The digital market is a disruptive force. With the majority of us carrying a computer around in our pockets in the form of a smartphone, the power has shifted from seller to buyer. Digital marketing is evolving as the digital landscape changes how we market and sell. Marketing builds relationships...
Customer experience is such a catchphrase in marketing today it even gets its own trendy acronym: CX. Improving customer experience requires integration, collaboration, data analysis and more. Companies focused on maximizing satisfaction, with regard to the entire customer journey, have the...
Buyers today have more power to do their own research and search for alternatives before even interacting with a salesperson. This is exactly why inbound marketing matters. With a focus on attracting, informing, converting, and nurturing prospects, inbound marketing meets customers where they are,...
More than 20 billion videos are devoured every day across YouTube, Facebook and SnapChat alone. This massive rise in video consumption has led many B2B marketers to call out “lights, camera, action” on their own productions. When it comes to making B2B marketing videos, these trends and tips can...
In 2015, the global cloud systems management software market had a value of $2.8 billion. Forecasting the cloud computing market makes the future look even more promising, per a recently released Cisco report. Source: IDC Cloud Computing Market Growth More businesses today are seeing value in data...
Judging by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the majority of Information Technology (IT) service companies are small (10 - 99 workers) or even micro-sized establishments. Yet, the demands for differentiation, marketing effectiveness, and sales are increasing and forcing IT service companies to...
Some 85% of manufacturer marketers use content in their marketing efforts, according to the 2017 Manufacturing Content Marketing (MCM). The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs report highlight valuable trends to guide content marketing strategy for manufacturering companies....
Globally, social media marketing accounts for 13% of today’s digital ad market at about $26.4 billion US. Defining Social Media Advertising Social media advertising leverages the network newsfeed to raise awareness, prompt action or sell products or services. Ads in social and business networks...
Email marketing has legs. Doubters could consult an Exhibitor study showing 50% of trade show marketers and exhibitors planned to increase spending on this marketing medium in 2016. These other email marketing statistics and trends should also help prove “you’ve got mail” marketing remains popular....
B2B marketing statistics and trends illustrate the global B2B marketing industry is still going strong. It's predicted to grow annually through 2018. Digital, in particular, will continue to garner attention with a 12.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), per PwC. B2B Marketing Budgets In 2014,...
B2B growth often breaks down between marketing and sales. Marketing may be generating leads and engagement. Sales may be working opportunities and pursuing revenue. But when the two functions operate with different definitions, data, messaging, and...
High-performing teams do not treat demand generation as just another campaign function. They treat it as a system that supports how complex buying groups evaluate change. Organizations that consistently generate pipeline design their systems around...
B2B buyers are exhausted. Their inboxes are full. Their feeds are flooded with ads. Worst of all, everything sounds the same. Generic messaging makes it difficult for buyers to understand what makes brands different from each other, creating...
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...
Customer-centric messaging — where narratives center buyer needs and concerns over descriptions of the product or the brand — is an effective way to engage buyers navigating complex market forces.
Buyer expectations have shifted. Traditional tactics may still capture attention, but they fail to create the clarity buyers need to move forward. Lead generation isn’t underperforming because of a lack of effort or tools. It’s struggling because...
Lead generation used to be a numbers game. Push traffic, capture form fills, and hand everything to sales. But the modern B2B landscape is more complex than ever. Marketing and sales teams are battling longer sales cycles, intensified risk-aversion,...
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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