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CRMs Empower Consistent, Helpful B2B Buyer Experiences

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,...

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B2B Marketing

Ten Things You Should Expect from a B2B Lead Generation Agency

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...

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Lead Generation

B2B Marketing Campaigns Should Poll their Audience - Not Push Their Message

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...

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Lead Generation

Beyond Platform Recommendations: Maximizing LinkedIn Campaign Success

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...

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Knowledge Base

3 Steps to Using Your CRM as an Intelligence Platform, Not Just a Rolodex

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...

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Web design

4 Human-Centered Marketing Design Trends for 2023

By Matt Pilon, Content Specialist In digital marketing assets, design is as essential as the message it conveys. The two must be paired to be effective. “When design and content work well together, they guide the journey you’re sending your reader on,” said Sara Backus, Ironpaper’s Design Director....

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digital marketing

Long-Term Planning Is Bound To Fail in B2B Marketing

By Jenny Goldade, Contest Specialist Long-term planning is bound to fail in B2B marketing because businesses don’t know what their industry’s marketplace or the digital landscape will look like in a year. Instead of planning campaigns months or a year in advance, B2Bs need to balance short-term...

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Lead Generation

Six Steps to a Successful Lead Gen Strategy for Healthcare Tech Companies

By Ava Campion, Content Specialist In 2022, health IT, mental health tech, and telehealth all saw funding increases, according to a CB insights report on the State of Digital Health.1 As the need for innovative technology grows within the healthcare industry, B2B healthcare tech companies need to...

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digital marketing

The Benefits of Linking Google Analytics 4 to Google Ads

Ironpaper Growth Specialist Daniel Traicoff recently sat down with Content Specialist Scott Dame to discuss the next generation of Google Analytics and what that means for digital marketers and B2B organizations. Important Takeaways: Standard Universal Analytics properties will no longer process...

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content marketing

How To Strike a Balance Between Thoroughness and Agility in Review Processes

By Jenny Goldade, Content Specialist Even if B2Bs have skilled writers, they can’t develop high-quality, relevant content without established agile review processes. B2B marketers and their agency partner (if applicable) need to align on project goals and review process protocol. Implementing a...

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