Only 34% of B2B Technology Marketers Are Effective at Content Marketing [Study]
New research reveals that most B2B technology marketers are missing a major key to content marketing success. Here’s what it takes to be effective… The Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs just released the B2B Technology Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America report. According to the report, 93% of B2B technology marketers […]
How to Turbocharge Your List Building With Content Upgrades
“Would you like fries with that?” “Do you want to supersize your drink?” “Would you like to make it a combo with pop and a cookie?” The fast food industry knows a thing or two about upgrades. Just imagine the truckloads of extra fries McDonald’s sells every year – and the millions in additional revenue. […]
5 Common Mistakes That Will Kill Your B2B Content Marketing Results in 2015
Many B2B marketers go year after year with their marketing on autopilot. They run ads in the same magazines, promote themselves on the same social channels and push out the same sales messaging. If it’s working, that’s great. However, the tides are turning. B2B buyers don’t want to be sold to and are getting better […]
3 Lessons Learned During My First Week on LinkedIn Publisher
Earlier this year, LinkedIn opened its publishing platform to all of its members. This allows you to blog directly on LinkedIn. You might have heard this news and thought, “Not another blogging platform!” However, LinkedIn Publisher offers a number of benefits: Your posts are automatically featured in your LinkedIn profile, which gives your connections […]
How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Company Page for B2B Lead Generation
LinkedIn is proving to be the No. 1 social network for B2B. The B2B Content Marketing Report 2013 Survey Results revealed that 85% of technology marketers believe LinkedIn is the most effective social network for distributing their content.* In addition, HubSpot found that LinkedIn’s visitor-to-lead conversion rate is 277% higher than Twitter and Facebook. These […]
The 3 Biggest Shifts Needed for Successful B2B Content Marketing
Content marketing is a fairly new concept that many marketers are struggling to figure out. To achieve benefits from content marketing – such as increased brand awareness, web traffic, leads and sales – many technology marketers have to rethink most of what they were taught about marketing. Here are 3 shifts in thinking that will help you compete with your content marketing-savvy competitors and increase your ROI …