The marketing issues that cause IT companies to underperform. 

Goal-setting is a crucial part of any B2B marketing campaign. Driving towards a cohesive objective creates focused and measurable marketing campaigns. However, many marketers find themselves falling short of meeting goals. CoSchedule found that goal-setting marketers are a whopping 376% more likely...

Lead generation can be a challenge for any B2B company. Content plays a crucial role in the lead generation process as it offers value for prospects and educates them during the buyer's journey. Another obstacle to success is creating a robust list of B2B content ideas. 36% of SaaS companies blog...

Selling IoT is complex because it includes so many stakeholders. From operations to business executives, each stakeholder needs to understand how an IoT investment impacts their department or job function. IoT is quite transformational for companies, and there are individual value points and pain...

Sales leads are often expensive to generate, so when you have a lead ready for outreach, you need to nail down the nurture strategy. It's often not as simple as sending a single generic email asking for time on someone's calendar. This impersonal, one-touch method is outdated and will result in...

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...

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...