What IT Buyers Really Think About Your Marketing
What if you could be a fly on the wall and watch as an IT buyer checked out your marketing? Would you like how they react? I attended Spiceworks Unplugged in Toronto, where a room of IT marketers heard the truth from a panel of straight-talking IT professionals. The IT pros represented a variety of […]
Email: Your Best B2B Marketing Tool for 2015
I use Facebook every day to catch up with my friends, RSVP for social events and post photos of my cat. However, I don’t use it for business. Although my clients are likely on Facebook, I’ve determined that this social network isn’t the best place for me to interact with them. For business, I prefer […]
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 Ways to Make Your Technology Marketing More Human [Insights from SpiceWorld 2014]
IT professionals love robots. They can chat for hours about R2-D2, Data and K-9. However, they don’t feel the same about robotic marketing. I attended SpiceWorld 2014 and had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Slaski, executive director of marketing communications at Spiceworks. She offered advice on how technology marketers can make their content […]
Why IT Buyers Aren’t Responding to Your Content [Insights from SpiceWorld]
According to a new report from Spiceworks, technology marketers are missing the mark when it comes to engaging IT buyers. The How to Win Friends and Influence IT Pros report states that IT pros want to have honest conversations with their peers and brand reps when they make buying decisions. However, technology marketers place […]
Should You Use Social Media or Traditional Marketing to Engage IT Buyers? [IT Pros Sound Off]
When it comes to making the best use of your marketing time and resources, should you: Send more emails or post more content to your blog? Create a direct mail campaign or run ads on LinkedIn? Host a webinar on your website or a Hangout on Google+? With so many options, it can be hard […]