Is your content really working for your business? Do you spend a lot of time writing blogs and website content to boost sales for your B2B? That’s great. But, if your target market doesn’t see your content, you just waste time and effort. It’s one thing to create good content. It’s another thing to actually use […]
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How to Harness the True Power of the 7 Top Content Types for B2B Lead Generation
Today’s top B2B brands tend to rely on seven types of marketing content to generate the majority of their leads. These content types include, in order of effectiveness, email marketing, content marketing social media marketing, landing page and website optimization, SEO, paid search, and webinars or virtual events. Before your organization starts putting these […]
Nominations Are Open for Top B2B Influencer
One of my Facebook friends, who is also a journalist, recently posted a status update which said, “Of all things I have to be grateful every morning, the greatest one is that I’m not an ‘influencer.’” It says a lot about the world of marketing, sales, media and technology that the word “influencer” can inspire […]
10 B2B Marketing Strategies for Higher Growth
Throughout the professional services marketplace, buyers are changing. Just as consumers have come to rely on online searches to educate themselves before buying products and services, so too have the businesses that buy from professional services firms. These potential clients need to solve business problems, and are looking for firms with the specific expertise required […]
Three Women Shaping the Future of Growth Acceleration
What do Paul Revere, sales and marketing rockstars and fighter pilots have in common? They were all in Boston for the Growth Acceleration Summit held at The Revere Hotel – complete with horse sculptures and a modern day mural depicting the famous Paul Revere ride. The Growth Acceleration Summit is one of the few events […]
Five Reasons Why B2B Companies Fail at Content and Social Media Marketing
In such a rapidly changing environment like the Internet, B2B companies often struggle to understand the concept of content marketing and implement it properly. For some, it’s still reserved for the consumer market, so they abandon the idea. According to 2016 B2B Content Marketing Trends – North America, marketers are predominantly using it but the […]
Celestica CEO Explains the Mission Behind the Firm’s Brand Transformation
Celestica International Inc. on Tuesday will release what executives described as its most significant brand overhaul since 2007, positioning the electronics manufacturing services firm as the enabler of innovation among companies from its native Canada to Silicon Valley. The rebranding includes a new logo that says goodbye to the flaming red comet that has served […]
Appointment Roundup: People on the Move
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** ZorroSign, Inc., pioneer of electronic signature technology and the developer of a complete and unified Digital Transaction Management platform has announced the appointment of Mr. Shamsh Hadi as the new Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Akbar Jaffer as the new Chief Marketing Officer of the company. *** Gagen […]
Evolving Customer Behaviour and What It Means for B2B Online Marketing
The internet is ever-changing. Functions that were easily identifiable a decade ago have evolved and, aided by technological innovation, today’s internet allows for greater interactions and user participation. Needless to say, this has implications for clients’ behaviour. As far as internet marketing is concerned, clients have now become more involved, and their increased participation has […]
Merger & Acquisition Digest
We bring you weekly acquisitions in B2B. This is what happened this week: *** Deloitte announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Web Decisions LLC, an omni-channel data management and marketing services company. Web Decisions is known for solving complex data management and campaign management challenges for clients in the retail, e-commerce […]
Appointment Roundup: People on the Move
This week’s notable hires and appointments in the B2B world! *** BDNA, an information technology services provider, has appointed Mary Haigis as Executive Vice President of Marketing. She will head up corporate branding, field marketing, corporate communications, Web properties and integrated marketing efforts for BDNA. *** Aspect Software, a leading and award-winning provider of fully-integrated […]
Chatbots: The Future of Your Business
Businesses today are doing everything they can in order to increase their customer acquisition, social media presence, and creating more ways to put out their product. One of the things that they have started using is something known as a chatbot. As you’ll see, these devices have revolutionized the way companies do business, and they […]
How B2B Companies Outsource Managed Security Services
As security staff gets increasingly overwhelmed preparing for compliance audits and managing security incidents, B2B companies have started to ask about outsourcing managed security services. A recent report from analyst firm IDC found that Canadian organizations will become more reliant on third-party SaaS and managed security services by 2019. And Canadian chief information security officers (CISOs) will […]
B2B Trending Conversations: Mind the Digital Gap (and more)
Welcome back to another edition of B2B Trending Conversations, our weekly roundup of what’s getting said and shared about B2B on Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks. We’ve got some out-of-the ordinary topics for you this week, starting with bridging the digital gap between B2B and B2C. We’ll learn how to avoid the most common […]
American B2B Content Marketing Influencer Index
Over the past decade or so, B2B marketing has emerged as a discipline in its own right. Catering to the unique needs of businesses, B2B marketers are always looking for innovative ways to foster relationships with their clients. They frequently need to go above and beyond classic marketing tactics to make an impact. Because of […]
Nominations Open for B2BNN’s “People to Watch” in 2017
In 2016 we ran Indices for a number of B2B Influencers. This year we want to know who the up-and-coming folks are. We’re looking for people from across B2B, the movers and shakers, or business leaders who are poised to have a big year. No matter the industry…communications, technology, HR, supply chain, marketing, anyone on the […]
B2B Trending Conversations: Follow-Up Fears, Email Marketing and More
The weather outside may be chilling, but the B2B buzz is hot this week on Twitter and across social media. In this week’s edition of our weekly B2B Trending Conversations report, we collect the best of the buzz-worthy tweets and posts and bring them to you in an easily digestible format. We’ll try to take […]
Wanted: Contributors With B2B Flair
Do you like to write? Want to gain public exposure, or build your brand? Do you have a strong opinion on where your market is headed or changing? Spotted a new trend and think it’ll make an impact in B2B? Or do you have something to say on social monitoring services and want to review […]
B2B Trending Conversations: Fun with Social Media, Hiring the Perfect SDR, Maximizing SEO
Welcome back to another edition of B2B Trending Conversations, our weekly roundup of what’s trending in the social media B2B space. This week, we feature posts on hiring the perfect sales development rep, making boring B2B brands come alive, predictive marketing software and more. We’ve also selected a pair of infographics, including one on using […]
B2B Trending Conversations: Content Marketing Benchmarks, Social Marketing, the Future of Big Data
Welcome back to another edition of B2B Trending Conversations, our weekly roundup of what’s buzzing about B2B on social media. This week we’ve got a bumper crop of B2B goodies, including the just-published B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends survey, tips on using Twitter lists as well as Snapchat and Instagram to improve your […]