Webinars may not make sense for all businesses and enterprises. For some businesses, traditional conferences, seminars and trade shows may be better. When does it make sense to use a webinar for business? Webinar for business marketing A business may conduct webinars to highlight the brand as a...
Top reasons why businesses should blog Blogging generates leads - For the purpose of generating leads, business blogging is a great tactic. By creating great content that others want to share and reference, businesses may find serious advantages over disruption advertising. Businesses should blog...
Now that iOS 7 has been released there are several settings "tweaks" we suggest you make to ensure your privacy is in place and your battery has maximum efficiency. Start by adjusting privacy settings on your iPhone or iPad. Apple hides its System Services settings at the bottom of the Privacy >...
Instagram has become the most important social platform for photo and video sharing. Recently Instagram releases a series of APIs to allow for its serves to be even more integrated with its member's daily lives. While there are a variety of ways to implement Instagram's core features, here are...
What use is being #1 for a keyword that gets no traffic? Business owners and marketers often need better data to make decisions. This is especially true for marketing strategy and planning. In order to allocate resources for digital marketing campaigns, it is good to gather some initial data...
Today's websites are designed, developed and implemented with mobile in mind. Responsive Design, one of the more effective ways to approach designing websites for mobile devices, has quickly emerged as an important way to meet the need. Every decision made during the process of designing a website...
Neglecting the planning stage of a marketing campaign can cause bitter ruin. Often times, a marketing agency will be hired and expected to perform flawlessly without a discovery or planning period. This can hurt the campaign and limit it's success. For one, the marketing planning process allows for...
Podcasts can be great marketing tools for both B2C and B2B marketing depending on your product or service. Success with podcasts requires more than just being an ace with technical details. It requires a good concept, experience with producing and thinking deeply about what would be interesting for...
Using the APIs really aren't as hard to use as it might seem. Here's how to make use of APIs to do things like gathering data with little or no advanced programming. APIs can seem intimidating and can only be implemented by advanced web engineers. But, in reality many APIs are designed to be...
Blog content marketing with SEO and social media There are interdependencies between search and social media marketing. Blogging can play a large role and help to align social & search efforts. The effect of blogging on a marketing campaign is largely dependent on key factors related to social...
For clean energy companies, increasing demand for renewable solutions should feel like a win—but the reality is more complex. The surge in market entrants has made it more challenging to stand out, leaving even innovative providers fighting to avoid...
B2B buyers are inundated with repetitive marketing messages and surface-level content. Generative AI has contributed to this oversaturation by enabling brands to produce content faster. However, are brands considering how this oversaturation impacts...
Hiring great talent is vital to business success, but it’s not an easy feat. Many companies turn to recruiters to help fill open roles. It’s expensive, and it doesn’t foster a strong connection between the company and the candidate. But what if...
Navigating the evolving landscape of technology can be like traversing a veritable minefield. This is especially true in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). For business leaders, understanding and implementing IT transformation in the age of AI...
A fictional persona won't tell you why a deal stalled. A business problem will. But for years, B2B marketing teams have built their strategies around buyer personas: "Maggie the Manufacturing Director," "CTO Carl," and "Procurement Paula." These...
When uncertainty hits, the reflex is familiar: freeze budgets, delay campaigns, cancel that next initiative. On the surface, it makes sense. Cutting marketing spend feels like the safest lever when pressure mounts. But there’s a core problem with...
That form fill that just came through is not the finish line. It’s the start of a conversation you’ll never hear. Your buyer isn’t acting alone. They’re just the first touchpoint in a chain of internal validation. A chain that includes skeptical...
Most companies say they want to improve customer experience. Few start with the most critical piece: the words they use. Buyer-centric messaging is not about slogans or clever language. It is a system that helps buyers move from curiosity to...
Most companies believe they have a clear Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). But when you look closer, it's not a strategic model. It’s a segment definition. A list of filters like industry, size, title, and geography. That’s helpful for ad targeting, but...
Most marketing playbooks assume a return to normal. Pipeline softness is temporary, budgets will bounce back, and next quarter will bring clarity. But what if the volatility isn't temporary? We're in an economic era of perpetual disruption, not...
The B2B buyer's journey has become more complex with the rise of generative AI. Buyers are relying on AI-driven insights before visiting a company's website or speaking with sales. This shift challenges traditional inbound lead generation and...
Marketing healthcare technology presents unique challenges that differ significantly from other industries. The complexity of medical products, the stringent regulatory environment, and the diverse needs of healthcare providers create barriers that...
The Internet of Things is reshaping and defining markets, so much so that it has been dubbed “the next Industrial Revolution.”
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