Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 16, 2024

Those companies that are in the early stages of a startup building a product stand to gain “the greatest” valuation benefit from marketing About half (45%) of all B2B technology startups make no effort to market their products. That’s according to a new paper published in a peer-reviewed journal by two academics Gary L.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 17, 2024

When you’re a customer Service Star, staying ahead of the curve isn’t just an advantage — it’s an absolute necessity. You get the pivotal role technology plays in shaping the future of customer service. Table of contents What is a customer Service Star? Get the free report What is a customer Service Star ?

Work Management 132

Work Management Peer-to-peer Service Communities 132

Sword and the Script | B2B

APRIL 23, 2024

The two organizations teamed up to survey “sales and marketing executives at about 1,100 US software and cloud hosting companies.” Sword and the Script Media can help with B2B marketing, PR and social media. Comment: Generally, companies that experiment always seem to do better than peers.

Marketing Automation Services 78

Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing Budget Peer-to-peer 78

KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 2, 2022

As B2B marketers assess which types of strategies are helping them achieve key objectives, new research indicates that social media marketing is rising above the rest. In general, most social media engagement for B2B marketers now comes from Twitter. B2B Marketers’ Shift to Social Media Marketing.

Social Media 288

Social Media Social Marketing Peer-to-peer B2B Marketing 288

Act-On

APRIL 26, 2024

Marketing leaders are facing an unprecedented time with unprecedented demands: Wring every drop of value from generative AI. So let’s dive in — here’s what’s top-of-mind for these marketing leaders, along with some sage advice for their peers. Marketing — in this economy? Navigate ever-changing email privacy regulations.

Lead Ranking 192

Lead Ranking Privacy Marketing Automation Services Peer-to-peer 192

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2020

For marketers, it has dramatically interrupted our marketing mix and the expectations from senior executives. This disruption has forced executives to put increasing pressure on CMOs to implement marketing strategies and programs that deliver a quantifiable return on investment. Culture, indeed, is the new mandate for business.

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Peer-to-peer Paid Search Agency Mobile Advertising Marketing & Strategy 359

Trade Press Services Newsletter

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While it’s a hilarious premise for a movie, it’s downright terrifying in real life—especially when it comes to marketing. ” It’s easy to fall into that trap of Groundhog Day marketing, but it often leads to repeatable mistakes, missed opportunities and less-than-optimal results. .” Get back to basics.

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Seismic

MARCH 26, 2024

Before joining Seismic, she was a Seismic customer who implemented a global instance of Seismic Learning. Learn how to decide where training lives and how to incorporate it into your readiness program. And, I’ve seen training and enablement drastically change over the course of the decade.

Peer-to-peer 115

Peer-to-peer Effectiveness Training Advertising Mediums 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

While sales professionals have traditionally applied social selling, it can apply to anyone using relationships and relational marketing in their career. Social selling solves the problem of needing to fill a pipeline and connect with customers by building relationships. Understand what Social Selling Is (and Isn’t).

Peer-to-peer 194

Peer-to-peer Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 194

Influitive

JANUARY 21, 2019

B2B buyers continuously seek proof from their peers when making buying decisions. The key is to mobilize your customer advocates to share their positive experiences with prospects. The post Infographic: How Customer-Powered Marketing Simplifies The Buyer Journey appeared first on Influitive. The infographic.

Buyer's Journey 174

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Martech

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The enterprise-wide adoption of AI is adding to marketers’ responsibilities but diminishing their control over key technologies. Marketing leaders spend 17% more time collaborating cross-functionally than their non-marketing peers do, according to Gartner. Digital ownership shifts have diminished marketing’s influence.

Marketing AI 115

Marketing AI Peer-to-peer Paid Search Agency Ads 115

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

MARCH 19, 2024

You understand the pivotal role technology plays in shaping the future of customer service. If you’re looking for new ways to connect with your peers, the Salesforce Serviceblazer Community is a great place to start. A Serviceblazer is a team builder, problem solver, and customer advocate. What is the Serviceblazer Community?

Communities 135

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SmartBrief - Marketing

MARCH 7, 2024

Amidst tightening budgets in 2024, marketing teams are under extra scrutiny to prove that their work contributes to the bottom line. One area marketers can’t dismiss is dark social media activity. According to Capterra research , marketers say nearly half of their brand’s web traffic can be attributed to dark social channels.

Social Media 113

Social Media Social Marketing Peer-to-peer Media 113

Webbiquity

JUNE 20, 2023

Video marketing has become a vital and productive tool for businesses in almost every sector. This post explores five effective B2B video marketing strategies that can help you capture attention, deliver compelling messages, and generate demand for your offerings. #1 Guest post by Nina Petrov.

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Webinar Metrics Demand Work Management Video Marketing 309

Influitive

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Marketers know that finding ways to increase customer engagement is good for the bottom line. Customer engagement is highly correlated to customer loyalty ,” says Aimee Lucas , Customer Experience Transformist and VP at the Temkin Group , a customer experience research and consulting firm.

Loyalty 279

Loyalty Peer-to-peer Ideal Customer Profiles Word of Mouth 279

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Word-of-mouth marketing and peer recommendations are an extremely powerful way to increase brand visibility, as people will believe their network of peers vs. a brand driven campaign. Below is an example of a recent sharing campaign that we did during The Definitive Guide to Social Marketing webinar.

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Peer-to-peer Rules Word of Mouth Marketo 48

Content Standard

MAY 6, 2024

A Content Disrupted podcast with esteemed marketing professor and consumer behavior expert, Dr. Michael Solomon. Marketing to Today’s Chameleon Consumer: Insights from Dr. Michael Solomon from Skyword on Vimeo. Forget your traditional marketing demographics!

Enterprise Management 67

Enterprise Management Peer-to-peer Marketing Management P2P 67

ANNUITAS

APRIL 19, 2022

On average, customers engage with nine different channels in their buying process before making a purchasing decision. But while customers have had massive changes in their engagement channel preferences, traditional marketing hasn’t kept up. Ask your customers and prospects where they go for information.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 11, 2023

I want to share with you a new service from ANNUITAS – one designed to help go-to-market (GTM) organizations continuously improve their performance. As Growth Leaders , we find ourselves at a crossroads with our go-to-market efforts. But we are framing the wrong problem to solve.

Marketing Analytics Tools 130

Marketing Analytics Tools Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 130

Square 2 Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You need a compelling story to tie it all together, and your target audience needs to hear it from trusted sources – their peers. Marketing case studies bring your unique benefits and services to life through real customer experiences that help prospects know, like and trust your business.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 9, 2023

As content marketers, we are always on the hunt for interesting data to grab reader attention and support our claims. The journalistic protocol is to cite an original, authoritative source that is transparent about its methodology (like the description on page 41 in CMI’s annual B2C Content Marketing Report.)

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Stats Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Work Management 283

Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Social proof is a powerful tool for marketers who know how to use it effectively. With social proof, prospective customers get an in-depth look at a product or service without wading through direct marketing or sales-focused copy. What Is Social Proof In Marketing? Guest post by Chris Tweten.

Paid Content 346

Paid Content Social Marketing Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 346

Martech

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

According to a new survey from Forrester, 56% of your marketing peers plan to increase investment in advertising/marketing solutions over the next year. Register today for “ If the Customer is Always Right, Your Technology Should be Too, ” presented by AWS Marketplace. Where do they plan to invest?

Webinar Metrics 119

Webinar Metrics Peer-to-peer Forrester Planning 119

Martech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

They provide great insight into the market and help me as I continue to advise my clients. I was surprised that 24% of respondents replaced their marketing automation platform most frequently. In this golden age of marketing technology, marketing automation is the godfather. Get insights into your customers.

Peer-to-peer 117

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Work Management Custom Publishing 117

ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. It’s an approach to organizational design akin to taking the Pragmatic Marketing chart and just circling all of the functions. It is not surprising. How Is Our Approach to the CMO Role Flawed?

CMO 147

CMO Positioning Marketing Analytics Tools Peer-to-peer 147

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s no secret, the Internet has changed the way customers buy products and the ways marketers engage with their audiences. But, despite the constant change, the following statement has held true for hundreds of years: No marketing tactic can match the influence of word-of-mouth. What is word-of-mouth marketing?

Word of Mouth 210

Word of Mouth Peer-to-peer Advertising Agencies Zoominfo 210

Vision Edge Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Market and Customer Research: Danger Zones for Confirmation Bias Companies rely on customer research to develop new offerings, establish pricing models, and anticipate which customers are likely to purchase and which are likely to defect. Most of us take comfort in the familiar.

Marketing AI 231

Marketing AI Practices Lead Ranking Tips 231

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What is the measure of your B2B marketing campaign’s success? As CEOs worldwide are looking at marketing as a growth driver , they have become more critical in measuring all marketing efforts’ performance. How much is marketing contributing to revenue? The Basics of Marketing Metrics. Website Traffic.

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Cost per Lead ROMI CPL Churn Rate 258

Influitive

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The truth is that you are swayed by your environment (the things you see and hear), and the people in your life (friends, family, peers—even strangers on the subway). No one likes to think they’re being influenced by others when they buy something or make a career choice. We’re all individuals with independent thoughts, right?

Peer-to-peer 203

Peer-to-peer Social Marketing Buy Marketing 203

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Marketing and content teams are gearing up to ring in the new year with a bang, but the buyer journey is complex. This is not another prediction piece boasting the top 99 content marketing trends to look out for in 2022. Below are 3 marketing strategies that should be prioritized in 2022. 2022 is right around the corner.

Enterprise Management 311

Enterprise Management Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Work Management 311

Influitive

AUGUST 10, 2018

If only reading your customers’ minds was as easy as peering into a crystal ball… Then you could get to know them on a personal level—a necessary part of laying the groundwork to engage them. The benefits of creating an engaged community are twofold: first, you’re cementing customer loyalty by adding value and giving them.

Peer-to-peer 140

Peer-to-peer Examples Loyalty Communities 140

Martech

OCTOBER 11, 2021

“Customers will know that they can rely on us when things go wrong and that could be a deciding factor in them deciding to stay with us rather than go elsewhere.” ” We were talking to Gemma Cipriani-Espineira about the reason she re-branded her support team as the department of Customer Love.

Ideal Customer Profiles 109

Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management Peer-to-peer Marketing Management 109

Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Thriving companies are always innovating by creating and introducing new methods, ideas, or products and services, all designed to improve customer experience. Customer acquisition and retention often depend on new solutions. Don’t see their peer group doing it or their peers are doing something different.

Peer-to-peer 185

Peer-to-peer Work Management Marketing Management Planning 185

Martech

APRIL 5, 2024

Insufficient usage of martech may also hinder the improvement of marketing processes. Ultimately, martech platforms must address two types of marketing problems: customer-facing communication issues (e.g., Ultimately, martech platforms must address two types of marketing problems: customer-facing communication issues (e.g.,

Peer-to-peer 117

Peer-to-peer Paid Search Agency SMS Gartner 117

Contently

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But somehow brands still create elaborate marketing campaigns that don’t involve customers at all. I imagine {INSERT WELL KNOWN COMPANY NAME HERE} a marketing team meeting where everyone is coming up with their best ideas to sell their product. I can hear it now. “Oh, The possibilities would be endless.

Storytelling 205

Storytelling Brand Identity Branding Word of Mouth 205

Vision Edge Marketing

APRIL 5, 2022

How Content Marketing and Thought Leadership are Related . Thought leadership , on the other hand, is a specific type of content that recognizes and addresses challenges and pain points of a specific target market. Transparent content builds vital trust between a business and its prospects, customers, employees, and stakeholders. .

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Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Peer-to-peer Lead Scoring 220

Webbiquity

JUNE 28, 2022

Marketing business to business (B2B) products and services differs from business to consumer (B2C) practices in at least a half-dozen ways. Approximately 33% of B2B brands allocate 5% of their budget to marketing. Every successful B2B company starts by focusing on solving a specific problem for a specific type of customer.

Case Studies 284

Case Studies Case Study Studies Top of Funnel 284