Paid search is an extremely competitive industry, so optimizing your pay-per-click (PPC) ads is essential. There are many ways to quantify your ad metrics but there are three that you simply cannot ignore: search impression share, click-through rate, and quality score. Here is a quick guide to...
B2B marketers know that measuring ROI — and especially measuring the effectiveness of lead-generating efforts — is paramount. They also know that marketing on social media works when it comes to courting new clients. Often, though, it's hard to estimate just how many clicks and conversions those...
If you’re like most companies, your sales team is burned out from working tirelessly to engage prospects, nurture leads, and close as many deals as possible. While your marketing team is doing a great job of generating interest, your sales team is discovering that it’s nearly impossible to...
As the IT landscape becomes more competitive, significant, and full of opportunities than ever, it’s increasingly important to ensure that your enterprise's website is fresh, attractive, user-friendly, and engaging. As such, this article outlines the latest web design trends for IT companies – both...
Continuously generating quality leads for your sales team isn’t something that happens on its own. The "if we build it, they will come" approach (sadly) rarely works. Lead generation takes consistent, careful consideration and optimization of your website, SEO, and content creation initiatives as a...
Consultative selling is different from traditional sales in that it takes a less aggressive stance in pitching products and solutions to potential buyers. It focuses less on you and your organization and more on the buyer's needs, problems, and interests. Consultative selling demonstrates the value...
A major challenge facing businesses of all kinds involves improving the quality of your leads from online sources. Almost every sales team knows what it’s like to waste time, resources, and energy on a dead-end lead who is simply looking for the least expensive option or isn’t a good fit for your...
Sales enablement can be a highly effective strategy for increasing the productivity and effectiveness of your sales team, by equipping them to have more valuable conversations with qualified leads. Learn more: What is Sales Enablement? In action, sales enablement involves creating high-quality...
Sales enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that focuses on equipping salespeople to have more valuable conversations with qualified leads, improve their productivity and increase their targeting capabilities. Here are some statistics on sales enablement to provide context on its benefits and...
Your conversion rate is the percentage of visitors who arrive on your website and take the intended action, such as downloading a piece of premium content, filling out a form to become a lead, subscribing to your newsletter, or requesting to speak to a sales representative. For most B2B companies,...
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 Updated December 2024 The Information Technology (IT) landscape is experiencing rapid growth and intensifying competition. IT spending is projected to reach nearly 5.1 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, a...
Updated December, 2024 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...
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...
For clean energy companies, increasing demand for renewable solutions should feel like a win—but the reality is more complex. The surge in market entrants has made it more challenging to stand out, leaving even innovative providers fighting to avoid...
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...
The Internet of Things is reshaping and defining markets, so much so that it has been dubbed “the next Industrial Revolution.”
Download our comprehensive guide on the opportunities, challenges, and best practices for IoT solution providers in the B2B space.
IRONPAPER RESEARCH
See how your company stacks up in Ironpaper’s latest research report
