B2B CONTENT MARKETING REPORT

Lead generation continues to remain the top goal for content marketing as it was in our last two surveys. However, this year, brand awareness takes second place moving up and switching spots with customer acquisition. There has been a large increase in the number of companies that have a content marketing strategy in place compared to our last survey. While this is good news, many companies still struggle to create an effective content marketing program. Case studies take the top spot as the most effective content marketing tactic and format. As for other tactics, blogging is a close second.

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News America Marketing

News America Marketing is the nation’s premier single-source marketing-services company. We work with marketers—in companies from the world’s biggest CPG manufacturers to those companies in the fastest-growing industries—to build their brands. Branded to consumers as SmartSource®, our portfolio delivers home-delivered, in-store and digital advertising, coupons, sampling and promotions that influence shoppers at every point of decision.

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How Brands Can Thrive in 2022: Predictions for Digital First Marketers

whitePaper | January 13, 2022

In the wake of a historic 2020, 2021 signaled that transformation will not be limited to a single year. The 2020’s will be a transformative decade. 2021 itself was a year of stark contrasts. It began with a wave of optimism and ended with a wave of omicron -- extending the pandemic period and expanding our knowledge of the Greek alphabet.

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Marketing Analytics for Telecoms

whitePaper | December 14, 2021

Telecoms are operating in a tough and fast-moving market, with rapid technological change, relentless competition, and high customer expectations. These dynamic market conditions have made acquiring new customers and retaining existing ones a growing challenge for telcos around the world. This whitepaper will help you understand the role that marketing analytics can play in maximizing telecoms marketing efforts. You will learn: How to win and retain customers in a crowded marketplace Optimize campaigns and KPIs through marketing analytics Harness marketing analytics to increase conversions Reduce churn through analytics Network and usage analytics yield customer insights Use data to develop market-leading analytics capabilities Complete the form and gain instant access to our telecom free whitepaper with all these insights.

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Omni-channel RO

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

Since the dawn of customer service, organizations have sought to understand their customers’ needs in order to make them as happy as possible. IVR menus route calls to various automated capabilities. Website hot links take customers directly to their interest. But how do you know what it is that the customer needs? You can more easily answer that question and proactively address it when you know the customer’s intent. An advanced omni-channel implementation allows you to know customer intent, efficiently and accurately.

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Choosing an ERP implementation partner

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

Selecting the right ERP is only the first step in moving to your new solution. You must also decide who is going to help you put the system into action – your implementation partner. Your successful implementation will depend as much on your finding the right partner as with finding the right software.

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Channel Market Guide 2022

whitePaper | July 31, 2022

Hybrid working has been dominating the channel mindshare this year as businesses start to look at the technology they need on a long term basis. Hybrid working is not merely enabling employees to work remotely, it is a completely integrated approach to how businesses operate in the office, at home, and everything inbetween. The new phase of Hybrid Work, or Hybrid Work 2.0, will be about personalising technology to suit the business or vertical. This could be a fantastic opportunity for partners as businesses look for sector-specific knowledge and digital transformation specialisms.

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Enhancing Partner Experience through the Journey

whitePaper | March 22, 2023

Solution provider partners have a lot of power in the vendor/ customer/partner relationship. They are trusted advisors and put together the full solution to address a customer’s business need. On average, five partners touch a customer through their buying journey and can influence, consult, sell, build extensions, provision, integrate, manage and/or drive change within the customer.

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News America Marketing

News America Marketing is the nation’s premier single-source marketing-services company. We work with marketers—in companies from the world’s biggest CPG manufacturers to those companies in the fastest-growing industries—to build their brands. Branded to consumers as SmartSource®, our portfolio delivers home-delivered, in-store and digital advertising, coupons, sampling and promotions that influence shoppers at every point of decision.

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