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The Proven Framework For Building A Thriving Community

Duct Tape Marketing

And then finally, our shareable moment is kind of the advocate part of the buyer's journey is it's a swag store or it's content that you've created that they can share or those white papers. I think B2B companies in particular have probably been slower to come to this idea. And it turns into actually a flywheel. For to what end?

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Why Video Marketing is Underrated (and How to Use it to Your Advantage)

Duct Tape Marketing

The result: Plenty of organic, viral interaction about the videos that boosted traffic for these YouTube users’ Let’s Play video as well as sales for Galactic Café. A recent B2B Benchmark Survey revealed more than 90% of marketing respondents used video on a site, second only to the learn more/contact us option (nearly 100%).

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Your B2B Demand Generation Funnel: How to Create One and Mistakes to Avoid

ConversionXL

However, due to B2B market saturation, customer acquisition costs are rising ; this digital marketing strategy of giving a little and getting a lot no longer works. Using this metric on your white papers, case studies, and videos is setting yourself up to fail. Obsessing over going viral. email, ads, retargeting, etc.)

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6 LinkedIn Marketing Mistakes You’re Probably Making Right Now

The Startup Magazine

This is especially true for B2B companies, for which LinkedIn is a vital clearinghouse of information. Vary content types: short announcements, medium-length posts on discrete topics, deep-dive case studies or white papers. You’ll never go viral if you stick to safe, hidebound content. What’s yours?

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

B2B: Business Media. White Papers. Curalate allows us to see how the content we pin to our boards is performing, as well as the content people are organically pinning from our sites, and more importantly how viral those actions are, since it’s reported that 80 percent of Pinterest activity comes from repins.” Operations.

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[Review] Content Rules

YoungUpstarts

Surprise and entertainment helps drive viral sharing while building your company’s personality. this is especially true for B2B companies. From blogs, webinars, white papers and e-Books to FAQs, case studies, photos and videos, the second part of the book highlights the dos and don’ts for each content class.

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The 50 Best Marketing Strategies For Small Business

Mike Michalowicz

If you want to get people’s attention and have them call you, there’s nothing like writing an article for a trade magazine (for B2B) or local magazine (for B2C) to gain credibility and get the exposure you want. Then write a white paper. Don’t have the time, knowledge or expertise for a white paper?