Despite years of practice with digital campaigns, B2B marketers still have trouble getting their landing pages to work as hard as they could. I am not sure why, since there’s…
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5 essential functions for every B2B website
“If you don’t have a website, you don’t have a business.” By now, this maxim is well understood–and it is just as true for B2B businesses as for B2C ones, if not more so. …
Read MoreB2B marketers should take another look at e-Commerce
E-commerce opportunity is evolving fast, but only 25% of B2B marketers are taking advantage of it, according to a 2012 Oracle study. Time for another look. The typical B2B company…
Read MorePush versus pull marketing: in B2B, you need both
The other day, a marketing colleague told me she was feeling under pressure to move all her efforts to inbound, or “pull,” marketing. “Outbound is bad,” she said. What? Well,…
Read MoreReferrals: the best new business you can get
Hands down, the best new leads come from referrals. These prospects are likely to be highly qualified, since someone close to you thinks they might be a good fit. Even…
Read MoreNew developments in B2B marketing list acquisition
To reach cold prospects among business audiences, sales and marketing teams often begin by developing a list of prospective targets. Marketers can find just about every target company, title and…
Read MorePredictions for B2B digital marketing in 2013
It’s that time of the year when observers can’t resist making predictions about developments on the horizon. I hereby take up that tradition, offering up four random prognostications for where…
Read MoreNew developments in B2B loyalty marketing
Business marketers have much to gain from retention marketing. Business customers tend to be fewer and more valuable—meaning you can’t afford to lose even one. But how do you keep…
Read MoreB2B marketing myth-busting, redux
It’s always a good to examine what beliefs we are operating under–if we have false beliefs that are not examined, then we continue to act on them. B2B marketing is no different–what…
Read MoreB2B: Where social media meets direct marketing
Business marketers have embraced social media with enthusiasm. One of the reasons social media is working so well in B2B, in my opinion, is that business marketers tend to wear…
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