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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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Email Marketing

How to Re-Engage Cold Leads With B2B Sales Funnel Email Sequences

Many sellers and marketers aren’t quite sure how to re-engage cold leads, especially when it’s been 6 to 12+ months since they were warm. Do you pick up the phone? Give up and move...

Adam Vosler · 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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Lead Nurturing

[TEMPLATES] 12 Account-Based Marketing Email Examples for B2Bs

Those pondering how to improve their leaky sales pipeline usually audit one of the following: The fit of the leads reaching the pipeline The process that turns those leads into sal...

Adam Vosler · May 2026
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SEO

What Is B2B Inbound Marketing & Why Does It Matter?

You may have heard of inbound marketing, or maybe you haven’t. Maybe you've wondered how the heck it could apply to a B2B company like yours. To understand B2B inbound marketing, w...

protocol 80 · Apr 2026
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Email Marketing

6 Pre-Trade Show Email Templates You Should Be Sending

It's quite an ordeal to send your team to a trade show. Trade shows can give a huge boost to your business and marketing campaign IF you approach them correctly. You should be gene...

Holly McCully Jobe · Mar 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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Email Marketing

Connecting Your Gmail or Outlook to HubSpot: A How-To Tour

“Why would you want to connect your email account to HubSpot?” is the wrong question to ask. The real question is, why wouldn’t you want to connect your email account to HubSpot?

Kailee Peterson · Jan 2025
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CMS

HubSpot Features for all 5 Hubs (+ Cost per Tier)

Whether you're held responsible your company’s marketing, sales, operations, or customer service outcomes -- or all four -- HubSpot's got a solution. HubSpot's features list stretc...

Adam Vosler · Dec 2024
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SEO

How Much Does it Cost to Outsource B2B Marketing?

Marketing is a line item on the budget that’s often in the company crosshairs, yet its ROI can be challenging to measure precisely. When discussing marketing efforts, outsourcing t...

protocol 80 · Dec 2024
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