Only 12% of B2B marketers rate themselves as “very effective” at delivering a great customer experience. No, that’s not a typo. It’s a finding from the 2016 B2B Customer Experience Benchmark Report from Kapost. The report defines customer … [Read more...]
Content Marketing Operations: Best Practices to Calm the Chaos
The formation of a content marketing organization should result in individual roles that are beautifully synced. At least that’s the gist of how Jason Miller—who’s in charge of leading global marketing for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions—phrased it in a … [Read more...]
Shift from More to Better for a Marketing-Driven Customer Journey
Content marketing isn’t about creating and publishing more content; it’s about creating relevant, lasting relationships that result in profitable outcomes for your company—from awareness to advocacy. But, as in many things in marketing, “more” has … [Read more...]
5 Ways B2B Content is Creating Fragmented Experiences
Content marketing for B2B companies is now an established route to market. It works when done well. But the problem is that it’s often not done well—not nearly as well as it could be. The result is fragmented experiences that leaves buyers and … [Read more...]
Building the Case for Brand Advocate Personas
I recently wrote an eBook, The Brand Advocate Persona, about how to harness the power of personas to turn customers into brand advocates. [A big thanks to Influitive and Cintell for producing it!] It occurred to me that perhaps the concept of the … [Read more...]