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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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

” I call it participation marketing, and the reason is clear. The data clearly shows that people trust “employees of a company,” “consumer opinions,” and “colleagues and friends” when seeking information about a product or a brand. These are stories all about your employees and the unique insights they bring to the market.

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Oktopost

MARCH 7, 2022

There is no shortage of imperative marketing tactics that if you don’t do right now, your B2B organization will crash and burn. As marketers, we know the MarTech space is crowded. Like actual listening, social listening can be the glue that holds your marketing strategy together. What is Social Listening?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 13, 2021

Do you know how your newest customers heard about your product or service? Some companies only need a general idea of where their new customers come from while others need detailed results. Attribution modeling in marketing is assigning a value for the customer’s interaction points with the brand that led to the purchase.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 13, 2019

I did a website analysis and custom demonstration for a local IT recruiting company recently. This is a very successful company. They need a pipeline of companies that want to hire them to recruit on their behalf. By Peter Caputa. They’re a leader in their field and they have a good number of recruiters working for them.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The Michael Sampson Company Limited. The Michael Sampson Company. 7 Pillars of IT-Enabled Team Productivity. The 7 Pillars of IT-Enabled Team Productivity: The Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Analysis. Improving the capability of teams that cant be together, to work together. Three Areas of Focus. Values and Principles.

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Social data is becoming increasingly important in the new product development processes of many companies. In particular, manufacturers are tapping into social conversations as they explore new product ideas in order to learn what consumers are interested in and talking about. Related posts: How important is real-time data?

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As noted in the 2016 B2B Marketing Trends report , B2B marketing strategies and practices are in the midst of significant change, driven by new technologies and evolving buyer expectations for more “consumer-like” experiences. B2B marketing budgets are shifting to digital and social. B2B messaging gets personal.

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Hootsuite

MAY 31, 2023

Here’s how you can get started with ChatGPT for social media marketing. Start free 30-day trial How to use ChatGPT for social media marketing ChatGPT and social media go together like peanut butter and jam. Try using prompts like: Create a three-month social media strategy for an organic snack company.

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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. by GO Marketing.

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Oktopost

APRIL 14, 2023

Real-life example: A social media manager for a B2B company found that their LinkedIn posts were not generating enough engagement, despite efforts to promote the company’s content on the platform. Real-life example: A B2B company was running an advocacy campaign to promote a new product launch.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 6, 2012

Today is the launch of a new interesting product ‘Social Marketing Automation Suite’ from Awareness Inc., focused on helping marketers transform social data into a measurable ROI. It’s undeniable that a large part of the global focus amongst companies right now is on data and ROI when it comes to social media.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 30, 2015

We are seeing a rise in the use of case studies for marketing for several reasons: case studies can be shorter than white papers and easier to read. We are seeing a rise in the use of case studies for marketing for several reasons: case studies can be shorter than white papers and easier to read.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

White Papers |. Marketing IT. Are you involved in setting the direction for your companys IT budget or strategy? How To Create A Know-It-All Company. Heres how some companies convinced individuals to share best practices. src = [link]. }. Webcasts |. Podcasts |. Solution Centers |. Newsletters |. Compliance.

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Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Back in 1999 The Cluetrain Manifesto stated that markets are conversations, and that the Internet is enabling conversations that were simply not possible in the era of mass media. You start by listening and gathering information about your brand/s, your company, and your competitors. That has certainly proven to be the case.

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Writtent Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2013

When creating a content strategy, understanding the marketing funnel is your number one priority. If you’re not already familiar with the marketing funnel—also sometimes known as a sales funnel—there’s a good chance you’re losing many of your potential buyers. Anatomy of the Marketing Funnel. White papers.

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Mindjumpers

APRIL 14, 2011

Tweet Useful Social Media is a company that produces business intelligence products designed to help big businesses get the most of their use of social media. The majority of companies are confident that they are measuring social media impact, yet they still feel there is work to be done. - What You Can Get From Social Media.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 28, 2014

The client needed to show that behavioral interviews resulted in lower overall hiring costs, lower turnover rates, or increased productivity. As a content marketer, I am always backing up my white papers, ebooks, and blogs with powerful statistics and research that tell a story. Become a Data Authority.

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Idaconcpts

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s easy, in our web-dependent world, to think that—especially if we’ve been doing this awhile—we know all there is to know about digital marketing. Without further ado, here are today’s top 6 rules of digital marketing. Content Marketing. It used to be called “Guest Blogging” but now we call it “Content Marketing.”

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Twist Image

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

I consider myself a fairly productive individual, and I''m not overly impressed with myself, because I''m also acutely aware of the human condition. Companies can earn millions of billions of dollars in the short span of four months, and the markets will pound them for not performing better. It''s insanity. It''s not enough.

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Sprout Social

MAY 25, 2022

There’s a reason why more and more companies are linking their CRMs with social media management tools like Sprout. Looking at the top challenges of B2B marketers , the growing need for social media CRM integrations is clear. Social interactions are a given for folks doing their homework on a product, right?

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In short, brand visibility refers to how much your brand is seen on different marketing channels. For example, a company that shows branded content to its audience once per week is twice as visible as another company that only shows branded content to its audience every other week. Partner with Like-Minded Brands.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 13, 2011

With those basics established, here are 10 ways for small (or really, almost any size) businesses to use social networks for marketing and PR. What helps most, however, is having your content shared and passed along by others with high influence in your market space. Perform competitive and market research.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 2, 2015

As a consumer, which would you prefer: watching a video of actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme do the splits between two heavy haul trucks moving in reverse, or read a white paper about the latest in motor vehicle steering mechanisms? The brand wasn’t targeting consumers, but transport companies.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 26, 2013

Bryce uses the examples of Weight Watchers, SiriusXM, and Encyclopedia Britannica to illustrate why sacrificing some revenue by offering a free product to compete with services such as FitBit, Pandora, and Wikipedia can contribute to companies moving forward rather than behind. The New Rules Of Content Marketing.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 10, 2011

From the blog comments, it’s clear that the companies in this space are doing their best to obfuscate the truth. Marketers need to be ware that a lot of these companies say they do monitoring and provide analytics like sentiment but in reality they are really keyword-focused listening platforms with limited analysis capability.

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Sprout Social

JULY 1, 2021

But for business-to-business (B2B) companies, the strategy shifts from a broad audience to a very specific one. B2B SEO is the online practice of using various techniques – like keyword research and a page’s metadata – to reach the decision-makers of a company. B2B SEO has a few basic areas that differ from B2C SEO.

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Pam Moore

JANUARY 4, 2017

We’ll pay more for almost any product or service if it saves us time. Business and marketing leaders aren’t much different. So why would we think that marketers and business leaders would think any different when it comes to social media? I can help you use free marketing with Facebook NOW!

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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. Marketing Charts ). Marketing Charts ).

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Public relations (PR) or media relations has long been treated as its own world, separate from marketing. An online ad may be marketing, but the credibility built through PR makes prospective buyers more likely to click on it. ” Best Practices In B2B PR by Fast Company. Never shill for your company or products.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 11, 2012

Recent research from MarketingProfs shows that 84% of B2B companies use social media marketing in some form, and the figure is likely higher for B2C firms. In fact, another recent study from HubSpot reveals that 63% of B2B companies aren’t generating leads from social media at all.

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 17, 2018

When in doubt about your marketing strategy, turn to the social media experts. Social media marketing is becoming increasingly pivotal for businesses around the world. But where are marketers to go for reliable insights ? 13 social media experts share their biggest piece of marketing advice. Let’s dive in!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Because social media is largely personality-driven, a savvy entrepreneur can level the playing field against much larger competitors and establish his company as a widely recognized, credible source. Unfortunately, for every social marketer who succeeds in driving brand awareness, there are ten more who drive people away from their brands.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

You’ll see the three best chatbot examples in customer service, sales, marketing, and conversational AI. Bonus: Learn how to sell more products on social media with our free Social Commerce 101 guide. You can see exactly how these bots can assist with your customer service, sales, and marketing. Source: Acquire Case Study.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2011

The time you spend tweeting and Facebooking and Google Plussing on behalf of yourself or your company is time you could be spending on some other form of communications or customer service. Killer social media marketing software. They are smart, data nerds first, and social media marketing software developers second.

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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. Inbound Marketing. Image credit: Ajax Union.

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