This year, there are so many great things to look forward to when it comes to what’s next in B2B online marketing. MORE
Coming up with an idea is the easy part. But it’s only one small piece of the pie. The biggest challenge is often taking that brilliant concept and turning it into content. You’ve been there. I know you have, because we all have. MORE
Content marketing can’t happen in a silo – well, effective content marketing can’t happen in a silo. Previously, we’ve highlighted why a content team should be tight with product marketing and demand generation – now, we’re tackling how overall organizational silos can negatively impact content marketing. MORE
Content marketing and social media go hand-in-hand, and sometimes the two disciplines seem interchangeable. For many smaller marketing teams, content and social media marketing are owned and operated by the same person/function, while larger marketing teams separate the two functions entirely. MORE
Is your B2B content marketing strategy successful? Or do you at times feel like your strategy needs a facelift? According to Content Marketing Institute, content marketing leaders experience 7.8 times more site traffic than non-leaders. MORE
Small business owners tend to do it all and wear all of the business hats when running their business. The owner often acts as the marketer, operations manager, and human resources manager all at the same time. MORE
Let’s get straight to the point; brands recognize the huge opportunity within Influencer Marketing but not many brands feel that they are being successful at it. MORE
Find out how to plan, manage and optimise B2B marketing campaigns for success with our new content series: The CMO's definitive guide to high-performing promotional campaigns. CMO's definitive guide b2b promotional campaigns MORE
Even in this digital age, trade shows are still a core part of many B2B marketers’ 2017 demand generation plans. Generating maximum return from that investment, however, requires careful planning, and close attention to both pre-show and post-show communications strategy. MORE
What are most content marketers doing for 2017? Creating more content. So if you’re going make more, I recommend you do it right. Here are ten of the most common content marketing mistakes I see: 1. You botched the headline. Headlines matter. A lot. Old school direct response copywriters would spend half their writing time on the headline. Because if you botch the headline, you’ve lost most of your audience. Headlines are even more important now, thanks to social media. MORE
We all lie to ourselves in one way or another. And this is equally true in Digital Marketing. Fortunately, we are facing the truth that consumers don’t want our banners or need our ads. We know those aren’t helping anyone. We are also facing the truth that marketing has value. MORE
Marketing content drives business. Buyers are searching for information that will inform, educate, or help them solve a problem. In order for content marketing to be successful it must accomplish two things. Whether it’s a datasheet, white paper, demo script, or webpage, marketing content needs to speak directly to the needs and wants of your prospects and customers. MORE
Breaking down the silos that separate content marketers from other functions within an organization has been an ongoing theme on our blog recently. We’ve discussed content’s relationship with product marketing , demand generation , as well as sales and customer success. Next up? The dynamic between content marketing and SEO is interesting. MORE
As business people and marketers, we traffic in data. It’s what we use to make decisions (even gut decisions). Data is also how we communicate the status of things and how we make the case for change. As logical, results-oriented business folk, we like to be data based. This principle is so prevalent now that it shows up in a number of disciplines. There’s data-driven marketing. Data storytelling. It all ties nicely into the trend of visual content, too. MORE
If content marketing is the hero of the modern marketing story, then banner ads are most certainly the villain. MORE
Press releases have been teetering on the edge of death for years now. But is this right? Should the press release go to its eternal resting place, six feet under, and be forgotten -- replaced with communications channels like Twitter? MORE
by Louis Prado. In the past five years, we have seen exponential disruption each year in multiple markets. Digital technologies and resulting transformation turning markets literally inside out. MORE
In the last couple weeks, the notifications I have been receiving via my @chrisabraham Twitter handle have plummeted. Serious chirping crickets. So, I did some searching and it looks like either Twitter or I had changed some settings on the account. MORE
SEO remains a critical channel for B2B marketers as they shift their focus on a new year’s worth of goals and objectives. MORE
A recent study revealed that earned content is 88% more effective than owned media -- which makes it a powerful part of your B2B content strategy. Yet, like many you may struggle with the concept of earned content, and aren’t sure how to integrate it into their strategy. MORE
Every industrial marketer should sit up and take notice of some of the preliminary findings from a recent survey called the Engineering Marketers 2017 Survey conducted by ENGINEERING.COM. MORE
If you are promoting your company with video ads on YouTube, a portion of your targeted audience may be missing the message due to ad blocking software. Ad blocking is growing worldwide. On desktop, increasing numbers of users are blocking ads via browser plugins. MORE
While Facebook is far and away the largest social network, when it comes to driving B2B website traffic and brand visibility, Twitter and LinkedIn are tops. MORE
While chief marketing officers are under increasing pressure to quantitatively demonstrate the ROI of marketing investments, most still struggle with it. MORE
You’re a high-level thinker. A problem solver. And a communicator worth an audience’s attention. So, you understand why bold ideas matter in content strategy. Without the vision to think bigger and better, companies usually get lost in content shock. MORE
SEO has a lot of moving parts. MORE
Guest post by Caroline Black. Cybersecurity is becoming more of a concern for individuals, businesses and even governments. Top U.S. security specialists have stated that cyberattacks are one of the leading threats to U.S. security. MORE
Screen capture apps can be a simple yet valuable addition to any content marketer’s toolbox. They let you capture your computer screen or any portion of it and add annotation, as well as capture short animated sequences (e.g., to show mouse-click or mouse-over actions) as GIFs. MORE
Successful B2B marketing is a delicate balance of new channels, changing preferences, advancing technology and intense pressure to drive results. To master the art of B2B marketing and help businesses reach their target customer, it’s important to first understand the businesses’ point-of-view. MORE
Illustration by Nikita Kozin. In numerous surveys of CEOs in the past few years, predictably, you will find growth strategies as one of the top priorities going into any new year. MORE
Last year we published 99 Amazing Content Marketing Examples. There were actually 106 examples there but “99+” felt better. This year, the list has almost doubled. So I’m giving up on counting them (You can count them below.) MORE
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 16, 2017
We all lie to ourselves in one way or another. And this is equally true in Digital Marketing. Fortunately, we are facing the truth that consumers don’t want our banners or need our ads. We know those aren’t helping anyone. We are also facing the truth that marketing has value.
Tony Zambito
JANUARY 29, 2017
Illustration by Nikita Kozin. In numerous surveys of CEOs in the past few years, predictably, you will find growth strategies as one of the top priorities going into any new year.
Webbiquity
JANUARY 24, 2017
While Facebook is far and away the largest social network, when it comes to driving B2B website traffic and brand visibility, Twitter and LinkedIn are tops.
Onalytica B2B
JANUARY 17, 2017
Let’s get straight to the point; brands recognize the huge opportunity within Influencer Marketing but not many brands feel that they are being successful at it.
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In the sphere of sales, it helps to get your definitions down. You might have thought sales operations and sales enablement are the same thing - but there are important differences. Both have the objective of improving sales performance, and although there is some overlap, they do this in different ways.
KoMarketing Associates
JANUARY 3, 2017
SEO remains a critical channel for B2B marketers as they shift their focus on a new year’s worth of goals and objectives.
Act-On
JANUARY 24, 2017
If you are promoting your company with video ads on YouTube, a portion of your targeted audience may be missing the message due to ad blocking software. Ad blocking is growing worldwide. On desktop, increasing numbers of users are blocking ads via browser plugins.
Industrial Marketing Today
JANUARY 26, 2017
Every industrial marketer should sit up and take notice of some of the preliminary findings from a recent survey called the Engineering Marketers 2017 Survey conducted by ENGINEERING.COM.
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Among B2B communities, 2017 brought upon several new concepts, trends and technologies… But perhaps none captured more attention than the re-emergence of account-based marketing as a viable growth strategy.
B2B PR Sense
JANUARY 24, 2017
Press releases have been teetering on the edge of death for years now. But is this right? Should the press release go to its eternal resting place, six feet under, and be forgotten -- replaced with communications channels like Twitter?
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 10, 2017
You’re a high-level thinker. A problem solver. And a communicator worth an audience’s attention. So, you understand why bold ideas matter in content strategy. Without the vision to think bigger and better, companies usually get lost in content shock.
KoMarketing Associates
JANUARY 5, 2017
This year, there are so many great things to look forward to when it comes to what’s next in B2B online marketing.
Webbiquity
JANUARY 3, 2017
Screen capture apps can be a simple yet valuable addition to any content marketer’s toolbox. They let you capture your computer screen or any portion of it and add annotation, as well as capture short animated sequences (e.g., to show mouse-click or mouse-over actions) as GIFs.
Speaker: David Crane, Head of Content & Thought Leadership, Integrate
The coming month will test the boundaries of change management for marketing organizations (and their colleagues in sales, finance, IT and legal) as they ready their teams for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will go into effect May 2018. Much of what we’ve seen in B2B marketing publications, martech vendor blogs and from word-of-mouth borders on fear-mongering. Not to say this isn’t understandable – a lot of rather quick changes must be made to ensure GDPR compliance, and they can feel overwhelming. However, some of the wisest B2B marketing experts continue to reiterate one very important point: GDPR, while causing significant stress now, will lead to more efficient and effective marketing and sales down the road.
Act-On
JANUARY 31, 2017
What are most content marketers doing for 2017? Creating more content. So if you’re going make more, I recommend you do it right. Here are ten of the most common content marketing mistakes I see: 1. You botched the headline. Headlines matter. A lot. Old school direct response copywriters would spend half their writing time on the headline. Because if you botch the headline, you’ve lost most of your audience. Headlines are even more important now, thanks to social media.
ScribbleLive
JANUARY 11, 2017
Breaking down the silos that separate content marketers from other functions within an organization has been an ongoing theme on our blog recently. We’ve discussed content’s relationship with product marketing , demand generation , as well as sales and customer success. Next up? The dynamic between content marketing and SEO is interesting.
Biznology
JANUARY 3, 2017
In the last couple weeks, the notifications I have been receiving via my @chrisabraham Twitter handle have plummeted. Serious chirping crickets. So, I did some searching and it looks like either Twitter or I had changed some settings on the account.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 30, 2017
If content marketing is the hero of the modern marketing story, then banner ads are most certainly the villain.
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Discover critical data and insights with MarketingCharts' most popular B2B marketing charts of 2017. This deck covers both the buyer’s and seller’s perspective across topics such as lead generation, vendor relationships, and content marketing.
B2B PR Sense
JANUARY 12, 2017
Is your B2B content marketing strategy successful? Or do you at times feel like your strategy needs a facelift? According to Content Marketing Institute, content marketing leaders experience 7.8 times more site traffic than non-leaders.
Webbiquity
JANUARY 31, 2017
While chief marketing officers are under increasing pressure to quantitatively demonstrate the ROI of marketing investments, most still struggle with it.
Act-On
JANUARY 26, 2017
As business people and marketers, we traffic in data. It’s what we use to make decisions (even gut decisions). Data is also how we communicate the status of things and how we make the case for change. As logical, results-oriented business folk, we like to be data based. This principle is so prevalent now that it shows up in a number of disciplines. There’s data-driven marketing. Data storytelling. It all ties nicely into the trend of visual content, too.
ScribbleLive
JANUARY 25, 2017
Content marketing and social media go hand-in-hand, and sometimes the two disciplines seem interchangeable. For many smaller marketing teams, content and social media marketing are owned and operated by the same person/function, while larger marketing teams separate the two functions entirely.
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B2B marketers like you contributed their insights to Sagefrog’s annual B2B Marketing Mix Report, a valuable asset in planning your marketing strategy for the year ahead.
Biznology
JANUARY 6, 2017
Small business owners tend to do it all and wear all of the business hats when running their business. The owner often acts as the marketer, operations manager, and human resources manager all at the same time.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 4, 2017
Coming up with an idea is the easy part. But it’s only one small piece of the pie. The biggest challenge is often taking that brilliant concept and turning it into content. You’ve been there. I know you have, because we all have.
B2B PR Sense
JANUARY 5, 2017
A recent study revealed that earned content is 88% more effective than owned media -- which makes it a powerful part of your B2B content strategy. Yet, like many you may struggle with the concept of earned content, and aren’t sure how to integrate it into their strategy.
Webbiquity
JANUARY 12, 2017
Guest post by Caroline Black. Cybersecurity is becoming more of a concern for individuals, businesses and even governments. Top U.S. security specialists have stated that cyberattacks are one of the leading threats to U.S. security.
Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa
Today’s sales and marketing environment is a paradox. There has never been more marketing channels to reach potential customers. But, connecting and building trust with buyers has never been harder. That's why we need to go beyond rational-logic based marketing to understand how our customers feel. Empathy is not just a “soft” skill, it's an incredibly powerful tool to understand customer motivation and increase lead conversion.
Act-On
JANUARY 27, 2017
Marketing content drives business. Buyers are searching for information that will inform, educate, or help them solve a problem. In order for content marketing to be successful it must accomplish two things. Whether it’s a datasheet, white paper, demo script, or webpage, marketing content needs to speak directly to the needs and wants of your prospects and customers.
ScribbleLive
JANUARY 4, 2017
Content marketing can’t happen in a silo – well, effective content marketing can’t happen in a silo. Previously, we’ve highlighted why a content team should be tight with product marketing and demand generation – now, we’re tackling how overall organizational silos can negatively impact content marketing.
Tony Zambito
JANUARY 22, 2017
by Louis Prado. In the past five years, we have seen exponential disruption each year in multiple markets. Digital technologies and resulting transformation turning markets literally inside out.
Marketing Insider Group
JANUARY 31, 2017
Successful B2B marketing is a delicate balance of new channels, changing preferences, advancing technology and intense pressure to drive results. To master the art of B2B marketing and help businesses reach their target customer, it’s important to first understand the businesses’ point-of-view.
Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, CEO & Founder of VisumCx
B2B buyers are self-guiding their purchase journey, consuming more content along their purchase path and involving more stakeholders in the final decision. Therefore, it is necessary for B2B marketing teams to align to this purchase path and to the buying committees. This is not accomplished by creating more content or sending more communication, the key to success is establishing a conversation with your buyers that engages them in a meaningful dialogue and ultimately converts them to a customer.
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