Autodesk’s Dusty DiMercurio started his bold vision with a pilot project. Today, the Content Marketer of the Year finalist has created a multi-award-winning publication and influences the company to think differently about content. Read More…
Why Halfway Hank is Ruining Your Content Marketing
“Halfway through the center of town, halfway down the street, lived a boy who cleaned half his room, and rode a bike with half a seat….” In the popular children’s story, Halfway Hank lives a “halfway kind of life.” Hank washes his face, but never reaches his feet and when he only has half a canoe in the race, he …
How to use Social Listening to Plan Your Content
Let’s face it: content marketers don’t have it easy. Determining buyer personas, understanding their wants and needs, and developing content strategies that will make a connection…content marketers are expected to know what their audience wants to know before they want to know it. When you’re under that kind of pressure, the more tools you have at your disposal, the better. …
Accelerating Your Content Marketing Results: Patience is a Virtue
The Long Tail of Content Marketing Often times we deal with companies that want to make an immediate impact with their content marketing. The challenge is that content marketing does not provide the immediacy of paid search. A successful content marketing strategy is developed over a longer time and the tail has a much higher ROI than any other marketing …
6 Tactics for B2B Content Marketing Insights
I recently attended an eMarketer webinar entitled “Maximizing Your B2B Content Marketing ROI”, presented by eMarketer Analyst Jillian Ryan. I have attend my fair share of webinars and I have to say this one was above average. One take-away was on subject of “The Changing Digital Ad Landscape” which included the following feedback from marketers who participated in the research: …
Common Getting Started Questions
What if I forget my password? If you have forgotten your password, you can reset the password on your account and receive a new temporary password. Go to the login screen and click the “Forgot Your Password?” link. This will take you to the Reset Password page where you can enter your username. An email will then be sent to …
Powerball Marketing – Is Your Content Marketing Strategy a Winner?
Is winning the lottery true success? Is the lottery shortcut a viable strategy for getting rich? Many marketers are looking for this same kind of big payoff. They adopt a strategy that seeks to sidestep the process and go for the big win. But in the same way most of us will never get rich by playing the lottery, most marketers will fail to make a lasting impact with a “Powerball” marketing strategy.
Sales Intelligence Through Newsletter Marketing and Active Lead™ Reports
Marketing programs are most commonly geared to putting a high volume of prospects through the sales funnel. These efforts generally operate at a macro level, with metrics such as click and open rates measured in aggregate. The goal is to drive people to your website where they can fill out forms. However, generating sales leads can take time while your salespeople eagerly await your marketing results. This is why feeding your sales team actionable intelligence about people as they interact with your emails can provide the additional timely information they need to reach out and close more sales opportunities. This is done through an Active Lead™ report triggered by a ContentMX email newsletter.
Patriot Technologies Sees Increased Traffic and Visibility with ContentMX
The Challenge: Promote Thought Leadership and Improve SEO Patriot Technologies was looking to increase their SEO to improve their Google rankings to appear on the first page of search results. Patriot’s goal is to be a credible technology thought leader, trusted advisor and the go-to source for network security. As a Fortinet partner, Patriot was looking to implement a content strategy that would …
Tec-Refresh Sees Business Double with ContentMX
The Challenge: Focused Efforts in a Crowded Space As an organization, Tec-Refresh is always looking for best solutions to help them grow. They were in need a marketing application that will help promote their business while allowing their team to focus on their core strengths. They needed the sales team to sell, the marketing team to market, and the sales …