Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

While some invest a tremendous amount of money in traditional advertising channels, many use the power of content instead. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. Here’s your current B2B buyer. B2B Buying Isn’t Linear.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Social media has revolutionized B2B marketing. Now an essential tool for all marketing efforts, it has changed how brands reach their customers, build awareness, and foster connections with their audiences. And businesses recognize the power of social media in driving tangible results.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Like almost every B2B company on the planet, I knew my success would hinge largely on paid social advertising. So, I did what any demand generation marketer would do in my situation: DIY’d some LinkedIn ads using the platform’s native tools. Note: I sprinkled in some Google Search ads, too.)

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. Tracking prospect activity on our website. MQLs (Marketing Qualified Leads).

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. Tracking KPIs are effective for unifying goals with quantifiable analysis, as well as celebrating successes. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance.

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Webbiquity

MAY 16, 2023

end of Google’s Universal Analytics (UGA) rapidly approaching, digital marketing professionals are frantically seeking alternatives. Image credit: Myriam Jessier on Unsplash UGA’s official replacement, GA4, is in the eyes of many a watered down, confusing, pale shadow of UGA. With the long-awaited (dreaded?) What to do?

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Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 29, 2024

In today’s digital age, social media has become an integral part of our lives. However, the success of your social media marketing efforts hinges on one crucial question: Are you targeting the right people? If you are not tailoring your content to appeal to your target audience, you might as well be shouting into the void.

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SocialPilot

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Social media marketing has become an integral part of modern business strategy in the last decade. In 2022, social media ad spending hit the $230 billion mark and is expected to reach $300 billion in 2024. Social media marketing is thus a highly competitive domain. Where should you start?

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Judging by the number of people who use the terms interchangeably in conversation, many folks are still confused by the terms ‘marketing’ and ‘advertising.’ Some seem to think advertising refers to anything that helps promote their business. What is B2B Marketing? What is B2B Advertising?

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SalesIntel

MARCH 27, 2023

SalesIntel’s strategic partnership with Semcasting empowers B2B marketers with high-quality account technographic and job title data to leverage in their paid channel efforts. How did you get started in the advertising/marketing/data industry? What differentiates Semcasting in the B2B programmatic ad world?

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Metadata

JULY 21, 2022

Paid social ads can guarantee exposure, drive traffic, and encourage revenue. Organic social media is often positioned as the be-all and end-all of social media marketing. However, to really maximize your social media efforts, you need both organic posts and a paid social media strategy.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 25, 2024

There are social media templates available for virtually any task you can think of—from content production to reporting to team onboarding. Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy.

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The Lead Agency

APRIL 14, 2024

Tired of trend lists that don’t apply to the unique challenges of B2B marketing? B2B marketing can be complicated; buyer journeys are messy. Multiple stakeholders and longer decision-making processes bring unique challenges, and the how-to tips everywhere online are mostly irrelevant in B2B industries.

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Digital B2B Marketing

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Forrester recently released a report pointing out the failure of most content marketers to plan for adequate content distribution. Marketers are slaving over content today, but almost no one sees that content. For most B2B marketers, it isn’t nearly enough. Social Advertising.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Paid social advertising has changed a lot since Facebook (now Meta) introduced ads at an event in 2007 featuring executives from Blockbuster, CBS, and The Coca-Cola Company. Mobile optimization allows marketers to reach people on the go, and interactive ad formats allow them to captivate people in today’s fast-moving world.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 27, 2020

When you start a business, there’s a lot on your mind: how to fund all the equipment you’ll need, how to keep track of revenue and expenses, how to produce your goods and services economically enough to make a profit, and how to get the word out about what you offer. A content strategy? That’s the power of a robust content strategy.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 29, 2019

More times than not, when a client comes to us looking for help with their B2B content marketing strategy , we notice the strategy itself is either very new, or it exists with a lack of focus (both SEO and target audiences). Here are five quick tips to take your B2B content marketing strategy beyond the educational phase: 1.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Crafting an impeccable B2B sales journey isn’t straightforward. Offering a stellar B2B sales experience comes with its own share of challenges in 2023. As you delve deeper, you’ll uncover the challenges, the strategies, and the nuances that can transform your B2B interactions. What is B2B Sales Experience?

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sagefrog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Many industries are marked by rapid technological advancements, changing regulations, and increased competition and standing out in a crowded market has never been more challenging—or critical. The key to thriving is a multifaceted marketing strategy that aligns with your brand’s core values and resonates with your target audience.

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 19, 2021

If you’re an inbound marketer in the B2B space, you understand how much time and energy goes into planning and executing your marketing campaigns. of my favorite inbound marketing resources that any B2B marketer can benefit from subscribing to in 2021 and beyond. We Asked 10 Marketing Experts.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Understanding Google search engine result page – or “SERP” – features has always been an essential part of SEO for B2B digital marketers. SERP features are all the little widgets of information Google (or Bing) can put into the search results. What is a “Zero-Click Search?”. What Are SERP features?

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BOP Design

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

B2B marketing metrics are critical components to the success of your organization. Knowing how to correctly measure your marketing efforts can give you a leg up over your competition. B2B Website Traffic. This provides insights and measures traffic coming in through your various marketing activities.

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Brandpoint

MAY 5, 2023

Social media has become an integral part of our lives and businesses alike. It’s no longer just a platform for individuals to share their personal lives with the world; it has evolved into an essential marketing tool for businesses. In the past, manufacturing companies may have viewed social media as irrelevant to their industry.

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Madison Logic

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Marketers have traditionally been forced to make hard tradeoffs between their brand and demand activities and decide how to shift budgets when new challenges arise. In most cases, brand-building efforts typically lose out to demand as marketers focus on short-term initiatives to fill the sales pipeline and generate revenue.

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Martech

JANUARY 9, 2024

The $100 billion creator economy is changing how brands collaborate with influencers across social media and niche communities. They’re embracing the demand for relatable content, the power of niche audiences and the unignorable effectiveness of influencer partnerships. Why pay attention to the creator economy? Treat them as partners.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 8, 2019

Data and content: often these two seem to butt heads, mostly because at their core, they are very different. Data without content makes the data not actionable and storytelling in content marketing without data makes it directionless. If data tracking is available, you should always set it up as soon as possible.

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Parse.ly

JUNE 11, 2020

If you want to maximize the reach of your content marketing efforts, you need to diversify those efforts to make sure you’re hitting all the right angles. Well, you need to have a working knowledge of owned, earned, and paid media — three different types of media that can boost your content marketing efforts in unique ways.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 22, 2020

According to a recent survey from Lawless Research and Factual , marketers are spending an average of 43% of their ad budget on Google and Facebook, with Amazon not far behind. Regardless of business size, online advertising strategies are similar. In fact, marketers are hoping for new advertising options.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Digging into your competitor’s approach through a marketing competitor analysis is critical to putting together or updating your brand’s marketing strategy. It is the key to your business’s future success because when you look more closely into your competitors’ marketing, you learn from their successes and mistakes.

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

B2B marketers get a bad rap. If you do a search for “B2B versus B2C marketing,” you’ll immediately see a bunch of articles about how B2B marketers “lag” behind B2C marketers. Then you’ll find more articles about how “B2B marketing is boring.”

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Here are some statistics related to edtech marketing: According to GlobalData estimates , the EdTech industry will grow from US$183.4 Online education is the fastest-growing segment of the edtech market, with revenues expected to reach $350 billion by 2025 (Source: ResearchAndMarkets ). 4 Marketing Learnings From a Study.

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BOP Design

JANUARY 25, 2022

If you want to dive deeper into Google Analytics and learn more about the user’s journey on your B2B website, here are metrics we recommend you keep an eye on. A bounce rate of about 50% is average for B2B website pages, although this can be much higher for blogs. Learn more: Key metrics to track for B2B marketing.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The B2B sales process has changed, and digitalization has rendered traditional in-person sales methods (such as door-to-door and cold calling) outdated. With sales reps only having 5% of a customer’s time during their B2B buying journey, they have no choice but to pull out all the stops to get customers’ attention.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Leads sent to nurture : Number of cold leads you engaged and added to your nurture program.

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Modern B2B

JANUARY 10, 2024

Traditional reasons for gating Fortunately, the above example is unlikely – but it raises a valid point around the value exchange in marketing. As good as you feel your content might be, do your potential customers feel the same way? If you can’t offer that value, you should consider ungating your content.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 27, 2014

While most businesses have laid out their marketing strategy and set their budgets, some of the latest facts and figures may have them rethinking current initiatives. From mobile marketing to content curation and revenue data, here are six statistics B2B marketers must pay attention to in 2014: 1. MarketingProfs.

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Sana Commerce

MAY 17, 2023

In today’s highly competitive digital landscape, B2B e-commerce SEO can be a key differentiator in an organization’s success. For the average business to business (B2B) organization, a significant portion of marketing spend goes towards paid advertising. What is SEO and what does it mean for companies selling B2B?

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