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Financial analysts say marketing is an investment, not a cost

Sword and the Script

The “Brand Finance Investment Analyst Survey” polled more than 200 financial analysts who “cover publicly listed companies in the United States and United Kingdom.” To understand how analysts factor marketing into their assessment and valuation of the companies they cover. What did marketing spend to obtain those email addresses?

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5 ways for B2B marketing to align with finance brand building

Sword and the Script

Brand building is increasingly important as B2B prospects come to a decision before ever talking to sales, yet a new report finds 69% of CFOs view brand marketing as a cost center Most searches are zero-click searches. Prospective B2B buyers do their own research and have all but made a decision by the time they speak to a salesperson.

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3 Studies with Benchmarks for Content Marketing, Blogging and Webinars [UML]

Sword and the Script

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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How to Create a Content Marketing Plan

Critical Mention

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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Compounding Returns: 5 Financial Analogies that Explain Good Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

There are many examples of how this works, but one I stumbled upon recently by a financial advisory firm looks to me to be a good illustration. This compounding effect is analogous to some aspects of content marketing , especially in audience growth. Content marketing also compounds over time.

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All Marketing is NOT Content Marketing

Sword and the Script

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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This Semrush Acquisition of Backlinko hits PR, SEO and Content Marketing Trifecta [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

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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