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B2B Marketing Videos — Trends and Tips

More than 20 billion videos are devoured every day across YouTube, Facebook and SnapChat alone. This massive rise in video consumption has led many B2B marketers to call out “lights, camera, action” on their own productions. When it comes to making B2B marketing videos, these trends and tips can...

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Forecasting the Cloud Computing Market [Report]

In 2015, the global cloud systems management software market had a value of $2.8 billion. Forecasting the cloud computing market makes the future look even more promising, per a recently released Cisco report. Source: IDC Cloud Computing Market Growth More businesses today are seeing value in data...

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Lead Generation Tips For IT Service Companies

Judging by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the majority of Information Technology (IT) service companies are small (10 - 99 workers) or even micro-sized establishments. Yet, the demands for differentiation, marketing effectiveness, and sales are increasing and forcing IT service companies to...

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Content Marketing for Manufacturers — Report

Some 85% of manufacturer marketers use content in their marketing efforts, according to the 2017 Manufacturing Content Marketing (MCM). The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs report highlight valuable trends to guide content marketing strategy for manufacturering companies....

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Top Social Media Advertising Trends

Globally, social media marketing accounts for 13% of today’s digital ad market at about $26.4 billion US. Defining Social Media Advertising Social media advertising leverages the network newsfeed to raise awareness, prompt action or sell products or services. Ads in social and business networks...

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Email Marketing Statistics and Trends

Email marketing has legs. Doubters could consult an Exhibitor study showing 50% of trade show marketers and exhibitors planned to increase spending on this marketing medium in 2016. These other email marketing statistics and trends should also help prove “you’ve got mail” marketing remains popular....

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B2B Marketing Statistics and Trends

B2B marketing statistics and trends illustrate the global B2B marketing industry is still going strong. It's predicted to grow annually through 2018. Digital, in particular, will continue to garner attention with a 12.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), per PwC. B2B Marketing Budgets In 2014,...

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Startup Marketing Plan Essentials

Inbound marketing works well for startups for many reasons: lower customer acquisition costs compared to traditional advertising, wider audience reach, shortened sales cycle and more. Grow a startup business and edge out the competition with these inbound essentials for a startup marketing plan....

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Smart Home Market Size — Trends and Projections

Home automation is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Instead, we see Alec Baldwin on TV planning a party with the help of Alexa, while the latest iOS update for iPhones offered a default smart home app. Certainly smart home market size trends and projections suggest this is no passing fad....

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How to increase lead generation with a focused call-to-action (CTA)

Whether the phenomenon is deemed the choice paradox or analysis paralysis, most people have experienced an inability to decide when confronted with too many options. Marketers aim to appeal to an audience, by educating and delighting. This doesn’t mean piling on the choices. The job of an inbound...

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