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Don't be fooled by these six vanity metrics

Analytics and reporting are critical to marketing teams that want to prove an ROI for their clients. Finding the appropriate numbers, however, can mark the difference between success and failure for most businesses. Vanity metrics can get in the way of a marketing team's success. They are easily...

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Most Valuable Types of B2B Sales Content

Purposefully written content that aligns with buyer needs can drive prospects down the sales funnel, and increase close rates. Oftentimes, the content sales teams produce is ineffective because it is too pushy and sales-driven. This presents an opportunity for marketing teams to support sales...

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Why Post-Pandemic B2B Marketing Requires Alignment with Sales

By Shawn Smajstrla, Content Strategist Life during the COVID-19 pandemic was marked by separation and isolation. Shutdowns, stay-at-home orders, and social distancing kept us from family, friends, and workplaces. Personal interactions were replaced with digital, online versions. In essence, we...

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Why Every Company Needs a Sales Enablement Content Strategy

By Nicky Cappella, Content Strategist Introducing new customers to your product (and making additional sales to existing customers) is fundamental to your short- and long-term success. To maximize revenue, companies want to provide their teams with all of the tools needed to close a sale. This may...

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5 Demand Generation Best Practices for IT Service Companies

The IT services industry must grapple with growing competition. From other providers to the evolving self-help SaaS industry, competitors come in all shapes and sizes. There is also enormous opportunity in the IT services industry. Gartner predicts that worldwide IT spending will grow 6.2% in 2021....

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Creating Value With B2B Sales Enablement

B2B sales enablement is the iterative process of providing your company’s sales team with the necessary resources to convert more prospects into customers. Resources typically include information, knowledge, tools, and content to sell your service or product to customers effectively. A sales...

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6 Smart Account Based Marketing Examples for B2B Companies

Account-based marketing covers a set of strategic tactics to bring in precise leads and accounts into your sales funnel. ABM has become increasingly popular; it enables you to optimize your marketing spend and resources towards fewer leads, increasing the chance of closing qualified sales and...

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15 Critical Inbound Marketing Statistics for B2B in 2021

Updated March 2021. Inbound marketing best practices seem to change constantly. It's essential to follow the data and see where customers and competitors are heading to keep up with trends. Here are thirteen current inbound marketing statistics that highlight this ever-evolving landscape. Video,...

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4 Common B2B Lead Generation Mistakes

B2B lead generation involves fostering interest in your company, brand, product, or service in order to generate a sales inquiry. The prospect submits their contact information via call, email, chat, or form submission, becoming a lead, one that can be nurtured with content and communications until...

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Where Does Content Fit Into My B2B Marketing Funnel?

A successful content marketing campaign requires an investment in copywriting, research, editing, and often design and marketing distribution. However, this investment is well worth it. DemandMetric found that content marketing produces more than three times the amount of leads as outbound...

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