The Point

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Earlier this month I presented a standing-room only session at the B2BMX Conference in Scottsdale on key principles of B2B email creative. A clear, specific, and tangible offer is one of the primary factors in a successful email. Is it immediately obvious to the reader what that offer is: a Webinar, a white paper, an ebook?

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FunnelEnvy

MARCH 18, 2024

Studies prove that B2B prospects now prefer a digital buying journey over sales calls. Understanding your target audience is more important than ever for lead generation and improving the ROI of marketing and sales. Understanding their journey is where B2B customer insights come in. What are B2B Buyer Personas?

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Trade Press Services Newsletter

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Although a documented strategy is a key indicator of marketing success, only 41 percent of B2B marketers take the time to develop a written plan. That’s why it’s important to know which B2B marketing trends are important now and over the next year. Examples include testimonials, product demonstrations, reviews and tutorials.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing are two distinct types of marketing strategies with different focuses. B2B is focused on developing relationships between businesses, while B2C is focused on connecting directly with end consumers. 10 Key Differences Between B2B and B2C Marketing 1.

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges. Here are the five most common “fails” we see in B2B search campaigns: Not Bidding on the Correct Keywords.

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Launch Marketing

APRIL 13, 2022

Content marketing has long been a staple of B2B marketing and continues to be so as 2022 brings more opportunities and challenges for content ideation, creation and distribution. Here, we take a look some shifts in content marketing over the past year and how that impacts strategy, planning, and execution moving forward.

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Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Is your B2B strategy performing the way you expect it to? Modern marketing is constantly expanding, and your audience will change, requiring new marketing strategies and tactics. Break Away From Boring Being a B2B enterprise doesn’t mean your content or attitude has to be ho-hum.

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Act-On

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sure, it’s always been there to some extent, but that pressure has recently increased, according to B2B marketers. We’ve shared our favorite five lead nurturing examples and strategies. For example, we did a complete audit of our nurture sequences last year and found the open rate was around 25%.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2023

But how can you make the most of it, quickly driving traffic and building an audience? Here are nine helpful strategies. To that end, here are nine recommendations for strategies and tactics to get the attention of both search engines and your prospective customers or website visitors. Here’s a great example.

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Marketing Craftmanship

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Most B2B company websites, across all industries, contain some combination of self-produced “owned media” content, including blog posts, case studies, white papers, podcasts, archived webinars, and event calendars.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2019

B2B lead generation tools help marketers more effectively develop new prospective sales opportunities. Here’s why and how, as a marketer, you may want to integrate new lead generation tools and processes into your B2B lead generation strategy and campaigns. Guest post by Robert Jordan. Conclusion.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Generation Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 205

Hinge Marketing

JUNE 14, 2021

High quality premium content is arguably one of the most important elements of a successful content marketing strategy. It perfectly aligns with B2B buyers’ behavior patterns. . For example, buyers today are much more likely to research potential solutions to a business problem online than rely on a sales person to guide them. .

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

People ask me all the time what they should be reading to keep up on B2B marketing. So herewith are my top sources, whether how-to, research insights, prognostications, or opinions from knowledgeable experts. B2B Marketing.net. This is the go-to place for research and how-to. This website’s heart is in B2B.

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Sana Commerce

JUNE 8, 2022

On-demand webinar. B2B e-commerce analytics – Turning data into strategies. Catch up on this 30-minute session with Sana Commerce’s Jan van Werkhoven who shares their knowledge and expertise on business analytics and turning them into strategies. How to achieve results with analytics in B2b space.

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The Point

MAY 16, 2019

One of the real-life campaigns I included in my presentation last week – A Crash Course in B2B Email Creative – at SiriusDecisions Summit in Austin, was this Webinar invitation from Marin Software. I’ve written often about the dismal state of B2B creative , so it’s good to see at least one B2B company get it right. .

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NetLine

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We love webinars. But while we love webinars, we need to acknowledge something about the format. If you’re expecting your webinars (specifically Live Webinars) to be your volume workhorse, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Webinars Are Bottom of Funnel Content Format. The Live Webinar Paradox.

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Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Peer-to-peer Intent Data 52

SnapApp

AUGUST 11, 2015

Sometimes you get tired of the conventional lead-gated eBook and you need something fresh that piques the interest of your audience. And as a B2B marketer, you’re constantly thinking of new ways you can relate to your audience on a more human level. One example, Showrunner.fm , has seen great success in the B2B podcast realm.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

2020 was a tough year for B2B marketers – and everyone else. A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020. But there were some bright spots.

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The Point

JULY 18, 2011

Dollar for dollar, white papers continue to be some of the most effective offers for most high-technology marketers. Prospects are usually more likely to download or otherwise register for a white paper vs. a Webinar, free trial, etc. Benefits/Applications/ROI (including case studies, if possible).

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Act-On

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

We’ll give you an example. Lower funnel keywords are an often neglected SEO strategy for marketers. Top of Funnel: Awareness Let’s kick things off with an example. A B2B marketer is struggling to do more with less. At this stage, the marketer is learning, researching, and becoming aware of potential solutions.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Launch Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

But, it is first important to establish your B2B buyer personas before looking ahead to marketing activities. Download our free B2B Buyer Personas eBook filled with everything you need to know to craft and utilize buyer personas. Almost 90% of B2B marketers use content marketing because it works. Outreach & Sales Efforts.

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Ambal's Amusings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

White papers are powerful sources of lead generation. We asked our panel of white paper experts "What are the top 2 components of a white paper that is most effective to generate leads?" He is also the author of the White Paper Pundit blog. " Read on to get their insights.

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NetLine

APRIL 11, 2023

Hot off the heels of our 2022 State of B2B Content Consumption and Demand Report for Marketers being named the Finny Award winner in the Best Research-Based Content category , we’re ecstatic to announce the 7th edition has been released. NetLine’s research unearthed dozens of incredible insights into the behaviors of B2B buyers.

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BOP Design

APRIL 19, 2021

Deciding what type of content to include in your B2B marketing emails depends on what type of email you are sending. There are three main categories of B2B emails, these include: Informative Emails. Transactional Emails (Welcome, Thank you, Confirmation). Informative B2B Emails.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

But generating qualified leads isn’t – because the number of qualified leads is the most immediate result of your effective B2B lead generation strategy or tactics. This is a classic example of lead generation, as it captures the attention of a broad audience with a relevant piece of content.

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The ABM Agency

MAY 16, 2023

Reading Time: 9 minutes Account-based marketing examples provide valuable insights into the strategic approach taken by successful B2B SaaS organizations to target high-value accounts. For example, a CTO may be concerned about cybersecurity risks, while a CFO might prioritize cost savings.

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Binary Demand

MARCH 26, 2024

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]B2B intent data has become crucial in B2B marketing. increase since March 2020, signifies a major change in how we perceive B2B intent data. increase since March 2020, signifies a major change in how we perceive B2B intent data. increase in web pages about it since 2016.

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Creating high-quality content is only the first step in creating a powerful demand generation strategy. Regardless of how good your content is, it’s only effective if it reaches your target audience. Business-to-business (B2B) demand generation is a critical part of any successful content marketing strategy.

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Content Standard

MARCH 28, 2019

Recently, a project sent me looking for mid-funnel content examples for a financial services content marketing strategy I was working on. As a result, we began to assess how longer-form mid-funnel content could play a key role in their strategy. Where Mid-Funnel Content Fits in the Buyer’s Journey.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 24, 2021

Examples of poor data include: Missing contact fields Inaccuracies due to outdated information (e.g., For B2B companies, bad data and data decay weaken CRM and sales and marketing automation tools. Opaque churn: emails land in a spam folder, go to an inactive email address or remain unopened. The short answer—a lot.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Earlier this month I co-hosted a Webinar with Greg Kelly of Vidyard and Jason Oakley of Uberflip on “ Driving B2B Engagement with Personalized Content.” Look for core content such as white papers that can be “sliced” into multiple assets and versioned more readily for specific industries, roles, etc. Click To Tweet.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 27, 2020

A content strategy? That’s the power of a robust content strategy. Build your new content marketing strategy one month at a time so you’re not overwhelmed. Review your content strategy regularly to make sure you’re reaching the right audience with the right message. Give me a break, you say.

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Trade Press Services

MARCH 4, 2024

Three Types of Content for the B2B Buyer’s Journey There’s no question that different types of content serve different purposes for organizations and their diverse audiences. B2B evergreen content focuses on valuable expertise that’s built to last. Examples include email newsletters, webinars, and social media posts.

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Onalytica B2B

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Last month, I co-authored a white paper called The Definitive Practical Guide to Influencer Relationship Management. This week, we try and help you start creating your own influencer marketing strategy. You strategy focus- earned, paid or owned? Great, now we can start talking strategy! Owned Media.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2021

In fact, roughly 60% of marketers stated Content Marketing is ‘very important’ or ‘extremely important’ to their overall strategy. . Of course, the success of your content marketing depends on your content marketing strategy. For instance, your B2B blog is a powerful tool for attracting prospective customers.

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The Point

MAY 17, 2021

That’s not simply because prospective customers will engage more readily with content that better aligns with whether they’re researching best practices, actively evaluating potential vendors, or somewhere in between. Use of very short-term metrics will almost certainly devalue those leads and the perceived ROI from the program.

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