Transforming Codec's brand to look, sound and feel like the leading MSP that they are - with new brand positioning, visual identity, website & marketing strategy.
There has been a definite shift towards humanising B2B marketing and this recognition has been long overdue. Talking to your audience purely in rational, logical terms simply won’t cut through the clutter. Also, we’ve all been handcuffed to short-term lead generation KPIs for years now while we ignore the benefits of longer-term brand building.
Are B2B marketers really going to lose their jobs with the emergence of AI? We can't help but ask if all that remains for us humans in the marketing world are mundane tasks and crunching numbers. Read on to find out how exactly you can compete with automation’s increasing presence.
While AI tool comes with their own pros and cons, the five discussed here provide the best combination of features needed when it comes time to identify those potential high value customers quickly and efficiently. And the right AI toolset in place can ultimately lead to higher quality conversions overall.
There’s no denying that B2B marketing departments are starting to realise that, if done correctly, ABM can get them where they’re going much faster when integrated into a larger B2B marketing strategy. There’s data to back up this realisation: 97% of respondents say ABM generated a higher ROI than any other marketing strategy.
Content marketing/lead generation/inbound marketing/activation - whatever you want to call it - works better when you have already established a strong brand. When you have a strong brand you have built trust in your market so layering lead generation campaigns on top of a strong brand has a better chance of success.
There’s no getting round it. Brand building takes time and an investment that won’t see an immediate return. It won’t fit neatly into the quarterly sales quota. If your entire strategy has been predicated on closing with that 5%, you could well see an uncomfortable gap while you change tack. But then, then there’s the payoff.
At Squaredot, we’re all about helping B2B tech brands grow famous faster. If there is such a thing as a cheat sheet to generating leads, then ‘fame’ is this shortcut. It puts brands onto shortlists with less effort, helps salespeople get a direct line through to key stakeholders, shortens sales cycles and helps get them over the line...
We recently surveyed Irish B2B marketers on their plans, strategies, budgets, tools, and tactics for 2021 and beyond. We wanted to assess the health of the market in the wake of global lockdowns resulting from the pandemic and see how B2B marketers were faring.
Those of us of a certain vintage will remember the immortal lines from Saturday night telly: “I am not a number, I am a free man!” as Patrick McGoohan scampers round Portmeirion chased by a big balloon. If you could suspend your disbelief for long enough, you could identify with this chap desperate to escape the shackles – physical and metaphorical – of his anonymous existence and break out into full, individualistic technicolour.
