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Content Marketing Trends for 2012: What's in and What's Out by Pawan Deshpande
No doubt about it: 2011 was a big year for content marketing. Twice the number of marketers implement content marketing vs. the number of those who use print, television, and radio advertising. But what's in store for 2012?
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The Evolution of B2B Marketing: Why Generating Leads Isn't Enough Anymore by Michelle Boockoff-Bajdek
Today's B2B marketers can't focus only on generating leads and turning them over to Sales. To get results, they need to create effective, targeted programs that hit the right people via the appropriate channel. Here how.
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Is Your 'About Us' Page Effective?by Kevin B. Levi
For a small B2B business, the second most important page on its website after its homepage is its "About Us" page. Learn a highly effective formula for creating content for your "About Us" page, and how to track its effectiveness.
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What's Wrong With Your Email: A Second Look at Proven Attention Grabbersby Olga Taylor
When soliciting business via email, there's a right way and a wrong way to grab your subscriber's attention and interest. Here's a real-life example—and a detailed critique—of an email solicitation gone awry.
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Five Strategies for Speaking to B2B Buyers' Pain Pointsby Dan McDade
Effective B2B lead generation, lead qualification, and lead nurturing programs are built on a rock-solid messaging platform—your offer. The most important aspect of a great offer is a deep understanding of what motivates potential buyers.
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Content vs. Messaging: How the Digital Customer Narrative Is Changing Marketing by Jen Evans
Content is more than just words. Content experiences that are strategic, planned, structured, and measured can develop a new customer narrative that'll bring companies and customers closer than ever.
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How to Build Your Own Customized B2B Prospecting Lists for Freeby Arvind Sehtia
A customized prospecting list is a great resource for your cold calling, direct mail, and email marketing efforts. If you prefer to "do it yourself," here are nine steps for building a free B2B marketing database for your outbound marketing ...
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How to Evolve Your B2B Customer Experience Using Imagesby Chad McCloud
Do you know why your customers behave as they do? People tend to have difficulty explaining exactly why they like a product, but using images can help you get to the root of the real drivers of customer behavior.
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Keep Up With Marketing's Industrial Revolution: Five Tips for Retooling Your Teamby Ed Thompson
Marketing automation is rapidly changing how we mine our data, create our programs, deliver our content, and continually refine, streamline, and automate. But getting results requires having (and retooling) the right team.
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Is Social Media a Waste of Time and Money for B2B?by Glenn Gow
Though no one can deny the explosive popularity of social media, some hard-core justifications for its B2B use have yet to be laid out. Consider these four points before leaving social media out of your B2B marketing strategy.
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'Don't Tase Me, Bro!' Or, How I Got an Engineer to Write a Whitepaperby Ari McKee-Sexton
For some of us writerly types, content comes easy. But extracting copy from others is like pulling bad teeth. But it needn't be. Use these winning strategies to unleash the inner writer in even your most reluctant team members.
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Six Key Questions (and Answers!) About B2B Mobile Marketingby Christina "CK" Kerley
Everywhere you turn, everyone is talking about mobile. Though B2Cs have been diving into mobile, B2Bs have been falling behind and missing prime opportunities to reach and engage their business audiences.
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The Top Three B2B SEO Recommendations to Considerby Nick Stamoulis
B2B and B2C marketing have commonalities—and differences. Some B2C rules apply, whereas others have to be tweaked to fit B2B. The same is true for SEO. Here are three must-know SEO tips for B2B marketers.
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Secrets of Case Study Winners: How B2B Marketers Can Create Successful Programsby Paul McKeon
Though social media has brought clients and vendors together, it's still a tough sell to get clients to agree to do case studies. But the B2B marketers who produce dozens of case studies know a few secrets... and this article ...
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Rebalance B2B Marketing Budgets to Maximize Salesby Sean Geehan
Rebalancing your marketing investments is the way to sustainable, predictable, and profitable growth. That's why it's crucial to analyze where your budgets are going and identify where the biggest returns on spend are.
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Outsourced Marketing: Does It Make Sense for You?by Mike Etzinger
Outsourcing creative marketing functions may bring big cost savings to some, but going with an agency might not be the best route for others. Here are nine benefits and a few drawbacks to consider when contemplating outsourcing.
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Five B2B Trends in Content, Social Media in 2011by Ann Handley
As an editor and marketer, I think about how to translate marketing ideas into actionable steps. But sometimes it's good to take stock of the bigger picture. Here are some big trends I see shaping B2B marketing in 2011.
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Why Your B2B Website Needs Social Interactionby Bob Egner
If your idea of giving your website a social life entails having a "follow us on Facebook" link on your homepage, you might want to take a second look at your analytics. Learn why and how B2B marketers should socialize ...
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Five Important B2B Marketing Trends in 2011 by Chris Chariton
2011 is here, and that means B2B marketers have just been evaluating plans and allocating budget. Though each company is different, the same five trends will affect them all—and marketers who capitalize on them are better positioned to reach their ...
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Eight Ways to Create Enough Video Content to Last 18 Monthsby Pete Savage
Studies show that online video improves email click-through rates, sales conversions, and search engine rankings; it's no wonder marketers are funneling more budget dollars into this tantalizing medium. Learn eight ways to make your video content last 18 months.