy.

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Webbiquity

MAY 18, 2021

LinkedIn is, of course and unquestionably, the Tom Brady of social media platforms for B2B marketing. But in B2B social media as with NFL quarterbacks, the interesting battle is for second place. Marketing leaders and their CEOs understand that it’s an efficient and effective way to get out their message.”

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You can probably guess the top two social networks for B2B marketing pretty easily, but do you know which platform is #3? What the biggest missed opportunity is for B2B marketers? How your social media marketing budget stacks up to your peers and competitors? The Biggest Challenge in B2B Social Media Marketing.

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Contently

MAY 26, 2020

When I was making the transition from journalism to marketing, my first big epiphany came from a caveman cartoon. You make content, people click on it, and then—BOOM—they immediately buy something or fill out a demo request form. The 3 stages of content ROI. Content leads. Give them a few different options.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2023

Image credit: Christopher Gower on UnSplash Organizations may launch brand new websites for any of these or other purposes: To create an online presence for a start-up company; To launch a new brand, product, or tool; To enter a new market (e.g., Slate, and Thrive Global regularly publish syndicated content. Sites like Inc.,

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Pam Didner

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Content planning and writing are essential skills for content marketers and social media managers. Chess, VICA, Band, and Photography are all very good clubs that attract great potential content managers. Have you ever held an unpaid leadership position for a shared interest group? Screening Questions.

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Tiecas

APRIL 5, 2024

Did you know 80% of successful content marketers have a documented content marketing strategy? In my experience working with manufacturers and industrial companies, too many are in a rush to pump out more content without a strategy in place. Table of Contents What is an Industrial Marketing Strategy?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Online marketing has changed significantly in the last few years—we’ve already discussed these developments in previous articles. But in this post, I’d like to focus on employee advocacy in B2B marketing specifically, because it comes with its own unique challenges. And of course, its own unique solutions.

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Top Rank Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

The TopRank Marketing team has worked on podcasts with brands like SAP and 3M. Here’s what we’ve learned about B2B podcasting: B2B podcasting: What, why and how Let’s start with the easiest question first: What is a podcast? The benefits of B2B podcasting) It may surprise you how popular podcasts are for a B2B audience.

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Top Rank Marketing

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You’ve probably heard about B2B influencer marketing. The strategy has exploded in adoption, with a 2023 Ogilvy study finding that 75% of B2B businesses are leveraging influencers in their campaigns. TopRank’s 2023 B2B Influencer Marketing Report found that social media, industry presentations and video top the list.

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xiQ

APRIL 29, 2020

The core objective of B2B content marketing is to engage and influence prospective buyers early in their decision making cycle. In order to achieve this, companies need to adopt a “Trojan horse” content marketing strategy. What is Trojan Horse Content Marketing? i2c’s Content Marketing Strategy.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 1, 2015

It has been a successful year within our organization and I’ve witnessed our content marketing team grow in both size and ability over the last twelve months. Coming up with Fresh Content Ideas. How to Create Irresistibly Shareable Content. 5 Content Marketing Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Content Brainstorming.

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Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 12, 2018

If you’ve tuned into the Content Marketing Institute for any length of time, you are no doubt familiar with the importance we place on the idea of developing a documented, strategic plan. Each year in our research, we find that a cohesive, documented strategy is one thing that separates successful vs. unsuccessful content marketers.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What do I see as the biggest content marketing trends for 2022 and beyond? My 2022 Marketing Predictions. There are 3 major trends in the digital marketing industry I think everyone will be talking about. The first is the resurgence of Content Marketing as the first thing businesses are doing in marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 8, 2019

Data without content makes the data not actionable and storytelling in content marketing without data makes it directionless. Data, while not necessarily creative, is a crucial part in how your B2B marketing creates the content and stories that it decides to tell its target audience. Look at Location.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I cannot exactly remember when I started working with ITSMA, and leveraging their work in B2B solutions and services, but it was sometime in the mid-2000s when I led the SAP Services Marketing team for SAP North America Field Marketing. Not long after, I attended my first ITSMA Marketing Vision event.

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LEADership

JANUARY 7, 2014

In the course of my frequent travels, I meet many interesting individuals from all walks of life. That, in my opinion, is the key to establishing thought leadership. Below are 3 fundamental steps to use your B2B blog and present your organization as a thought leader in the industry: 1. Define value creation.

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Contently

MAY 7, 2021

When I went to post my LinkedIn newsletter this week, I was treated to a surprise: LinkedIn asked if I wanted to publish the article as myself or as Contently. Immediately, I knew I had to change course and write about this new feature. The ability to tell thought leadership stories natively on the platform.

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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. Content marketing. Image source: [link].

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NuSpark Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2018

While the marketing gurus tell you content is a must-have gizmo in the B2B marketer’s tool belt, sometimes the return on investment (ROI) feels a little squishy. To avoid the squishiness — the feeling that your money and effort is going to waste — you need to set up your content marketing program on a firm foundation.

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B2B Marketing Directions

MAY 22, 2022

Consistently producing content that connects with potential buyers remains one of the greatest challenges facing B2B marketers. This challenge applies to all types of content, but it is magnified for thought leadership content because of the higher standards that effective thought leadership content must meet.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Make Content King. Content is an essential pillar of any lead generation strategy. Your digital content marketing strategy encompasses everything from producing high-quality lead magnets such as e-books, whitepapers, blogs, and optimized landing pages. Your content should present your brand as a thought leader.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 12, 2016

However, I’d argue that content marketing can work for any business; you just have to go through a process to figure out what angle you can use to leverage your most interesting characteristics. Here some areas where content marketing can be used in a very detailed or technical business. Final Thoughts.

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nDash

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Melody is a talented EdTech content marketer with experience in SaaS, fintech, and legal tech writing. Hire her to “cut through the content clutter”. Hire him for anything from course descriptions, catalogue policies and accreditation writing to marketing copy and blog posts. Melody Abeni. Todd Wieland.

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