Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In this article, we look at some B2B content marketing data to point to the biggest trends. The State of B2B Content Marketing Let’s look at why most B2B companies are using content marketing. You may assume B2B companies are all in with content marketing. It is a top tactic.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 26, 2020

Could this be why I’m hearing about 50-80%+ sales and revenue drops? C-19 is stopping virtually everything in its tracks to create what Roger Sanford (Co-Founder of Stop the Sales Drop) coined as the “Great Pause.”. Below is a sneak preview of some of our marketing experts’ thoughts.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 30, 2020

Content marketing can give B2B companies a truckload of options to keep their audience engaged. Top Priorities & Unique Challenges for B2B Content Marketing. Unlike B2C Marketing, B2B companies have the unique challenge of not always being present in the eye of the customer. Let’s see how.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2023

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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Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 5, 2022

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 . before engaging with a sales rep. .

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2020

While in SAP Global Marketing we launched several thought leadership efforts, and one of the analyst partners I leveraged was IDC, and specifically their CMO Advisory Service. Digital also altered marketing’s relationship with sales and increased the importance of marketing to the business.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Managing customer relationships has always been super important to the success of a business. Then we have to hire and scale sales and marketing pipeline to acquire new customers. For more nearly 40 years, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has beeb software-based and data-driven. For me it was mainly a data management tool.

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Onalytica B2B

AUGUST 23, 2017

Last week we published our white paper called The Definitive Practical Guide to Influencer Relationship Management. So, each week we’re going to bring you an easy-to-digest blog post covering each step of the influencer marketing process as per the definitive practical guide. Dare we call this the influencer marketing bible?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Author: Jeff Day In today’s frenetic, go-go-go B2B sales environment, it can be hard to ensure that your sales team is having the right—or optimal —conversations with their prospects to deliver value and drive deals forward. Beyond the content distribution problem lies another issue: inefficient processes for sales teams.

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Top Rank Marketing

JUNE 24, 2024

B2B thought leadership shows potential buyers that your brand is a credible authority. Essentially, it earns equity that will mature into sales and repeat business. The 2024 Edelman-LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership Impact Report shows that thought leadership is more crucial now than ever.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

It’s a process, a voice, and a conversation. Marketing Isn’t What We Thought It Was. So, what’s the answer to marketing in the age of disruption? Marketing isn’t a function. It isn’t a department, either. Quick Takeaways. Most marketing is still stuck in traditional mindsets. The world is chaotic.

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Oktopost

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

While some B2B brands are still committed to more traditional sales methods, social selling can be even more efficient. If your sales strategy doesn’t include social media, leads who could have been brought to your business are likely going to your competitor. Which Channels Are Best for B2B Social Selling? Key Takeaways.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 1, 2020

It also provides your company with a platform to activate employees , to publish thought leadership , and to tell more human brand stories that also attract better talent and keeps your employees motivated. Thought leadership. It funds itself. And then some. It delivers revenue to the bottom line. Higher conversion rates.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 31, 2022

It makes content a strategic asset for your company — one you can leverage to drive traffic, leads, engagement, sales, and other business objectives. In today’s crowded and increasingly digital marketing landscape, you need a strong content strategy in order to reach your audience. Let’s get started! Quick Takeaways. Image Source.

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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. For me that is ITSMA , a confluence of all three.

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Marketri

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As B2B companies and their agencies start developing strategic plans for 2025, they’ll need to factor in these nine key marketing predictions are changing the face of marketing. I believe this approach will take hold all across B2B in 2025. Marketing is changing at a pace we couldn’t have anticipated just a few years ago.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

While it’s great to see a motivated sales team working hard day in and day out, it’s important for them to take a step back and regroup every once in a while. Sales professionals thrive when given the opportunity to learn, develop new skills, and interact with one another. How to Create a Great Sales Kickoff.

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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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Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

B2B buyers must understand how you will help them achieve their business objectives, and that can only be realised by investing in the emotional relationship between the client and vendor. B2B customers will review you — not just consumers. Don’t be fooled into thinking that reviews are left for the hospitality and service industry.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

By Josh Baez , Client Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. As we continue delving into the foundations of a modern B2B demand generation engine, the next thing we need to think about is the B2B buyer’s journey. What is the B2B buyer’s journey? The main difference is the B2B buyer’s journey is much more complicated.

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Zoominfo

JULY 30, 2024

The reasons are clear: RevOps pros are the experts in streamlined processes and consistent, sustainable growth. Here are four key milestones in any GTM tech stack consolidation program, and how innovative new tools leveraging AI , top-quality B2B data, and buying signals can help drive results across the revenue team.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 1, 2017

LinkedIn recently launched it’s second annual “ State of Sales 2017 ” report. And as detailed in coverage from Martech Today, perhaps one of the more ironic discoveries was in how sales technology adoption “ allows B2B buyers to turn the tables on B2B sellers.” LinkedIn for B2B Digital Marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MARCH 30, 2018

Silverman, a psychologist, created what he called “teleconferenced peer influence groups” in the early 1970s and found that when one or two physicians reported on their good experience with a drug, it could sway an entire group of skeptics. Customer experience shouldn’t stop at the sale. We are all familiar with the customer journey.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Below, is a list of which marketing practices and tactics your organization should consider leaving behind in 2019, and which ones are a must as part of your 2020 planning. There are some exciting predictions about what lies ahead for marketing in my news feeds these days. Vs. Male and female runners, age 45 to 60 on the West Coast.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 9, 2020

And their posts usually get more attention: people trust their peers more than they trust brands. And their posts usually get more attention: people trust their peers more than they trust brands. B2B marketers harness this power by asking employees to promote their organization on social media. How to Become a Top Advocate.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 30, 2017

A gathering of hundreds of marketing executives, partners, and thought leaders from around the world came together to learn about the latest marketing trends and strategies in the new “Engagement Economy”. To succeed in this new climate, you must adapt your tactics and shift your brand to become more human and digital native-friendly.

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Thinkers360

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Find and work with the World’s Premier B2B Thought Leaders, Advisors, Authors, Consultants, Influencers & Speakers (100M+ followers combined). We’ve searched the Thinkers360 Content Library to pick out podcasts on business, technology, and sustainability from Thinkers360 member thought leaders.

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Chris Koch

OCTOBER 1, 2010

It’s a warm-up for the great dialogues we’ll be having at MarketingProfs’ SocialTech conference later this month in San Jose, where I’ll be speaking about social media and the B2B buying process. If you’re in B2B marketing, you gotta go to this thing. All the top social media pros will be there and the focus will be all B2B.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 13, 2012

In this second episode of PowerViews, I have the pleasure of talking with Jeff Ernst who provides advisory services to CMO and marketing leadership professionals as Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Jeff joined Forrester after spending 20 years in sales and marketing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

53% of the B2B organizations and 43% of B2C and combination B2B/B2C organizations have adopted marketing automation systems.– That means you need the right team to manage your marketing automation platform. ResearchCorp’s Demand Generation Adoption Survey. ResearchCorp’s Demand Generation Adoption Survey.

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The efficiency and effectiveness of your sales team directly reflect on the success of your company. In the face of fierce competition, B2B companies are often sensing that their SDRs are unable to convey a compelling brand story that will set themselves apart. Long sales cycles. Wasting time on unqualified sales leads.

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markempa

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Tweet At the B2B Summit 2011 in San Francisco, Daniel Burstein, Director of Editorial Content at MECLABS, asked me and a few other attendees to reveal our most important “aha” moments in 2011. It’s not the economy that’s stopping you from getting sales, it’s your message.”. Everything I thought was true wasn’t.” 1:23 – Dr. . :31

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

“Strategy without tactics is a daydream; tactics without strategy is a nightmare.” Influenced by Sun Tzu and coined by Sagefrog CEO and Co-founder Mark Schmukler, this quote implies that there’s a clear difference between marketing strategy and marketing tactics. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies.

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Oktopost

JUNE 9, 2020

Why Employee Advocacy Matters for B2B. It can take months for a B2B marketing team to build up a company’s presence and credibility online. For them, it’s a way to become thought leaders within their professional communities by sharing insightful and educational content provided by their company. Table of Contents.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 12, 2024

In the fast-paced world of B2B scale-ups and start-ups, there’s one platform that stands out as a game-changer for communication and brand building: LinkedIn. If I were leading the marketing efforts at a B2B startup today, LinkedIn would be our primary “PR” channel. Here’s why: 1. It doesn’t have to be perfect.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Jokes aside, have you given much thought to how your customers can actually contribute to helping you grow your customer base? Peer-to-peer marketing is not only a viable channel you should be exploring, but it’s also one that has seen great success in both B2B and B2C marketing. 1) Customer Case Studies.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 4, 2017

As marketing technology and information access continues to evolve, B2B buying behavior changes as well. For example, recent research suggests that marketers may want to shift to shorter pieces of content to reel in B2B buyers. B2B buyer personas become critical in connecting the dots of this process.

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