By its nature, IoT is a decentralized investment. It crosses traditional organizational barriers and breaks down silos. As a result, IoT often impacts several different departments, ranging from executives to IT and operations. Each stakeholder needs to understand their individual role in an IoT...
Targeted marketing is the practice of aiming at an audience target with your campaigns like a bow and arrow, rather than casting a wide net to a general audience. It’s a highly effective way to get the right people to buy from your B2B technology company. And with so many digital tools and...
LinkedIn is one of the most successful channels for account-based marketing that we’ve seen for our clients at Ironpaper. When it’s paired with other ABM channels and strategies, LinkedIn can be used to create demand generation and engagement among your best target accounts. When utilized well, the...
In order to define what is content marketing, we also want to define the most effective types and define its purpose. Content marketing is a marketing strategy in which you create and publish various educational and sales materials to generate new website visitors, convert leads, and nurture...
The “old way of sales” for B2B on its way out—prospect, cold call, email repeatedly, hiding pricing info, and pressure to close. If you don’t believe me, consider this statistic: The vast majority of B2B buyers do research online before they contact a company and are 57% of the way through the...
Article by the Ironpaper team. Content marketers, beware: The people who buy technology products and services don’t care how many awards your company has won or how long you’ve been in business. Buyers crave valuable, educational content that helps them overcome challenges and make difficult...
By Arielle Hurst We hate to break it to you, but there aren’t any universal silver bullets that will instantly improve your conversion rates. Although some marketers may strike gold during an A/B test and announce, "Orange buttons tripled our conversions!" This dramatic boost is not guaranteed for...
While there are many types of content marketing imaginable and you are only limited by your creativity, sometimes it can help to start with ideas for inspiration. Content marketing doesn’t need to refer to just the written word (although “crawlable” text content is great for SEO.) Content can be...
Marketing and sales teams are understanding that they need to align their KPIs and goals to be successful. In fact, when sales and marketing teams work together, companies see 36% higher customer retention and 38% higher sales win rates, according to HubSpot. But planning and mutual agreements can...
If you’re thinking about digital marketing conversions, your head is already in the right place. More than just a static brochure for your business, a business website can convert new leads and bring in business to your sales funnel. And improving those conversions should be a major focus KPI for...