The Crowded Arena of the IT Marketplace Updated December 2024 The Information Technology (IT) landscape is experiencing rapid growth and intensifying competition. IT spending is projected to reach nearly 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, a significant 29% increase since 2020 (source: Statista)....
Picture this: a robust sales team of 10 to 12+ employees and a lean marketing team of 2 to 4 employees. Sound familiar? This common scenario for B2B businesses will likely continue. According to the CMO Survey, over the past year, marketing teams have only grown by 3.4%, compared to 15.1% in the...
B2B marketers face a unique set of challenges when trying to improve their team’s outcomes. For example, one HubSpot report found that the average marketer works on five campaigns at a time and that most marketers surveyed thought their workload would increase in the coming year. Additionally, many...
The movie “Groundhog Day” is fun to watch. It’s not so fun to live it, though. Still, the movie’s premise is reenacted in real life by too many B2B buyers on too many occasions, where every new point of contact with sales or marketing means a reintroduction: “Here’s the problem I’m trying to solve,...
By Omar Sofradzija, Content Specialist At first blush, working with a B2B lead generation agency might seem like working with a typical B2B marketing group. But it’s not. The relationship, methods, and outcomes between lead gen teams and traditional marketers differ fundamentally. Clients who know...
By Jenny Goldade, Content Specialist B2B companies often use marketing campaigns to shout their message. Instead of this approach, businesses should use campaigns to poll their target audience on their interests. In other words, B2B companies can use marketing campaigns to test various topics and...
By Ava Champion, Content Specialist, and Lindsey Glorioso, Digital Marketer. B2B businesses looking to generate leads with paid advertising should consider LinkedIn since it offers an impactful way for businesses to reach and connect with their audiences. 89% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn for lead...
Ironpaper is excited to announce Ian Smith’s promotion to Vice President! Ian will focus on further developing Ironpaper’s marketing expertise, client service, and driving account performance while working in collaborative partnership with Ironpaper’s current VP, Erin Baggs-Geoghegan, who is...
By Ava Champion, Content Specialist, Daniel Traicoff, Growth Specialist, and Lindsey Glorioso, Digital Marketer. Google Ads can be a powerful lead generation tool for B2B businesses. In fact, as of February 2023, Google holds 93.37% of the search engine market share globally.1 And since 49% of B2B...
By Omar Sofradzija, Content Specialist Using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software simply to store contacts (as too many sales and marketing pros do) is like using a smartphone just to make calls. You’re seriously underutilizing it, to your detriment. Why? Because through CRMs, analytical...
by Jonathan Franchell, CEO of Ironpaper - For more tips and hacks: Need to remove a new line after h1 tags? Both web designers and SEO practitioners need to employ headline tags: H1, H2, H3 in several ways to improve web page structure and tag...
The Crowded Arena of the IT Marketplace Updated December 2024 The Information Technology (IT) landscape is experiencing rapid growth and intensifying competition. IT spending is projected to reach nearly 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, a...
Updated December, 2024 The field of digital marketing is evolving rapidly in response to new technology and changing buyer expectations. To help career-minded marketers, we’ve rounded up the top 10 skills needed to succeed in the field. These are...
By Nicky Capella, Content Strategist The role of marketing within an organization has undergone a significant transformation over the past several years. As businesses increasingly focus on customer experience as a competitive differentiator,...
2022 was a wild year for the job market. From on-the-spot offers to mass resignations, we saw a seismic shift in how employees articulated what matters to them in the workplace. Companies that offered limited flexibility lost out on talent, while...
The digital privacy landscape has been shifting more towards the individual's right to privacy for years, and digital marketers need to ensure they can work effectively without access to third-party data. Sam Ward, Associate Director; Tim Maurizio,...
Content marketers in 2023 will consider changing buyer behaviors, privacy concerns, and the need to measure content’s impact. We know that content marketing is no longer optional, but this method of reaching buyers will become increasingly important...
For clean energy companies, increasing demand for renewable solutions should feel like a win—but the reality is more complex. The surge in market entrants has made it more challenging to stand out, leaving even innovative providers fighting to avoid...
B2B buyers are inundated with repetitive marketing messages and surface-level content. Generative AI has contributed to this oversaturation by enabling brands to produce content faster. However, are brands considering how this oversaturation impacts...
Hiring great talent is vital to business success, but it’s not an easy feat. Many companies turn to recruiters to help fill open roles. It’s expensive, and it doesn’t foster a strong connection between the company and the candidate. But what if...
Navigating the evolving landscape of technology can be like traversing a veritable minefield. This is especially true in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). For business leaders, understanding and implementing IT transformation in the age of AI...
The Internet of Things is reshaping and defining markets, so much so that it has been dubbed “the next Industrial Revolution.”
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