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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

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Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. You’ll still need to do the same types of conversion research, persona building, and experimentation that is common across conversion optimization, but let’s talk a bit about how and why B2B is different. It’s called Optimizing for B2B.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

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Studies show that only 5% of B2B buyers are ready to buy. By demonstrating proven marketing expertise, we can provide a consistent, valuable experience for our audience. For established companies, a rebranding effort could involve discovering elements like the values your customers live by and what your leadership team believes in.

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Brand Strategy vs. Marketing Strategy (And How they Work Together)

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Marketing initiatives include campaigns, content, PR, and interactions with your target audience or customer. Your organization may require multiple marketing plans at once, with each aimed at reaching different personas within your audience or working in service of different products and services. The brand strategy has some roots.

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Sales and Marketing Misalignment Is Costly—But Avoidable

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According to The B2B Lead , sales reps spend about 50% of their time prospecting unproductive deals—while missing 80% of the most qualified leads. Your sales and marketing alignment should center on four priority steps: Define and understand your target audience. Create core messages to speak to your target audience.

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Account-Based Marketing vs. Lead Generation: Which is Right for You?

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According to Demand Gen Report, 56% of B2B buyers say that a web search is their first resource, and 79% say the winning vendor’s content significantly impacts their buying decision. Inbound marketing focuses on content that brings your target audience to you , rather than you chasing them. My experience is true for many others.

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How Entrepreneurial Planning Helps You Have Smoother Sailing

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Entrepreneurial leadership starts with a vision of solving a problem and followed by a series of short term missions. S – Specific: Objective of task and target Audience. The leadership impulse is not enough to implement improvements. It has nothing to do with academic intelligence but rather passion and determination.

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The Should-How Fallacy (Or Why “Correct” Isn’t “Useful”)

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Most of your audience arrives on your site aware of what they need to fix. The first two are more familiar to B2B marketers; the last one often applies to B2C. The five lessons below are as valid for action-oriented content as they are for thought leadership, for lengthy ebooks or pithy tweets. All correct, all useless.

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