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How Does GDPR Affect B2B Sales?

By Ava Champion, Content Specialist On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. Since then, all businesses that collect or process the data of EU citizens have had to comply with its requirements. Due to its restrictions, GDPR is something every B2B sales and...

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Why Your B2B SaaS Content Marketing Strategy Needs More Customer Retention Content

By Jenny Goldade, Content Specialist The buyer’s journey doesn’t end with a lead converting to a customer. After someone becomes a client, the goal is to turn them into a promoter of your brand. This way, they help your business bring in more leads. To turn a customer into a promoter of your...

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Where Do Inbound Marketing Personas Fit In ABM?

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Account-based marketing (ABM) is a highly-targeted strategy where marketers target specific companies instead of verticals or industries. ABM campaigns are similar in some ways to inbound marketing, and buyer personas play a significant role. While ABM...

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How to Write Buyer-Focused Copy to Improve Content Engagement

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Buyer-driven messaging is the cornerstone of Ironpaper’s content methodology, and we often discuss it with our clients and in our educational content. If you’re used to writing autobiographical or product-focused content, it can be challenging to know...

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How to Customize B2B Lead Scoring For Your Marketing and Sales Teams

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Lead scoring helps marketing and sales teams understand the quality of their leads and allows them to focus their efforts on prospects who are the most likely to become customers. Most B2B marketers understand the importance of lead scoring, but your...

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Focus on Lead Quality, Not Quantity, to Cut Costs and Improve Conversions

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Most marketing teams are familiar with the pressure to do more within the limits of their budget, with attracting and qualifying more leads usually at the top of the list. But a focus on stuffing as many leads into your pipelines as possible isn’t...

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Copywriting vs. Content Writing (And Why You Need Both)

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Digital marketing relies heavily on strong writing. Copywriting and content writing — two critical functions of successful digital marketing — are sometimes talked about as being interchangeable, but they actually achieve different goals for marketers....

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3 Tips for Building an Effective Lead Engagement Strategy

Salespeople are often eager to get a lead on the phone or in a meeting with the hopes of closing a deal, but pitching a meeting or a live demo can be a big ask of a buyer. Additionally, since 70-80% of B2B buyers prefer remote human interaction or digital self-service, even leads with interest and...

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Learn How to Convert Website Visitors with CTAs

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist Many businesses focus on increasing the number of visitors to their website, but without any clear next steps for visitors to take, the higher number of visitors to your website won’t necessarily benefit your bottom line. Effective calls to action...

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Why Do My Leads Suck? 5 Benefits of an Agile Marketing Methodology

By Chantel Hall, Marketing Content Specialist, and Lauren Lyon, Senior Analyst and Research Writer In our “Why Do My Leads Suck?” series, we’ve covered a few different ways to address the quality of your leads: aligning your marketing and sales teams, changing how you define “good” and “bad” leads,...

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