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When Did Your B2B Team Stop Caring (and What To Do About It) [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Content Marketing Institute

When did B2B marketing teams stop caring? Sure, they care about their jobs. But many don’t seem to care about the topic of their employer’s business. And that’s a problem.

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10 ways B2B social media marketing can benefit your company

The Lead Agency

B2B social media marketing is increasingly emerging as a well-liked and successful tactic for companies of all sizes. Using sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, it enables B2B businesses to interact and connect with their target market in a more genuine and personal way. Social media has completely changed how organisations interact with their customers, and B2B enterprises are no different.

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9 account based marketing (ABM) tactics to help maximize your ROI

Rev

We get it. Account based marketing (ABM) on paper sounds like a great idea. All you have to do is create a campaign that targets a specific account or set of accounts, track the results and adjust your strategy as needed. But where do you start? What ABM tactics should you use? And how do you use them in a way that stands out from all of your competitors using the same tactics?

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Why Your B2B Attribution KPI Metrics Are (Probably) Wrong

Engagio

This blog dives into what metrics B2B marketers should use when consumer advertising metrics just aren't working. The post Why Your B2B Attribution KPI Metrics Are (Probably) Wrong appeared first on Demandbase.

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Can Businesses Meet Increasing Consumer Expectations?

According to 3BL and TriplePundit’s Consumer Insights & Sustainability Benchmark two-thirds of U.S. adults actively seek and follow sustainability issues. This leaves room for businesses to fill in the gaps currently seen between consumer expectations and corporate ESG communication. This research reveals what issues consumers care about and how businesses can tailor their communications to different segments of consumers.

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Measuring the ROI of Your Account based marketing Strategy : Key Metrics to Track for Success

Only B2B

Account-based marketing (ABM) has gained popularity as a marketing tactic among B2B businesses in recent years. Targeting certain accounts rather than casting a wide net has proven to be a successful strategy for generating higher-quality leads and boosting sales. To make sure you are getting the most out of your marketing budget, it is crucial to monitor the return on investment (ROI) of your ABM efforts, just like you should with any marketing plan.

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Rethinking Your Go-to-Market (GTM) Technology Stack in a Converged Growth Approach

ANNUITAS

ANNUITAS has presented a series of posts outlining both ‘why’ and ‘how’ organizations can evolve their go-to-market approach to adopt what we refer to as a Converged Growth model. This approach represents both a new organizational model and a new operational approach to go-to-market for B2B go-to-market teams – one that we believe could make-or-break your 2023 and beyond.

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6 must-have, underused email marketing automations

Martech

Automated email is one of the biggest — and most under-utilized — growth opportunities in marketing. Brands in every vertical can benefit from strategic automation. Yet, repeatedly, we see incredibly juicy low-hanging fruit in the client onboarding stage. Our client portfolio is heavy in ecommerce, hospitality and food and beverage, which are particularly ripe verticals for email automation.

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When it Comes to Data-Driven Advertising, Measurement will Dictate the Future of Identity

33Across

33Across President, Paul Bell, discusses why it's time to incorporate a new approach to media measurement with rising regulation requirements and third-party cookies. The post When it Comes to Data-Driven Advertising, Measurement will Dictate the Future of Identity appeared first on 33Across.

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Role of artificial intelligence in marketing

Sprout Social

The only constant in life is change. And the world of marketing is going through a tremendous change right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) marketing is taking on a bigger role with the advent of intelligent marketing tools and generative AI like ChatGPT, creating an abundance of opportunities for marketing teams to do more of what they already do best.

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The Marketer’s Guide to B2B Swag Strategy

Everything is digital these days – making it harder to grab and keep people’s attention. But smart swag is different. Swag enables your sales and marketing teams to connect with their audiences in a uniquely tangible way. It reinforces relationships with your brand and persists for years. Plus, amidst a barrage of advertising messages that tend to interrupt and distract people, swag is the only marketing medium that consumers actually thank companies for!

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Social Media Marketing Goals and How To Achieve Them — Five Tips

Webbiquity

Guest post by Ahana Basu. Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. Firmbee.com on Unsplash As Norman Vincent Peale said, “All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.” Or in the words of Ben Franklin , “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!

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9 Things To Look for in a Digital Marketing Agency

Marketing Insider Group

Your hard work providing an excellent product or service goes to waste if no one knows about it. How can a digital marketing agency help you stand out in a crowded market? A digital marketing agency can help you gain visibility or, at a minimum, keep up with your competitors. Statistics show that most companies are increasing their marketing budget because of a demonstrable return on investment.

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How Business Leaders Can Better Leverage Data to Make Informed Decisions

Vision Edge Marketing

It’s essential for all business leaders to make swift and informed data-derived decisions, more so now than ever before. To do so, they need to be able to move from data to actionable insights. In this article, we’ll explore: Skills required for B2B company leaders to make better business decisions and the benefits of doing so. Current challenges, and signs that improvement in this area is needed.

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Product-led vs. Sales-led Growth: Do You Have to Choose? 

Zoominfo

In recent years, product-led growth has become a hot strategy because it allows for quick scalability with relatively minimal investment. Some of the fastest growing companies like Shopify, Snowflake, and Zoom use this tactic, making it look all the more appealing. But that doesn’t mean companies with a more sales-led approach to growth are headed for the scrap heap.

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What's Working Now: ABM + Demand Gen

Speaker: Paul Slack, Vende Digital CEO

Are you struggling with a stagnant pipeline? Discover how combining ABM and demand generation can help you get more qualified opportunities and grow your pipeline. Learn the latest trends and tactics for 2023 and gain the confidence to implement a successful strategy that aligns with sales to drive revenue growth. Join this interactive live session with Paul Slack and learn how to: Identify the best accounts for ABM Personalize at scale Run paid campaigns that actually work Tackle and optimize r

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Zoho is Quietly Building an AI-Powered Go-to-Market Tech Stack

ANNUITAS

Recently, I spent a few days in Austin, Texas with Zoho for the “Zoholics” customer conference. I had great conversations with Zoho executives, getting into some of their latest product announcements. The company has been hard at work building what I see as a set of go-to-market enablement tools aimed at the small and middle markets (think: a few hundred to a few thousand employees) that are simple to use, powered by AI, and priced right for smaller enterprises.

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Is your organic traffic eroding?

Kevin Indig

We all know great content isn’t enough to succeed. You need to distribute it! But how? Organic social is dead. SEO takes time. Email needs a list. Paid channels are getting more expensive and less effective. Why not syndication? Introducing Stacker Connect: a game-changer for content amplification. Stacker Connect allows qualified brand publishers to organically syndicate their content on Stacker’s global newswire, which today reaches over 100 news organizations representing 3,300+

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What Patients Expect From Healthcare Organizations in 2023

Contently

Healthcare marketers face the ever-growing challenge of maintaining patient privacy in a world where data reigns supreme. That’s one of the reasons healthcare organizations have avoided adopting emerging tech into their patient and marketing processes until years (and sometimes decades) later than other industries. However, the seismic shifts from the pandemic and the increased use of AI have fundamentally changed how consumers interact with brands — especially when it comes to healthcare.

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YouTube Blocks Ad Blockers Amid Declining Ad Revenue via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Search Engine Journal

YouTube experiments with blocking ad blockers amid declining ad revenue, pushing for more Premium subscriptions. The post YouTube Blocks Ad Blockers Amid Declining Ad Revenue appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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The B2B Sales Leader's Guide for Any Economic Environment

When economic headwinds pick up, sales leaders are the first to sound the alarm — and chart a new course. Longer sales cycles, larger buying committees, increased price pressure, and smaller teams can quickly combine to reduce your margin for error and increase the urgency to find a solution. To thrive in a challenging environment, sales teams need a rock-solid grasp of the fundamentals and the biggest force-multipliers they can get their hands on.

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73% of marketers now using generative AI tools

Martech

Generative AI has taken marketing by storm: 73% of B2B and B2C marketing executives say their companies are using it to help create text, images, videos or other content, according to a new survey. Not holding out for long. Thirty-one percent of those not using it expect to do so within a year and 46% within two years, according to the report from Botco.AI.

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Three pillars of The New Automation Mindset, for an age when anyone can automate anything with AI

chiefmartech

I’m excited to announce a new book coming out this summer, The New Automation Mindset : The Leadership Blueprint For An Age When Anyone Can Automate Anything With AI. Written by Vijay Tella, CEO of Workato, with contributions by Massimo Pezzini and myself, it offers a framework for harnessing automation as an engine of innovation, not merely efficiency.

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Retargeting Without Cookies Equals Better Performance

33Across

Retargeting is one of the strongest performing tactics for retailers; however, since the majority of it is based on cookies, clients can only reach about 50% of their audience. Once third-party cookies expire, this audience will. The post Retargeting Without Cookies Equals Better Performance appeared first on 33Across.

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Google Analytics Event Tracking: How To Get Set Up via @sejournal, @vahandev

Search Engine Journal

This guide is here to help you with the migration of your custom events, with a step-by-step on how to set up GA4 custom events. The post Google Analytics Event Tracking: How To Get Set Up appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Best Practices to Boost Marketing Efficiency while Decreasing Cost Per Sale

Speaker: Kristin Hess - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Drift; Will Lyon - Head of Vertical Marketing, 6sense

The past three years have forced nearly every industry to rethink their prospect and customer engagement strategy. But while we’ve all been thrust into digital transformation, we haven’t all made the transition efficiently. Now that we know digital selling is the new norm, how can we ensure our website is doing as much of the leg work as possible for us - even in the midst of economic challenges?

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Winning Workflows to Enhance Your Content Marketing 

Oktopost

Sam Thomas Davies reveals the tried and true methods that allow him to always have a repertoire of strong content. Listen to the Podcast: Or subscribe on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or YouTube Episode Summary There’s so much to be said about looking at content that performs very well, trying to reverse engineer why it works and trying to put your own unique spin on it.

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How To Build An Ecommerce Marketing Strategy That Converts

BuzzSumo

Over emphasis on buyers at the bottom of the sales funnel has led marketers to neglect content marketing for ecommerce. They ignore the pool of prospects who are in the research and education phases of the buying process. Ecommerce marketers should learn from the retailers of years gone by: content marketing works. It has been convincing consumers to buy since long before our grandparents were born.

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Where to find marketing ideas to boost your performance

Martech

Are you looking for inspiration to improve your organization’s marketing performance? Well, there’s plenty of inspiration if you keep your eyes and ears open. This may seem obvious, but sometimes I have to remind myself of this fact and of all the opportunities out there. As marketing-oriented professionals, we’re all responsible for contributing ideas, regardless of where we sit on the organizational chart.

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Is Content Still The Key To A Successful SEO Strategy? [Webinar] via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

Search Engine Journal

Unlock the secrets of modern SEO. Discover how to boost content quality and outrank competitors in our live webinar. Save your seat now! The post Is Content Still The Key To A Successful SEO Strategy? [Webinar] appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Contact vs. Company Intent Signal Data

Contact and company intent data both have their advantages. Contact-level intent leads can be acted on immediately to reach active buyers, while company-level leads improve outcomes for account-based marketing and other programs. This infographic unpacks the advantages of both contact and company data and gives details about how B2B marketers can benefit from both.

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When it Comes to Data-Driven Advertising, Measurement will Dictate the Future of Identity

33Across

With record-breaking growth in 2021 and hitting a revenue goal of $200bn in early 2022, digital advertising’s year-over-year growth has sharply declined, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) and PwC’s latest annual report. The report highlights how. The post When it Comes to Data-Driven Advertising, Measurement will Dictate the Future of Identity appeared first on 33Across.

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How to use brand safety tools to protect your brand’s reputation

Sprout Social

Operating on social media without brand safety tools is like browsing the internet without malware protection. Technically, you can do it—but it opens you up to unnecessary risks and incidents that can cause financial loss and permanent reputational damage. Brand safety has traditionally been relegated to just protecting brands from advertising on or near inappropriate content online.

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Meta unveils generative AI tool for Facebook and Instagram advertisers

Martech

Facebook parent Meta dipped its toe into generative AI this week by announcing AI Sandbox. Advertisers can use it to create alternative ad versions, use text prompts to generate backgrounds and crop images for Facebook or Instagram ads. Dig deeper: Facebook agrees to revamp adtech over discrimination charges What it does. It lets advertisers: Create different versions of the same ad copy for different target groups, while maintaining the main message.