When only 61% of marketers believe their marketing strategy is effective, and 58% of marketers are struggling to target or segment their audience, it behooves you to ask: 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.
How SMART Goals Make for a Smarter Marketing Strategy
Topics: content marketing, content, metrics, social media, persona, inbound marketing, messaging, Account-based marketing, planning, tactics, buyer journey, integrated marketing, SMART Goals
Seven Powerful Opportunities that Impact B2B Marketing
In the “change is the only constant” department, we’re seeing B2B marketing evolve in approach, philosophy, and focus - with new opportunities and technologies promising to impact businesses for the long-run. Some of these come from the increasing sway of B2C marketing, others from emerging technology, and still others from the pandemic. Whatever their provenance, these will keep B2B marketers on their feet so they can stay ahead of the competition.
Topics: content, marketing, brand, customer communications, B2B, marketing qualified leads, sales qualified leads, sales funnel, trends, customer journey
HELP WANTED: Eight People to Rock My Inbound Marketing
Topics: Public relations, journalist, content marketing, content, marketing, metrics, social media, persona, inbound marketing, audience, personas, PR, corporate communications, SEO
Let’s start with a simple statement: in the age of AI, person-to-person communications are as important as ever. Anyone at any organization can become a content generating powerhouse, using AI to “write” post after post, blog after blog, article after article. Of course, all this content needs to be reviewed by great editors – since AI writing is bland and repetitive - but that’s another blog…
Topics: Public relations, content, AI, thought leadership
Content Marketers: Why Hiring a Consultant Beats DIY Any Day
Topics: content marketing, content, DIY, social media, persona
Have you ever booked a hotel on Kayak or ordered a food processor from Amazon? These are all classic examples of business to business to customer (B2B2C), in which the manufacturer sells a product or service to the channel or route to the customer, making the latter’s end-product more valuable to the consumer.
Topics: content, marketing, inbound marketing, customer communications, messaging, PR, sales, b2c, influencer, B2B2C, B2B
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Inbound Marketing: What ROI Can You Expect - and How Do You Measure It?
Or How to Get the Most Bang from Your Inbound Marketing Buck
While marketing budgets are growing and more and more companies are leveraging inbound marketing, many CEOs want to know: what returns are we getting out of our investment to prove that inbound marketing is the way to go?
One, inbound has now displaced outbound in terms of clearly measurable ROI; two, the ROI areas prove the effectiveness of inbound marketing; and three, 10 metrics to consider when measuring inbound ROI.
Topics: content marketing, content, marketing, persona, inbound marketing, customer communications
How the PESO Model Maximizes Thought Leadership Marketing
The PESO model is an integrated approach that strengthens your ability to leverage your thought leadership content, building trust and credibility with audiences across multiple channels.
Topics: content marketing, content, customer communications, corporate communications, SEO, PESO, Paid media, Earned media, Shared media, owned media
Best Marketing Techniques to Support Your Inbound Campaign
Marketers increasingly recognize that if they want higher ROI, more qualified sales leads, lower cost per acquisition, and increased brand authority, inbound marketing is essential. Inbound marketing is unlike traditional outbound marketing approaches that have marketers vying for customers’ attention via TV and radio ads, direct mail, trade shows, telemarketing, and cold calling. Instead, inbound focuses on having potential leads come to you via company-created Internet content that drives visitors to your website, engages them, and helps your sales team convert them into customers and loyal brand followers.
Topics: blog, content, marketing, social media, inbound marketing, customer communications, audience, personas