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B2B

High-Quality Web Traffic vs. 'Meh' Traffic: Using Inbound Marketing

You plop down at your computer on a Monday morning for a quick look at your website’s traffic. Let’s say you’re using HubSpot’s analytics. You click the “sources” report for your b...

protocol 80 · Mar 2021
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Buyer Persona

Applying Your B2B Buyer Persona to Healthcare Technology Marketing

A B2B buyer persona is an extremely valuable resource for digital marketers in industries with long sales cycles. And once you have one fully developed, it can really begin to impr...

protocol 80 · Mar 2021
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Strategy

The Rise of Account-Based Marketing & Extreme Personalization

There's a B2B marketing challenger rising through the ranks of jargon and experimental techniques. It's been around for years but has only recently taken off (as many things are wo...

protocol 80 · Mar 2021
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Buyer Persona

5 SaaS Demo Best Practices to Win in a Flooded Market

I don’t know about you, but I probably see at least 4-5 ads a day that scream “FREE TRIAL!” or “7-DAY FREE DEMO,” whether it’s for Disney+ or a contact management software. Seeing ...

protocol 80 · Feb 2021
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Strategy

How a B2B Content Marketing Strategy Uses Storytelling to Drive Leads

Quality -- and not just quantity -- is an essential part of a B2B content marketing strategy. Without quality content, you’ll have no valuable information to provide your prospects...

protocol 80 · Feb 2021
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Strategy

10 Lead Generation Strategies for Your B2B Buyer Persona [Infographic]

Forget direct mail. Forget cold calling. Forget TV ads, radio ads, and billboards. Why? Because they're a complete waste of your time and resources. You need to leave behind everyt...

protocol 80 · Feb 2021
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B2B

(WEBINAR) Video Content Marketing: Producing for the Buyer’s Journey

The phrase “video content marketing” used to hold little relevance to major companies back before social media platforms became a hotbed for curious consumers. In fact, blogs, web ...

protocol 80 · Feb 2021
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Strategy

10 B2B Inbound Marketing Tips for the Dedicated DIY-er

When we approach an inbound partnership with a prospective client, they often ask: "Can we do some of this ourselves?" Inbound is pretty flexible. Some of our clients rely on us fo...

Donny Kemick · Jan 2021
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B2B

VIDEO: Relationship Selling Techniques in 2021

Nobody expected COVID-19 to wreck 2020 the way that it did. With an abrupt shutdown of thousands upon thousands of facilities, nearly the entire B2B market went digital. As a resul...

Dan Tyre · Jan 2021
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Social Media

VIDEO: LinkedIn for B2B Sales Is an Incredible Business Opportunity

(This guest post is written by Curt Anderson, founder of B2Btail, author, and noted LinkedIn influencer.) It’s not a question anymore whether you should be on LinkedIn, it’s now ho...

Curt Anderson · Jan 2021
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