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Do Online Reviews Really Impact Your B2B Business?

Online reviews and testimonials are most often associated with B2C marketing. And although online reviews are not a driving force in the B2B realm, they do still hold weight. So, how can you use them to increase credibility and authenticity in your brand?

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5 Steps to Improve the Customer Journey and Increase Sales

Customer service is a top priority of companies all over the world, or at least it should be. This is the key difference between a business goal (making money) and the company’s mission (helping people). However, when it comes to setting priorities, should the almighty dollar be your guiding light when doing business?

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Marty Simon 1943-2021

Our hearts are heavy to announce the passing of our founder, Marty Simon, a man who had the amazing ability to not only believe in every human he met, but make that person believe in themselves, as well. We’ll miss you tremendously and thank you for the legacy you left for us all.

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Update Your Sales Funnel to the Flywheel Approach

We have all heard of funnel marketing: the use of an upside-down funnel showing the breakdown of a customer’s journey. At the top of the funnel potential customers ‘funnel’ in and begin to learn about your business, and then continue down to the bottom where they purchase your product. Here are some tips to attract, engage and delight your customers and help grow your business.

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Websites Are Never Done

Did you just launch a new website that’s up to the latest SEO, user experience and content best practices? Great! Now keep going.

As much as we wish they were, websites are never finished. There are always tweaks to be made to metadata, new content to be added or graphics to update. It’s easy to be lulled into thinking that you can ‘set it and forget it’. But getting into that mindset will have you falling behind before you know it.

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Engaging Your Audience with Visuals

Communicating visually is one of the best ways for companies to connect with their audience and create lasting impressions. Savvy marketers know that captivating content can not only inspire and entertain audiences, but it can also educate and create a devoted following of its products and services. According to a study republished by Forbes, 91% of consumers prefer visual content over the written word.

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Goals and ROI of Content Marketing: 7 Ways to Measure Success (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this blog, we defined goals to help us obtain positive ROI of our content marketing strategy. These goals included brand awareness, engaging customers, educating customers, thought leadership, need for traffic, generating leads, as well as converting leads and upselling. Once goals are defined and set, it is important to measure correctly for ROI. Measurement is the key to knowing what works and what doesn’t for your content marketing strategy.

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