Only B2B

MAY 15, 2024

Are you seeking to flood your B2B marketing and sales pipeline with plenty of leads? Of course, without filling the pipeline, pursuing potential sales becomes nearly impossible. Yet, the common pitfall is that companies often prioritize the end result – sales – without focusing on what happens after generating leads.

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Contently

MAY 26, 2020

The cartoon was in Moz co-founder Rand Fishkin’s Slideshare on Why Content Marketing Fails , which has over 6 million views and does a fantastic job illustrating why many companies struggle with content marketing ROI: Some marketers expect content revenue to have a linear path. Audience growth.

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Marketing Insider Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Case studies are one of the most powerful forms of content to have in your marketing repertoire. The longer-form content goes more in depth to describe a problem, solution, and outcome – all while keeping the customer at the center of the story. You can incorporate case studies in content marketing in a myriad of ways.

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Contently

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Content marketing ain’t easy… but isn’t that why it’s so valuable? Organizations are taking a more proactive approach to content these days as it relates to audience engagement, lead funnel growth, prospect nurturing, customer loyalty, and strong brand affinity. Does your content alleviate a pain point?

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Contently

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Video is now the main way people consume content online. Much of that video content is pure entertainment , but consumers are itching for branded videos. In response, brands are investing more in video marketing content than ever to meet such strong engagement and potential ROI.

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2023

The mysterious force of gravity is the most vivid analogy I can use to describe the power of a successful inbound content marketing plan. In this article, we will enter the gravity well of inbound content marketing. So journey with me! Let’s begin by providing a definition of the term inbound content marketing. .

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Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

Among marketers, few topics spark as much debate as the comparison between demand generation and inbound marketing. Conversely, inbound marketing predominantly relies on passive techniques to draw in potential leads. Contribution to pipeline and sales impact. What is Inbound Marketing?

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Parse.ly

JULY 29, 2021

Table of Contents. Understand content marketing for top of the funnel. Incorporate multiple channels in marketing funnel stages. Build successful marketing funnel stages. When we talk about The Content Marketer’s Funnel , lead generation gets a lot of attention.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As the process of hiring talent becomes increasingly digitized, savvy recruiters are using technology and strategies common in sales and marketing, to power a stronger recruitment process. Here, we examine the digital recruiting funnel and identify tech strategies that recruiters can adopt to drive better outcomes for their business.

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Biznology

AUGUST 10, 2015

In addition to your buyers’ love for video, it is easy to understand why business video content marketing has been gaining momentum – the impact that video gives to every day sales and marketing results. In June 2014, Aberdeen Research published a study called “Analyzing the ROI of Video Marketing.”

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Tomorrow People

MARCH 8, 2018

If you wanna be the best marketer with the greatest content marketing strategy in town, you should get a load of this. Start with the basics and work your way to content superstardom. What’s this content marketing strategy thing all about? Content is one of life’s essentials.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 21, 2020

However, it’s necessary to budget for your content marketing program, so that you’ll know exactly what funds and resources you’ll be working with in the new year. And you don’t have to start from scratch, as we’ll be sharing how to budget for your content marketing in 2020. Not all content marketing efforts cost money.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

John Leonelli is head of sales, B2B Americas, at Babbel, a company that provides subscription-based language learning software and an e-learning platform. They recently moved into the American market, where companies of all sizes are looking for help with Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish language skills. A: We segment by size.

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Outgrow

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

What Is a Lead Funnel and How to Create One in 5 Minutes? That is why improving lead funnel efficiency should be among a company’s top priorities. This will help in turning cold prospects into potential customers and boost overall sales performance. What Is a Lead Funnel? Different Stages of a Lead Funnel.

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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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Oktopost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

You might have a fantastic product and the perfect sales pitch, but none of that matters if you don’t have leads who might want to buy what you’re offering. For B2B marketers, finding new and promising leads is a never-ending challenge. 60% claim that marketing personalization plays a key role in improving lead quality.

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Biznology

MARCH 18, 2015

My webinar yesterday was about how to make your content different from your competitors. Maybe you’ve jumped on the Content Marketing bandwagon, but are finding it rather crowded. If everyone just pumps out more and more content, how will audiences have time to read it all? Thanks to all our sponsors!

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Content4Demand

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We recently gathered 10 intent data experts and power users and collected their tips and insights in The Content + Data Connection: 10 Top Marketing Executives Explore the Rewards of Integrating Intent Data into Content Strategies. Informing Content Based on Interest. So it can expand the target market.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 20, 2021

For most companies, the challenge of regularly delivering enough leads and opportunities to hit growth targets has historically meant building a strategy around producing high volume, low quality marketing and sales campaigns. Shifting to a strategic demand marketing state allows you to perpetually drive scalable, sustainable growth.

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nDash

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As businesses engage with the marketplace, they’re turning to content marketing and thought leadership. Thought leadership is a common technique among business persons, especially those aiming to increase brand recognition and get more traction in their marketing. What Is Content Marketing?

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ClearVoice

MARCH 9, 2020

You create mindful content. After all, you’ve embraced the results of a detailed content marketing audit, hired a branding firm to polish your messaging and discovered hundreds of attributes about your target audience. Decision stage (BOFU ): In this final touchpoint before making a sale, your customer is ready to commit.

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Only B2B

MARCH 6, 2024

.” – Seth Godin, Marketing Author and Entrepreneur Generating qualified leads is the heart of lead generation and contributes to your bottom line i.e. revenue. But there are a lot of factors littering the path of lead conversion [time, sales, team, and more].

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PathFactory

MAY 10, 2022

Top industry analysts like Forrester have been following this disconnect for years, and found that highly aligned companies grow 19% faster and are 15% more profitable. It’s time to start taking a unified approach to the marketing and sales orgs at your company. Marketers confer with salespeople on important accounts.”.

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Circle Studio

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As content marketing continues to grow in popularity, companies everywhere are creating content to fuel their marketing efforts. But while content marketing is an integral component of an effective online marketing program , common pitfalls exist. Determining specific goals for the program.

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Contently

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A content marketer’s job is to create quality content that gets in front of readers organically. After all, what is content worth if you don’t access the readers who would most benefit from your writing? And this is where natural language processing (NLP) can help.

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Biznology

JUNE 22, 2016

Because of the importance consumers and business decision makers are putting on content, many marketers and business owners are challenged with how to create the ongoing flow of quality business content that they need to drive their marketing objectives. Why a Video First content marketing strategy makes sense.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

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Binary Demand

MAY 2, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]In B2B sales, generating leads is only half the battle. The real challenge is converting those leads into actual sales. That’s where B2B sales qualified leads (SQLs) strategies come in. These leads are those keen to learn more about your product directly from your sales team.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Amid an overly-optimistic marketplace outlook for AI, growth leaders — across marketing, sales and customer success — are increasingly turning to AI and/or AI-enhanced technology tools. Name a go-to-market challenge, and you’ll likely find a growth leader who’s convinced AI is now the solution. What are they tackling?

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DivvyHQ

APRIL 18, 2019

For the past several years, Content Marketing Institute & MarketingProfs have been providing our industry with amazing research reports to help us benchmark and gain insights into the crazy world of content marketing. The primary audiences (profiles, personas) that need to be targeted and what they need/care about.

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SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. But why do these B2B sales strategies falter?

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Contently

APRIL 28, 2022

For example, that new product feature you’re releasing next month might add a new workstream to the calendar as you create a set of content assets to support the launch. The first way to power up your editorial calendar is to get more subject matter experts (SMEs) involved in creating your content. Get more people involved.

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Scoop.it

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You put a lot of time and money into content marketing for your business, but how can you know if the investment is paying off? Vanity metrics” have received a ton of negative publicity in most social media marketing circles, but hear me out here. Social Media Engagement. Email Engagement. Phone Calls Received.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 8, 2019

It’s a gradual, comprehensive, holistic approach to engagement that comprises dedicated inbound marketing tactics, social interactions, ebook campaigns, weekly newsletters, pop-up events, webinars, and more. Once captured through a nurture program, these leads can then be handed to sales development to guide them through the sales funnel.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Within the Predictable Pipeline framework, we think about Messaging and Content in the Buyer’s Journey with respect to w hat Key Target Personas need, w hat they are challenged by, a nd how they make decisions. It’s time to build a content strategy. Where is there key crossover in content between personas?

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ClearVoice

JULY 17, 2023

Then you need to know what mistakes to avoid in content marketing for finance. To avoid this, let’s examine six common mistakes in finance content marketing, and how to avoid them. Nor what brand messaging you’re promoting or who you’re writing your content for. Other marketers agree.

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DivvyHQ

JUNE 11, 2019

Content marketing is known for being challenging in the “measuring ROI” department. Firstly, it’s difficult to trace sales, leads, or even traffic back to an individual piece of content. Content may also create leads and drive conversions indirectly by: Raising your brand profile.

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