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What makes up the perfect B2B marketing blog? First let’s establish that there are marketing blogs—and then there are B2B marketing blogs. Now that I’ve got you salivating, let’s begin our tasting menu of B2B marketing inspiration.
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As one of the biggest buzzwords in marketing of the past couple of years, influencer marketing is booming right now. Marketers are using it to reach larger audiences, to improve brand awareness, get more traffic and to boost sales. Leave comments on their blog.
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The end of year is a time for reflection, especially when it comes to your marketing tactics and campaigns. If there’s one thing that’s certain about successful marketing strategies this year, it’s that content marketing, blogging in particular, rocked 2013!
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JUNE 2, 2015
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome Bill Carmody to our blogging community. I first noticed Bill’s crisp, direct, and useful sales outlook on LinkedIn, and immediately approached him to contribute to the Pipeliner sales blog.
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Editor’s Note: Today we welcome Bill Carmody to our blogging community. I first noticed Bill’s crisp, direct, and useful sales outlook on LinkedIn, and immediately approached him to contribute to the Pipeliner sales blog.
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FEBRUARY 17, 2015
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Gartner Group and Forrester Research Group predict record levels in Marketing Automation (MA) spending and exponential growth in the field. The post Lead Generation Blogging appeared first on Marketing Automation | Lead Generation | Email Marketing | Salesfusion.
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We are republishing this blog by Ruth Stevens (originally run January 29, 2014) because she hits the nail on the head about marketing automation. In the opening paragraph she states: “Marketers sometimes see automation as a silver bullet. Today''s blog was written by Ruth P.
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AUGUST 4, 2015
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AUGUST 30, 2016
When a sales team becomes frustrated with marketing the frustrations is most frequently rooted in poor lead quality. The post Sales Must Help Marketing Help Them appeared first on Pipeliner CRM Blog. For Sales Pros sales and marketing sales professionals sales team
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DECEMBER 2, 2015
The post Use Lost Opportunities to Enhance Your Marketing Content Creation appeared first on Pipeliner CRM Blog. Global SaaS software revenues are forecasted to reach $106B in 2016, increasing 21% over projected 2015 spending levels (Forrester).
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Marketing can become quite routine, almost boring especially for small business owners. Soon you feel you are tired and marketing becomes difficult. If you are suffering from marketing malaise, then it is time to get moving.
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MAY 11, 2015
What I have discovered is this “Can’t Find Me” marketing curtain appears to be more common with businesses offering professionals services such as sales training or executive coaching. The “Can’t Find Me” m arketing curtain is also connected with some blogs.
Pipeliner
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
In many companies, a more or less permanent state of opposition exists between Sales and Marketing. Marketing is doing everything they can in the area of lead generation, and forwarding those leads onto the sales force. The post Lead Generation: Sales, Marketing or Both?
Pipeliner
JULY 11, 2016
According to “The Critical Importance of Lead Validation in Internet Marketing” study, about half of a company’s leads generated through its website aren’t sales related. The post How Validating Leads Will Improve Your Internet Marketing appeared first on Pipeliner CRM Blog.
Pipeliner
MARCH 15, 2017
When we assess a new (for PointClear ) business opportunity, or evaluate the results of a current client’s program, we look at the following: Market (60%). What this says is that you could get “A’s” for Message and Media and still end up with an “F” if the market is off target.
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DECEMBER 23, 2014
The post A New Year’s Resolution for Every Marketer. Marketing Blog appeared first on Salesfusion.
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As a marketing leader, the CEO is going to measure your 2014 success in three ways: Leads – Number of Sales Qualified Leads delivered to Sales. Opportunities – Percent contribution by Marketing to the Sales Funnel. Wins – Percent contribution by Marketing to Sales Revenue.
Salesfusion
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As marketers, we all know that there’s nothing better than having a third party promote our brand. Having advocates outside the company is extremely powerful in increasing the reach of our message and our credibility in the market. Top Reasons to Curate UGC in Your Marketing Efforts.
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Your social selling home base should be your blog. Your blog should become your platform from which everything you do online will originate. A real blog, with your own domain name (hopefully your name) if available will serve you and your career for years to come.
Fill the Funnel
DECEMBER 8, 2013
Content marketing tactics such as blog posts, feature articles, optimized website copy, white papers, social media content and press releases move buyers along a specific path. Most people will agree that content marketing generates awareness of your brand, product or service; inspires consumers to engage and consider you; converts them into leads and sales; and creates advocates. Is there one area of content marketing that you want to get more active in than in the past?
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