Welcome to the Manufacturing Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends with Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
This year’s research suggested that the pandemic awoke a sleeping giant – content marketing, that is. Without in-person events and face-to-face selling, many who had previously paid little attention to content marketing suddenly became aware of its power. More content marketers got a seat at the table and helped keep many businesses on their audiences’ radar. Some discovered new audiences altogether.
Videos and virtual events/webinars were big over the last 12 months with the manufacturing marketers we surveyed. In addition, 85% expect continued investment in video in 2022, making it the top area of predicted investment.
Yet manufacturing marketers continue to face content marketing challenges within their organizations: 51% said they are challenged with creating valuable content instead of sales-oriented content as well as with overcoming the traditional marketing and sales mindset. Fifty percent said they are challenged with accessing subject matter experts to create content. If manufacturing marketers can overcome these challenges, they’ll improve their odds of achieving greater content marketing success in the coming year.
Welcome to our fifth annual report on the content marketing practices of manufacturers. Content Marketing Institute (CMI) has been conducting annual content marketing research since 2010, but because our data indicated that manufacturers were slower than other industries to adopt content marketing, we didn’t begin producing a manufacturing report until 2014.
It’s been exciting to watch more and more manufacturers launch content marketing initiatives with each passing year. And for those that are just starting out – or are at a standstill – there are lessons to learn from companies that are further along in their content marketing maturity.
Forrester’s study: Discover How Marketing Analytics Increases Business Perfor...Nicolas Valenzuela
Invest In An Integrated Platform To Address Challenges Of Device Proliferation And Data Complexity
**Creemos en la cooperacion del conocimiento. Compartido por www.andabi.com
Welcome to the B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
Our research suggested that, due to work-from-home requirements, content marketing piqued the interest of many who were previously unaware of its power. With more people than ever spending time online, content marketing presented a prime opportunity for businesses to get and stay in front of audiences. Some B2C marketers discovered new audiences altogether.
Short articles and videos were big over the last 12 months with the B2C marketers we surveyed. In addition, expect a lot of B2C investment in video in 2022: 72% forecast investment in this area. Paid media came in a distant second.
Although most B2C marketers reported success with content marketing in the last 12 months, there are still challenges. Respondents said their top two content marketing challenges were creating content that appeals to multi-level roles within the target audience (42%) and internal communication between teams/silos (41%).
If B2C marketers can overcome these challenges, they’ll improve their odds of achieving greater content marketing success in 2022.
Greetings Technology Marketers,
Welcome to our annual Technology Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report.
I’m pleased to announce the percentage of technology marketers that reported high levels of overall content marketing
success increased from 24% last year to 31% this year—another 50% reported moderate success. Like last year, nearly 70%
said their organization is much/somewhat more successful with content marketing compared with one year ago.
For a glimpse into how the top-performing content marketers operate, see the chart on page 4. You’ll note that these
marketers report high levels of commitment; document their content marketing strategy; are focused on building audiences;
and are given ample time to produce content marketing results, among other distinguishing factors.
Technology is rapidly changing the processes around content marketing. We look forward to watching how things progress
and reporting back to you again next year.
Interactive content enables you to deliver engaging, educational,differentiated content experiences. Discover what other marketersare learning and start your climb.
A strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience—and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action
There is a huge opportunity for marketers to get more from the content they’re developing. That’s the conclusion the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) research team came to after
conducting its first-ever content management and strategy survey.
Our team surveyed 411 marketers from the CMI audience to learn how they manage content within their organizations. Read on to see the results.
Welcome to the Manufacturing Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends with Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
This year’s research suggested that the pandemic awoke a sleeping giant – content marketing, that is. Without in-person events and face-to-face selling, many who had previously paid little attention to content marketing suddenly became aware of its power. More content marketers got a seat at the table and helped keep many businesses on their audiences’ radar. Some discovered new audiences altogether.
Videos and virtual events/webinars were big over the last 12 months with the manufacturing marketers we surveyed. In addition, 85% expect continued investment in video in 2022, making it the top area of predicted investment.
Yet manufacturing marketers continue to face content marketing challenges within their organizations: 51% said they are challenged with creating valuable content instead of sales-oriented content as well as with overcoming the traditional marketing and sales mindset. Fifty percent said they are challenged with accessing subject matter experts to create content. If manufacturing marketers can overcome these challenges, they’ll improve their odds of achieving greater content marketing success in the coming year.
Welcome to our fifth annual report on the content marketing practices of manufacturers. Content Marketing Institute (CMI) has been conducting annual content marketing research since 2010, but because our data indicated that manufacturers were slower than other industries to adopt content marketing, we didn’t begin producing a manufacturing report until 2014.
It’s been exciting to watch more and more manufacturers launch content marketing initiatives with each passing year. And for those that are just starting out – or are at a standstill – there are lessons to learn from companies that are further along in their content marketing maturity.
Forrester’s study: Discover How Marketing Analytics Increases Business Perfor...Nicolas Valenzuela
Invest In An Integrated Platform To Address Challenges Of Device Proliferation And Data Complexity
**Creemos en la cooperacion del conocimiento. Compartido por www.andabi.com
Welcome to the B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
Our research suggested that, due to work-from-home requirements, content marketing piqued the interest of many who were previously unaware of its power. With more people than ever spending time online, content marketing presented a prime opportunity for businesses to get and stay in front of audiences. Some B2C marketers discovered new audiences altogether.
Short articles and videos were big over the last 12 months with the B2C marketers we surveyed. In addition, expect a lot of B2C investment in video in 2022: 72% forecast investment in this area. Paid media came in a distant second.
Although most B2C marketers reported success with content marketing in the last 12 months, there are still challenges. Respondents said their top two content marketing challenges were creating content that appeals to multi-level roles within the target audience (42%) and internal communication between teams/silos (41%).
If B2C marketers can overcome these challenges, they’ll improve their odds of achieving greater content marketing success in 2022.
Greetings Technology Marketers,
Welcome to our annual Technology Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report.
I’m pleased to announce the percentage of technology marketers that reported high levels of overall content marketing
success increased from 24% last year to 31% this year—another 50% reported moderate success. Like last year, nearly 70%
said their organization is much/somewhat more successful with content marketing compared with one year ago.
For a glimpse into how the top-performing content marketers operate, see the chart on page 4. You’ll note that these
marketers report high levels of commitment; document their content marketing strategy; are focused on building audiences;
and are given ample time to produce content marketing results, among other distinguishing factors.
Technology is rapidly changing the processes around content marketing. We look forward to watching how things progress
and reporting back to you again next year.
Interactive content enables you to deliver engaging, educational,differentiated content experiences. Discover what other marketersare learning and start your climb.
A strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience—and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action
There is a huge opportunity for marketers to get more from the content they’re developing. That’s the conclusion the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) research team came to after
conducting its first-ever content management and strategy survey.
Our team surveyed 411 marketers from the CMI audience to learn how they manage content within their organizations. Read on to see the results.
Welcome to the 11th Annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. You may notice this year’s report feels different than past years and that’s by design. A year like no other required an approach like no other.
As in past years, we fielded the survey during the summer. We asked many of the same questions as last year but added new ones to see how content marketers were faring several months into the pandemic.
Although the data did not reveal drastic reductions in content marketing resources, many respondents shared in the fill-in comments their challenges of having to do more with less. Others shared their concerns about trying to reach audiences in an overcrowded virtual world.
Nevertheless, one thing stood out: Content marketers are resilient. Most have met the challenges of the pandemic head-on: They’re adapting quickly—and they believe in the value their content provides.
Welcome to our annual Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. Here we present the findings from enterprise marketers (those who work in organizations with 1,000+ employees) who replied to our 11th Annual Content Marketing Survey.
At the time of the survey, content marketers had just made it through the first half of 2020. Most reported that their organization made quick changes when the pandemic hit, most notably by changing their targeting/messaging strategy, adjusting their editorial calendar, and changing their content distribution/promotion strategy. The majority (57%) expected to spend about the same on content marketing during the second half of 2020 as they spent in the first half (17% expected a decrease).
Team size hadn’t changed drastically compared with the previous year (48% said it stayed the same); yet, another 35% reported an increase.
Overall, one-third of the enterprise respondents reported high levels of content marketing success. These top performers said the top two factors contributing to that success in the last 12 months were “the value our content provides” (79%) and “website changes” (62%).
Looking forward, 74% of respondents felt the pandemic would have a major or moderate long- term impact on their organization’s overall content marketing success. It will be interesting to see how enterprise marketers rise to the challenges in 2021.
Welcome to our ninth annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report. We surveyed content marketers worldwide about a range of content marketing topics including strategy, audience development, technology proficiency, and content types. This report presents the data from the B2B content marketers in North America.
Although issues such as changes in SEO and social media algorithms are top-of-mind for B2B content marketers, they are accustomed to rapid changes in technology that often enable them to do their jobs faster, with better results. When the process-related components of the content marketer’s job are efficient, time is freed up to better serve the audience, discovering and developing the types of content they truly want and need.
We hope you find this research helpful as you plan for 2019!
Welcome to our annual B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. Here we present the results from B2C marketers who replied to our 11th Annual Content Marketing Survey. The events of 2020 have certainly reshaped how organizations conduct their marketing. At the time of this survey, content marketers were still reeling from the events that took place during the first half of 2020. As we usher in 2021, we are still facing constant change and uncertainty.
Many B2C marketers reported adjusting quickly when the pandemic hit; perhaps their companies were doubling down on digital, heavily engaging in virtual events, or trying to keep on top of rapidly changing analytics resulting from more people being at home and online. All these scenarios created the need for new content, formats, and strategies.
As we move into 2021 in a world where most gatherings are still limited, direct-to-consumer will continue to drive B2C. Successful B2C marketers will focus on creating content experiences and building relationships in the digital world.
Greetings Marketers,
Welcome to B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. This is the companion report to the B2B research we released in September 2017. The data presented in both reports was generated from our eighth annual content marketing survey. One of our key observations this year is that while B2C marketers reported slightly higher levels of overall content marketing success compared with last year, there was a decrease among those who agreed their organization has realistic expectations about what content marketing can achieve. A documented content marketing strategy can help, as it sets expectations for what teams should prioritize; yet, only 38% of B2C marketers reported having one.
Our annual research has consistently shown that those who document their content marketing strategy get better results than those who don’t. Another important key to success is an efficient workflow process (page 4 shows how top-performing B2C marketers rate their project management flow and other distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from their peers). We hope these research findings will be helpful as you consider which content marketing priorities to focus on in the year ahead.
Welcome to B2C Content Marketing 2019—Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. This report presents the results from the B2C marketers who took our ninth annual content marketing survey.
Our research has consistently shown that creating brand awareness is a top goal for B2C content marketing. However, many of this year’s survey respondents also reported strong concern for using content to solidify existing relationships (see page 13).
Content that can be effective at building loyalty takes many shapes and forms today, for example:
- Videos and social media stories that entertain
- In-person events that create a sense of community and belonging
- Podcasts that inspire
- Live or virtual experiences that evoke emotion
- Articles, guides, newsletters, etc., that provide information
Obviously, the list goes on. The point is, that while driving people to content is critical, giving them reasons to keep coming back will grow long-term success!
A 2019 Content Marketing System for B2B Companieswww.chelsei.com
In this presentation, I look at how to write a whitepaper and turn it into 35+ pieces of additional content for your marketing team. From one writer's perspective, this is a way for your B2B company to make an impact and see impressive results from content marketing in 2019.
Welcome to the Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
The research suggested that, due to lockdowns and work-from-home mandates, content marketing piqued the interest of many who were previously unaware of its power. With more people than ever spending time online, content marketing presented a prime opportunity to get and stay in front of audiences.
As in the previous year, nearly one in three enterprise marketers said their organization was extremely or very successful with content marketing. These marketers, our “top performers,” have certain characteristics that set them apart from their peers (see page 4). A few of the biggest things they do are to differentiate their content and use content collaboration/calendaring/workflow tools.
No matter how successful they are at content marketing, most respondents plan to invest in video in 2022: 72% of all enterprise respondents forecast investment in this area followed by investment in events (62%), paid media (59%), and owned-media assets (55%).
And, yes, challenges remain. The top challenge, which is the same as it was two years ago, is internal communication between teams/silos (57%). It indicates a pressing need to formalize content operations in enterprises that have not yet done so.
Welcome to Technology Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. This report is based on the findings from our 10th annual content marketing survey. Technology marketers continue to make progress with content marketing. Approximately one-third rate their organization’s overall content marketing as extremely or very successful, and 76% report they are much more or somewhat more successful compared with one year ago. What makes them successful? When we look at the top performers, we see they treat content marketing as a strategic business function, craft content thoughtfully, experiment with distribution, and measure their results. They use content marketing not only to create brand awareness and generate leads, but also to build loyalty and subscribed audiences.
This was my keynote presentation at this year's ContentTech virtual event. It talks through the layered approach to technology strategy to help de-silo content, marketing and the digital technology teams. It ends with a selection process.
Welcome to our annual Technology Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report, based on our latest annual content marketing survey conducted in July 2020.
The study showed that technology marketers, in the throes of adjusting to business changes presented by a global pandemic, put more emphasis on using content marketing to generate demand and leads than they had the previous year. They also were looking more closely at conversion and marketing qualified lead (MQL) metrics to track the performance of their content.
These insights suggest that tech marketers were increasingly called upon to use content marketing for demand and lead generation. It makes sense, then, that their use of virtual events (83%) increased by nine percentage points over the previous year, as virtual relationship-building and selling took a front seat. In addition, livestreaming video finally took off (one-third of all tech respondents—and 53% of those working in large companies—reported using it).
It’s too soon to tell if these will be lasting shifts. Priorities are likely to change again as restrictions caused by the pandemic ease up. We look forward to exploring these topics in our next round of annual content marketing research.
B2C Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North AmericaMarketingProfs
MarketingProfs produced B2C Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends (North America) in partnership with the Content Marketing Institute. Our goal was to give you a clear view of the State of B2C Content Marketing. Among the questions this report answers: What's really happening? What are your biggest content marketing challenges? What slice of the budget will be dedicated to content next year, and what social channels are most relevant?
Research shows that marketers from large companies (1,000 employees) use more content marketing tactics and outsource content creation more frequently than their peers do. Learn more about how enterprise marketers approach content marketing.
Presentation from Joe Pulizzi from the Content Marketing Institute on 10 ways to fix your content and 10 tactical tips to implement within your content marketing strategy.
Welcome to the 11th Annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. You may notice this year’s report feels different than past years and that’s by design. A year like no other required an approach like no other.
As in past years, we fielded the survey during the summer. We asked many of the same questions as last year but added new ones to see how content marketers were faring several months into the pandemic.
Although the data did not reveal drastic reductions in content marketing resources, many respondents shared in the fill-in comments their challenges of having to do more with less. Others shared their concerns about trying to reach audiences in an overcrowded virtual world.
Nevertheless, one thing stood out: Content marketers are resilient. Most have met the challenges of the pandemic head-on: They’re adapting quickly—and they believe in the value their content provides.
Welcome to our annual Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. Here we present the findings from enterprise marketers (those who work in organizations with 1,000+ employees) who replied to our 11th Annual Content Marketing Survey.
At the time of the survey, content marketers had just made it through the first half of 2020. Most reported that their organization made quick changes when the pandemic hit, most notably by changing their targeting/messaging strategy, adjusting their editorial calendar, and changing their content distribution/promotion strategy. The majority (57%) expected to spend about the same on content marketing during the second half of 2020 as they spent in the first half (17% expected a decrease).
Team size hadn’t changed drastically compared with the previous year (48% said it stayed the same); yet, another 35% reported an increase.
Overall, one-third of the enterprise respondents reported high levels of content marketing success. These top performers said the top two factors contributing to that success in the last 12 months were “the value our content provides” (79%) and “website changes” (62%).
Looking forward, 74% of respondents felt the pandemic would have a major or moderate long- term impact on their organization’s overall content marketing success. It will be interesting to see how enterprise marketers rise to the challenges in 2021.
Welcome to our ninth annual B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America report. We surveyed content marketers worldwide about a range of content marketing topics including strategy, audience development, technology proficiency, and content types. This report presents the data from the B2B content marketers in North America.
Although issues such as changes in SEO and social media algorithms are top-of-mind for B2B content marketers, they are accustomed to rapid changes in technology that often enable them to do their jobs faster, with better results. When the process-related components of the content marketer’s job are efficient, time is freed up to better serve the audience, discovering and developing the types of content they truly want and need.
We hope you find this research helpful as you plan for 2019!
Welcome to our annual B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report. Here we present the results from B2C marketers who replied to our 11th Annual Content Marketing Survey. The events of 2020 have certainly reshaped how organizations conduct their marketing. At the time of this survey, content marketers were still reeling from the events that took place during the first half of 2020. As we usher in 2021, we are still facing constant change and uncertainty.
Many B2C marketers reported adjusting quickly when the pandemic hit; perhaps their companies were doubling down on digital, heavily engaging in virtual events, or trying to keep on top of rapidly changing analytics resulting from more people being at home and online. All these scenarios created the need for new content, formats, and strategies.
As we move into 2021 in a world where most gatherings are still limited, direct-to-consumer will continue to drive B2C. Successful B2C marketers will focus on creating content experiences and building relationships in the digital world.
Greetings Marketers,
Welcome to B2C Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. This is the companion report to the B2B research we released in September 2017. The data presented in both reports was generated from our eighth annual content marketing survey. One of our key observations this year is that while B2C marketers reported slightly higher levels of overall content marketing success compared with last year, there was a decrease among those who agreed their organization has realistic expectations about what content marketing can achieve. A documented content marketing strategy can help, as it sets expectations for what teams should prioritize; yet, only 38% of B2C marketers reported having one.
Our annual research has consistently shown that those who document their content marketing strategy get better results than those who don’t. Another important key to success is an efficient workflow process (page 4 shows how top-performing B2C marketers rate their project management flow and other distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from their peers). We hope these research findings will be helpful as you consider which content marketing priorities to focus on in the year ahead.
Welcome to B2C Content Marketing 2019—Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. This report presents the results from the B2C marketers who took our ninth annual content marketing survey.
Our research has consistently shown that creating brand awareness is a top goal for B2C content marketing. However, many of this year’s survey respondents also reported strong concern for using content to solidify existing relationships (see page 13).
Content that can be effective at building loyalty takes many shapes and forms today, for example:
- Videos and social media stories that entertain
- In-person events that create a sense of community and belonging
- Podcasts that inspire
- Live or virtual experiences that evoke emotion
- Articles, guides, newsletters, etc., that provide information
Obviously, the list goes on. The point is, that while driving people to content is critical, giving them reasons to keep coming back will grow long-term success!
A 2019 Content Marketing System for B2B Companieswww.chelsei.com
In this presentation, I look at how to write a whitepaper and turn it into 35+ pieces of additional content for your marketing team. From one writer's perspective, this is a way for your B2B company to make an impact and see impressive results from content marketing in 2019.
Welcome to the Enterprise Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: Insights for 2022 report. This report looks back on the last 12 months and includes expectations for 2022.
The research suggested that, due to lockdowns and work-from-home mandates, content marketing piqued the interest of many who were previously unaware of its power. With more people than ever spending time online, content marketing presented a prime opportunity to get and stay in front of audiences.
As in the previous year, nearly one in three enterprise marketers said their organization was extremely or very successful with content marketing. These marketers, our “top performers,” have certain characteristics that set them apart from their peers (see page 4). A few of the biggest things they do are to differentiate their content and use content collaboration/calendaring/workflow tools.
No matter how successful they are at content marketing, most respondents plan to invest in video in 2022: 72% of all enterprise respondents forecast investment in this area followed by investment in events (62%), paid media (59%), and owned-media assets (55%).
And, yes, challenges remain. The top challenge, which is the same as it was two years ago, is internal communication between teams/silos (57%). It indicates a pressing need to formalize content operations in enterprises that have not yet done so.
Welcome to Technology Content Marketing 2020: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends. This report is based on the findings from our 10th annual content marketing survey. Technology marketers continue to make progress with content marketing. Approximately one-third rate their organization’s overall content marketing as extremely or very successful, and 76% report they are much more or somewhat more successful compared with one year ago. What makes them successful? When we look at the top performers, we see they treat content marketing as a strategic business function, craft content thoughtfully, experiment with distribution, and measure their results. They use content marketing not only to create brand awareness and generate leads, but also to build loyalty and subscribed audiences.
This was my keynote presentation at this year's ContentTech virtual event. It talks through the layered approach to technology strategy to help de-silo content, marketing and the digital technology teams. It ends with a selection process.
Welcome to our annual Technology Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends report, based on our latest annual content marketing survey conducted in July 2020.
The study showed that technology marketers, in the throes of adjusting to business changes presented by a global pandemic, put more emphasis on using content marketing to generate demand and leads than they had the previous year. They also were looking more closely at conversion and marketing qualified lead (MQL) metrics to track the performance of their content.
These insights suggest that tech marketers were increasingly called upon to use content marketing for demand and lead generation. It makes sense, then, that their use of virtual events (83%) increased by nine percentage points over the previous year, as virtual relationship-building and selling took a front seat. In addition, livestreaming video finally took off (one-third of all tech respondents—and 53% of those working in large companies—reported using it).
It’s too soon to tell if these will be lasting shifts. Priorities are likely to change again as restrictions caused by the pandemic ease up. We look forward to exploring these topics in our next round of annual content marketing research.
B2C Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North AmericaMarketingProfs
MarketingProfs produced B2C Content Marketing: 2013 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends (North America) in partnership with the Content Marketing Institute. Our goal was to give you a clear view of the State of B2C Content Marketing. Among the questions this report answers: What's really happening? What are your biggest content marketing challenges? What slice of the budget will be dedicated to content next year, and what social channels are most relevant?
Research shows that marketers from large companies (1,000 employees) use more content marketing tactics and outsource content creation more frequently than their peers do. Learn more about how enterprise marketers approach content marketing.
Presentation from Joe Pulizzi from the Content Marketing Institute on 10 ways to fix your content and 10 tactical tips to implement within your content marketing strategy.
Customer Success Cubed - The Simplest Guide you will ever FindTotango
Presentation by Guy Nirpaz, CEO at Totango.
The simplest guide you will ever find to help you succeed in Customer Success. Presented at the Totango Customer Success Silicon Valley Meetup.
Project Management vs Account ManagementRich Whalen
Difference between Project Management and Account Management in professional services organization. Geared more towards marketing and advertising, this model will show the differences in roles and when it makes sense to separate.
A comprehensive account planning and strategy template. Strategy development and execution are critical to a successful selling environment. This template is an easy to follow yet powerful tool to increase sales success.
The Definitive Guide to Customer Success 2017Lincoln Murphy
The Customer Success movement has taken the SaaS industry by storm, even requiring an updated SaaS Business Model definition.
But what exactly is Customer Success? Is it an organizational mindset? Is it a corporate strategy? Is it a set of tactics designed to produce happy, successful customers that in turn creates success for you, the SaaS vendor?
The answer is... all of the above.
In this guide I've enumerated 17 key elements of Customer Success for SaaS companies. I hope it helps you reach your goals.
1This is a sample lecture on Marketing, Chapter 1 from the texbook Kotler, P. & Armstrong, G. (2012). Principles of Marketing. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
This sample lecture was prepared for Ashford Unversity, 2011.Upon completion of this lecture, a certificate of completion is available from Alpha & Omega Healthcare Management Consulting. For the certificate, please contact tripthimathew@alphanomega.info or DrMathewTM@gmail.com
The Influence Of Relationship Marketing On Switching Barrier, Customer Satisf...inventionjournals
This study was aimed at testing and analyzing influence of relationship marketing on switching barrier, customer satisfaction, customer trust, and customer retention. The study was conducted with respondents of 141 Emerald BNI BANK customers in Indonesia. Data were collected by using instruments of questionnaires. The test on the model was done using structural equation model analysis with GSCA approach. Switching barrier significantly influenced on customer satisfaction and customer trust. Furthermore, customer satisfaction and customer trust significanly influenced on customer retention. Partially, it was identified that variable of customer trust was the most dominant variable influencing on the customer retention.
The article analyzes the theoretical aspects of the marketing complex, the elements of the marketing complex, the elements of the marketing complex in financial institutions. In order to survive in the market, financial institutions need to expand the range of services, improve their quality and be attractive to customers, and optimize costs. It is necessary to harmonize and use the tools of the marketing complex and their solutions to achieve maximum profit. Financial institutions need to have a good command of all the tools of the marketing complex in order to achieve their goals. When designing the marketing complex of financial institutions, it is necessary to take into account that there is a connection between the individual instruments. Gediminas Dubauskas | Margarita IÅ¡oraite "Financial Services Organizations Marketing Mix" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38151.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/marketing-management/38151/financial-services-organizations-marketing-mix/gediminas-dubauskas
Marketing Performance Analysis by Customer Relationship Marketing, Market Ori...inventionjournals
This study tried to determine and analyze the performance of marketing through customer relationship marketing (CRM), market orientation, and the image of Islamic Banks in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia. The population in this study some 65 873 customers who have savings in five Islamic Banks. Testing of the model is done with Generalized Least Square Estimation (GLS), analysis of structural equation modeling (SEM), proportional random sampling method and software assistance Amos 22, on 397 respondents. The test results model (fit) seen from the GFI, AGFI, TLI, CFI, RMSEA and CMIN / DF, each of which amounted to 0.915, 0.901, 0.949, 0.953, 0.063 and 1.497 are all that are in the range of expected values so that the model can be accepted.The results showed that: customer relationship marketing (CRM), market orientation, and image effect on the competitive advantage of Islamic Banks in Kediri. CRM, and market orientation affect the marketing of Islamic Banks Performance in Kediri. The company's image does not affect the marketing of Islamic Banks Performance in Kediri.It is suggested that the bank to constantly improve its image. This can be done by giving the concern for the surrounding community as the company's involvement with social activities. Thus the social programs that the company will be able to form a personality, raise the reputation of companies before the general public.
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Market driven strategi adalah suatu pelaksaan strategi untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang pasar sebagai bisnis informasi pemilihan, perumusan, dan penerapan strategi untuk mendapatkan keunggulan dalam pemasaran. Menurut Craven (2006 : 2) pengertian logika dari Market Driven Strategi adalah pasar dan konsumen yang membentuk pasar haruslah menjadi titik awal dari pembentukan strategi bisnis.
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Too many companies (and marketers) jump straight into activation planning without formalizing a marketing strategy. It may seem tedious, but analyzing the mindset of your targeted audiences and identifying the messaging points most likely to resonate with them is time well spent. That process is also a great opportunity for marketers to collaborate with sales leaders and account managers on a galvanized go-to-market approach. I’ll walk you through the methods and tools we use with our clients to ensure campaign success.
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In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Digital Commerce Lecture for Advanced Digital & Social Media Strategy at UCLA...Valters Lauzums
E-commerce in 2024 is characterized by a dynamic blend of opportunities and significant challenges. Supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages are critical issues, leading to increased shipping delays and rising costs, which impact timely delivery and squeeze profit margins. Efficient logistics management is essential, yet it is often hampered by these external factors. Payment processing, while needing to ensure security and user convenience, grapples with preventing fraud and integrating diverse payment methods, adding another layer of complexity. Furthermore, fulfillment operations require a streamlined approach to handle volume spikes and maintain accuracy in order picking, packing, and shipping, all while meeting customers' heightened expectations for faster delivery times.
Amid these operational challenges, customer data has emerged as an important strategy. By focusing on personalization and enhancing customer experience from historical behavior, businesses can deliver improved website and brand experienced, better product recommendations, optimal promotions, and content to meet individual preferences. Better data analytics can also help in effectively creating marketing campaigns, improving customer retention, and driving product development and inventory management.
Innovative formats such as social commerce and live shopping are beginning to impact the digital commerce landscape, offering new ways to engage with customers and drive sales, and may provide opportunity for brands that have been priced out or seen a downturn with post-pandemic shopping behavior. Social commerce integrates shopping experiences directly into social media platforms, tapping into the massive user bases of these networks to increase reach and engagement. Live shopping, on the other hand, combines entertainment and real-time interaction, providing a dynamic platform for showcasing products and encouraging immediate purchases. These innovations not only enhance customer engagement but also provide valuable data for businesses to refine their strategies and deliver superior shopping experiences.
The e-commerce sector is evolving rapidly, and businesses that effectively manage operational challenges and implement innovative strategies are best positioned for long-term success.
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
Digital marketing is the art and science of promoting products or services using digital channels to reach and engage with potential customers. It encompasses a wide range of online tactics and strategies aimed at increasing brand visibility, driving website traffic, generating leads, and ultimately, converting those leads into customers.
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For too many years marketing and sales have operated in silos...while in some forward thinking companies, the two organizations work together to drive new opportunity development and revenue. This session will explore the lessons learned in that beautiful dance that can occur when marketing and sales work together...to drive new opportunity development, account expansion and customer satisfaction.
No, this is not a conversation about MQLs and SQLs. Instead we will focus on a framework that allows the two organizations to drive company success together.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
The Forgotten Secret Weapon of Digital Marketing: Email
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Key Takeaways:
Email has the best ROI of any digital tactic
It can be used at any stage of the customer journey
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Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
It's another new era of digital and marketers are faced with making big bets on their digital strategy. If you are looking at modernizing your tech stack to support your digital evolution, there are a few can't miss (often overlooked) areas that should be part of every conversation. We'll cover setting your vision, avoiding siloes, adding a democratized approach to data strategy, localization, creating critical governance requirements and more. Attendees will walk away with actions they can take into initiatives they are running today and consider for the future.
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Key Takeaways:
Understand Why Personal Stories Connect Better
How To Remember Forgotten Stories
How To Use Customer Experiences As Stories For Your Brand
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Key Takeaways:
Attendees will learn about LLM platforms, like ChatGPT, and how they work, with preset examples and real time interactions with the platform. Attendees will learn about other AI platforms that are creating graphic design elements at the push of a button...pre-set examples and real-time interactions.Attendees will discuss the pros & cons of AI in marketing + branding and share their perspectives with one another. Attendees will learn about the cost savings and the time savings associated with using AI, should they choose to.
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
Can marketing orientation maximize shareholder value?
1. Does Marketing Context Maximize Shareholder Value?
A critical evaluation of Doyle’s view
“Marketing is the management process that seeks to maximise returns to
shareholders by developing relationships with valued customers and creating
a competitive advantage” (Doyle, 2000)
2. Different ways to Maximize Shareholder Value
Ryals and Knox’s (2005) findings revealed that a customer portfolio
review led to improvements in both relationship marketing
strategies and SV.
Akroush’s (2012) comprehensive study concluded that marketing orientation
can substantially improve both customer satisfaction and financial
performance with a significant impact on SV.
Recent research has strengthened the idea that customer satisfaction boosts
Shareholder Value (SV) by increasing cash flow growth and reducing its
volatility (Anderson et al., 2004; Gruca and Rego, 2005).
Adapted from: Cute Pictures, 2015
These studies confirm Doyle’s view:
Marketing can play an important role in
maximizing business growth and SV.
3. The Relationship between Marketing and
Shareholder Value
SV in the core objective of marketing
strategies (Akroush, 2012)
Marketers need to understand “how to evaluate the risks
associated with marketing expenditure and linking this
assessment directly with SV” (McDonald, 2006, p.102).
Marketing Strategies must be
evaluated based on how much value
they contribute to the effectiveness
of business process, financial
outcomes and SV (Srivestava et al.,
1999; Akroush, 2012).
SV
P
P
P
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4. Shareholder Value Analysis Model based on Cash
Marketing Assets
•Marketing Knowledge
•Brands
•Customer Loyalty
•Strategic Relationships
Shareholder Value Created
Competitive
Advantage
Opportunity
to Create
CASH
Adapted from: Doyle (2000) and Akroush (2012)
Level of Future
Cash-flow
Time of
Cash-flow
Risk Attached
to the Business
Business
Continue Value
5. References
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6. by Salomé Correia
August 19th, 2015
Extract of an assignment on Strategic Marketing - MBA program
University of Northampton (UK)
Editor's Notes
1. Recent research has strengthened the idea that customer satisfaction boosts SV by increasing cash flow growth and reducing its volatility (Anderson et al., 2004, p.172; Gruca and Rego, 2005).
2. Akroush’s (2012) comprehensive study of organisations using a value-based marketing approach concluded that marketing orientations can substantially improve both customer satisfaction and financial performance with a significant positive impact on SV.
3. Ryals and Knox’s (2005) findings revealed that a customer portfolio review led to improvements in both relationship marketing strategies and SV.
4. These studies confirm Doyle’s view that the role that marketing can play in maximizing business growth and SV.
1. This view puts the shareholder value in the core objective of marketing strategies and emphasises the critical need to focus on the marketing mix in this long term concept (Akroush, 2012).
2. Thus, marketing strategies must be evaluated based on how much value they contribute to the effectiveness of the business process, financial outcomes and shareholder value (Srivestava et al., 1999; Akroush, 2012).
3. According to McDonald (2006) marketers need to understand “how to evaluate the risks associated with marketing expenditure and linking this assessment directly with shareholder value” (McDonald, 2006, p.102).
4. Akroush (2012) advocates that “successful marketing strategies are evaluated based on their ability to make significant contribution to business performance as well as shareholder value” (Akroush, 2012, p.50).
1. In his seminal analysis of SV Rappaport (1988) proposed an approach which have been taken forward by other scholars, based on four value drivers with critical focus on cash (Rappaport, 1988; Srivestava et al., 1999; Ryals and Knox, 2005).
2. Latterly, the value-based marketing approach suggested by Doyle (2000) considers a Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA) model based on cash which allows marketing performance assessment. He suggests four factors which can create SV: the level of future cash flow, the timing of cash flow, the risk attached to the business and business continuing value.
3. This thorough analysis points out strong marketing assets as the main drivers of all four factors, namely: marketing knowledge, brands, customer loyalty and strategic relationships.
3. Consequently, marketing assets performance depends on how positive the generated cash flows are (Doyle, 2000).
4. In Doyle’s view, “the heart of SVA is the concept of competitive advantage” (Doyle, 2000, p.309) which enables the company to attract and retain customers creating the opportunity to generate cash and maximize SV. (Akroush, 2012).