Time. Effort. Financial resources. You pour them all into your website so that when someone visits, the experience will be everything you want it to be—solid...
Time. Effort. Financial resources. You pour them all into your website so that when someone visits, the experience will be everything you want it to be—solid information that is logically organized, pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. We all have our own pet peeves, but here are 9 surefire ways to turn any user off: 1. Load slow. We live in a “want it now” culture. When people visit your site, they want to see it. Now. Load...
Time. Effort. Financial resources. You pour them all into your website so that when someone visits, the experience will be everything you want it to be—solid information that is logically organized,...
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes courtesy of Brendan Cournoyer, Content Marketing Manager, at Brainshark, a leading sales enablement platform provider. For...
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes courtesy of Brendan Cournoyer, Content Marketing Manager, at Brainshark, a leading sales enablement platform provider. For more insights from Brendan, visit the Brainshark Ideas Blog. Sales enablement is certainly a hot topic right now for B2B organizations. It seems everyone is looking for new ways to increase sales productivity and effectiveness. The question is: How? As Jim Ninivaggi of SiriusDecisions points out, the concept of sales...
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes courtesy of Brendan Cournoyer, Content Marketing Manager, at Brainshark, a leading sales enablement platform provider. For more insights from Brendan, visit the...
What do you trust more -- a brand’s online marketing campaign or a friend’s opinion about a brand? If you said your friend’s opinion, you wouldn’t be alone. ...
What do you trust more -- a brand’s online marketing campaign or a friend’s opinion about a brand? If you said your friend’s opinion, you wouldn’t be alone. According to Nielsen’s 2012 Global Trust in Advertising report, 36 percent of those polled trust online video ads and ads on social networks, while 92 percent trust recommendations from people they know. That 36 percent is a frightening number for marketing and advertising professionals, but what if there was a way to...
What do you trust more -- a brand’s online marketing campaign or a friend’s opinion about a brand? If you said your friend’s opinion, you wouldn’t be alone. According to Nielsen’s 2012 Global...
Now that Chris Moody has been at Compendium for a little over a month, we should probably officially introduce him! Chris understands the challenges of content...
Now that Chris Moody has been at Compendium for a little over a month, we should probably officially introduce him! Chris understands the challenges of content marketing. Before joining Compendium, Chris Moody worked at Red Hat - a rapidly growing technology company. As most companies are aware, content is always in demand. Multiply the number of business units by the number of business topics by the number of stages in your funnel and you'll see that you need a massive...
Now that Chris Moody has been at Compendium for a little over a month, we should probably officially introduce him! Chris understands the challenges of content marketing. Before joining Compendium,...
Your interactions with potential buyers have likely gotten more challenging. After all, prospects are now in control when it comes to finding information online...
Your interactions with potential buyers have likely gotten more challenging. After all, prospects are now in control when it comes to finding information online as they conduct research and consider their purchase options. And they are tuning out the companies that interrupt them with irrelevant content and messages. To connect with potential buyers, smart marketers develop marketing personas based on a range of information they can gather about their target audience,...
Your interactions with potential buyers have likely gotten more challenging. After all, prospects are now in control when it comes to finding information online as they conduct research and...
Business-to-business marketing presents countless challenges for today's marketer. Allow us to present a few brands that have not only been successful, but have...
Business-to-business marketing presents countless challenges for today's marketer. Allow us to present a few brands that have not only been successful, but have even been able to successfully implement a user-generated content experience. Xerox Xerox launched Chief Optimist in the Apple App Store in November 2012. The application is essentially a digital publication that targets senior decision makers at large enterprises. The publication features content from influential...
Business-to-business marketing presents countless challenges for today's marketer. Allow us to present a few brands that have not only been successful, but have even been able to...
Developing a video content marketing strategy, if done right, can drive awareness, leads and sales. Here are the top five tips from the Content Marking...
Developing a video content marketing strategy, if done right, can drive awareness, leads and sales. Here are the top five tips from the Content Marking Institute (CMI) on how to execute on that strategy and how to make the videos engaging, effective and easy to develop. 1: One video is not enough. Don’t put all your time, energy and—most important—money into one Academy Award-winning video. If that one fails, you’ve wasted an opportunity. Instead, create three to five videos...
Developing a video content marketing strategy, if done right, can drive awareness, leads and sales. Here are the top five tips from the Content Marking Institute (CMI) on how to execute on...
There is nothing sadder than an unattended or dated blog. When a visitor encounters a blog that hasn’t been updated in months (or even years!), it can create...
There is nothing sadder than an unattended or dated blog. When a visitor encounters a blog that hasn’t been updated in months (or even years!), it can create the image of a dull or inattentive company. On the other hand, by having consistent, informational and interesting blog posts, you can advance your marketing goals and increase the time a visitor spends on your site. A consistent and well-prepared blogging strategy can also help create audience and traffic from your...
There is nothing sadder than an unattended or dated blog. When a visitor encounters a blog that hasn’t been updated in months (or even years!), it can create the image of a dull or...
“Do you know where you are? You’re in the jungle, baby!” The jungle that is, Content Marketing World, this week in Cleveland, OH. Hosted by Content Marketing...
“Do you know where you are? You’re in the jungle, baby!” The jungle that is, Content Marketing World, this week in Cleveland, OH. Hosted by Content Marketing Institute, the show brought together more than 1,700 attendees from 40+ countries. CMI Founder Joe Pulizzi highlighted advance research findings from the annual CMI/MarketingProfs Content Marketing Budgets Report, which will be released next month. The most effective tactics cited by survey respondents are: In person...
“Do you know where you are? You’re in the jungle, baby!” The jungle that is, Content Marketing World, this week in Cleveland, OH. Hosted by Content Marketing Institute, the show brought together more...
