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Salesforce has released their “2016 State of Marketing Report”, a massive 70-page tome and the result of surveying nearly 4,000 marketing executives worldwide. The report covers a wide range of trends and topics, but focuses on the best practices most common amongst “high-performing” marketing teams. You can download a copy… Read More
By now we’ve all heard the statistics that as much as two-thirds of all email is opened or read on mobile devices. But no problem – you’re using responsive design for all your email campaigns, so you’ve got that covered, right? Well, not so fast. Our firm produces dozens of… Read More
The folks at Demand Generation Report just released a compelling new paper on the impact that new technologies are having on the use, and effectiveness, of email marketing. In “Targeting, Predictive Tools & Intent Data Are Key Trends in Email Marketing Evolution,” DGR’s Brian Anderson provides a comprehensive overview of… Read More
Let’s face it: most business inboxes get flooded every day with Webinar invitations. If your Webinar campaign is getting lost in the crowd, take a look at these 9 proven tips and techniques for increasing registration and attendance at online events. 1. Sell the event, not the product. A Webinar… Read More
An interesting question popped up in my LinkedIn feed this week: “Does anyone remember all those times we used ABM before it was called ABM?” The none-too-subtle implication, of course, was that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) isn’t new, and that B2B marketers have been developing, and executing, Account-Based Marketing strategies and… Read More
I’ve been working in B2B marketing long enough to remember when Webinars first burst onto the scene as a lead generation device. At first, the concept of “online seminars” was so novel that the topic of the event barely mattered. However, very quickly, Webinars became so popular that B2B audiences… Read More
According to a recent report, “The Content Marketing Paradox,” content marketing output increased by 35 percent in 2015, while engagement dropped 17 percent. The author of the report, digital marketing solutions provider TrackMaven, theorized that the primary reason for the discrepancy is that there’s a “limit to how much content… Read More