May, 2023

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B2B Digital Marketing: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need

Marketing Insider Group

If you’re a business owner, marketing professional, or digital enthusiast, you already know how important it is to perfect your B2B digital marketing strategy. But you know what they say – nothing good comes easy. Navigating the complex landscape of B2B marketing and creating a strategy that generates results can be tricky, especially with today’s ever-evolving digital technologies and trends.

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5 Must-Read Books To Boost Your B2B Brand Voice – 2023 Edition

Navigate the Channel

Not everyone reads books, or they only read e-books and digital publications – or listen to podcasts to keep them current on a topic. But books have their place, no matter the format, and we’re big fans of books that add to the conversation on brands and marketing. We won’t recommend classics, such as 1841’s “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds” by Charles MacKay, almost anything by Seth Godin, Al Ries and Jack Trout, or the soon-to-be classics, such as “The Brand Gap: How

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More pressure on B2B marketers to prove ROI

Martech

B2B marketers say pressure to prove ROI is increasing, but budgets are not. Some 41% are feeling more pressure to do this, 27% say it’s getting overwhelming and 14% say it makes them want to pull their hair out. That is according to a new report from B2B marketing solution provider Anteriad. Dig deeper: How clean, organized and actionable is your data?

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How to Make the Most of Your B2B Demand Gen Budget

Walker Sands

With economic uncertainty in the air and a potential recession looming, purse strings are tightening. In fact, according to Integrate’s 2023 State of B2B Marketing survey , 22% of B2B marketers plan on cutting Demand Gen spend in 2023, while 25% plan on cutting ABM spend. While I won’t go into the many reasons why marketing budgets shouldn’t be cut during an economic downturn, I will say that there are plenty of things marketers can do to optimize the budgets they do have, especially when it com

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B2B SEO vs. LMO: Whats the Difference and Why It Matters

Speaker: Speakers:

Brace yourself, B2B marketers. Your beloved SEO is getting a makeover, and its name is Language Model Optimization (LMO). What does that mean for your digital strategy? Join Jesse McFarland of SpearPoint Marketing on the next B2B Growth Show as we unravel the mystery and get you prepped for the next evolution in search. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear breakdown of SEO vs.

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Role of artificial intelligence in marketing

Sprout Social

The only constant in life is change. And the world of marketing is going through a tremendous change right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) marketing is taking on a bigger role with the advent of intelligent marketing tools and generative AI like ChatGPT, creating an abundance of opportunities for marketing teams to do more of what they already do best.

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Major B2B ABM Mistakes Businesses Must Be Aware Of

Binary Demand

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]Account-based marketing (ABM) is a tactic that is gaining popularity among organizations looking for fresh approaches to their marketing. Businesses can provide better experiences and close more sales by concentrating on the best accounts. However, ABM might magically fix some of your marketing issues only after a while.

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Lesson on storytelling for B2B marketing: Star Wars and Harry Potter are the same story

Sword and the Script | B2B

If you want to be effective at storytelling, there’s a successful structure and format that human beings across cultures have independently discovered – and it’s older than Yoda I loved Star Wars as a kid. The only thing better than that was enjoying it all over again – every movie and spinoff – with my daughter when she got into it. Padme, Rey, Ahsoka Tano were all her favorites at some point.

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Must-Have Checklist To Creating Valuable Content

Content Marketing Institute

Successful content marketing strategies take all the guesswork out of execution, letting the creative flourish. To help get the details straight, use this Creating Valuable Content checklist.

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Beyond ‘click here:’ 4 rules for better email CTAs

Martech

I’ll get straight to the point: “Submit” and “Click here” are ineffective calls to action (CTAs) for your email campaigns. (I’ll explain why a few paragraphs down.) If you need help with CTA samples you can test, language models like ChatGPT or Google’s Bard can be your best new copywriting tools. But you still need to prime the pump with a well-written prompt that recognizes the values of a good CTA.

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Making the Moment: The Art of Creating Events That Drive Results

Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective

In a world where every brand is vying for attention, how do you make your events stand out? ✨ From creative swag strategies to immersive brand experiences, the key lies in fostering real connections that inspire action and leave a lasting impression. Whether you're planning a large-scale conference or an exclusive executive gathering, this session will explore how to elevate event engagement, strengthen brand perception, and maximize ROI.

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8 Advanced Google Search Tips To Optimize Your Web and Content Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

No matter what tools you have, you probably do a lot of your marketing research on good old Google. The search engine giant stomps the competition with over 90% of the market share, while the closest challenger barely gets 3%. As a result, combing for data on its billions of pages can be harder than finding a needle in the proverbial haystack. That’s the reason you need advanced Google search strategies.

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What’s the Best Alternative to Google Universal Analytics for SMBs?

Webbiquity

With the long-awaited (dreaded?) end of Google’s Universal Analytics (UGA) rapidly approaching, digital marketing professionals are frantically seeking alternatives. Image credit: Myriam Jessier on Unsplash UGA’s official replacement, GA4, is in the eyes of many a watered down, confusing, pale shadow of UGA. It’s tightly tied to Google Tag Manager (GTM), a system so convoluted and confusing that even Google’s own technical staff often struggle to make it work properly.

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93% of Digital Marketers Expect to Achieve All Goals Within the Next Six Months

KoMarketing Associates

Digital marketers continue to face challenges, such as customer turnover and budget cuts. However, new research suggests that they are still confident in their ability to reach their goals and understand the needs of their target audience. Momentive recently published its “2023 Digital Marketing Report,” and statistics indicated that 12% of digital marketers expect their team’s budget to decrease from what it was last year.

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Why A Diversification Strategy is Important in Uncertain Times

Vision Edge Marketing

“The economy is in a very unsettling, dicey situation,” said Joseph LaVorgna , chief economist at SMBC Nikko Securities America. “All forward-looking measures are pointing to significant slowing.” As a result, businesses face increased risk and volatility. One way business leaders can mitigate risk, support growth, and protect their business during times of uncertainty is to consider a diversification strategy.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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How to Build Your Personal Brand in Content Marketing

Contently

As a marketer, how you build your personal brand gives you an edge. It’s how you present your personality, passions, and work experience online and offline. Though everyone’s brand is unique, there are some best practices that apply universally to how marketers can build up their personal brands and grow followers into customers or clients.

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Why Brand, Employee, and Client Experiences Matter in Today’s Economy

Circle Studio

Three experiences define a higher degree of success in today’s ecosystem: the brand experience, the employee experience, and the client experience.

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How to Measure Your Small Business’s Marketing Success

Marketing Insider Group

Small businesses rely on outreach to stand out from the competition, raise brand awareness , and achieve sustainable growth. However, for businesses with finite resources and limited marketing experience, it can be difficult to determine the effectiveness of a campaign and make necessary improvements. In this guide, we’ll explore various methods for measuring your small business’s marketing success.

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Social Media Marketing Goals and How To Achieve Them — Five Tips

Webbiquity

Guest post by Ahana Basu. Goal-setting is the foundation of any successful social media (or any other type of) marketing campaign. Firmbee.com on Unsplash As Norman Vincent Peale said, “All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.” Or in the words of Ben Franklin , “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!

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Campaigns that Click: Practical Personalization Strategies to Boost ROI

Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified

Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.

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Report: Successful Marketers Have More Confidence in the Accuracy of Their Data

KoMarketing Associates

As marketers continue to leverage data and analytics to reach their key objectives, new research suggests that those who are exceeding their goals trust in the accuracy of this information. Additionally, they have a more robust view of their customers and prospects. Demand Metric recently partnered with Align BI to publish “The State of Marketing Measurement” report, and researchers compared “Star Performers” — those who exceeded their marketing goals in 2022 — to “Core Players” (marketers who m

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Is Your Growth Engine Firing on All Cylinders to Speed Results? | What’s Your Edge?

Vision Edge Marketing

Business-to-business(B2B) success is measured by growth. Companies that sustain profitable growth over time know how to make sure all aspects of their organization create and/or enable customer value through customer-centricity. This includes every functional department within the organization from Human Resources/Talent Management to R&D, to Finance, to Production/Manufacturing, from Marketing, to Sales, to Implementation/Shipping, and Customer Service.

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Content Creation 101: Tips for Working With Reluctant Subject Matter Experts

Contently

Matching subject matter experts with ghostwriters is supposed to be the golden ticket to content success. Sometimes, simply turning on the recorder (with permission) while they’re speaking in a meeting can reveal a host of exciting content topics. The challenge, however, is that many SMEs have day jobs that don’t involve content creation.

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Will ChatGPT Destroy Martech?

Customer Experience Matrix

Like everyone else, I’ve been pondering what generative AI means for martech, marketing, and the world in general. My crystal ball is no clearer than yours but I’ll share my thoughts anyway. Let’s start by looking how past technology changes have played out. My template is the transition from steam to electric power in factories. This happened in stages: first, the new technology was used in exactly the same way as the old technology (in factories, this meant powering the shafts and belts that p

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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111 ChatGPT Prompts to Level Up Your Digital Marketing

Marketing Insider Group

If we weren’t testing out the best ChatGPT prompts for digital marketing, could we really call ourselves digital marketing experts in 2023? With a good bit of trial and error, we’re pretty sure we’ve mastered the language model and its preferences. More specifically, we understand the importance of crafting effective ChatGPT prompts for digital marketing to receive a well-rounded, quality response.

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Marketing Budget and Strategy Trends for 2023 – Seven Intriguing Insights

Webbiquity

With a global financial recession looming (already here?), 2023 looks like a tough year for marketing budgets. However, the outlook varies considerably by industry and company size. Overall, 58% of marketers project flat or reduced budgets for 2023, up from just 26% in 2022. Midsized companies (those with 500 to 5,000 employees) are most likely to cut spending.

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Report: Intent Data is Helping Marketers Boost Company Revenue

KoMarketing Associates

While some marketers have access to data that helps them convert prospects into customers, new research indicates that those who do not are seeing less success. Anteriad recently partnered with Ascend2 to publish “The 2023 Marketing Data Impact Report,” which analyzed the differences between “Data Heroes” — marketers who are using the right data to convert audiences — and their counterparts.

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How Business Leaders Can Better Leverage Data to Make Informed Decisions

Vision Edge Marketing

It’s essential for all business leaders to make swift and informed data-derived decisions, more so now than ever before. To do so, they need to be able to move from data to actionable insights. In this article, we’ll explore: Skills required for B2B company leaders to make better business decisions and the benefits of doing so. Current challenges, and signs that improvement in this area is needed.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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What Patients Expect From Healthcare Organizations in 2023

Contently

Healthcare marketers face the ever-growing challenge of maintaining patient privacy in a world where data reigns supreme. That’s one of the reasons healthcare organizations have avoided adopting emerging tech into their patient and marketing processes until years (and sometimes decades) later than other industries. However, the seismic shifts from the pandemic and the increased use of AI have fundamentally changed how consumers interact with brands — especially when it comes to healthcare.

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Chat-Based Development Changes the Build vs Buy Equation

Customer Experience Matrix

The size of most markets is governed by a combination of supply and demand. Typically one or the other is limited: while there may be a bottomless appetite for chocolate, there is only so much cocoa in the world; conversely, while there is a near-infinite supply of Internet content, there are only so many hours available to consume it. The marketing technology industry has been a rare exception with few constraints on either factor.

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7 Digital Marketing Examples To Inspire Your Campaigns

Marketing Insider Group

Marketing used to be easy. You could throw a sign up in the yard, call up the newspaper for an ad, and print up some flyers to pretty much knock out a complete strategy. The remarkable convenience of digital communication means that you have to worry about evolving methods of self-promotion more than ever. If you want to know what works best, you should look to successful digital marketing examples.