KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 7, 2017

SEO is a critical component in most B2B marketers’ traffic acquisition initiatives. According to the “ 2017 State of B2B Digital Marketing ” report from DemandWave, 63 percent of B2B marketers surveyed indicated that organic search (and email) topped their lists as the leading channels for revenue growth.

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markempa

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A Shift in Customer Behavior in Content Marketing. Like a lot of B2B companies, the Act-On team was using eBooks and live-casting webinar videos to drive a high volume of the leads. The Most Successful B2B Companies Are Using Video. If you want to see what the future of B2B marketing is, look at software companies.

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The Lead Agency

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

While these tactics are often used in the B2C landscape, B2B marketers should take note. B2B marketing is evolving, and businesses need to adapt and update their strategy as consumer expectations change, or risk falling behind. Content marketing has been and will continue to be, an effective way to engage buyers.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

AUGUST 2, 2020

Data-driven CMOs are increasingly relying on marketing analytics teams to lead the charge for demonstrating the quantifiable impact marketing organizations are making. These 2 KPIs are very influential when it comes to evaluating the market mix across marketing tactics and channels in different phases of the buying cycle.

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B2B Marketing Directions

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Robert Rose, Content Marketing Strategy Source: Kogan Page Content marketing has become a core ingredient of the B2B marketing mix over the past two decades. Today, virtually all B2B companies use content marketing in some form.

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Hinge Marketing

APRIL 20, 2016

In his book, Kotler on Marketing , Kotler describes the 4 Ps of traditional marketing mix: Product (service), Price, Place, and Promotion. Since then, the marketing mix has changed radically and grown in complexity. Key Trends Influencing the Mix. The New Marketing Mix.

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Full Circle Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Account Based Marketing, commonly referred to as ABM, has taken the B2B marketing world by storm. According to HubSpot , 70% of marketers reported using ABM last year, which is a 15% increase from the prior year. What is Account Based Marketing? The benefits of Account Based Marketing. Download eBook.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Full Circle Insights Ideal Customer Profiles 98

B2B Marketing Directions

JUNE 18, 2023

Many B2B companies use surveys and survey reports to fuel their thought leadership marketing programs. Research surveys and survey reports * have become important marketing tools for many B2B companies. Here's a proven way to make your survey-based content more credible to potential buyers. com via Flickr (CC).

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B2B Marketing Directions

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Fifty-four percent of senior marketing respondents said that marketing analytics had not had as much influence in their organization as they expected. These research findings show that marketing performance measurement is still very much a work in process. I covered two of these challenges in previous posts ( here and here ).

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Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

You have data that represents the following: prospect name, request for proposal date, deal size, deal status (won or lost), marketing channel (website, trade shows, digital, etc.), marketing touches (demo, phone calls, online chats, email, etc.), and marketing content (white papers, customer testimonials, thought leadership articles).

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Digital B2B Marketing

APRIL 2, 2013

No one makes a million dollar decision based on one white paper, one email or one Google search. It is called a complex sale for a reason, but B2B marketers keep trying to fit it into a simplistic measurement framework: where did we get that lead? The problem doesn’t begin with marketing though.

Top of Funnel 100

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 26, 2014

While I’ve based my presentation for MarketingProfs on the performance of SEO-related content marketing assets specifically, there is a much greater range of SEO-related benchmarks B2B marketers should consider. How Link Building Management Will Change for B2B Marketers. Organic search engine traffic.

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B2B Marketing Directions

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The explosion of available data about customers and prospects and the expanding capabilities of marketing and analytics technologies have made some aspects of marketing easier than ever to measure. At the same time, however, measuring the impact of marketing on major business financial outcomes remains a difficult task.

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B2B Marketing Directions

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Finally, it is often difficult to attribute financial outcomes solely to marketing, because businesses frequently take actions across functions that can drive results." An Important Perspective from Google Last year, Google published a white paper that addresses the vital topic of measuring marketing performance.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 30, 2019

The second definition is what we’re going to talk about here—what your marketing department’s strategy should be for making the most of the time, energy and dollars you allocate to marketing. The Most Effective B2B Marketing Strategies. Have a Formal Marketing Plan. Partner with a Marketing Agency.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 29, 2015

As I reviewed Salesforce 2015 State of Marketing report, I was encouraged to read that even though search engine marketing took a backseat to more “popular” programs such as social media and mobile marketing, it is still considered a highly valuable and effective component of the marketing mix.

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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. Types of B2B Content.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For marketers—especially those in B2B and/or who have a long sales cycle— campaign attribution is critical to understanding which channels are winners and which are dead weight. Yet within all these touches is the holy grail of B2B KPIs: campaign ROI. So you will need to do some work with your report filters.

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markempa

AUGUST 12, 2013

In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I wanted to share my view on native advertising from a business intelligence perspective and the role I believe it has in the future of Internet marketing. So, what does a successful B2B native ad campaign look like exactly? Question #3. Do our ads offer value and relevance?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. and “ what can we achieve ?”

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Far and away one of the best blog posts I wrote this year was on the new 4′c of B2B Marketing – it was read over 15,000 times and 3X more popular than the next most read blog post of the year. The four P’s were created mainly to describe the ideal “marketing mix.”. Is The White Paper Dead for B2B Marketing?

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

[v] How-to content, which describes solutions to problems, can come in the form of blog posts, articles, white papers, guides, webinars, newsletters and emails. vi] Clearly, they can be an important part of your marketing mix, but since they are expensive, you need to determine the ROI they deliver. iv] Tech Target.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

APRIL 3, 2022

Every marketing leader takes immense pride in talking about the marketing analytics teams at their organizations when they have implemented attribution tools/frameworks and can provide attribution data either via salesforce.com or via in case of more mature analytics teams in platforms like Tableau, Looker, DOMO, etc.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing.

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SnapApp

JULY 11, 2017

The B2B customer experience isn’t a shifting landscape anymore. Before we can serve our audiences well with outstanding marketing content, though, we have to understand their mindsets and behaviors. . Modern B2B Buyers and the Big Shift in Behavior. Today’s B2B buyers rarely act alone. It’s a whole other planet. .

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The majority of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) consider customer engagement as their top priority according to a recent study done by Forbes Insights and George P. The New Rules of Engagement: CMOs Rethink Their Marketing Mix is based on a survey of 314 marketing executives at companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue.

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SnapApp

MARCH 27, 2014

B2B marketers have a number of different types of marketing tools available to them – marketing automation, analytical platforms, and social media platforms just to name a few. What’s even harder to determine is what new marketing initiatives you need to add to your marketing mix.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In social media content is not necessarily about creating white papers or videos. Context: this is important because some traditional marketing assets like white papers or product demos do not perform very well in social media. Follow Me: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Recent Tweets Have any B2B examples?

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Directive Agency

JUNE 13, 2018

What does marketing no longer do for B2B companies? I think we spend so much time focusing on “ what does marketing do ” that we have forgotten to talk about what doesn’t work anymore. The reality is mass marketing really doesn’t work anymore for B2B. Let’s dive in!

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Ledger Bennett

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With a temporary and, in some cases, permanent shift toward remote workforces, tradeshow and event marketing in particular have seen a massive shift to the virtual realm. Leaving marketers to answer a key directive: “How do we effectively promote virtual events to drive attendance and impact revenue?”.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If so, you can emphasize the trade agreements like the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) in your marketing mix. Inbound/B2B Marketing Is the Key. However, inbound marketing is more effective in the long term than purchased advertising. White papers. Research your competitors.

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Valasys

APRIL 10, 2020

Account-based marketing is a technique employed by B2B marketers to identify and target the accounts they value the most. According to a survey by ITSMA , 84% of marketers acceded that ABM develops better ROI than other marketing programs. Read more on How B2B Appointment setting services help close Sales Leads.

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SnapApp

JANUARY 10, 2016

Consider incorporating one of the following 5 content types into your marketing mix this year. You’ll see improved lead conversion, faster lead qualification, and better profile data to fuel all your marketing programs. . The modern B2B buyer invests in a huge amount of research during the purchase process. Calculator .

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SmartBug Media

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Content advertising, an important part of the marketing mix, combines content marketing and PPC campaigns. By the end of this post, you’ll have a better understanding of how you can combine the two approaches to amplify your marketing into a beautiful synergy of visibility engagement that ultimately results in more sales.

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markempa

MAY 23, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Chris Koch

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I’ve been working with my colleagues at ITSMA on another survey on social media for B2B marketers that I hope you’ll take by going here. B2B marketing lays the path to a sales discussion and supports relationships with existing customers. I resisted treating it as a standalone in the survey.

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NetLine

APRIL 19, 2019

Our guide to contract management, which is a 101-level white paper describing how enterprise contract management works across a variety of industries. Of all the marketing approaches available, which one has staying power in your strategy? B2B marketing for large enterprises is no longer a numbers game.

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