Category Archives: Content marketing

5 Creative Ways to Make Your White Paper Irresistible

“Always show an image of the offer.” It’s a rule I quote often, one repeated to me ad nauseum many years ago by an early mentor and long-time direct marketing veteran. The logic: whatever it is you want your reader to download, request, order, or register for, a visual image… Read More

Content that Works: A Conversation with Michael Cannon

What defines great marketing content? Now that most marketing departments are tasked with also being content publishers, is it too much to ask that marketing content also persuade customers to buy? Or is it enough that the material simply generates response? To answer these questions, I sat down recently with… Read More

4 Reasons to Fulfill Offer Content via Email

Congratulations. A prospect just responded to one of your marketing emails, filled out the registration form, and wants the free white paper you offered. There are three basic ways to fulfill that offer content: 1. Direct the reader to a thank you page containing a link to the content. 2…. Read More

Podcast (Part 4): Offer Strategy & Pipeline Acceleration

In the final part of my podcast with Steve Farnsworth of Jolt Social Media, we discuss offer strategy for social media, lead generation, and lead nurturing, and the role of marketing automation in converting raw inquiries to qualified prospects and opportunities. In just 9 minutes, you’ll learn: • how to… Read More

Animoto: Easy, Cost-Effective Video Content to Go

Good video content engages customers and prospects like no white paper or webinar can. Videos are easily accessible at any time, from any place, and adapt readily to mobile devices. And integrating video content into a campaign microsite or lead nurturing program is an effective way to add spark and… Read More

Dialogue Marketing: A Conversation with Maria Pergolino

Late last year at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco I was fortunate enough to chat with Maria Pergolino, Marketing Director at Marketo (and renowned Content Marketing Queen.) In an engaging 15-minute discussion, we touched upon topics including: • striking the balance between demand generation and lead nurturing • how… Read More

Top 10 Posts on B2B Lead Gen for 2010

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular blog posts from our blog, “The Point” in 2010 (as measured by page views). Normally, a survey like this might indicate something about hot topics or key trends, but here instead the popularity of the top posts has everything to… Read More