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Aligning marketing and sales is an important step toward personalizing your company’s content and effectively managing leads. In a study from SiriusDecisions, it was shown alignment between marketing and sales can lead to 24% faster growth in revenue and 27% faster growth in profit over a 3 year period. To increase your company’s revenue, here are some ways your company can work toward aligning its marketing and sales teams. 

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Despite the growing adoption rate, some companies are finding that their marketing automation isn’t driving ROI as had been originally anticipated. Forbes has reported that an estimated 53% of companies are already using marketing automation, while an additional 37% are planning to integrate it. Here are some reasons why your company’s marketing automation may be giving an inconsistent ROI.

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According to a recent joint study conducted by the Content Marketing Institute and SmartBrief, content has more power in the B2B purchasing processes than ever. Over 1,200 executives and business professionals were interviewed and asked about the type of content that compels them to seal the deal. Creating remarkable content that contains these following 4 qualities will ensure that your B2B organization is set for success.

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The best businesses know they need to evolve and adapt in order to reach their sales goals, but finding the rights tools in an ever-changing landscape can prove challenging. That is why we have come up with a list cutting edge next-gen tools to help you find marketing success. As marketers, we understand what it takes to move the needle and how to help our B2B clients redefine their goals and priorities. These tools are meant to help your organization regain its agility all while developing a clearer understanding of your target audience. 

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Ernest Hemingway’s famous “Iceberg Theory” states that a writer should explicitly include only 1/8 of the details, while leaving the other 7/8 implied. In other words, less can mean so much more.

In content marketing, Hemingway’s concept can be applied to establish a stronger relationship with readers, while also building trust. Instead of bombarding readers with statistics and hyperbole, here are some ways you can improve your content marketing with the iceberg theory. 

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Content Marketing allows marketers to connect with their target audience like never before. But, in order to produce great, actionable content, you must first understand the difference between “marketing content” and “content marketing.”

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From creating new roles and cross-functional teams to developing customer narratives, organizations are ramping up their martech efforts like never before. Recently these 3 heavyweights spoke at the Oracle Modern Customer Experience Summit, where they were united in transforming the face of digital change and connecting with customers.

Here are 3 examples of how data can transform the way marketers connect to their audience.

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While the purchase funnel has served B2B marketers well over the years, a recent study conducted by Latitude found 87% of buyers now travel a less linear, more complex pathway to final purchase. The four key pillars of the funnel­–attract, convert, close, and delight–are still relevant but, you may want to start thinking about the mental state and behaviors of your buyers during the purchase cycle.

Latitude’s study uncovered six behavioral and mental states buyers will experience:

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Let’s talk. The two words that everyone dreads to hear, but we promise what we’re up to won’t hurt you, it will help you. It’s about how you are using social media to leverage B2B marketing tactics. Now don’t panic! We’ve come up with five tactics that can help you get back on your social.

Being observant of the lingo the customer is using can help strengthen a company’s SEO/SXO marketing efforts as well as maintain their customer base. And customer language doesn’t have to be complicated or foreign; it should be simple, informative, and straight to the point. After all, if they don’t understand you, they won’t buy from you.