Cybersecurity companies, whether established or startups, are clamoring for coverage from an increasingly shrinking pool of journalists.
Larry Kenigsberg
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How to Get Your Standout Cybersecurity Product to Stand Out from the Crowd
Topics: Public relations, Content marketing, Content, Social media, Cybersecurity
TIPS: What Your Cybersecurity Message Should Say
Want to break through the clutter? Want to rise above the market noise?
Are there too many cybersecurity companies for our own good?
Some have become unsustainable as others have gone under. It seems ironic that cyberattacks - the biggest threat to both organizations and nations - have given rise to an enormous global cybersecurity market.
Should be good news, right? However, the unrelenting waves of cyberattacks and the increasing need to mitigate security risks has also given rise to more than 4,000 cybersecurity companies, whose marketing messages are now flooding -- make that clogging -- an already congested vertical.
Topics: Content marketing, Marketing, Audience, Message, Messaging, Personas
Keep your edge and grow with targeted strategies and tactics. The key is to adapt what works at home and translate it into international marketing success.
Topics: International Marketing
Going Global? Check These Five Marketing Must-Dos
Successful international marketing requires more than cloning your domestic marketing efforts
If you think it’s time to break into new markets, don’t just plan to clone your domestic marketing efforts. The strategy and messages that may resonate with home-country audiences may not work in foreign business landscapes. Before you start your global expansion plans, check these five marketing tactics:
Topics: International Marketing
Five Ways the PESO Model Delivers Great Content Results
Build your brand - By effectively using an orchestrated outreach strategy, such as PESOTM (created by Gini Dietrich), across all channels, marketers will extend the reach and increase the overall effectiveness of their efforts, boosting both brand loyalty and revenue.
Topics: Journalist, Press coverage, Content marketing, Content, Marketing, Metrics, Social media, Brand, Audience, Corporate communications, Client relations, PESO, Earned media, Shared media, Owned media
B2B Marketing: Don’t Confuse Strategy with Tactics
Topics: Marketing, Persona, Brand, Customer communications, Audience, Sales, Planning, Marketing strategy, Tactics
B2B Buyers Have Changed. Have Your Marketing Tactics?
Marketing and selling to B2B customers used to be a lot easier, straightforward, and predictable. As marketers and salespeople, you were in charge.
Topics: Marketing, Sales, Client relations, B2B, Marketing strategy, Tactics, Buyer's journey, Sales funnel
Craft B2B Messaging Your Audiences Really Want to Hear
Understanding the role of market research and up-to-date intelligence
An article on 31 product launch statistics for 2022 revealed this nugget from a Harvard Business School professor: about 30,000 new products are launched each year, and about 95 percent of these will probably fail.
Topics: Market research, Customer communications, Message, Messaging, B2B, Marketing strategy
The Real Need for Messaging as a Service (MaaS)
Hmmm…should this be a blog or rant?
We’re constantly amazed at the number of companies who’ve been around for years and don’t have a cohesive messaging document (MD).
While I understand the aversion – MDs are difficult to execute, with various stakeholders within the company trying to get their voices heard – a well-conceived MD creates a virtual paint-by-numbers scenario, where all of your USPs are well defined for audiences across the purchasing chain, smoothing the account-based marketing process.
Topics: Marketing, Brand, Customer communications, Message, Messaging, Corporate communications, Client relations, Integrated marketing
Eight B2B Messaging Fails - and How to Avoid Them
B2B messaging should clearly explain the unique selling propositions (USPs) and myriad advantages of your solution to everyone participating in purchasing process. Sometimes, that just isn’t achieved.
Fail 1 - The “too-broad” B2B messaging
General marketing blah-blah is not appreciated. Technology products are very rarely designed for general use, and the more specific you message to your personas, the better. Messaging must make it immediately apparent who benefits from your product and how.
Topics: Persona, Customer communications, Message, Messaging, B2B