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Content Marketing Study – 2022 B2B standard

The Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs have provided thorough research and benchmarks for content marketing strategies in 2022. Modern Marketing Partners (MMP) would like to thank and acknowledge Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs for providing this content marketing study. We’ve broken down some of the research into categories that’ll help readers better understand the findings. The annual study is available in versions for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C). Per the title above, this blog will focus on B2B findings. If you are interested in B2C content marketing survey results, click here. The key theme is that the pandemic opened up B2B marketers to use content marketing. Without in-person events and face-to-face selling, many who had previously paid little attention to content marketing ...

Complete Guide To Build Links With Content Marketing standard

External links play a key role in ranking sites in search. Links obtained naturally have a good effect. Their placement eliminates sanctions from search engines. This detailed guide will help you develop a content marketing strategy in 2022. Developing a natural link mass requires detailed analysis, time and substantial cost. Plus, there are many areas where such links are obtained with difficulty because of the dense employment of the issuance of competitors. Such a problem is often faced by owners of commercial sites, including online stores. The likelihood that the owners of a competitor site will put a link to such a resource on their blog tends to be zero. What kind of link is considered natural? It is a link received ...

11 High-Converting Content Frameworks To Model In 2022 standard

As 2021 leaves the stage, you want to evaluate your website performance against the content you’ve been uploading to meet your business goals. It highlights areas that need improvement to make it easy for you to edge your competition and become an authority model in your niche. Begin by reviewing your web content to establish what adjustments are required to conform to the search engine requirements for web ranking and elevate yourself to the top of (Search Engine Results Pages) SERPs. It becomes easy to identify outdated content and gaps in the market that can be your new target in 2022. You must develop a structure to guide you through making your online presence and produce quality content that attracts traffic ...

Six Steps To Build A Reliable System For Content Creation standard

High-quality, engaging content is one of the critical factors for the success of every inbound marketing strategy. To attract leads and keep your target audience interested in your brand, you need to publish substantive content. But there may be a chance where you have too many tasks and competing projects that you can't commit to your content creation plan. For that reason, a robust and sustainable content workflow process can probably help you make a massive difference in your content creation system. Employing content workflow may enable you to turn ideas into high-quality content that provides value to the audience. Moreover, to ensure the effectiveness of your content creation process, below are some of the steps that you can implement to create ...

5 Content Frameworks That Drive Quality Leads standard

Digital marketing is said to be essential for every business that wants to grow revenues quickly. However, your revenues can only increase if you're getting quality leads from your marketing efforts. One of the digital marketing strategies you can leverage is ensuring that you're churning out quality content to your target audience. Writing content that generates leads which later converts into customers is a skill that can't be attained overnight. It may require you to take online content marketing courses or hire experts who can churn out awesome and engaging content for you. You need not fall into the misconception that the more content you write, the more leads you get. Not all content produces leads, maybe because it's not tailored ...

3rd of September, 2021
In: Marketing Best Practices, Marketing Tactics
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Marketing Lessons to Learn from Online Gambling standard

As a marketer, it’s important to look around for inspiration. You can learn lessons from pretty much any other industry. The trick is knowing how to incorporate them into your own business. This guide will look at some of the main marketing lessons you can learn from online gambling. The Power of SEO Look behind any online gambling operation, and you will see a huge focus on SEO. They understand that it’s important to be visible to new customers organically. Online gambling websites have off-page SEO down to an art form. Plus, they focus on competing for new keywords all of the time. Just search for any major sporting tournament, and you will find sports betting sites fighting for the number ...

7 Digital Marketing Strategies Your Business Can Benefit From standard

There are so many options for marketing in the digital age. While that’s great for creating revenue opportunities, it can be a little overwhelming when you’re trying to decide which strategy is best for your business. If you’re not sure, there’s nothing wrong with trying out a few strategies to see what works. After all, the most successful companies have several campaigns and marketing strategies going at once in order to capture the largest market share possible. No business is one-size-fits-all. Mix and match these 7 marketing strategies to benefit your business! SEO Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been an important marketing tool since search engines came on the scene, but it’s changed a lot. The algorithms have gotten smarter and it’s no ...

A New Definition for Content Marketing? image

Content marketing is not just a strategy; it is a skill set. You must understand where to post the content, who should see the content, and all in all, how to market the content. A lot has changed in the past few years, which has led to the discussion of adding a new definition for content marketing. As reported by Content Marketing Institute on July 27th, 2020 by A. Lee Judge. Is It Time to Add a New Definition for Content Marketing? Is it time to expand the definition of content marketing? I admit this is a bold question for someone writing his first guest post for the organization that owns the definition. Content Marketing Institute defines content marketing, in part, as a strategic marketing approach, ...

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Have you started to use digital marketing in your business? It is 2020 and with everything going on in the world, digital marketing is becoming the hot topic in the marketing industry. Digital marketing has different ways to make your company stand out to your audience. As reported by Forbes on June 14th, 2020 by Mike Wood. A Quick Guide To Digital Marketing For Newbies With the madness going on in the world right now over COVID-19, every business is looking to jump into digital marketing. Many of you are way behind the curve, while some of you haven’t previously had any digital footprint. So, where do you begin? There is a lot of advice out there, good and bad, and many people ...

28th of August, 2019
In: Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Market Research, Marketing Planning
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Content Marketing Study – 2019 B2C image

Content marketing is becoming more important to organizations as the years go on. The Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs provide a yearly study with thorough research and benchmarks for content marketing strategies. Discover the content marketing study results below. Modern Marketing Partners (MMP) would like to thank and acknowledge the Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs for providing this data. MMP has broken down some of the research into categories that’ll help readers better understand the findings. The annual study is available in versions for business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), and other versions like technology and enterprise. Per the title above, this blog will focus on B2C findings. If interested in B2B content marketing survey results, click here. Key Findings Based on some of ...

28th of August, 2019
In: B2B Marketing, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing
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Content Marketing Study – 2019 B2B image

The Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs have provided thorough research and benchmarks for content marketing strategies in 2019. Modern Marketing Partners (MMP) would like to thank and acknowledge Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs for providing this content marketing study. We’ve broken down some of the research into categories that’ll help readers better understand the findings. The annual study is available in versions for business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and other versions like manufacturing and technology. Per the title above, this blog will focus on B2B findings. If interested in B2C content marketing survey results, click here. Some of the most important results can be found in the image above. Content Marketing Goals Goals and metrics are key to making sure content marketing is ...

Top Account Based Marketing Tools and Tactics image

As a business-to-business (B2B) marketer, you’ve probably been hearing about ABM the past couple years. Maybe you’re finally tempted to give Account-Based Marketing (ABM) a try? You know it’s a very strategic form of marketing that concentrates sales and marketing resources on a clearly defined set of target accounts within market, or individuals within target companies, and utilizes highly personalized communications to reach each target. ABM is likely the exact opposite of approaches you’re currently taking; where you cast a wide net to drive multiple leads, hoping that a few truly workout and are a good fit for your products or services. Most of your marketing focus is being spent on top funnel activities to get noticed and generate some ...

30th of January, 2019
In: Digital Marketing, Marketing Best Practices, Marketing Tactics, Social Media
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To Pin or Not to Pin? image

The past year social media has seemed to be dominated by likes of Facebook (for both good and not-so-good reasons), Instagram, and Snapchat. While these platforms spurred the trend toward video content, marketers have since continued to leverage this format throughout their marketing mix. So how does Pinterest, which utilizes both images and videos, fit in the picture for businesses? Well, it stepped up its game in terms of video in 2018. In August of last year, Pinterest tested and launched Promoted Video at max width to all its advertisers. Promoted video or advertising video had been available since 2016. The new wider format allows for videos to be played at 4x bigger, increasing engagement rates from 12%-33% according to initial brand tests. Promoted Video at max. width stretches across ...

Maximizing Mobile with Targeting and Personalization image

Adults in the U.S. are expected to spend on average three and half hours on non-voice mobile media, and about 70 percent of their media time and 90 percent of their social media time on their smartphones. It’s settled then, right? You understand that mobile marketing offers increase customer engagement and selling opportunities, and it’s time to create an approach into the mobile environment. Mobile Marketing Benefits Experts agree that companies utilizing mobile strategies are seeing benefits such as improved cost efficiencies, closer connectivity with customers, and more accurate data points. That’s because for marketers, mobile advertising provides a more effective way to target and retarget their audiences, create higher-level personalization, and be freed of barriers like time and location. Another key ...

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Most companies today would probably say they are involved in content marketing. The problem is many might also qualify this as an On Again/Off Again relationship or a Go Big/Fade Away relationship. I’m sure we can all relate… Writing a blog post once a month or so, setting up social media accounts, or posting to Facebook all technically constitute as content marketing tactics. But it’s doubtful you’re seeing any change in website traffic, email open rates or click throughs. And that’s because you’re not really harnessing the power that great content affords you. Let’s take a look at some common content marketing mistakes and steps you need to take to get on a productive path: Lack of Value Business strategies often use an 80/20 ...

Develop an Inbound Approach to Creating Relevant Content image

There’s a sports adage that many coaches tell their athletes, “let the game come to you.” It may seem like odd advice, because most sports-related activities and matches seem to be all about controlling the tempo and taking charge of the game. However, this different and disciplined approach can yield important benefits for players and professionals alike. For marketing professionals in today’s business climate, it means being patient, not passive, just alert and resolute. And it means letting the customer come to you. You still have to entice them of course, but it may be over a longer period of time. How do you establish visibility and credibility with this approach? By creating relevant content that has more in common ...

16th of October, 2018
In: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media
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Google+ Cancellation – Implications for Social Media and SEO image

Millions of businesses are signed up to Google+: it has become an important part of both social media and SEO initiatives. Did you know that Google+ engagement is comparatively better than most social networks? According to SEP, “Google+ active users spend quality time on the site -- an average of 3:46 per visit.” And Google+ bounce rate is excellent at 53.6%. See chart below. So what happens when Google decides to shut down the platform? You didn't see that coming but it's actually going to happen over the next 10 months. To the uninitiated, this may not seem like a problem. But to you that every once in a while uses Google+, why wouldn't Google just consider you! The fact is that ...

26th of September, 2018
In: Content Marketing, Marketing Tactics, Technology Marketing
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4 Digital Tools that Make Content Creation a Little Easier image

Marketers’ jobs include a little bit of everything today. Companies are investing in social media, public relations, website and landing pages, advertising, email campaigns, blogging, vlogging, and the list goes on and on. And content creation for all these tactics is a critical component of their success. While technology has driven marketing in new directions, it has also provided marketers and content writers with new digital tools to help simplify their jobs. Today there are boundless apps and tools that didn’t even exist five or 10 years ago. Many of the tools you’re probably currently using may be MailChimp for email list and automation marketing, Hubspot for content creation or Buffer for social media scheduling and replying. However, there are several ...

19th of July, 2018
In: Blogging, Content Marketing, Marketing Best Practices
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4 Types of Business Blogging Content image

Business blogging requires genuinely engaging prospects and customers. The thing is people are all different. This means you need to have some different types of content on your blog to attract and retain readers. You must also have diverse content to help you accomplish the various goals of your blogging program. You need the right blend of content to grab the attention of visitors, gain rapport with readers, educate them on your approach, and establish your expertise in the industry. A tall order, really, but doable. Many posts about blogging list anywhere from 10-80 different types of content you can utilize. It may almost be overwhelming to think about blogging if you start with this approach. However, there are probably about ...

12th of July, 2018
In: Blogging, Content Marketing, Marketing Best Practices
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Blogging Challenges and Tips for Success image

Your company started a blog maybe a year or so ago for all the right reasons. As a marketer you know the value of having new, relevant content on your website. You created a posting schedule, worked hard at writing many of blogs, maybe even found some company guest bloggers, and now the whole process seems, well, a bit melancholy. Many companies experience some bumps in the road regarding their blogging efforts. Here are five common challenges and tips for getting your blog back on track: Challenge: Missed deadlines. Tip: Everyone at your company is busy, including you. Your posting schedule may get off track. Energy suddenly becomes low around writing more blogs. Initially, the interest was there, but now other priorities ...

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Since the early days of the internet, everyone, from YouTubers to ordinary people to businesses and beyond, have wanted to create content that resonates with a wide audience and is shared worldwide. As the days of the internet have gone on, there’s more opportunity than ever to go viral - you have a variety of platforms to choose from, minimal barriers to entry; virtually anyone, anywhere can do it. However, that means there’s also an increasing number of content to compete against. So how do you create content that gets a plentitude of shares and traffic to your site? We’ll break down the trends of viral content and how you can achieve it yourself. Viral Content Trends Viral content comes in ...

Benjamin Franklin—The Father of Content Marketing? image

Per Wikipedia (or your history books), Benjamin Franklin was an author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, diplomat. But among these titles, one may be missing—The Father of Content Marketing. Content Marketing is Older Than You Think “But Steve,” you may think to yourself, “Content marketing is a new concept. We just adopted it within the last decade and we’re on the cutting edge.” First off, I’m happy that you know my name. Second, like you, I thought I was one of the early adopters. Third, both of us are only partially right. Oxford Dictionaries Got it Wrong Even if both of us were early adopters of the Oxford Dictionary definition of content marketing (a type ...

How to Write Compelling Customer Success Stories image

Looking for a way to nudge a prospect into purchasing and becoming a valued customer? A compelling customer success story can do the trick. Clearly communicating how your product or service has helped solve a real world problem for a customer makes your company’s offerings relatable and tangible to others in a positive and effective way different from all other types of marketing and advertising. No matter whether you use the term case study, testimonial or customer success story, it is one of the most powerful content marketing approaches companies can use today. A customer success story demonstrates the benefits of your products, your services, your company -- rather than just tell about them. Delivering this type of differentiation during ...

5 Great Services for Content Promotion image

Has your engagement on your online content ever been much lower than expected? While this can be a very saddening moment in any content creator’s life, there is something that can be done to save you from that disappointment in the future. While you can promote your content yourself via social media or email, sometimes you just need to get beyond your own audience to have the most success or get ideas for new articles. Content promotion could be just what you need. Content promotion services put your content on websites that have a wide audience and reach, which results in much more traffic for your site. The ultimate goal would be to make those random visitors regulars in order to ...

16th of May, 2017
In: B2B Marketing, Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing
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Why It Matters: Proving the Value of Your Content to Prospects image

In the great grocery store that is the internet, your content could be the greatest thing since sliced bread. It could be a well-written, topical, informative, and even slightly entertaining blog post, eBook, or infographic that is sure to turn a reader into a lead. Unfortunately, if you've ever bought bread at a grocery store, you know that you face a two-part challenge: Getting to the bread aisle/remembering to buy bread and choosing the right bread. The same goes for your content. Some people will think it's generic white bread content that you've written, and it's your job to convince them it's not. In part one of this two-part blog, we explored the many distractions that exist for your ...

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