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LinkedIn Groups for Sales Success
LinkedIn has long been a solid source for business to business marketers and sales departments to find and connect with their prospects and customers. It’s also a great platform to include in your content strategies. Our advice has long been for sales and marketing professionals to be where the audience is… that audience can often be found on LinkedIn Groups.…
- Content Marketing
Marketing Automation Trends, Challenges, and Success
Holger Schulze and the Everything Technology Marketing blog conducted a survey of B2B marketers in the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn. I asked Troy Burk, CEO of Right On Interactive – a marketing automation platform that’s been identified as a leader in the industry – to provide feedback on the survey results. The survey was nicely done and provides…
- Marketing Infographics
Using Social Media for Lead Generation
This infographic has some great stats but I don’t think it’s a deep evaluation of the total impact of social media. One example is the impact of social media on search engine results. If you have great content that’s shared a ton socially, the chances of more folks citing your content within their relevant content increases and; as a result,…
- Content Marketing
Who Is Your B2B Buyer?
We see our clients struggle often with the tone of their content… they’re concerned that their content is too sophisticated or not sophisticated enough for their audience. We believe that a range of sophistication is most effective. Readers looking for high-authority content skim past the content that’s not of interest. They don’t judge the company nor the publication, they simply…
- Content Marketing
Business to Business Alternative Marketing
One of the opportunities for Business to Business (B2B) marketers is to capture traffic for people searching for alternatives. People are researching application purchases or they’re unhappy and wish to leave a vendor – using terms like alternative to, or similar to, or applications like to describe their searches. Here’s a great example – a search for alternatives to Wufoo:…
- Marketing Infographics
What Works for Social Sharing
Our content marketing platform client, gathered data across Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to see what works best for social sharing in terms of time, day of the week, and what to say. While a lot of these findings are not surprising, I was particularly intrigued by the differences between Twitter and LinkedIn. As the infographic shows, using exclamation results in…
- Marketing Infographics
Cisco: The Power of In-Person Meetings
A couple of years ago, we met with some of the board at Cisco via Telepresence, and it was nothing short of amazing. Speaking to someone full-size and face-to-face has incredible value. The folks at Cisco agree and have put out this infographic on the power of in-person meetings. The demands of a distributed globalized marketplace have altered the way…
- Marketing & Sales Videos
B2B Profiling and Prospecting with Mintigo
After leaving the newspaper industry, one of my first jobs was developing prospect databases for B2B vendors. Using some third party tools, we developed a means to develop a custom index on firmographic traits on your client base. In other words, we would identify your ideal clients by revenue, number of employees, industry codes, years in service, location and any…
- Content Marketing
5 Keys to B2B Blogging
This week I’m working on a presentation for the Webtrends Engage conference. My topic is quite specific and the time slot is very brief (10 minutes), so it’s challenging me to do one heck of a presentation! I’ve been asked to speak to successful B2B Blogging. I’ve narrowed the keys to Business to Business (B2B) Blogging down to 5 distinct…
- Content Marketing
Top 3 Key Elements to Remember for B2B Blogging
In B2B, corporate blogging has proven to be one of the most effective tools for building brand authority, generating leads, and driving long-term engagement. However, simply publishing content isn’t enough—your blog must stand out in a crowded space, resonate with your target audience, and reinforce your brand’s value. To achieve this, you must focus on three essential elements: thought leadership,…
