Sprout Social

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There lies the magic of B2B influencer marketing. Influencer marketing has long been a staple for business-to-consumer (B2C) brands looking to cultivate more authentic connections with their audience. In this guide, we’re diving into the essentials of B2B influencer marketing. What is B2B influencer marketing?

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Sprout Social

MAY 11, 2022

So, you’ve been tasked with creating a social media RFP. Keep reading for a breakdown on what makes a great RFP. You’ll be sifting through proposals in no time. What is a social media RFP? These documents help marketers make the best possible decision on who to partner with.

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2019. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2019, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

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Hubspot

APRIL 7, 2015

Well, many businesses will write a website RFP (request for proposal) and then send that RFP out to multiple agencies hoping they’ll respond. But here’s the thing, some of the best agencies out there hate responding to RFPs because they’re time consuming and creatively constraining. Your website is no different.

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Circle Studio

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As we enter the New Year, A/E/C firms have made (and are still making) plans for where and how to spend their marketing time and budgets in 2018. Just as people everywhere are making resolutions to improve their lives—both personally and professionally—in 2018, why not do the same for your firm’s marketing efforts?

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Pam Didner

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

In the B2B world, marketing creates tons of content. SEO-optimized content coupled with Google Search helps prospects and customers ‘learn’ about your products and services, which creates a big opportunity for marketers and sellers to ‘educate.’. But supporting sales by providing content as a marketing person can be tricky.

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markempa

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Ami Kelly, GHT Director of Marketing and Business Development, walks us through the steps she took that ultimately transformed this mindset and turned an outdated brochure website into an opportunity generator. “I Prepare an RFP. That was until a marketing agency pointed out that GHT’s website could be used for lead generation.

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Hinge Marketing

MAY 20, 2019

Content marketing is changing the way professional services are bought and sold. Content marketing is the strategy that turns that content into profits. Traditional Marketing 101. An RFP is sent out to a broad swath of prospective service providers. Content Marketing—A Better Way. Responses flood in.

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Bluetext

MAY 8, 2023

Within the previous blogs in our marketing acronym series, we took a look at the top acronyms used in the sales and advertising realm , as well as the website design and development side of marketing. DR (Direct Response) A marketing approach that aims to get a quick response from your target audience.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

How do you coordinate marketing, sales, and service teams across your company to attract, engage, and delight your audience? Account-based marketing tools. RFP response management. Apps for marketing teams. Twitter -- microblogging and social networking. Mailchimp -- email and marketing automation.

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Hinge Marketing

AUGUST 12, 2015

Your professional services firm’s website is often the centerpiece of your marketing and business development strategies. Once you’ve captured their email addresses or added them to your social media following, you can nurture the relationship with them until they are ready to buy. Buttons to Your Social Media Pages.

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ClearVoice

JANUARY 31, 2019

Given creative, marketing or campaign briefs exist in all areas of business — advertising, media, PR, design, architecture — understanding the art of how to produce a good one is important. There are a slew of simple guidelines that each author can follow. So, what is the objective?

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Hinge Marketing

APRIL 15, 2015

The professional services industry is a big, wide world and the marketing and branding firms that serve it run the gamut. Website, blog, social media—it’s all fair game. Do they respond to blog and social media comments? Keep in mind that more than one call is usually necessary to get to a proposal.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

We recently had the opportunity to catch-up with our good friend and B2B Marketing Strategist, Ardath Albee. Ardath is CEO of her firm, Marketing Interactions , Inc and has over 25 years of business management and marketing experience. As a leader in this space, please define once and for all – what is content marketing?

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ViewPoint

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She is a founding member of the Savvy B2B Marketing blog , and contributes regularly to the Content Marketing Institute blog. of pipeline to 13.2%

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Hinge Marketing

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Traditional thinking also relegates marketing professionals to the role of support—and often to that of proposal machines. Indeed, being a marketer within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) space can seem an uphill battle. Regardless of the actual author, this quote is indeed applicable to AEC marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This is where a digital marketing agency steps in. Many B2B businesses opt for hiring outside help instead of in-house marketing because it’s easier to maintain a proactive approach. However, choosing a digital marketing agency isn’t a decision to take lightly—especially in a saturated market.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 14, 2016

Content marketing is changing the way professional services are bought and sold. Content marketing is the strategy that turns that content into profits. Traditional Marketing 101. An RFP is sent out to a broad swath of prospective service providers. Content Marketing—A Better Way. Responses flood in.

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Hubspot

MAY 13, 2013

Not too long ago, my colleague Katie Burke wrote a great article, " The Right Way to Think About Your Marketing Software RFP ," and it got me thinking about my own experiences as a buyer of marketing technology. Right now the marketing automation industry couldn''t be hotter. They plan to use lead scoring, as well.

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B2B Marketing Savvy

JULY 2, 2009

Other Popular Posts: Navigating the Messaging Minefield Agency and Marcom Behavior Social Media Statistics ScoopDog’s Blog Home Page. Otherwise called: “communications briefs”, “marketing briefs”, “innovation briefs”, “design briefs” or something akin. Who cares and who needs them?

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This tracking helps you measure your event ROI (return on investment), analyze marketing effectiveness, and follow up after your event. . You hold a B2B (business to business) event when you’re putting on an event with the aim of marketing to other businesses. This is a great marketing technique for any type of event.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 30, 2013

It’s a tough world out there for marketers. A 2011 study by the Fournaise Group estimated that 73% of CEOs think marketers can’t demonstrate their impact on the company’s top line , while Jonathan Salem Baskin estimates that CMOs get fired 25% more often than CIOs, and more than twice as frequently as any other colleague in the C-Suite.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Communicators found their influence grew with executives, even as the functions they performed evolved in 2022; PR and marketing alike battled to win trust amid clutter, noise and skepticism. Every year I read and write about dozens of reports on B2B marketing and PR. 12% say competing go-to-market strategy or goals (KPIs).

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Sword and the Script | B2B

JULY 19, 2022

Buyers of B2B software want published pricing: according to a study by McKinsey, 68% want prices published online without negotiation (and other useful B2B marketing statistics). Regular readers know I frequently dive into surveys and studies about B2B marketing, sales and PR. The cost of B2B marketing content.

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Hinge Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2022

Should you specialize and zero in on a specific market niche? This strategy is called differentiated marketing. Differentiated Marketing Defined. Differentiated Marketing Defined. In Differentiated Marketing a firm pursues multiple target markets using different marketing strategies for each.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Recently, I came across a really depressing statistic about the marketing automation buying process: According to a study done by VentureBeat , 70% of marketers who purchase a system are either unhappy or only marginally happy with their software. Getting an arbitrary percentage from each vendor is not the right question for an RFP.

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Hinge Marketing

JULY 18, 2019

Should you specialize and zero in on a specific market niche? This strategy is called differentiated marketing. Differentiated Marketing Defined. Differentiated Marketing Defined. In Differentiated Marketing a firm pursues multiple target markets using different marketing strategies for each.

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Sword and the Script | B2B

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This might sound crazy, but being candid and honest is a surefire way for B2B tech solution providers to differentiate themselves from ~75% of the market. The survey was commissioned by Rob Roy Consulting and conducted by the market research firm Cambia Information Group. 39% said social media. 39% said social media.

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Bluetext

JUNE 11, 2021

If you are already marketing to “the government,” you understand that winning government contracts is a long sales cycle. Winning government contracts is not as simple as pointing your existing sales and marketing engine at a new target. In order to determine how to develop our marketing and sales pipeline, we need to define success.

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Hinge Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Are you, or your marketing department, still using an Excel spreadsheet to track what communications have been sent to which clients? Then it may be time for an upgrade to a marketing automation platform, or MAP. But automated marketing solutions are highly effective at hyper -personalization. That’s the how. Maximizing Content.

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Hinge Marketing

MARCH 16, 2016

Are you, or your marketing department, still using an Excel spreadsheet to track what communications have been sent to which clients? Then it may be time for an upgrade to a marketing automation platform, or MAP. But automated marketing solutions are highly effective at hyper -personalization. That’s the how.

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Bluetext

JUNE 11, 2021

If you are already marketing to “the government,” you understand that winning government contracts is a long sales cycle. After many years of B2G marketing experience, Bluetext is here to break down what gets your foot in the door and sustains success in business to government marketing. Memorability.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 28, 2015

For marketers, this isn't an uncommon question to struggle with. And a fter questioning myself one too many times, I decided to conduct some research to determine how much time it takes the average marketer to complete a routine task like creating an email, building a list, organizing analytics, etc. Every marketer is different.

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Anteriad

APRIL 25, 2023

Keeping up with the latest B2B Sales and Marketing terms is no simple task. With a seemingly endless stream of new trends, tactics, and acronyms, keeping your finger on the pulse of marketing key terms is vital to stay current (and relevant) as a B2B marketer. Affiliates commonly use organic search rank and PPC marketing.

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Anteriad

APRIL 25, 2023

Keeping up with the latest B2B marketing and sales terms is no simple task. With a seemingly endless stream of new trends, tactics, and acronyms, keeping your finger on the pulse of marketing key terms is vital to stay current (and relevant) as a B2B marketer. Affiliates commonly use organic search rank and PPC marketing.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Inevitably, when corporate America seeks a PR agency to support their communications effort, the Request for Proposals (RFP) asks for critical capabilities that can help a company sift through the myriad of options available and narrow them down to the few that make sense for their specific needs.

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Hinge Marketing

APRIL 17, 2019

In this article, I’ll present six marketing automation use-cases to help you as you consider your own martech stack. I’ll also address the top benefits of marketing automation. I’d like to start first, though, with a definition of professional services marketing automation (MA). Marketing Automation Defined.

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