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CMS

Creativity in Digital Marketing: Building Up Your Brand

It’s 2026, and you’re still neglecting the importance of creativity in digital marketing. Or maybe you understand its importance, but don’t know where to start. B2B, after all, doe...

Regan Johnson · Oct 2026
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CRM

10 Industrial Marketing B2B Challenges That Won't Go Away in 2027

It's 2027. B2B buyers are doing their homework long before picking up the phone. They expect useful information without sitting through a sales pitch. And yet, some manufacturers s...

Donny Kemick · Oct 2026
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CMS

How to Build a B2B Website in 9 Steps

The internet is full of B2B websites. Some are impressive, showing attention to detail and frequent creative updates. Some have pages that promise new content but haven’t been upda...

protocol 80 · Sep 2026
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Buyer Persona

9 Stats for (re)Developing a B2B Digital Marketing Strategy in 2027

You’ve spent months creating what you think is a solid marketing strategy. You’ve collected information. You’ve developed a buyer persona. You know the tactics you’ll use. And you’...

protocol 80 · Sep 2026
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Social Media

Content Marketing for Manufacturers: 7 Scary Mistakes to Avoid

Content marketing for manufacturers: Good. Hastily implemented content marketing with no real strategy behind it: Bad.

protocol 80 · Sep 2026
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Buyer Persona

What Is High-Quality Website Traffic & How Do You Get More?

A lot of website owners keep one eye on their traffic numbers.

protocol 80 · Aug 2026
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Buyer Persona

20 Buyer's Journey Statistics to Aid a Successful Marketing Strategy

B2B buyers like to do their homework. By the time they reach out to your sales team, there’s a good chance they’ve already searched, compared, read reviews, and formed a few opinio...

protocol 80 · Aug 2026
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Buyer Persona

ABM vs. Inbound: how & when to apply each

When it comes to curating the perfect content strategy, both inbound marketing and account-based marketing solutions (ABM) have something to say. Inbound marketing places content a...

protocol 80 · Jul 2026
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SEO

Can Anyone Do B2B Content Writing? 7 Signs Your In-House Staff Can't

Blogging. Writing social media posts. Promoting your company’s products on its homepage. How hard can it be, right? It happens all the time, across all industries: Execs and depart...

Adam Vosler · Dec 2025
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SEO

What Is Inbound Marketing? (And Why It Still Works in 2026)

Inbound marketing has been declared “dead” so many times it should have its own obituary section on the internet. SEO is doomed. Organic social media is toast. AI is replacing ever...

Holly McCully Jobe · Dec 2025
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