[vc_row][vc_column][testimonial_slider] [/testimonial_slider][vc_column_text] "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" – Benjamin Franklin [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]There are few people who would argue the truthfulness of the above statement. We all...
Marketing Strategy
Talk to Me Differently: Marketing at Each Stage of the Sales Cycle
Most people would agree that a first date is NOT the ideal time to propose. Why is it then that so many marketers ask prospects to buy before they’ve even had a first date, let alone developed a long term relationship?
It just doesn’t make sense.
Attention Content Marketers: Is your CRM as Detailed as your Personas?
As an effective content marketer, you have put the time into understanding the characteristics of your audience. You’ve developed and validated personas. You or your strategist has created an editorial calendar that will knock clients’ socks off. You’ve produced...
Writing Right: Using Data to Drive Your Content Marketing
Content marketing has proven its worth, bringing in three times more leads and costing 62% less than traditional outbound marketing (Hubspot). Despite these stats, a recent NetProspex and Content Marketing Institute whitepaper found that 85% of B2B marketers said they...
Digital Marketing: Facts, Stats & Trends to Watch
Digital marketing remains one of the best ways for both B2C and B2B companies to reach customers. A recent We Are Social study showed that 71% of internet users in the US searched online for a product or service in the last 30 days, and 66% made an online purchase...
CRM in the Marketing World: How CRM can help you create strong marketing campaigns
Creating strong content is not the ultimate element in Content Marketing. Creating and maintaining effective marketing data to target the best possible audience for your campaign is of equal importance. One of the most important tools in a modern marketer’s tool belt...
Components of a Well Laid Marketing Plan
From ancient times to modern day, scholars, businessmen, sports celebrities, and regular folk have expounded the virtues of planning. “A man who does not plan long ahead will find trouble at his door.” – Confucius “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” - Antoine de...
Sales and Marketing: A Force to be Reckoned With
*Full disclaimer: this post is shoe-horned with Star Wars allusions, puns, and enthusiasm. Reader be warned. In a galaxy far, far away, Han Solo and Chewbacca, co-workers and best friends, worked together to save Princess Leia and destroy the Death Star. It could be...
Content Market Strategy Part 1: Developing the Buyer Persona
As part one of our Content Marketing Strategy series, we’re discussing one of the most important tools in a content marketer’s pocket: the buyer persona. A buyer persona is a tool that all reputable content marketers use. It is the driving force behind your campaign,...
Got Strategy? The importance of documented strategy in content marketing
To be purposeful, a content marketing strategy must include relevant information about your campaign, like the goals and KPIs. But to be effective, it must also be documented. Not just discussed. Not just a draft. But a written, finalized, and approved content...