New communication touch points and tactics are emerging on a daily basis, but one hard fact remains: It is becoming increasingly challenging for vendors to stand out and effectively engage with partners. Although capturing partner attention and engendering long-term loyalty is a consistent dilemma, why hasn’t more movement been made? More importantly, what best practices […]
Zift Solutions has developed a new app for Hootsuite designed to allow users to import social streams, publish content and access marketing support materials. The app is available within the Hootsuite App Directory. Through the app, users can integrate marketing content and materials within the Zift marketing system into their existing Hootsuite accounts. This allows marketers to […]
By Katie Martell, Cintell The concept of a buyer persona in the business world is nothing new. In fact, it originated in the ’90s in the world of software development. The first user persona, named Cathy, was created by famed developer Alan Cooper. The concept made its way firmly into B2B sales and marketing strategies thanks […]
The Problem: Content is the lifeblood of the sales process, but finding and using the right content for various selling situations can be difficult. As a result, many customer engagements miss the mark. This problem is exacerbated by indirect channel sales models, where partner sales reps handle products from multiple manufacturers and are loosely connected, at best, […]
The Problem: Marketers are designing and implementing campaigns that span across myriad of technologies and communication touch points. However, with these campaigns comes an inundating amount of data regarding overall engagement and success. The Solution: Klipfolio is an online marketing analytics dashboard designed to help companies build user-specific dashboards to monitor analytics throughout their marketing initiatives. The Klipfolio […]
Mobile optimization is no longer a nice to have. Google’s latest algorithm update, in fact, now puts businesses at risk if they are not mobile-friendly. Content and overall web sites will be placed lower on search engine results if they do not comply. How did we get to this point? This infographic, courtesy of Marketo and […]
Twitter has launched an Official Partner Program in an effort to combine industry-leading product and service providers that help business achieve better results on Twitter. The program combines the Twitter Certified Program and the Twitter Marketing Platform Partner Program.
Using social media, B2B organizations note that they receive increased exposure (92%), increased traffic (80%) and build a loyal fan base (72%). But which social networks will dominate in 2015 and beyond? What challenges and/or obstacles are preventing B2B organizations from investing more in social media advertising and marketing? This infographic, courtesy of Real Business […]
Buyers today have access to a variety of tools and technologies that give them instant access to products, content and information. This customer-driven movement has dramatically changed the ways sales teams engage with prospects and customers. The below infographic, courtesy of LiveHive, walks through the technology revolution, and why new, cutting-edge sales tools are the […]