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Content marketing among B2B companies continues to grow, which means that it’s more competitive than ever to produce high-quality content that your target audience is going to be interested in. In niche industries, sometimes it was enough just to have new blog post coming out on your blog. MORE
Recently at the end of a two-day onsite training with an enterprise financial organization, one of the leaders of their internal creative agency approached me with an extremely common Agile marketing question: “Do we really need crossfunctional marketing teams for Agile to work?” MORE
A pervasive belief that social media marketing is only for B2C companies keeps B2B companies from getting the most from this effective channel for communication and collaboration. MORE
More than half of companies with revenue under $50 million already spend the majority of their marketing dollars online. And roughly 70% plan to increase the share of budget devoted to digital marketing over the next two years. But the channels they focus on change as their companies grow. MORE
“Value proposition” is typically one of the first marketing vocabulary words that the “fake it til you make it” professionals intertwine in their vocabulary. And look, I get it. It sounds cool and it’s easy to grasp the concept from the name alone. MORE
Marketing data is of prime importance to marketing teams in every company. That is because this data can help a business to do things they wouldn't otherwise be able to do and understand so many things about their audience they wouldn't otherwise be able to understand. marketing data MORE
To realize your marketing and business goals in 2019, you should consider investing in an on-demand marketing team to conserve resources and accelerate production. Marketing Automation MORE
Surviving and thriving as a marketer in the competitive and ever-evolving world of digital marketing is undeniably a great challenge. One way to stand out is by keeping yourself updated on the latest trends, techniques and technologies. MORE
A successful marketing strategy can mean the difference between business success and failure, but what is marketing exactly? How should you best approach it in today’s digital world? Many business people consider marketing to be the same thing as advertising and lump it in with sales. MORE
Guest post by Jennifer Hahn Masterson. Want to pursue a career in visual design? A couple of free courses, one good piece of advice and not a single project done—does not make one a designer. Having a bit of knowledge or a modicum of talent is nowhere near enough to become successful. MORE
As digital marketing methods go, email marketing is somewhat of a dinosaur. Email has been around since the 1970s and people have been using it for commercial purposes for almost as long. MORE
I think some of the information being touted by companies that have a stake in inbound marketing can be misleading. What I am talking about is the categorizing of all inbound inquiries as “leads.”. The post Are inbound leads really leads? I believe the majority are not. MORE
Imagine the impact on your business if you were able to meet with your target audience in person, develop real life connections, and as a result propel your content marketing strategy. MORE
Do you need to build your marketing list, but don’t know where to start? If you’ve been given the task of setting up your company’s sales and marketing database, you’re probably not overly excited … especially if it’s something you’ve got to build from scratch. MORE
Segmenting the various audiences your organization is attempting to attract into distinct buckets allows you to provide more targeted messaging to a more expecting, willing, and engaged audience. Account-Based Marketing MORE
Are you taking proper advantage of your marketing data? There are so many different ways that your data can help create processes and campaigns to assist your sales and marketing teams in generating leads and closing them into sales. Lead Scoring MORE
Artificial Intelligence : what is it? How will it impact our lives? How will it be used? Will it actually take over? MORE
The world of marketing has changed so much in the last decade. We have come a long way from sending “junk mail” via the postal service to try and entice prospects and customers into doing business with us. MORE
Where's Email in Your ABM Strategy? 59% of B2B Marketers rate email as effective for driving early stage engagement, 81% say it's effective at driving conversions later in the funnel. Let that sink in for a moment. MORE
Becoming a social business doesn’t happen overnight. Just launching a new Facebook page or Twitter account doesn’t mean that your business is “social,” either. Being a truly social business means that social media is part of your company’s culture and embedded in your corporate DNA. Both your front-line employees and top executives must be using social media as a part of every new initiative or strategy. MORE
In case you missed it, Gen Y surpassed Gen X’s share of the workforce a couple of years ago. IDG recently published a report, Marketing Your Technology to Millennials , on communication preferences of 20–30-somethings as IT decision-makers (ITDMs). MORE
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the B2B Marketing Exchange (B2BMX) conference on the topic of B2B email creative. At a conference of more than sixty sessions (by my count), as best I could determine there was exactly one (1) session on anything to do with creative: mine. MORE
Content Marketing agencies like ours exist for one simple reason: to attract potential customers. Content marketing does this by creating the content your audience wants, using the keywords they use. MORE
Industry 4.0 is a major disruptor of manufacturing. Smart factories will use digital intelligence in real-time to optimize the manufacturing and supply chain processes. Automation and access to ever-increasing amounts of data have sped up the rate of production as well as the diversity of product. MORE
You have likely put quite a bit of time and effort into generating new leads. Made use of landing page campaigns and social media lead generation strategies – do you know what’s next? You have to figure out how to nurture all of these leads in an effort to build your actual sales conversions. MORE
The Point
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
This week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the B2B Marketing Exchange (B2BMX) conference on the topic of B2B email creative. At a conference of more than sixty sessions (by my count), as best I could determine there was exactly one (1) session on anything to do with creative: mine.
Biznology
MARCH 1, 2019
In case you missed it, Gen Y surpassed Gen X’s share of the workforce a couple of years ago. IDG recently published a report, Marketing Your Technology to Millennials , on communication preferences of 20–30-somethings as IT decision-makers (ITDMs).
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Recently at the end of a two-day onsite training with an enterprise financial organization, one of the leaders of their internal creative agency approached me with an extremely common Agile marketing question: “Do we really need crossfunctional marketing teams for Agile to work?”
Onalytica B2B
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Artificial Intelligence : what is it? How will it impact our lives? How will it be used? Will it actually take over?
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SendX
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
You have likely put quite a bit of time and effort into generating new leads. Made use of landing page campaigns and social media lead generation strategies – do you know what’s next? You have to figure out how to nurture all of these leads in an effort to build your actual sales conversions.
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Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
A successful marketing strategy can mean the difference between business success and failure, but what is marketing exactly? How should you best approach it in today’s digital world? Many business people consider marketing to be the same thing as advertising and lump it in with sales.
KoMarketing Associates
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Content marketing among B2B companies continues to grow, which means that it’s more competitive than ever to produce high-quality content that your target audience is going to be interested in. In niche industries, sometimes it was enough just to have new blog post coming out on your blog.
Reachforce
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Marketing data is of prime importance to marketing teams in every company. That is because this data can help a business to do things they wouldn't otherwise be able to do and understand so many things about their audience they wouldn't otherwise be able to understand. marketing data
Kaon
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Industry 4.0 is a major disruptor of manufacturing. Smart factories will use digital intelligence in real-time to optimize the manufacturing and supply chain processes. Automation and access to ever-increasing amounts of data have sped up the rate of production as well as the diversity of product.
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Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
A pervasive belief that social media marketing is only for B2C companies keeps B2B companies from getting the most from this effective channel for communication and collaboration.
Act-On
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Segmenting the various audiences your organization is attempting to attract into distinct buckets allows you to provide more targeted messaging to a more expecting, willing, and engaged audience. Account-Based Marketing
Modern Marketing
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Where's Email in Your ABM Strategy? 59% of B2B Marketers rate email as effective for driving early stage engagement, 81% say it's effective at driving conversions later in the funnel. Let that sink in for a moment.
Webbiquity
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Guest post by Jennifer Hahn Masterson. Want to pursue a career in visual design? A couple of free courses, one good piece of advice and not a single project done—does not make one a designer. Having a bit of knowledge or a modicum of talent is nowhere near enough to become successful.
Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners
Many companies have the core marketing and sales elements to take their revenue to the next level, but are still missing out on some key opportunities. Join Christopher Ryan, CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners and writer of the recent book "The Expert’s B2B Revenue Growth Playbook," to discover seven steps that you can immediately take to grow your company’s revenue quickly and consistently!
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
As digital marketing methods go, email marketing is somewhat of a dinosaur. Email has been around since the 1970s and people have been using it for commercial purposes for almost as long.
DiscoverOrg
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Do you need to build your marketing list, but don’t know where to start? If you’ve been given the task of setting up your company’s sales and marketing database, you’re probably not overly excited … especially if it’s something you’ve got to build from scratch.
Modern Marketing
MARCH 1, 2019
The world of marketing has changed so much in the last decade. We have come a long way from sending “junk mail” via the postal service to try and entice prospects and customers into doing business with us.
Reachforce
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Are you taking proper advantage of your marketing data? There are so many different ways that your data can help create processes and campaigns to assist your sales and marketing teams in generating leads and closing them into sales. Lead Scoring
Speaker: Howard Sewell, President, Spear Marketing Group
Too often, email campaigns are seen as something that "just anyone" on your team can put together. But in today's attention economy, strong creative can be the defining factor that gets your email to stand out in the inbox. Join Howard Sewell of Spear Marketing Group, a leading B2B agency, as he uses real-world examples to highlight tips, techniques and key principles that can make or break your campaigns.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Content Marketing agencies like ours exist for one simple reason: to attract potential customers. Content marketing does this by creating the content your audience wants, using the keywords they use.
Biznology
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Surviving and thriving as a marketer in the competitive and ever-evolving world of digital marketing is undeniably a great challenge. One way to stand out is by keeping yourself updated on the latest trends, techniques and technologies.
Modern Marketing
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Becoming a social business doesn’t happen overnight. Just launching a new Facebook page or Twitter account doesn’t mean that your business is “social,” either. Being a truly social business means that social media is part of your company’s culture and embedded in your corporate DNA. Both your front-line employees and top executives must be using social media as a part of every new initiative or strategy.
Act-On
MARCH 1, 2019
Baird Hall, founder of content creator tools Zubtitle and Wavve, discusses how to better promote your content on LinkedIn and other social platforms. Content Social
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The quality of a customer care strategy can make or break a company, but simply resolving a customer service issue or complaint is no longer enough. Learn the 4 steps that address the major points you need to consider when building a customer care roadmap.
Marketing Insider Group
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Imagine the impact on your business if you were able to meet with your target audience in person, develop real life connections, and as a result propel your content marketing strategy.
Sales Lead Insights
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
I think some of the information being touted by companies that have a stake in inbound marketing can be misleading. What I am talking about is the categorizing of all inbound inquiries as “leads.”. The post Are inbound leads really leads? I believe the majority are not.
ATAK Interactive
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
“Value proposition” is typically one of the first marketing vocabulary words that the “fake it til you make it” professionals intertwine in their vocabulary. And look, I get it. It sounds cool and it’s easy to grasp the concept from the name alone.
Act-On
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
To realize your marketing and business goals in 2019, you should consider investing in an on-demand marketing team to conserve resources and accelerate production. Marketing Automation
Speaker: Danny Nail, Sr. Director, Head of Global Account Based Marketing, SAP
Want to get started with ABM, but not sure where to begin? It's all about understanding: understanding your customers, understanding on an organizational level what your definitions, approaches, and ideal outcomes are, and having the understanding - and support - of your stakeholders. Join Danny Nail, Head of Global Account Based Marketing at SAP and SAP Marketer of the Year, as he explains five concrete steps your organization can take to achieve ABM excellence.
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