In 1996 Bill Gates coined the “content is king” phrase. Years later marketers began to ask the question if content was dying as the web was flooded with huge amount of information.
Read MoreIn 1996 Bill Gates coined the “content is king” phrase. Years later marketers began to ask the question if content was dying as the web was flooded with huge amount of information.
Read MoreTopics: content, marketing content
This summer, rather than stick to the same schedule that I normally have, I did something quite different. This summer I found myself a co-op placement. Here’s my insider perspective as a summer intern:
Read MoreTopics: content, marketing, marketing content, buyer persona, marketing technology, social media, SEO, customer personas, videos
Over time web sites can get clogged with information that has been posted, forgotten and become stale or obsolete. This makes it difficult for visitors to your site to find what they're looking for and inevitably they cut their visit short. In order to keep your visitors browsing your site,
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When clients engage us to help with their content marketing strategy, we often find that they haven’t sufficiently answered (or many times, even asked): “What content should we be producing?”
Read MoreTopics: strategy, marketing content, customer personas
What’s causing B2B marketing executives to lose sleep in 2014?
Topics: strategy, lead nurturing, marketing content, buyer persona
Successful email campaigns don’t push; they pull. By providing quality and quantity— great content and value offers spread across multiple emails—you can use email marketing to get leads to want to hear from you.
Topics: marketing automation, lead nurturing, marketing content, email marketing
Content marketing continues to grow in popularity as more businesses realize the tremendous potential of the web to build lasting customer relationships that translate into sales.
Topics: content, strategy, customer loyalty, marketing content
Inbound marketing is getting a lot of hype these days, and too often the “next big thing” is all sizzle and no steak.
Topics: b2b, leads, content, marketing, strategy, lead nurturing, customer loyalty, marketing content, customer engagement, social media, inbound marketing, sales, SEO
In "I am worried about the economy. Should I cut back my marketing?" we recommend B2B marketers face economic uncertainty by focusing on lead generation and revenue creation. Here are 5 ideas about how you can do it.
Topics: b2b, content, marketing, marketing content, messaging, social media
Anyone who has ever spent time trying to craft snappy marketing messages for B2B products/services can tell you it isn’t easy. Sometimes a question as simple as “What is product x?” can cause no end to trouble for the marketing team. Often a great place to start is to look at the stories being told by the sales team or executives when they meet with prospects, investors or even new hires.
Topics: b2b, tips, strategy, marketing content, messaging
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