Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Content marketing is a hot topic, primarily in the B2B world but increasingly in consumer marketing as well. And as noted here yesterday , 93% of B2B marketers are now using content marketing, with more than half calling it their biggest priority this year. Content Marketing Strategy Guides.

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Strategy Content Marketing BuzzStream 226

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. What do buyers really want from social media marketers?

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Social Media B2B Marketing SEO 245

ProBlogger

MAY 10, 2012

This guest post is by Mitt Ray of The White Paper Blog. With the rise in inbound marketing, more and more blogs are using white papers to promote themselves effectively. If you’re keen on learning how to write effective white papers and then use them to promote your blog, then you have to read this post!

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How To Tips Products List 39

Oktopost

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Why is Brand Visibility Important for B2B? In short, brand visibility refers to how much your brand is seen on different marketing channels. Why Is Brand Visibility Important for B2B? Visibility is vital for B2B marketing because it helps build your credibility and trust in the eyes of potential customers.

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Brands B2B SEO Influencer 75

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Although the framework has been for the most part enthusiastically embraced (and dozens of people have downloaded the framework white paper ), a few people on Twitter questioned the need for a “new” marketing concept. Content Marketing. Search Engine Optimization (SEO ). Inbound Marketing.

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AJAX SEO Engineering Metrics 194

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

” the delightful Shelly Kramer asked me when I met her recently face-to-face for the first time, at a Minneapolis internet marketing event. I guess that’s because I’ve always wanted this blog to be about you, the reader, and your need for digital marketing information and guidance. Not a place for me to “sell.”

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SEO B2B Consultant News 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 14, 2010

Whether you are a CMO’s of a B2C or B2B Marketing team the key in this next decade is sharing and the key to sharing is Content! Some people call it Content Marketing (Junta42) some people call it Inbound Marketing (HubSpot) but the meaning is basically the same. And I couldn’t help but agree.

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Brands Hubspot Social Capital StumbleUpon 213

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 10, 2011

Yet a Bazaarvoice/CMO Club study showed that only 15% of CMOs could point to a “significant return&# from Facebook marketing efforts, while 9% report no ROI and 35% basically had no idea. The core of social media marketing efforts should be the corporate blog. Promote white papers / eBooks / reports for lead generation.

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ROI Case Study Bazaarvoice Klout 191

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). The free “Blogging’s Long Tail Approach&# white paper is devoted to describing this notion of blog content breadth, and its impact on search term selection, and search term optimization.

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Hitwise Content Blogger Consultant 117

Writtent Blog

MAY 20, 2014

Content marketing — like any other type of online marketing — is continually changing and evolving. Example: one of my Internet marketing buddies’ content marketing campaign was built heavily around article directory submissions (think Ezine Articles ). Image source: Marketing Profs. Image source.

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Trends Content Marketing Curation 95

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Last week I wrote about the 4 (and only 4) possible rationales for agencies to get deep into content marketing. Clearly understanding these rationales is important because content marketing isn’t free. The Six Lifelong Laws of Successful Content Marketing for Agencies. BlissPR is all B2B, and heavily blog-focused.

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Content Marketing Cost Metrics 129

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

As a PR and Marketing specialist it is becoming mandatory for businesses today to identify the communities that are actively defining and shaping the future of your business in places like blogs, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, as well as traditional media. Tags: PR Buzz Marketing. Full Disclosure: BearingPoint is a Beta Client of BuzzGain.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 18, 2009

There are other examples of B2B tech companies that put a special 800 number in their white papers to signal the call is coming in from a download on the website. A more recent example is Naked Pizza, a New Orleans healthful-pizza shop that has been marketing itself via Twitter.

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Keyhole.co

JUNE 6, 2023

Have you ever felt like you’re playing an endless game of tag with your B2B content marketing strategy, trying to catch your target audience’s attention while they’re just out of reach? So why not use them to your advantage in your B2B content marketing strategy? If so, you’re not alone.

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B2B Strategy Brands Content 52

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

We began noticing a need for a “Fast Lane” for leads that were bingeing on white papers and forward to 20 internal contacts that each downloaded the paper. He started out as a Programmer, turned System Engineer, turned B2B Salesman, turned Business Owner. A lead nurturing super highway was born.

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How To System Software B2B 100

Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

When I first started out with digital marketing, I was blown away by the sheer amount of online marketing resources and social media classes. I read hundreds of articles and enrolled in as many marketing courses that I could possibly get my hands on. Digital marketing classes (9-17). Diploma in Social Media Marketing.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

B2B Vertical Search: Enabling Information Discovery and Decision Making for an Industry Communityâ?? - FAST White Paper. FAST recently released a white paper on the business and technology of recommendations. Find out more and download the paper today. Search Engine Watch. Jeff Jarvis. John Hagel.

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SocialText News Sharepoint Web 2.0 100

agora pulse

JUNE 27, 2019

B2B firms are extremely bullish about the effectiveness of social media content and plan to continue to invest heavily in it, according to recent research from Walker Sands. B2B firms rank social media as the second-most effective content type for engaging existing customers, just behind website content.

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B2B Social Media Content Newsletter 100

Hootsuite

MARCH 16, 2023

While Google remains king of search with the vast majority of the market share (it’s become a verb, after all), Microsoft Ads are in second place. Savvy digital marketers can (and should) learn how to leverage the power of Microsoft Ads and understand exactly how to advertise on Bing. Why use Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads)?

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Microsoft CPC Campaign HootSuite 145

Oktopost

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Social selling has become an almost inevitable part of B2B selling. This makes sense when you consider that 46% of B2B decision-makers are now between the ages of 18 and 34 years old. But who likes a challenge more than a B2B marketer? No two businesses are the same and no two social media marketing strategies are alike.

Social Media Management 159

Social Media Management Social Media Tools Hubspot 159

Oktopost

APRIL 7, 2022

A sales funnel is a crucial part of any successful marketing strategy. The top of the funnel (TOFU) pulls its leads in from a wide range of channels, such as through search engines, blog posts, and social media. So how can you create a social media sales funnel that aligns (and drives leads into) your B2B sales funnel?

Social Media 118

Social Media How To Metrics B2B 118

Oktopost

JULY 23, 2020

When someone mentions “Content Marketing,” what are the first words that come to mind? Yes, but content marketing is much more than the sum of its parts. In 2020 it is becoming an increasingly important tool in B2B lead generation. As many as 70% of B2B marketers use content marketing to generate leads.

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Content B2B How To Types 169

Convince & Convert

MARCH 18, 2016

This is episode two of my new show: Marketing Marvels. There is A LOT of marketing technology out there, and it’s difficult to know what all the platforms and packages do, whether it makes sense for your business, how it stacks up to competitors, and a bunch of other key questions. Marketing Marvels viewers get a two week free trial.

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Marketing Content eBook Joomla 60

Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

Let’s say you have a white paper for download on your site. Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. Although Flowtown leans toward the B2C mass market culturally, I see monster B2B possibilities here. Comment away!

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Consultant Metrics Social Media Social CRM 122

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Yet another post about 2018 B2B marketing trends? This piece compiles and analyzes the predictions of more than 100 B2B marketing professionals as published in 10 highly-ranked posts over the past month (best!). Here we go… Content Marketing Trends. ” — 2018 Trends: B2B Marketing , Edelman. .

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B2B Trends Analysis Marketing 293

Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 23, 2013

Content marketing represents the most fundamental and widespread rethinking of marketing practices in decades. Content marketing turns the dominant paradigm of the last half-century—interruption-based mass marketing—on its head. How can content be optimized to support search engine optimization (SEO) efforts?

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Content Tips Marketing B2B 223

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is “Viral Marketing&# False, in the same way that a square is also a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally.

Social Media 149

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Recent research makes clear that, for high-value consumer purchases as well as b2b procurement, being as “findable” as possible online is critical to winning the business. How are your competitors approaching the market? Paid Presence (search engine ads, banner ads on trade or publication sites, social network ads).

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Findability Directory Social Bookmarking B2B 197

Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 22, 2013

I interviewed 3 marketers who make large content projects work for their companies and clients to find out how to make sure to get a return on investment from Big Content: Cyrus Shepard. How can you manage risk in your content marketing? How can you manage risk in your content marketing?

Strategy 150

Strategy BuzzStream Content Brands 150

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

As the use of social media in marketing has become ubiquitous, marketers have turned their attention to making the use of business social media more sophisticated and strategic. How can marketers help their organizations move from “social media marketing” to “social business”? Relevanza ).

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Statistics Social Media B2B Journal 226

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 5, 2016

As noted here previously, content marketing is now ubiquitous, with 93% of all marketers saying they do content marketing. All of those marketers are creating an enormous amount of content, which is making it difficult to stand out and rise above the noise. Writing White Papers to Establish Your Expertise by Prof KRG.

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Content B2B Marketing Hubspot 60

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

More than half of companies with revenue under $50 million already spend the majority of their marketing dollars online. And roughly 70% plan to increase the share of budget devoted to digital marketing over the next two years. The reports breaks down digital marketing practices and plans for small to midsized businesses in six ranges.

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Strategy ROI SEO B2B 161

Convince & Convert

MAY 19, 2010

is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy May 19th, 2010 |Written By: russhenneberry | View Comments Tweet Guest post from Russ Henneberry , who writes, speaks and executes on content marketing plans for small businesses. Marketing was much easier when it was controllable. Then they can go back to business as usual.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Social CRM 137

Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Marketers need to take the same approach. That’s where content marketing comes in. Content marketing is a big job. Content marketing tools make that job significantly easier. All of this can help bridge the sometimes difficult gap between marketing and sales, making both teams more effective.

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Tools Content HootSuite Marketing 104

Convince & Convert

MARCH 1, 2012

This episode features Chad Pollitt , the Director of Inbound Marketing for Kuno Creative. My name is Jim Kukral and I write books and I speak and mostly books in the non-fiction world of business and marketing, very similar to what Jay does. Eric: We’re a B2B software company. That’s really about me. Eric: Yeah.

Social Media 140

Social Media Hubspot Software Hosting 140

SalesChoice

JANUARY 19, 2017

Sales Productivity of B2B Sales professionals is plummeting and some futurists are now warning that B2B Sales professionals will die out in less than 30 years; 2.) There is no doubt that a successful Data Scientist must be proficient in programming, modeling, and data modeling (extracting, cleaning, and feature engineering data).

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Patterns B2B Analytics Data 22

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Search engines are going away. At least, those are the contentions of John McTigue, EVP of marketing agency Kuno Creative, in his recent blog post Why Websites and Search Are So Yesterday. Image credit: Haley Marketing Group. Results clearly vary by market segment.). Websites are dead. I suspect John does too.

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Engineering iPad B2B SEO 193