Webinars can be a great tactic to grow both sales and marketing campaigns. A business leader can use webinars at the top of the funnel to talk about industry challenges or in the middle of the funnel to shine a spotlight on the benefits the service or marketed product offers. 63% of B2B Marketers...
By Ross Lancaster, Content Specialist Content marketing can be a powerful lead generation tool for software brands. A strong content strategy can help software businesses talk to potential buyers effectively and help convert leads to sales. Software companies may be hesitant to develop a complete...
By Emily Ferron, Content Director “Sales and marketing alignment” is a buzzy term, thanks in part to attention-grabbing statistics like these: Aligning sales and marketing can generate up to 208% more marketing revenue. Aligned sales and marketing teams can improve customer retention by 36% and...
Put the phone down. You don't want to cold-call anyone. Your prospects don't want to be cold-called. Consider these statistics: The average sales development rep makes 52 calls daily. It takes 18 dials to connect with a single buyer. 84% of B2B decision-makers start the buying process with a...
By Matt Pilon, Content Strategist and Lauren Lyons, Market Analyst and Research Writer For companies marketing B2B products and services, accurately defining likely or ideal buyers is an early but crucial step on the path to sales. A strong understanding of what makes a target buyer tick will help...
Your company website is often the visitor's first impression of your business, so it must work to grab their attention and convince them to take action. If your site is not generating leads, driving sales, and increasing conversions, it's not doing its job. Figuring out why your website is not...
Written by Shawn Smajstrla, Content Strategist. Research by Jeff Vining, Director of Research and Market Analysis Successful organizations understand the importance of market research. Thriving companies recognize the rewards of effective research that informs their marketing messaging. Companies...
By Jonathan Franchell The quest for meaning is a profoundly human experience. Throughout our lives, we search for purpose. Yet, much of our time is spent working. Should this pursuit of meaning not extend to the daily grind? Many companies simply exist to increase shareholder value. Ruthless...
Analytics and reporting are critical to marketing teams that want to prove an ROI for their clients. Finding the appropriate numbers, however, can mark the difference between success and failure for most businesses. Vanity metrics can get in the way of a marketing team's success. They are easily...
Purposefully written content that aligns with buyer needs can drive prospects down the sales funnel, and increase close rates. Oftentimes, the content sales teams produce is ineffective because it is too pushy and sales-driven. This presents an opportunity for marketing teams to support sales...
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 The Information Technology (IT) landscape is experiencing rapid growth and intensifying competition, with IT spending projected to reach nearly 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, a significant 29% increase...
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 skills marketers should...
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...
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...
Many consumers have Internet of Things (IoT) products in their homes, like Alexa or smart thermostats, but B2B is perhaps the more transformative space for IoT. B2B IoT is reshaping traditional business models, driving operational efficiency, cost...
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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