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Part 4: B2B Content Marketing

A common thread for many B2B buyers is the search for knowledge. For every challenge they face, they want information on how to overcome it. For B2B businesses this provides a great opportunity. Not only do you have a product or service that can solve this problem, but you have the knowledge to answer their […]

Brad Smithin
October 21, 2017

The Hard Truth About CTR

Click-through rate (CTR) is one of the first metrics on the monthly report. Everyone obsesses over it, wondering why Campaign A is outperforming Campaign B. But here’s the thing. It’s actually not that important. Not in the grand scheme of things, anyway. It does serve a purpose. It can be a helpful leading indicator to […]

Brad Smithin
September 30, 2017

B2B Marketing Basics: Understanding Your Audience (Part 2!)

Effective B2B marketing is kind of like the third date. You’ve gone out twice before, each time carefully gathering and storing information given by the other person. Where they are from. The last place they went on vacation. Their favorite show on Netflix. Then, if you’ve done your job right, on the third date you […]

Brad Smithin
August 28, 2017

Share of SERP: A B2B Cheat Sheet to Maximizing Your Inbound Lead Generation from Search Marketing

Every day, more than 6 billion queries are typed into Google. That’s more than 6 billion chances for a link to your website to appear on someone’s screen. You like your odds. But there’s a lot standing in your way. You find yourself asking a lot of questions, like “what keyword should I target?” and […]

5 B2B Marketing Strategies to Show Up on the First Page of Google without Ranking Organically

There are absolutely no guarantees with SEO. You could spend thousands of hours (and dollars) trying to organically rank for big keywords and still find your website stuck in the SERP swamps. Not every company has the kind of time and resources to sink into SEO, anyway. The reality is that unless you’re already one […]

3 Marketing Activities to Increase Your Google SERP CTR

Keyword rankings used to be more important than they are today. The vast majority of clicks went to the first few positions. So getting into the first three positions meant everything. Even the third position would receive exponentially more clicks than positions six through ten. However, that’s all starting to change. SERPs are personalized to […]

Complete Guide for Guest Blogging on Your Industry’s Top Blogs

Let's dive into my process for publishing on Moz, Wordstream, Marin, Raven, Acquisio, Wordtracker, Convince & Convert, Kissmetrics, and more.

B2B vs B2C Marketing: The Differences Every Search Marketer Should Know

If you’ve spent any time reading up on digital marketing trends you’ve probably run into the terms B2B and B2C before. The general difference between B2B and B2C is clear enough in the acronyms themselves: Business to Business & Business to Customer. But the nuances between the two are a bit more complex than that. And […]

B2B Marketing Segmentation for Every Stage of the Funnel

As a company grows, their digital marketing strategy must grow with it. Demand may increase, visibility may grow, and your marketing and sales teams may need to adjust. To keep things organized throughout the B2B sales cycle, many search marketers rely on marketing funnels. The marketing funnel is a process with stages that each need […]

8 B2B Marketing Conferences to Remember in 2017 (+7 Tactics to Make the Most of Them)

Whether you’re looking to connect with customers, potential partners, or like minded thought leaders, B2B marketing conferences can be filled with gold mines of value – if you know how to make the most of your time there. B2B marketing conferences provide the perfect intersection point for brands and customers. If you know how to work them, […]

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