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How can marketers get smarter about marketing strategy?

The answer is goal setting, and more specifically - SMART goals setting. SMART stands for: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound.

One of the most difficult marketing tasks, it is nevertheless the one effort that can help marketers focus, get motivated to succeed, and prove just how successful they are.  

Topics: Content marketing, Content, Metrics, Social media, Persona, Inbound marketing, Messaging, Account-based marketing, Planning, Tactics, Buyer's journey, Integrated marketing, SMART Goals

Today’s B2B buyers and their buyer’s journeys have changed, and that’s why integrated marketing matters.

Topics: Marketing, Brand, Customer communications, Account-based marketing, Influencer, B2B, Customer journey, Integrated marketing, Influencer marketing

Taking an account-based marketing (ABM) approach pinpoints your focus on a few high-opportunity, high-value accounts who are more likely to pay attention to your communications because they actually need your product and have the budget for it.

Topics: Marketing, Inbound marketing, Messaging, PR, Account-based marketing, Sales, ABM

Amy Kenigsberg, COO & Co-founder, talks about how K2 can up your ABM game

Ask any marketer: account-based marketing, which targets and engages specific accounts with personalized campaigns, is a powerful and profitable strategy.

Topics: Marketing, Inbound marketing, Messaging, PR, Account-based marketing, Sales, ABM

Build up ABM success by bringing down the silos

Account-based marketing (ABM), which replaces broad marketing campaigns with laser-focused efforts on key accounts, cannot happen when there’s daylight between sales and marketing.

ABM’s mission to identify and target specific prospects requires coordinating resources. This means replacing traditional sales and marketing silos with sales and marketing alignment and partnership: a task that’s easier said than done.

Topics: Marketing, Inbound marketing, Messaging, PR, Account-based marketing, Sales, ABM

At first glance, account-based marketing (ABM) and inbound seem like polar opposites: ABM focuses on decision makers within particular enterprises and engages them with personalized communication. Inbound marketing takes a more expansive approach, attracting customers to products and services by creating valuable content.

Topics: Marketing, Inbound marketing, Messaging, PR, Account-based marketing, Sales, ABM

Taking an account-based marketing (ABM) approach pinpoints your focus on a few high-opportunity, high-value accounts who are more likely to pay attention to your communications because they actually need your product and have the budget for it.

Topics: Marketing, Inbound marketing, Messaging, PR, Account-based marketing, Sales, ABM

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No matter your score, here are some quick tips to generate more active visits for your existing and potential client base.

Topics: Content marketing, Marketing, Brand, Customer communications, SEO, Account-based marketing, Client relations, Integrated marketing, Collaborative marketing, Website

The best version of collaborative marketing drives success for everyone involved – sharing channels to present complementary solutions strengthens both brands while increasing leads.

1) Select the type of B2B partnership you need

• Strategic partnership - Align with non-competitive companies that offer products or services that complement yours - for example, a healthcare provider and a health data platform that offers remote access - can help both brands reach into each other’s markets to expand their customer base and grow revenue.

Topics: Content marketing, Content, Customer communications, Corporate communications, Account-based marketing, Collaborative marketing, SMART Goals

Recent research indicates that influencer marketing can generate 11 times greater ROI than more traditional strategies. Unlike conventional tactics that push a message in front of sometimes reluctant audiences, influencer marketing delivers your message via credible, authoritative experts to audiences who trust their content over that from brands. Moreover, influencer marketing is more critical for B2B than for B2C: With B2B purchase price overwhelming B2C’s, word of mouth and endorsement is critical to the former’s success.

Topics: Marketing, Analyst relations, Inbound marketing, Messaging, PR, Account-based marketing, Sales, ABM, Influencer