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Strategy, tactics, and hard-won lessons for manufacturing marketers who care about pipeline, not pageviews.

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CMS

11 Reasons We Choose HubSpot vs. WordPress + Plugins ('FrankenSpot')

If you're getting ready to flip the switch on your website creation strategy for lead generation, you'll need to decide what platform to use to power the strategy. Two of the most ...

Donny Kemick · May 2024
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SEO

B2B Website Migration Guide: Protect Your Traffic, Content, & Leads

Sometimes a website needs a new home. Perhaps the company’s web development or SEO expert is recommending a change to improve user experience or technical performance. Or maybe an ...

Adam Vosler · May 2024
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CMS

HubSpot CMS vs. WordPress: Best Content Management System 2024

If your content is the foundation of your business website, the CMS is its backbone.

protocol 80 · May 2024
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CRM

What Does a Digital Marketing Coach Do for B2Bs?

“You fight great, but I’m a great fighter” – Apollo Creed, 1982

Adam Vosler · Apr 2024
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SEO

B2B Digital Marketing Plan Templates for 2026: KPIs & Goal Setting

In inbound/content marketing, we say, “Work SMARTer, not harder.” Why all the caps? Because any data-backed, results-oriented marketing strategy has its roots in SMART goals. We de...

Adam Vosler · Mar 2024
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SEO

Competitive Marketing Strategy: 5 Ways to Stay Ahead of Competitors

You’re already behind if you’re not paying attention to your competitors’ marketing.

Brian Lothridge · Jul 2022
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Google

B2B Lead Generation: How to Check if a Website Has Google Analytics

Google Analytics (GA) is one of the best free digital marketing reporting tools any business can have, hands down. What is Google Analytics used for? Tracking nearly every action o...

Josh Curcio · Feb 2022
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SEO

[EXAMPLES] Inbound Marketing Case Studies That Prove ROI

“Does inbound marketing work?”

Adam Vosler · Nov 2021
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Social Media

FABTECH 2021 Session Preview: Sales & Marketing Plans for Manufacturers

North America's largest metal fabricating and finishing event is back in-person! While the incoming new technology and networking is exciting, the biggest goal for manufacturers in...

Holly McCully · Sep 2021
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Strategy

B2B Inbound Marketing Agency Breakup? How You Failed Your Partnership

(Editor’s note: This is Part 1 in a two-part series about how a relationship with an inbound marketing consulting firm can fail. Don’t worry -- in Part 2 of this series we’ll lay o...

Adam Vosler · Mar 2021
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