Sales Engine

MAY 24, 2016

Under this enormous pressure to increase cash flow, much of these sales enablement programs have been misguided—and the result is an onslaught of uncoordinated, inconsistent content. It also provides to the sales team, in one format or another, information about each piece of content a lead might engage with. (

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Sales Engine

JUNE 14, 2018

They’ll work for the companies that supply them with good leads, or at least have enough market awareness that they can focus on selling and consulting to solve their clients business problems, and coincidentally make the big quotas and compensation that goes along with that job Content marketing has fundamentally changed the economics of selling.

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Sales Engine

MARCH 28, 2016

B2B Content Enterprise: How does Conversion Sciences work with clients to optimize landing pages? From a content marketing standpoint, for our business (Conversion Sciences) we currently rely on little to no outbound marketing to drive demand. All of our leads are either referrals, or generated through our content marketing outreach.

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Sales Engine

JUNE 2, 2016

Content marketing is the way to go, right? But most successful content marketers know that there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes—which is why less than 30 percent of companies that execute content marketing strategies are happy with the results. This is where content marketing becomes a process and not an event.

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Sales Engine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Many companies that have embraced content marketing are still using it as a branding and positioning function of their marketing department. It’s not that this approach is wrong, but it’s not the main reason that most successful companies have embraced content marketing. Ultimately, we do business with people we know, like and trust.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Content marketing uses the same skills and tactics as publishing a magazine—only the distribution methods, audience-building techniques, and analysis tools are different. B2B content marketing today is really about generating leads for sales by replacing the one-to-one conversations that salespeople used to be able to get more predictably.

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Sales Engine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Because the search engines like Google have changed their algorithms in the last few years, the role that search engine optimization (SEO) plays in content marketing is causing a lot of confusion. This sort of thinking is where we get into trouble when it comes to our content development strategy.

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Sales Engine

MAY 19, 2016

This is a primary role for content marketing programs in the B2B space, especially when an outside sales force is being deployed to sell a complex product or service. They simply don’t have the opportunity to identify what these high probability pain points are—unless they can be identified by the content that has been consumed.

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Sales Engine

APRIL 14, 2016

Now it’s not just about producing content that the traditional media wants to write about, but also content that is search engine optimized, [content] that the bloggers would be interested in, and even other brands. I’ve always loved the content production side of what we do. Quinn asks.

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Sales Engine

MARCH 31, 2016

As technology and connectivity advances, marketers have had to move away from mass media targeting campaigns towards producing more real-time, contextual content that creates one-to-one interaction with potential buyers. What is Contextual Content? What does contextual marketing look like?

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Sales Engine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

SEO today only rewards good content. They want for rich, meaningful content that helps them solve business problems. The reason being that organically generated content is much more valuable when it comes problem resolution. Creating that quality content is a different story. They sell advertising. Let's Go to The Zoo!

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 25, 2016

In this webinar clinic, Presenter Mike Vannoy, Co-Founder and COO of Sales Engine Media will diagnose three of the most common mistakes that B2B companies make in their content strategy that results in lost opportunities.

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Sales Engine

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Most companies realize that their best opportunity for growth is to commit to content marketing. But how much content do we actually need to generate the results we want? In the B2B space, the number-one goal of most content marketers is to generate leads for their sales team. Do you see it?

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 10, 2016

A common issue in B2B companies with a complex product or service offering is whether or not they can outsource content production that will resonate with prospects. Producing content in-house isn’t really a viable option because the thought leaders in the organization don’t have the time (or the skills) to write.

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Sales Engine

JULY 13, 2016

The problem with this image is that unlike its counterpart in the physical world, the sales funnel does not have the force of gravity to maintain the momentum of its contents. They expect you to be an expert in your field and about your solution, as well as to create relevant, informative content about it. Define your sales funnel.

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Sales Engine

JULY 13, 2016

The problem with this image is that unlike its counterpart in the physical world, the sales funnel does not have the force of gravity to maintain the momentum of its contents. They expect you to be an expert in your field and about your solution, as well as to create relevant, informative content about it. Define your sales funnel.

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

JULY 7, 2016

They’ll work for the companies that supply them with good leads, or at least have enough market awareness that they can focus on selling and consulting to solve their clients business problems, and coincidentally make the big quotas and compensation that goes along with that job Content marketing has fundamentally changed the economics of selling.

Top of Funnel 120

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Sales Engine

MARCH 10, 2016

When starting a rant blog about the Anaheim Angels, Noah Lemas had no idea that it would fundamentally alter his career path into content marketing and search engine optimization. “We Lemas: When I first started in the industry eight years ago, it was all about building links and creating content.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 24, 2015

Everyone’s talking about content marketing , and companies are investing big dollars to jump on the bandwagon—but most are still thinking about it from yesterday’s marketing perspective where marketing’s primary role is branding and positioning. Content is the new currency. Content is how you take back control of the sales process.

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

A common issue in B2B companies with a complex product or service offering is whether or not they can outsource content production that will resonate with prospects. Producing content in-house isn’t really a viable option because the thought leaders in the organization don’t have the time (or the skills) to write.

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Sales Engine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Depending on what their role is, you can hire a junior person to create content. There are many roles involved in content creation that don’t require the person to be experienced or be a subject matter expert in what that content is about to perform that task very well. Content Marketing is No Longer a Choice.

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Sales Engine

MAY 11, 2016

“For over ten years now, there’s been a gold rush in marketing automation technology with some fantastic features that make it a must-have for any B2B company engaged in content marketing. How do you build explosive growth with content marketing? What can you do about it? B2B lead generation is all about conversions.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 22, 2016

How First Rate Uses Thought Leadership Content to Grow the Business Having the same brand since their start in 1991, First Rate knew they had to make some major changes if they were going to compete effectively and grow in today’s digital era.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 22, 2016

How First Rate Uses Thought Leadership Content to Grow the Business Having the same brand since their start in 1991, First Rate knew they had to make some major changes if they were going to compete effectively and grow in today’s digital era.

Demand Generation Agencies 120

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Sales Engine

JULY 29, 2016

) Lead generation through content marketing means attracting people with a problem you can solve (that they can afford to pay for!). Your audience must be built over time by generating superior content and putting it where they might see it—and if you’re out of touch, your content will fall on deaf eyeballs.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 2, 2015

That means starting digital conversations through email, social, and search with tons of content. 38% of B2B companies said that their content marketing was effective. 47% of B2B companies have a DEDICATED content marketing group. 38% of B2B companies said that their content marketing was effective. And it starts now.

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 5, 2016

) Lead generation through content marketing means attracting people with a problem you can solve (that they can afford to pay for!). Your audience must be built over time by generating superior content and putting it where they might see it—and if you’re out of touch, your content will fall on deaf eyeballs.

Buyer Personas 120

Buyer Personas Sales Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Leads 120

Sales Engine

JANUARY 25, 2016

How to Dominate Your Market With Content from SalesEngine 1. As marketers tried to get the most out of this new digital world they re-discovered the importance of content. Today, I think so many companies are trying to muscle their way to more productivity with content rather than reimagining how they use it.

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 25, 2015

Content creation starts with access to subject matter expertise. But one the biggest challenges companies face today is creating access to those subject matter experts for content creation, even when they already have the necessary resources to create it (videographers, designers, copywriters, etc.). That's Crazy!

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Following up on content consumption with “buy from me now” is a strategy that’s destined to fail. Worse, you run the risk of turning people off to consuming more of your content in the future. What’s the right way to follow up on content to turn leads into sales conversations? Nurture, nurture, nurture.

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Sales Engine

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The first rule in content marketing is to distribute content where your target audience is. Okay, the first rule is really to create great, relevant content that adds value, but getting it in front of the right people is right up there —if no one is reading it, it’s pretty much a waste. Well, that’s changed too.

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Sales Engine

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

So we made a few big changes that have helped us achieve the growth trajectory that we want: We gave our marketing executive a quota We committed to content marketing The problem that a lot of companies still have is that marketing thinks its purpose is branding and awareness, measured through increased traffic to the website.

Sales Qualified Leads 120

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Sales Engine

JANUARY 11, 2017

Most companies start with buying marketing automation without a solid strategy and underestimate the amount of content they require. The difference is that we’re now using content marketing to build that trust and demonstrate that you can solve their problem. A word of caution—this process falls apart all over the place.

Demand Generation Agencies 136

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Publishing frequency and amplification of content is a big topic these days, and one that has recently been researched by two publishing powerhouses—Hubspot and Moz. In other words, consumers can only handle so much content before they stop paying attention to you. percent) in the overall sessions.

Social Media 120

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 2, 2017

Sales Engine built a library of multimedia content for this client and used email marketing, social media, search engine optimization (SEO) and ad retargeting to promote it to the 18,000 lead records in the client’s database. Lessons Learned In the case of this client, nurtured leads converted nearly nine times better than cold leads.

Lead Ranking 168

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Sales Engine

AUGUST 20, 2015

It’s a primary driver around why we at Sales Engine Media use video interviews to capture information from experts as a large part of our content development process with clients. JM: Why is storytelling important in a content marketing context? JM: How do you recommend that storytelling be incorporated in a content marketing program?

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Sales Engine

JUNE 20, 2016

MQL2s—leads that met the IPP and clicked through on at least one email offer or downloaded one piece of content—were 321% more likely to convert into SALs than cold suspects. Lessons Learned In the case of this client, nurtured leads converted nearly nine times better than cold leads.

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Nurturing Lead Scoring 174