nDash

AUGUST 2, 2022

Do you have a health tech content marketing plan in place? If you aren’t sure how your health tech digital marketing is producing ROI, then a few tips might help. You must have a well-planned and executed content marketing strategy to remain competitive. If yes, how effective is it?

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Litmus

JANUARY 7, 2022

“Small but mighty” is the perfect way to describe most content teams. A 2020 Content Marketing Institute study found that a third of B2B teams don’t have a dedicated content team at all and 52% of B2C companies have a content department of one. 69% of top-performing B2B content teams have a documented strategy.

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Pam Didner

OCTOBER 22, 2022

I often say knowing your customers well is a marketer’s superpower. To articulate how well you know your customer requires the development of buyer personas, which take a deep dive into the interests and traits of your target audience. To get started, identify whom you will market to. Many teams utilize buyer personas.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 14, 2021

As video marketing continues taking the world by storm, more businesses adopt it as a pivotal strategy to educate consumers, generate leads, and boost ROI. Video marketing can be a powerful way to reach new prospects and provide extra value to new and long-term customers alike. 93% say it’s an integral part of their strategy.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 1, 2023

The AI-fueled transformation of content marketing is both exhilarating and distressing. OpenAI and an avalanche of new content tools and best practices are overwhelming many content marketers. You can’t build an effective content strategy without these facts and data. Content creation.

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Tony Zambito

JUNE 5, 2016

However, what should be noted by B2B CMO’s and leaders today is this interesting notion: much of today’s planning, strategizing, activity, and etc. In other words, approximately 80% of marketing and sales investments are going towards 20% of the buying decision. Buyer persona research can play a role.

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Marketing Interactions

JUNE 23, 2017

While 89% of B2B marketers have embraced content marketing, only 37% have a documented content marketing strategy, and only 22% say they are extremely successful with their overall approach to content marketing. One of the key foundational elements to a content marketing strategy is a buyer persona.

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Inbox Insight

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Market intelligence customized specifically to your business plays a pivotal role for B2B marketers looking to unlock specialist B2B insights around their audience and understand real-time demand of their target personas. of senior B2B marketers say they outsource their market research. Reading time: 3 minutes.

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Tony Zambito

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the 15 years since originating the concept of buyer personas in 2001, there has been one issue that continues to plague fully understanding exactly where, how, and why buyer personas can be beneficial. The value of customer segmentation is it can tell you where to point your marketing and messaging.

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Tony Zambito

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

A recent survey by B2B Marketing, in conjunction with the UK-based agency Tomorrow People, indicated only 38% of marketers considered their content to be “very customer-centric.” One of the key premises of user personas and buyer personas, since their origins, are they can foster a common view of customers within organizations.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 9, 2019

How do you feel about your content marketing strategy? Content marketing isn’t a perfect science —nor is it a one-and-done kind of activity. Even if your content is performing well, your content marketing strategy may still need adjustments. The thing is, now you have data.

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ClearVoice

APRIL 11, 2019

A B2B buyer persona represents your ideal client decision-maker. When developing your buyer persona, address all the issues and aspects that may have an impact on how, when, and why the person will buy. Personas are marketing code for “knowing your audience.” Build buyer personas with collective knowledge.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2015

Whether you are new to content marketing or not, developing a successful content marketing strategy can be very challenging and time-consuming. How do you know if the content you’re producing will reach your target audience and generate more leads or sales for your business? Step # 1 : Get Buy-in For Your Plan.

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Pam Didner

MAY 14, 2020

Does my marketing strategy need to be revised for the changing economy? My clients asked me if they need to revise their marketing plan, and marketing plan templates AGAIN when the economy starts to reopen, Post COVID-19. The first 3 weeks were tough for many marketers. Therefore, the answer is YES.

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Launch Marketing

MAY 12, 2021

More than 71% of B2B marketers currently include videos in their marketing mix. For organizations looking for ways to elevate their content marketing, videos can be a great addition. Video Marketing Strategy. Video Marketing Strategy. Establish a Plan. Goals of Video Marketing. Build Trust.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 19, 2021

Are you looking to refresh your healthcare marketing plan with a focus on inbound marketing? Either way, when it comes to healthcare marketing, it’s crucial to have a well-detailed plan in order to get the results you want. Buyer Personas. Bonus Prep: Content Audit. Key Competitors.

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Crimson Marketing

APRIL 23, 2015

Traditionally, B2B marketers have created buyer personas from customer hunches, not factual customer data. “As a result, a vast majority (83%) of B2B marketers say that their buyer personas are only ‘somewhat’ effective, according to a study from the ITSMA. Click To Tweet.

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Marketing Interactions

JUNE 23, 2017

In a previous post, I shared a four-step process for creating in-depth B2B buyer personas. In this post, I’ll discuss how the details of a buyer persona inform a content marketing strategy. 9 Components of a B2B Buyer Persona. A Day in the Life. Objectives. Orientation.

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ClearVoice

JUNE 19, 2023

Content marketing is still driving success for companies that do it right. Several content marketing areas expect significant growth and change in 2023. These include account-based marketing, artificial intelligence, local SEO, persona marketing, podcast marketing, social media, and video marketing.

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SmartBug Media

APRIL 24, 2023

It's important for companies to engage in content marketing to build their online presence and grow brand awareness outside of word of mouth. The practice of content marketing allows companies to consistently put noteworthy content out there about what they do best and how their solution(s) can help consumers solve their problems.

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

Planning 52

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accelerate agency

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Any marketing campaign should start with a solid plan that sets out what you’re aiming to achieve, how you’re going to do it, the deadline for doing it, and how you’ll measure its success. SaaS marketing is no exception. Skip ahead, if you like: What is a SaaS marketing plan?

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BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

There’s never a bad time to put together a marketing plan , especially if you don’t already have one. In this article, we’ll show you how to create an effective marketing plan — but first, let’s discuss the basics. . What Is a Marketing Plan? . What Are the Benefits of a Marketing Plan?

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DivvyHQ

MAY 19, 2022

Isn't a marketing strategy the same thing as a marketing plan? It's easy to get hung up on theory and semantics, but instead, let’s set out a working definition of each term and put both strategy and planning to work to boost your corporate bottom line!

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Last week, we discussed what we really mean when we talk about demand marketing. This week, as we dive deeper into the anatomy of a Strategic Demand Marketing Plan , we introduce you to the first step in our process: the insight phase. Many organizations believe they know their buyer well. The Insight Phase. Development.

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Tony Zambito

JULY 18, 2011

This is the third part of a series of reflective articles on the future of buyer personas.    In part 1 of this reflection on the future of buyer personas, I focused on some of the misconceptions about buyer personas and in part 2 , I offered perspectives on why changes were needed to be relevant to the social age. 

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BOP Design

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are you considering a B2B content marketing strategy for next year? Are you laying the groundwork for a content creation plan? Are you looking to revamp your existing B2B content marketing program ? Content is driving the buying process for your prospects. Content is a conversion tool.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 11, 2011

If you’ve come up the ranks in B2B Marketing and/or Sales, you know the quarterly and perhaps even monthly drill.    This may have been just fine – that is – until buyers have become fairly self-directed in the buying process as well as enabled by the Internet and social technologies.  Image via Wikipedia.

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Tony Zambito

JANUARY 18, 2011

.  Adam gives us a good sense of the numbers and dollars being invested in demand generation and marketing automation.  In the article, Adam lays out three reasons why failure exists: Your plan is not built around your target buyer. You don’t frame your demand generation plans in terms of the “reverse funnel math”.

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Tony Zambito

APRIL 27, 2011

  What is new is that story telling is beginning to gain acceptance as a planning tool for strategies focused on buyer experience interactions and understanding the social buyer persona.  Story telling has obviously been around for a long, long, long time.    Related articles.

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The Marketing Blender

APRIL 22, 2022

10 Elements All Digital Marketing Plans Should Include. Digital marketing plans are critical to any and all marketing efforts. They help you remain consistent, cohesive, and on schedule – which is important for branding, messaging, and buyer personas. . What Are Digital Marketing Plans?

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NuSpark Consulting

MAY 24, 2014

Compelling content begins with gaining a deep understanding of your prospective customers and creating buyer personas. Adele Revella of the Buyer Persona Institute says feedback she hears about buyer personas often sounds like this: “ It’s almost like cheating, like getting the exam paper weeks before the final.

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Tony Zambito

MAY 4, 2011

Buyer Persona Development and the qualitative research methodology applied to creating buyer personas have proven to be an effective means for B2B organizations to reach a deeper understanding of their buyers.    Buyer persona development methodology is at its core a research methodology. 

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Tiecas

APRIL 5, 2024

A documented industrial marketing strategy is critical for success. Did you know 80% of successful content marketers have a documented content marketing strategy? In my experience working with manufacturers and industrial companies, too many are in a rush to pump out more content without a strategy in place.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 20, 2011

With the new hype of content creation now making the rounds of webinars, books, and whitepapers another term has regained the spotlight: the buyer persona. Process Planning. The agreement was that Sales should be the driver of the creation of the persona, with Marketing only helping the process.

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Tony Zambito

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Over the past few years, I have struggled with the use of the word “profile” or “profiling” when it came to describing buyer personas.   My discomfort is arisen out of experience, what the terms fails to communicate about buyer personas, and how it is problematic in gaining adoption by senior leaders.

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