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Marketing Vs PR: What's the Difference?

SmartBug Media

In an increasingly competitive market, it is essential to maximize your brand’s impact however you can. One important way to do this is to have a comprehensive marketing and public relations (PR) strategy. Its primary purpose is to generate leads, nurture them through the sales funnel, and ultimately convert them into customers.

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What the Sales Funnel Can Teach Your PR Department

Convince & Convert

Sales and PR have a lot in common—even if both sides are reluctant to agree. But there are still elements that can be borrowed from sales and repurposed for success within PR. How can you leverage the traditional sales funnel and tried-and-true sales techniques to lend powerful insight to your PR efforts?

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How to Boost Your ROI During a Content Drought

Webbiquity

Business owners and marketers have had to quickly and repeatedly adapt their strategies , redefine how they do branding , and adjust their infrastructure in these unprecedented times. Among the aspects proving to be particularly challenging is content marketing. Content drought and lower ROI in the world of B2B marketing post-COVID.

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Youth will be served: 3 Signs B2B needs to revamp social media marketing

Sword and the Script | B2B

Studies show B2B buyers are getting younger and want to engage with companies on social media; B2B marketers are finding social media supports both leads and revenue About one-third of respondents find new products and hear about brands for the first time on social media. It includes both organic posts, sponsored posts and paid ads.

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Top Eight B2B Marketing Strategies You Probably Shouldn’t Ignore

Webbiquity

B2B marketers are expected to wear many hats. They need to manage their marketing budgets prudently and make sure every dollar is spent wisely. For B2B marketers, staying on top of the latest digital marketing strategies is not just a job requirement, but a matter of corporate survival. Guest post by Sumeet Anand.

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The 6-Step Guide to Creating a Thought Leadership Content Program

Contently

The good news is that many companies have already cracked the thought leadership code using strategies that content marketers can emulate. ” Thought Leadership vs. Content Marketing At face value, thought leadership and content marketing look similar. It should work hand in hand with other content marketing initiatives.

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MarTech’s marketing AI experts to follow

Martech

Artificial intelligence is being incorporated in virtually every martech application and impacting the customer journey at every stage of the funnel. It is certain that AI’s impact on marketing effectiveness and work will be profound, and the beneficial use cases are only now being unearthed.