Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 23, 2018

B2B organizations that find content marketing effective are committed to these programs. These organizations have a content marketing plan in writing. Those are among the top-level findings from an annual survey of content marketers by the Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs.

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Content Marketing B2B Study Marketing 143

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 21, 2014

This week I was reminded of a post I wrote back in March on jumpstarting your B2B content. MarketingProfs’ latest B2B Content Marketing 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends report. The report provides some great insight into how B2B marketers are thinking about content and where they’re stuck.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Social Media 160

Stern + Associates

MAY 8, 2023

Social media has become an essential integrated marketing channel for B2B companies. According to a survey by Content Marketing Institute, 95% of B2B marketers use social media to distribute content. For example, let’s say you’re a B2B company that sells cybersecurity services.

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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. 1) Content marketing benchmarks. MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute published their 10 th Annual B2B Marketing report with benchmarks, budgets and trends.

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Content Marketing Blogging Study Marketing 171

Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

There’s an opportunity for content marketing as audiences become fatigued with Coronavirus news and marketers reallocate live event funding One of the goals of content marketing is attracting an audience of likely buyers to your web properties and giving them a reason – and the means – to return regularly.

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Content Marketing Trade Shows Conference Marketing 149

Ronn Torossian

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

According to Content Marketing Institute’s recent research, it’s lead generation. The post What’s The #1 Priority Of B2b Marketers? The post What’s The #1 Priority Of B2b Marketers? A whopping 85% of respondents said so with only 41% reported feeling confident generating leads. RX Of Lead […].

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B2B Marketing Content Marketing Report 195

Sword and the Script

JULY 28, 2020

Content marketing is about the audience. The same dynamic applies to content marketing too. >>> Looking for a consulting partner with the content chops to build a sound strategy and execute? The Content Marketing Shortcut: M&A There is a short cut: buy the audience through an M&A transaction.

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Content Marketing Marketing B2B Advertising 132

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2017

B2B marketing has overwhelmingly adopted the concept of content marketing, according to the 2018 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends survey. That may mean content marketing is maturing, but that also means competition for an audience will heat up.

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Content Marketing B2B Survey Analysis 90

Cision

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Twedt has experience creating content for, and managing, social channels for one of the most successful publications in the PR industry. He was kind enough to share what he has learned when it comes to content marketing on social media. What does #280characters mean for content marketers on Twitter? CisionChat.

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Social Media Content Marketing Media Marketing 0

Critical Mention

JUNE 19, 2019

Did you know that over 60% of businesses don’t have a documented content marketing strategy according to CMI and MarketingProfs? Without a plan, you risk all of your content efforts going to waste. We have 10 steps on how to create your next content marketing plan: What exactly is content marketing?

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Inbound PR

APRIL 30, 2019

Content Marketing has been around for quite some time. We use it in inbound marketing, we use it in inbound PR , we use it in internal communication, we use it any time we need to interact with an audience. Content has become a business asset. 6 Key Facts About the State of Content Marketing.

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Content Marketing Infographics B2B B2C 72

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 21, 2020

One of the biggest mistakes I see in content marketing is when organizations and businesses do not treat it like a distinct channel. This boxes your approach to content marketing into a corner and removes options. >>> Related: Why Content Marketing and Public Relations Need Each Other.

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Content Marketing Marketing How To Publicity 157

Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Business communicators are scaling and optimizing their content marketing strategies, finding even more ways to make it valuable and effective for strengthening brand positioning, building engagement and generating qualified leads.

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Content Marketing B2B Trends Marketing 84

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The most effective blogs in B2B marketing tend to publish longer posts, more frequently, with visuals, paid distribution and analytical measurement Blogging doesn’t have the appeal that voice search, personalization or influencer marketing do in B2B marketing, but when it’s done right, it’s surely effective, according to a new study.

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B2B Blogging Study Marketing 178

Contently - Strategy

JULY 27, 2020

In-person events make up over 20 percent of B2B marketing budgets on average, and upwards of 50 percent inside many organizations. Smart marketing leaders are planning to shift that budget to content, as it’s more or less impossible to do good digital marketing without great content.

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Content Marketing Marketing Creativity Brand 142

5W PR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The same thing goes for content marketing, which is frequently praised for creating more leads compared to other strategies. When it comes to content marketing, it’s a top-down communication method – and it can be promoted business to business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C).

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 27, 2019

Content marketing could quite possibly be the most misunderstood concept in marketing today. Most confuse content marketing as synonymous with content, which is a solid way to make sure your content marketing program underperforms, or worse, fails. So, what is content marketing?

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Content Marketing Marketing B2B Analytics 103

Cision

MAY 5, 2015

The same holds true with your B2B brand. Don’t share that message with the same, old content marketing tactics. To “spice up” your B2B content creation , consider these five tips: 1. It determines the shape that other content marketing pieces take. Choose content channels. Try something new.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Instagram 120

Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2021

B2B companies always have to think a step ahead. Great content marketing has the power to do that. Today’s audiences come across so much mediocre content that looks and sounds the same. On Google, there are 260 million search results for “b2b technology.”

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Content Marketing B2B Trends Marketing 58

Sword and the Script

JUNE 13, 2017

The recent commentary on content marketing by Gartner Research may have given B2B tech marketers motivation to reconsider the concept. Every B2B tech marketer is familiar with the analyst firm because of the implication the four corners of one certain magical graphical quad chart can have on a short list of vendors.

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Content Marketing Marketing B2B Blogging 117

Sword and the Script

JUNE 27, 2017

What does it take to implement content marketing effectively in a B2B organization? It’s not an easy question to answer broadly because: a) every team has its own dynamics; b) every organization has constraints and limitations, and c) every vertical market has its own unique characteristics. 3) Perseverance.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Leadership 105

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In any case, both of these were “audience buys” and proved to be savvy PR, content marketing and SEO moves. First, B2B companies spend roughly $150 for every email they collect. Most of these come from registering for one-off gated content like white papers and webinars – these assets are expensive to create and promote.

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SEO Content Marketing Marketing Publicity 181

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

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B2B Marketing Media Relations Content Marketing 98

PR 20/20

OCTOBER 23, 2018

According to Content Marketing Institute Research Director Lisa Beets ( @LisaBeets ), “Nearly all top-performing B2B content marketers—90%—put their audience’s informational needs ahead of their company’s sales/promotional message.”. Today, more B2B marketers than ever rely on a content marketing approach.

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Content Marketing B2B Trends Marketing 80

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When we talk about content marketing ROI, we often ignore one of the biggest opportunities in front of us: sales enablement. As I wrote about in this Ask a Content Strategist column , content marketers have a tendency to stop thinking about ROI after lead generation. The Hidden ROI of Content Marketing Platforms.

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Content Marketing Marketing Case Study B2B 119

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Because I’m interested in it, I study the market almost daily and I’ve worked with many solution providers in legal tech – enough to make some important observations about content marketing. And the six tips? I’ve embedded such a tweet below to make it easy. If you do read it, please do let me know what you think.

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Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Pitching 108

5W PR

MARCH 2, 2020

Marketers who are successful in connecting with their target audiences would also attest to that, but is it happening? Content Marketing Institute recently weighed in on the matter by sharing results of its research of folks who work at B2B and B2C companies. Content Marketing. Why the contrast?

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Content Marketing Marketing B2C B2B 97

Agility PR Solutions

JULY 31, 2018

Eighty-seven percent of B2B audiences find business content online through search engines, according to a new survey from B2B research, ratings, and reviews firm Clutch. B2B audiences also use social media (85 percent) and companies’ websites (75 percent) as sources of business-related content online.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing SEO 68

Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

There’s are several industry organizations that field annual surveys about content marketing and they are gearing up. Last year, the data overwhelmingly found every business says they are doing content marketing. This year, I predict satisfaction with content marketing will slide and many won’t understand why.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 80

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Those categories are: Content marketing statistics. Social media marketing statistics. Marketing measurement statistics. Search marketing and SEO statistics. Content Marketing Statistics. 2) Content marketing supports lead nurturing. B2B Lead Generation ). B2B Lead Generation ).

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Social Media Content Marketing SEO Media 159

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

B2B marketers say too much work, too few resources and too much interference forces them to choose between quality and completion. Most B2B marketers aren’t thrilled with their own content. According to a survey by Radix Communications , “68% of B2B marketers are not proud of their own content.”.

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B2B Marketing Survey Case Study 193

Sword and the Script

JULY 20, 2021

Some B2B tech companies, especially in early stages, are eager to make a splash in their respective markets. They’re raring to go with branded content about who they are and promotional materials about what makes their product great. This type of content simply isn’t relevant to their audience – at least not yet.

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B2B Marketing Company SEO 198

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

About half of B2B buyers say the sales cycle has gotten longer for new vendors; one in five say the number of decision-makers involved has grown. B2B sales cycles are getting longer – and the process involves more decision-makers. B2B sales cycles are getting longer. B2B sales cycles may involve more people.

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B2B Trade Shows Survey Study 112

Polaris

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs recently released their latest joint study on the use of content in the marketing mix: B2C Content Marketing, 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends—North America. Email marketing clearly deserves to be near the top of the list. I certainly was.

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B2C Content Marketing Study Trends 194

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The decline of B2B trade shows frees B2B marketing to experiment with more efficient channels; virtual events surface buying signals The pandemic is certainly changing marketing – but we might all do well to shift our thinking towards what might become quasi-permanent. Give our services a try.

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Trade Shows B2B Marketing Conference 163

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?

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B2B Marketing Media Content Marketing 148

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Public relations and content marketing are powerful when they work together, particularly for B2B PR programs designed to educate prospective customers and push them down the funnel to a point of purchase. But when they work in concert, PR and content marketing are a 1+1+3 situation. Never discount earned media.

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Content Marketing Marketing Pharmaceuticals SEO 120