Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2024

The company says they polled some 900 respondents who had been part of the “buying process for a B2B purchase of greater than $10,000 in annual value within the last 24 months.” The study had a range of B2B statistics that ought to resonate with anyone who’s spent time in B2B marketing or sales.

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B2B Study Company Leadership 102

Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2023

A study including behavioral data and a poll of 38,000 B2B professionals finds the more B2B content your “audience consumes, the more likely they are to be closing in on a purchase decision.” B2B content and buyer intent are two of the hottest topics in B2B marketing – and a new study offers some details as to how these are linked.

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B2B Study Consumer Report 144

5W PR

APRIL 25, 2023

In the B2B sector, it can drive productivity, efficiency, and innovation. Improved Decision-Making B2B AI offers a major advantage: better decision-making. Increased Efficiency B2B AI can boost efficiency and productivity in business. Enhanced Customer Experience AI has the potential to improve the customer experience in B2B.

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B2B Customer Service Data Analytics 97

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 2, 2024

Blogs were raging. That next spring I started this blog, largely as a means of professional development. I could read about what was happening, test it out on my blog, and apply what I had learned to my daily job. In 2023, the 14 th year of publishing, I published 50 blog posts. Social media was blossoming.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2023

B2B buyers say they want quality content that demonstrates you understand their industry, and their company and helps them to build a business case to buy your tech product One of the reasons content marketing is so important to B2B companies is the fact that the last person a buyer speaks to is a salesperson.

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5W PR

JANUARY 12, 2024

Creative Ideas to Generate Leads for Your B2B Business In the realm of B2B marketing, the challenge often lies in finding creative and effective ways to generate leads. Unlike B2C (business-to-consumer) marketing, where the focus is on individual consumers, B2B marketing strategies target businesses and organizations.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Corporate blogging has never been bigger. According to the annual University of Massachusetts study of how Fortune 500 companies are using social media, a whopping 77% of companies are using a corporate blog. Look through the Fortune 500 companies and their blogs–you’ll definitely see this pattern.

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Blogging Corporate Survey Interviews 109

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We associate social media platforms with splashy consumer campaigns, but social is increasingly important in B2B public relations. B2B buyers are often looking for as much information as possible on vendors and products before they buy, and they rarely buy on impulse. For B2B companies, an educated customer is like gold.

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B2B Social Media Media Education 170

5W PR

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

There are many different ways that companies can collaborate with social media influencers on promotional campaigns, however, there are a few differences in how direct-to-consumer (D2C) companies and business-to-business (B2B) companies promote their product launches. Competition.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 18, 2023

There’s been no shortage of surveys and stats in B2B marketing; here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones from the first six months of 2023 Apart from this blog, I produce a separate monthly email newsletter that curates articles and blog posts across marketing communications. Strong brands help close B2B sales deals.

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Stern + Associates

AUGUST 29, 2017

B2B companies that regularly blog generate 67 percent more sales leads than non-blogging companies. Here are four B2B blog best practices. B2B Blog Best Practices: Write for a Real Person. The post B2B Blog Best Practices that Win You Business appeared first on Stern Strategy Group.

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Struggling to make your B2B marketing ‘sexy’? Tom is award winning international B2B specialist, Editor, and Director of Sticky Tactics, a data-driven digital marketing and advertising consultancy focused on real ROI. On the other hand, content creation, such as blogs or podcasts, can offer more sustained benefits.

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B2B Trends Strategy Marketing 77

Stern + Associates

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When it comes to designing and executing communications strategies for B2B tech companies, we have numerous tools at our disposal – from social media , podcasts and blogs to media relations and influencer programs and more – to ensure your messages repeatedly reach target audiences.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 15, 2021

If B2B marketing writers aren’t in direct contact with customers in developing content, you are probably just making it all up. And most B2B marketing writers are indeed making it up. B2B Marketing Writers and the Sales Organization. The survey puts some data behind a long-standing problem in B2B marketing.

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Survey B2B Marketing Interviews 116

Sword and the Script

APRIL 14, 2020

A study by Edelman and LinkedIn connects B2B thought leadership to trust and sales; and what it takes to be effective Effective thought leadership content is a staple of B2B marketing. That’s my analysis of the 2020 B2B Thought Leader Impact Study by Edelman and LinkedIn. Give our services a try.

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Leadership B2B Marketing Study 189

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 12, 2018

Thought leadership is part of public relations best practices, and it’s particularly powerful in B2B and technology categories. Here are 8 tech PR tools for a B2B thought leadership plan. An impressive resume, coupled with a track record of blogging or speaking on a given topic is often all it takes to launch a founder as an SME.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 24, 2018

For B2B companies, third-party influencers can require more time and effort to cultivate, but they yield far-reaching results over the long term. Influencer PR for B2B is about nurturing genuine relationships with personalities who can influence the customer journey, from lead generation to purchase and beyond. Bylined content.

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B2B Brand Branding Trade Shows 136

Sword and the Script

APRIL 20, 2021

True thought leadership is hard to achieve, not because it’s hard, but because some in B2B just can’t get out of their own way. She works for a B2B tech company that “doesn’t believe marketing” but she knows they need it desperately. A blog with B2B sales attribution. Check out our services.]. The story was unsolicited.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Fortunately, there are several new studies that have been published about content marketing, blogging and webinars that provide solid benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends. 2) Blogging benchmarks.

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Content Marketing Study Blogging Marketing 136

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2018

Bylined content helps establish a B2B executive as an industry expert or brand voice, and it’s also a strong way to boost SEO for an individual or company. Within a thought leadership campaign, B2B bylines should offer value to the reader. The post PR Tips For Stellar B2B Bylines appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2021

To that end, and assuming there’s a business strategy and marketing strategy in place, those priorities should be as follows: Owned – website, blog, newsletter. When I pitch this to clients and prospects in B2B marketing , I’ll often present it in a linear graphic like this: Why am I so keen on owned media first? Image credit: Pixabay.

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5W PR

JANUARY 6, 2023

For context, Clutch is an established B2B reviews platform that helps firms connect with solution providers to improve effectiveness and increase productivity. The post Clutch Names 5WPR As a Leading Global B2B Company for 2022 appeared first on Public Relations Blog | 5W PR Agency | PR Firm. Work with us now!

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Sword and the Script

MAY 9, 2023

Your sales team is more likely to use the content B2B marketing products when it is presented by a high-performing peer in sales – rather than a sales leader or a product marketer. If you’ve worked in B2B marketing for a minute, you already know the sales team doesn’t like to use marketing content. Everyone is doing it!

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B2B Storytelling Marketing Case Study 81

5W PR

APRIL 5, 2021

Many reports, especially since the start of the pandemic, have called attention to the rise of consumer dependence on social media which is also good news for B2B (business to business) marketers. Despite the optimism, that’s just the start of any strategy in leveraging the popularity of social media for B2B firms. What’s trending?

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 5, 2023

Here are my 10 favourite PR strategies for B2B. As a B2B organisation, having a successful PR strategy is essential for reaching your target audience and achieving growth. Luckily, plenty of PR strategies cater to B2B, allowing them to compete in niche markets. The media and potential customers often overlook B2B organisations.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Businesses that engage corporate blogging with professionalism and process can boost visibility, grow a community, and ultimately, have a meaningful influence on sales. For example, I once worked for a company that found visitors that engaged the blog were 50% more likely to make a purchase. How Long Should a Blog Post Be?

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Business Wire

JUNE 18, 2020

And one of the best tactics for B2B brands to achieve this is the customer press release. Public relations is the art of securing trust at scale.

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Blogging B2B How To Brand 214

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 It’s important for readers to keep in mind my world view is heavily filtered from the perspective of B2B marketing and PR.

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Blogging Survey B2B Analysis 104

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

B2B marketing should take a little slice of the display ad budget and invest in media relations, genuine content marketing (not marketing content) and paid distribution of related assets from both . Numbers like these from eMarketer make my head explode: “US B2B display ad spending on LinkedIn will total $3.01 billion by 2024.”.

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B2B Marketing LinkedIn Content Marketing 88

5W PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The post Instagram Stories and Lead Generation for B2B Companies appeared first on Public Relations Blog | 5W PR Agency | PR Firm.

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Instagram B2B Company Leadership 88

Deirdre Breakenridge

JULY 3, 2015

But there’s plenty of quality work in the B2B realm as well. B2B voices, on the other hand, are generally plainer and more understated. In the B2B space, most calls to action try to get audience and community members to visit a website to read a blog post, download a collateral item or sign up for something.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JULY 3, 2015

But there’s plenty of quality work in the B2B realm as well. B2B voices, on the other hand, are generally plainer and more understated. In the B2B space, most calls to action try to get audience and community members to visit a website to read a blog post, download a collateral item or sign up for something.

B2B 150

B2B Social Media Consumer B2C 150

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

B2B public relations is widely perceived as the nerdy cousin to consumer PR’s popular girl. Some of this reputation is deserved; it’s true that B2C PR is often more glamorous and accessible than B2B. A classic B2B PR technique is to make the customer smart. Nerds, after all, have become cool. Use the data.

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B2C B2B Software Consumer 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 2, 2017

Those engaged in B2B tech public relations have to be able to strategize and deliver at lightning speed. Here are the top 10 tech blogs you need to read to prepare for promoting clients across a range of industries, including IoT, ad-tech, tech products and services and wearable technology. So much more than a tech blog!

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Blogging B2B Technology Pitching 136

The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Marketing in the Business to Business (B2B) world is a completely different beast to that in the consumer industry. B2Bs are faced with marketing products to their audience’s “work” personas and gain company buy in.

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B2B Consumer Industry Marketing 120

Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

However, for many B2B marketing organizations, obtaining publicly referenceable customers willing to speak to the press is an insurmountable challenge. Sometimes this is also self-inflicted: B2B sales with an account management model adds a layer of complexity. A simple way to do this is to request an interview for a corporate blog.

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B2B Blogging How To Media 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

If you’re looking for a short and easy answer to blogging questions, here you go: How long should a blog post be? How long should it take to write a blog post? How often should I publish blog posts? In corporate blogging and more broadly, in B2B content marketing , it’s not so simple.

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