Marketing - General

B2B Marketer’s Guide to Creating Irresistible Lead Magnets

By: Michael Brenner, CEO and Founder, Marketing Insider Group

No matter how great your product is, your content isn’t going to capture many leads on its own. You’re not as irresistible as you think. But your lead magnets? They can be.
#leadgeneration

Marketing - General

Video’s Next Revolution in Content Marketing

By: Jodi Harris, Director of Content Strategy, Informa Connect

Video’s next revolution will likely center on personalization. Read on for a brief tutorial, along with tips, examples and ideas on how to put these advantages to work in your content campaigns.
#videomarketing

Marketing - General

How to Write a B2B Marketing Email That Works

By: David McGuire, Creative Director, Radix Communications

B2B copywriter David McGuire shares four tips to help stand out in a crowded inbox. He tries to stick to these four key principles when writing emails.
#brandbuilding #leadgeneration

Marketing - General

Understanding Brand Affinity

By: Mitchell Goozé, Principal, Customer Manufacturing Group

An approach that seems to help understand customer behavior regarding brand loyalty and insistence is the work done by experts who look at customer brand involvement as a combination of involvement and emotional content. An understanding of customer behavior finds that insistence for brands will vary based on either the brand's personality or the brand's reflection of the buyer's personality. There is an important distinction between identification with a brand and a belief that the brand identifies with you.
#brandbuilding

Marketing - General

How Gardner Events Learned to Pivot to a Virtual Environment

By: Jacquie Webb, Event Manager, Gardner Business Media

The events industry came to an abrupt halt in 2020, but through the chaos Gardner events learned how to pivot to a virtual environment by using new technology and strategies that will carry on into future events.

Marketing - General

Brand Insistence Vs. Brand Loyalty

By: Mitchell Goozé, Principal, Customer Manufacturing Group

While it may be difficult to determine if you have achieved true, valuable brand loyalty, it is not impossible. Here’s a look at an important issue in terms of achieving true brand value.
#brandbuilding

Marketing - General

The Hybrid Way

By: Evan Doran, Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Editorial Team

Assistant Editor Evan Doran discusses the hybrid nature of work at Gardner: both in terms of workplace and in terms of workpieces.
#copywriting

Web and Digital Marketing

Drive More Web Traffic from Social Media

By: Madison Tierney, Top Tier Communications

These helpful social media tactics can drive more traffic to your site. If you’re consistent in your efforts, you eventually will start noticing results. How can you reap the web traffic benefit and more? Here are nine ways to help.

Marketing - General

Creating The WOW Experience

By: Shep Hyken, Chief Amazement Officer, Shepard Presentations

Do you want a WOW experience from the brands and vendors you do business with? Of course, that’s a rhetorical question. Everyone wants it. But is it reasonable to expect that you can deliver a consistent WOW experience? It depends on your definition of WOW.
#customerfocus

Marketing - General

When B2B Marketing Just ‘Feels Right’

By: Cory Treffiletti, Featured Contributor, Media Insider

Great B2B marketing taps into emotion. It enables your brand to be the one that your customer thinks about first when they need to solve a problem. There are many options to choose from, but one that “feels right.” How do you create that “feels right” situation for your B2B marketing?
#brandbuilding

Marketing - General

Stop Networking, Start Building Relationships

By: D. Keith Pigues, CEO, Luminas Strategy

Keith Pigues, founder and CEO of Luminas Strategy, recently talked to Innovation Interns about the importance of building relationships in the professional world. The conversation, hosted by Eship Entrepreneur-in-Residence Chi Ngowu, gave some insight about making connections and building a successful team to guide students through their personal and professional lives.
#brandbuilding

Marketing - General

Improve Video Retention Rates

By: Randall-Reilly

To make the most of your video marketing, make sure your audience is watching each video in full. Improve retention rates by creating a visually engaging video with an attention-grabbing introduction, and continually review analytics to troubleshoot drop off rates.
#videomarketing