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Early stage B2B tech startups don’t invest enough in marketing [peer-reviewed study]

Sword and the Script | B2B

Those companies that are in the early stages of a startup building a product stand to gain “the greatest” valuation benefit from marketing About half (45%) of all B2B technology startups make no effort to market their products. That’s according to a new paper published in a peer-reviewed journal by two academics Gary L.

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3 marketing motions successful B2B software companies do differently than peers

Sword and the Script | B2B

The results suggest there are three marketing motions successful B2B software companies do differently than their peers: they experiment with marketing often, they think about marketing measurement more and they do more marketing in-house. >>> Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media.

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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity

LinkedIn is, of course, the top social media platform for B2B marketers. Nearly three-quarters of companies plan to maintain or grow their content marketing teams over the next year. Social media managers are actually (slightly) happier working in the office rather than hybrid or remote. Among those, almost half plan to add staff.

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How to Use Content to Achieve Thought Leadership Results

Vision Edge Marketing

Because it provides immeasurable (and measurable) value, especially in the realm of thought leadership. . Let’s explore this relationship further and how to measure the value of thought leadership. . How Content Marketing and Thought Leadership are Related . How to Identify Thought Leaders .

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Five B2B Video Marketing Strategies to Drive Demand

Webbiquity

Image credit: Headway on Unsplash It’s not just consumer brands working with content creators; B2B companies are also increasingly leveraging video content to engage with their target audiences and drive demand for their products or services. In this regard, they are often the best kind of material to use when making a video ad.

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Connecting Thought Leadership to Lead Generation in B2B Marketing

Digital B2B Marketing

Many B2B marketers look to content marketing as a key part of establishing thought leadership. The problem is, registration and thought leadership are at odds with each other. Requiring registration limits distribution and recognition of the content that is supposed to position your company as a thought leader.

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An Essential Guide to B2B Marketing Metrics That Matter

Marketing Insider Group

What is the measure of your B2B marketing campaign’s success? As a CMO or director of digital marketing, you can use a handful of B2B marketing metrics to answer them. Quick Takeaways: If you’re not tracking B2B marketing metrics, you are playing a guessing game, with a likelihood of more losses than hits.