KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 7, 2017

SEO is a critical component in most B2B marketers’ traffic acquisition initiatives. According to the “ 2017 State of B2B Digital Marketing ” report from DemandWave, 63 percent of B2B marketers surveyed indicated that organic search (and email) topped their lists as the leading channels for revenue growth.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# In addition, more than half of companies that use paid search increased their budgets for it last year. Where do image ads fit in the mix?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 9, 2013

With new online marketing tools, tactics, and channels cropping up daily, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with opportunity. Thankfully, as B2B marketers, we’re able to tap into the wants and needs of B2B consumers via online surveys, research reports, etc. Moz’s 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

My sister blog B2C Marketing Insider recently ran this article called Where Search Meets Social: Integrating Social Media into Organic and Paid Search Can Generate Exponential ROI written by Kent Lewis, President and Founder of Social Media and Marketing agencies Anvil Media and Formic Media. Analyze keywords.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 29, 2015

As I reviewed Salesforce 2015 State of Marketing report, I was encouraged to read that even though search engine marketing took a backseat to more “popular” programs such as social media and mobile marketing, it is still considered a highly valuable and effective component of the marketing mix.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 16, 2014

Blogging has emerged and remains a critical component of B2B content marketing strategies across all industries. While I could ramble on about the importance of blogging within the B2B marketing mix, take a look at these statistics that put its adoption and effectiveness into perspective. Where will they see this post?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 6, 2010

While integrated marketing approaches are nothing new, email and social media are especially complimentary marketing tactics. Another reason these 2 tactics are complimentary is that email can produce additional followers for your company’s social channels or newsletters through “Follow Us” functionality and subscriptions.

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Launch Marketing

MARCH 27, 2019

A typical marketing mix for any business consists of core elements that fall into either inbound or outbound marketing categories. So, what exactly is “inbound” versus “outbound” marketing? So, what exactly is “inbound” versus “outbound” marketing? Generate Awareness with Outbound Marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

MAY 11, 2012

When I first started SEO consulting it felt like the reason a large percentage of companies were interested in SEO was because they believed it was a shortcut to online marketing success ( it was free, right? ). The high level examples include (but are not limited to): Search Algorithm Understanding. Can we help some of them?

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markempa

AUGUST 12, 2013

Tweet As marketers, we’ve all heard the buzz about native advertising. In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I wanted to share my view on native advertising from a business intelligence perspective and the role I believe it has in the future of Internet marketing. Search engine marketing ads?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 9, 2010

Now like many marketers currently experiencing a similar situation, you probably immediately thought “why me?” According to Duct Tape Marketing , social media is the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value. This strategy should include a mix of tactics that will provide support to the campaign.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. I concluded with a discussion of the tactics to consider in future demand generation efforts. Which is more important: defining marketing process or implementing marketing automation?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

And what role do marketers play in cultivating the brand and maintaining some level of consistency in our brand image? While this sounds very much like the common definition for Integrated Marketing Communications, the author is suggesting that we need to go farther and deeper in coordinating marketing plans.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

While marketers have embraced these chats as a way of connecting with fellow marketers and sharing ideas, companies/brands have been relatively non-existent in these conversations. This has resulted in marketers focusing on trying to enlist these individuals to become brand advocates. What do you think?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 5, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2010

The leads with the highest conversion rate and the lowest costs typically come from inbound activities like search and are then followed up and qualified by our telemarketing professionals. Cost Per Lead is 60% Lower with Inbound Marketing – see below [link] Michael Brenner Jul 1 2010 Hi Ryan, I couldn’t agree more.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 14, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 28, 2010

It’s that time of year for creating your marketing plan. If you are looking for a more formal approach, check out The Marketing Leadership Council which offers a marketing planning tool called MarkPlan and recently held a series of workshops on marketing planning. It starts with reaching across functional areas.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

What does all this mean to the B2B marketer? I will suggest the top 6 opportunities for mobile marketing and the steps you should take now. Search : Consider the implications of Google Goggles and mobile search on your paid and organic search strategies. Summit Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. Market to them and never forget that even in B2B, human beings still make the decisions. Instead create personas of people that buy your solutions or products.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Telemarketing services are continuing to grow in popularity, due to the low cost and high ROI; however, the difficulty lies in which telemarketing tactic to utilize. Cost efficiencies The appointment setting tactic is on a strict pay for performance model.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. In this post I will explain the 4 most common mistakes marketers make. Sounds easy right?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Social media is hot mainly because it is new news to lots of folks in marketing and across our organizations that “the customer is indeed in charge”. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

How do you overcome internal fears, politics and budget battles in integrating social media into marketing? This is one of the most positive outcomes of the social media activity in B2B marketing. How do you divide and conquer social media across sales, marketing, customer service? Quite simply: Executive buy-in.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

If you’re not sure how to make your brand stand out, see what kinds of marketing tactics other B2B marketing professionals saw success with this year in our 2021 B2B Marketing Mix Report. Then, keep reading to learn about 4 ways can use digital marketing to stand out. And if something’s not working?

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

So marketing sends more. So marketing tightens the quality standards and sends fewer but higher quality leads. My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

In my 20 years of marketing, sales and Telemarketing experience I have created many “Tele Web” programs, and here are the top reasons they succeed. There are 3rd party companies that boast the “Immediate warm transfer” of a prospect searching your web site, but this is not always the case, and can be costly.

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EMagine B2B Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

As I’ve watched the definition of the ambiguous word “marketing” evolve over the years I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on what the word actually means (currently). Before I dropped out, I found my college marketing courses to be relatively ineffective. Permission Marketing. Business to Business Direct Marketing.

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Hubspot

JULY 6, 2011

Let’s face it – there are tons of marketing tactics that boost conversions. Whether you prefer academic or anecdotal evidence, we all know that the right marketing mix is key in order for an ecommerce site to be successful. Insert majestic voice here ) The answer is in your search queries.

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