ViewPoint
APRIL 23, 2014
'Sales and marketing do get along—in organizations that foster collaboration. By Ginger Conlon, editor-in-chief, Direct Marketing News. Is it really marketing’s fault that sales can’t close deals? Is it the sales team’s fault that marketing collateral goes unused? Choose a point of contention. Who’s actually at fault?
The Point
APRIL 22, 2014
'As mobile devices continue their torrid growth in the business world, B2B email marketers face a dilemma: is it enough to make emails “mobile-friendly” – in a way that at least renders those emails legible and easy to read, or should they go the extra step of programming emails to be “responsive” – designs that adapt automatically, and optimally, to the viewing device, whether mobile or desktop.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
ANNUITAS
APRIL 24, 2014
'I am certainly not alone in thinking that Moneyball was one of the best business books of the past decade. Appealing to both baseball fans and business thinkers, the book (and subsequent movie with Brad Pitt) made Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane’s utilization of statistics to make business decisions almost seem … well … exciting ? It was particularly interesting and relevant to marketers, as our working environment was actually quite similar to that of the “traditional” baseball scout o
KoMarketing Associates
APRIL 24, 2014
'Earlier this month MarketingSherpa released a chart from last year’s Email Marketing Benchmark Report, highlighting budget priorities across various B2B marketing programs. SEO, Paid Search, and Google AdWords were fourth on the priority list, with 58% of respondents indicating they will increase budgets for these initiatives in the coming year.
Advertisement
Elevate your webinar game with WorkCast's Ultimate Webinar Handbook! Packed with insights from our seasoned webinar experts, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for mastering the art of B2B webinars. Learn the fundamentals, from defining webinars to exploring their benefits and diverse use cases. Discover the key elements of running a successful webinar, avoiding common mistakes, and making your sessions more engaging.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 23, 2014
'2 weeks ago I presented “The Content Marketing Imperative: The Role Of Content In The Future of Marketing ” to more than a hundred senior marketing leaders from the Marketing Executive Networking Group ( MENG ). The emergence of the digital, social and mobile web has dramatically changed the way we consume information and interact with brands. ( Tweet This ).
B2B Marketing Zone brings together the best content for marketers in the B2B industry from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Biznology
APRIL 22, 2014
'If you’ve been blogging for a long time, your life has probably changed a number of times. You’ve developed a history that has been, until now, etched in stone. But no more! Now, you can revise your entire history in just a couple easy steps. Yes, it’s true that both my blogs s**t the bed in a catastrophic failure; but, before that happened, I did some pretty amazing things.
KoMarketing Associates
APRIL 22, 2014
'Recently, Facebook began rolling out its new and improved advertising dashboard. To the delight of marketers everywhere, the dashboard overhaul has included many features that the interface desperately needed. In the past, finding specific data was a sluggish process. Even worse, the organizational structure made finding specific ads difficult, especially for large campaigns with many ads.
Customer Experience Matrix
APRIL 24, 2014
'Seth Godin gives speaks at so many conferences that I’m beginning to suspect there are several Seth Godin impersonators sharing the load. Be that as it may, Godin or someone looking like him gave a keynote at the InfusionSoft ICON conference this week, and he observed you only see videos of bicycle crashes on YouTube, not videos of people riding along smoothly.
Marketing Insider Group
APRIL 21, 2014
'Demand Generation is one of the most critical components of B2B Marketing. And yet, demand generation skills are rare in B2B Marketers. Marketing must be more than trade shows, logo colors and full-page ads. Marketing must drive sales for the business. This post is the latest from my former colleague and demand generation partner Rob Krekstein. Rob is the Senior Director of Global Lead Generation at enterprise technology company Ventyx.
Advertisement
In the B2B marketing toolkit, white papers can be a powerful option for reaching decision-makers and experts, presenting them with interesting information that improves their perception of your organization's competence and thought leadership. That said, a poorly executed whitepaper will not only be unable to influence your desired audience but will also come with significant costs that other assets won't incur.
Writing on the Web
APRIL 23, 2014
'One universal truth about blog readers is that fresh content will keep them coming back and reading your blog again and again. But there are so many kinds of blog posts that attract readers that it’s hard to choose. Too many choices lead to blog blocks. Here are six types of blog posts you can write easily and quickly. We’ve talked endlessly about what to do when you’re in a blogging slump and how to come up with new content.
Crimson Marketing
APRIL 21, 2014
'Despite the fact that we now have more valuable marketing intelligence about buyers than ever before, only 12% of organizations are putting this information — called Big Data — into play. The post How To Generate Revenue From Big Data [Infographic] appeared first on.
Direct Response Coach
APRIL 22, 2014
'Whether they know it or not, online marketers are introducing direct marketing fundamentals to a much wider audience. . Rodney Dangerfield built an entire comedy career around a simple idea: “I don’t get no respect.” Sometimes I wonder if the direct marketing industry shouldn’t be following the same mantra. When I broke into the field [.].
ANNUITAS
APRIL 23, 2014
'There are a few B2B surveys and benchmarking studies that I refer to again and again … DemandGen Report’s Buyer Behavior Survey and Content Preferences Survey and the Content Marketing Institute’s Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends to name a few. There are some great studies out there focusing on content strategy (specifically) or buyer behavior, but nothing that really shines a light on how large companies run Demand Generation … with an emphasis on large.
Advertisement
Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.
Biznology
APRIL 21, 2014
'Somehow, it always seems to be analytics season in the world of search marketing. Either you’re setting up a campaign, optimizing it, or reporting on its performance. One of the most useful metrics our Search Monitor clients use when it’s time to dive into AdWords or AdCenter is competitive ad spend. If you’re scratching your temple and wondering how you could possibly know what your competition spends, you’re not alone.
B2B Marketing Traction
APRIL 24, 2014
'Do your connections endorse you for skills you don’t even have? Do you wonder how these endorsements get on your LinkedIn profile? Do you want to turn off LinkedIn endorsements altogether? If you answered “Yes” to these questions, read on and watch the video in this post to find out how to fix these issues. It turns out that years after LinkedIn introduced the endorsement feature, it is still driving people crazy.
Chris Koch
APRIL 24, 2014
'Repurposing this from my recent post for SAP because I think it’s really important: Every now and then we have to remind ourselves that not having access to a computer or a smartphone has more serious consequences than missing out on playing Candy Crush whenever we feel like it. That’s particularly true when it comes to being a citizen. For every person who tweeted during the Arab Spring, there were many others who could not.
ANNUITAS
APRIL 22, 2014
'The importance of IP Warming is huge…even if you are just starting to realize it. This post is part two of our series ( read part 1 here ) outlining the three steps required to ensure you have properly warmed your IP to maximize email deliverability. Just remember- the goal of this post is to help you understand more about Email Deliverability and its impact on your Demand Generation Strategy from a marketing perspective.
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
Biznology
APRIL 25, 2014
'Building your personal brand takes a lot of hard work and dedication. One of the most difficult aspects, and yet perhaps the most important in this digital age, is increasing your online visibility. Once you have your website and blog in place, your next step is to direct people toward them. What good are they if no one is reading? To lead people back to your website, you must first step outside your comfort zone and visit with other blogs and websites within your particular industry and niche.
Convince & Convert
APRIL 24, 2014
'You already know that a blog can be a powerful tool for building authority and thought-leadership, sharing benefits of your company/product, and addressing your audience’s needs and concerns. But what happens when your goals are specifically around selling ideas and not products or services? In last month’s Blog Rescue column , we took a look at how a company might traditionally use a blog, but this month, we’re taking a look at a website from UCLA Events & Transportation, BeAGreenCommuter.
Crimson Marketing
APRIL 25, 2014
'Obama wins historic US election, but this ad placement is questionable. #BadMarketing (Financial Post). The post #BADMarketing from All Detergent appeared first on Crimson Marketing.
ANNUITAS
APRIL 23, 2014
'ANNUITAS Launches Enterprise Demand Generation Research Study to Uncover B2B Marketing Strategies. Study Aimed at Gaining a Better Understanding of the Demand Generation Strategies Used by B2B Enterprise Organizations . ANNUITAS , a Demand Generation Strategy and Change Management firm has launched a comprehensive Enterprise B2B Demand Generation Research Study to assess and measure the drivers behind B2B enterprise demand generation strategies.
Advertisement
Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Biznology
APRIL 24, 2014
'I recently stumbled across an interesting website: Unroll.me. It’s a free service that helps people batch unsubscribe from email newsletters and subscriptions and in January, they gave out “awards” to the companies who lost the most email subscribers in 2013. 1-800 Flowers topped the list with a 52.5% unsubscribe rate. Yes, 1-800 Flowers lost over half of their list, thanks to Unroll.me!
Convince & Convert
APRIL 19, 2014
'The more you know about your customers, the more you can provide to them information that is increasingly useful, relevant and persuasive. You may have to but once you have it you’ll have the Mother Lode of customer engagement capabilities. That was the thesis of a recent Webinar I conducted with my friend and collaborator Jamie Beckland from Janrain , an organization that helps companies improve their conversion rates, relevancy and customer satisfaction by gathering and managing social media
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 22, 2014
'Author: Steve Gershik Most marketers have their eyes on many moving targets — lead generation , conversion rates, new customer acquisition, customer retention, and even customer expansion. And many of the best marketing organizations also align lead generation teams to different stages of their sales funnel — usually divided into top of funnel, middle of funnel, and bottom of funnel (to learn more about mapping lead generation to your sales funnel, check out our cheat sheet here ).
SugarCRM
APRIL 21, 2014
'[one_half valign="middle"]. Partner Portal. Why Partner With SalesFUSION. [/one_half]. [one_half_last valign="middle"]. [frame style="none"] [/frame]. [/one_half_last]. [divider style="simple"]. Gartner Group and Forrester Research Group predict record levels in Marketing Automation (MA) spending and exponential growth in the field. Many agencies, firms and CRM solution providers already understand the importance of partnering with a MA Company.
Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO
On October 11th, understand how to navigate the AI landscape confidently, turning insights into groundbreaking strategies that set you apart. Why attend? You'll learn: Practical applications/Use cases How to find and assess the right AI technology Prioritizing quick wins Mastering prompt engineering Solving marketing challenges efficiently Strategies to launch pilot programs Case studies of B2Bs building smarter businesses with AI Exclusive bonus content: Actionable frameworks to get started qui
Biznology
APRIL 23, 2014
'At least 2 billion of planet earth’s inhabitants live in two worlds; the three dimensional offline world of things that we can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste; and the online world, represented in two dimensions on the always-too-small screens of our desktops, laptops, tablets, and smart phones. You and I thrash back and forth between these two worlds, trying desperately to integrate one into the other.
Convince & Convert
APRIL 22, 2014
'An innovative brand with a unique business model needs a creative way to market themselves. Unclaimed Baggage found a new way to engage bloggers and grow their brand, while earning their place as our outreach marketing example of the month. This brand has built a business on selling luggage that airline passengers never claimed. From formal wear to iPods, the store is huge and even equipped with a café.
Adobe Experience Cloud Blog
APRIL 21, 2014
'Author: David Cheng If you’ve seen them movie Moneyball , you already know the basics: the “Moneyball” way of winning relies on analytics, statistics, and numbers, rather than opinions, intuitions, or appearances. This player performance methodology was famously used by the small-time Oakland A’s to compete with financial heavyweights like the New York Yankees.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
211 
Let's personalize your content