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Your B2B Marketing Budget Playbook for 2021 Success [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Most companies have learned that B2B marketing budgets are much more important than they thought – and that their existing marketing strategies, well, kind of sucked. Look, we all knew B2B marketing had plenty of problems long before COVID-19: Generic, bland, and forgettable content. this year as well.

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2020 Content Marketing Trends – Content for the Buyer Journey

Marketing Insider Group

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of the content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. And influencing buyer decisionsis what marketing is all about! Source: eMarketer.

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Book Review: eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale

Webbiquity

Marketing automation systems—from vendors like Eloqua , Marketo , Genoo , Manticore and others—are great tools for moving prospective buyers along the path from interest to desire to action. Without a solid content strategy to support that movement through the marketing and sales cycle, all you’ve got is a nice email system.

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Beyond Facebook: Five Social Media Ad Platforms for B2B Marketers

KoMarketing Associates

Ask any marketer their first thought when someone says “social media advertising” and Facebook is bound to be the most popular response. billion) according to eMarketer , with that number expected to grow in 2014. eMarketer also reports we should expect to see a 27.2% 5% ad revenue market share in 2013.

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Mike Dickerson on How to Succeed in a Digital-First World

Oktopost

We’re taking the plunge into re-imagining success with a digital transformation B2B legend. Listen to the Podcast Now: For more thoughtful discussion with renowned marketing leaders, subscribe to B2B Marketing Now for free wherever you listen to podcasts or catch us on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or follow Oktopost on LinkedIn.

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eMarketing Expert Ardath Albee on the Limitations of a Lead Gen Mindset

ViewPoint

Yet B2B marketers seem to be more focused on lead generation than the rest of the process. I really think it’s an impediment to the effectiveness of marketing in becoming a strategic arm of the company, rather than just a cost center. It’s why marketing can’t prove quantifiable value in return for spend.

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How Your B2B Content Programs Can Better Support ABM Throughout The Complete Buyer’s Journey

PathFactory

Account based marketing (ABM) is about winning, protecting, and expanding key accounts to provide the greatest revenue growth potential. While ABM is not a new concept, recent studies from eMarketer showed only 17% of B2B marketers worldwide said their ABM program was mature and driving strategic growth.