Key Insights: B2B content marketing decoded, top marketing technologies, and AI spotlight
Demand for webinars has increased among B2B marketers during the global health crisis, with 76 percent of marketers seeing webinars as an increasingly successful method of driving leads, while the top B2B content types are eBooks, white papers and guides — two of numerous statistics of interest to digital marketers in recently-released B2B marketing survey data. ClickZ
LinkedIn introduces new retargeting tools
LinkedIn has expanded its retargeting feature set, with new tools for video advertising and lead generation among the latest virtual engagement additions at LinkedIn (client), the Microsoft-owned firm recently announced. TechCrunch
PR Industry Survey: The Tactics and Skills Rising in Importance
50 percent of public relations and communications professionals find measuring impact the leading communications challenge, followed by 45 percent who face executive teams without sufficient understanding of communications, and 40 percent who say that cutting through clutter and noise is a primary concern, according to newly-released survey data. MarketingProfs
YouTube Adds New Analytics Report, Alerts for Merchandise Sales Within Live-Streams
Google-owned YouTube has rolled out new features for marketers, including an updated monthly insight report that adds a number of additional data views, while also implementing new live-stream sales alert functionality, the firm recently announced. Social Media Today
Two-Thirds Of Brands Plan To Increase Their Programmatic Ad Spending, Study Finds
Some 66 percent of marketers plan to boost their programmatic ad spending during the months ahead, with their leading objectives including 53 percent looking to drive sales, 47 percent to both generate leads and build awareness, and 36 percent to bolster customer retention, some of numerous statistics of interest to digital marketers contained in recently-released study data. MediaPost
Facebook Looks to Prompt More Comments with New Comment Engagement Stats
Insights on Facebook page comments will offer marketers a range of new engagement metrics, as the social media giant has been rolling out comment insights, which show how posts that pages have commented on compare with those they have not commented on. Social Media Today
Mobile ad engagement rises 15% during pandemic, study says
Engagement among mobile ads has climbed by some 15 percent during the global health crisis, with the greatest increase among women, according to recently-released report data from MobileFuse. Mobile Marketer
Publishers see video ad revenue begin to rebound on Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube
Some publishers have seen revenue from video ads start to turn around from pandemic-related declines, especially for social media platforms Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube, where cost per thousand rates have also begun to stabilize, and DigiDay takes a look at the rebound. DigiDay
51% of marketing professionals expect virtual events to stick around, survey finds
Most media and advertising executives see virtual elements becoming an ongoing part of post-pandemic in-person events, while 27 percent don’t see attendance at in-person events ever returning to levels seen before the global health crisis — two of several statistics of note for digital marketers contained in recently-released survey data. Marketing Dive
B2B Buyers Value These Traits in Salespeople
Active listening, problem solving, confidence and relationship-building top the list of traits B2B buyers value the most in salespeople, while top-performing salespeople report getting better leads from marketing, according to recently-released business decision-maker survey data. MarketingCharts
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:
A lighthearted look at “Brands, Hashtag Activism, and a Time for Real Reflection” by Marketoonist Tom Fishburne — Marketoonist
Tired Of FaceTime? Good News, Rotary Cell Phones Are Here — Cracked
TOPRANK MARKETING & CLIENTS IN THE NEWS:
- SAP (client) — What SAP did digitally to address the COVID-19 climate — CMOAustralia
- Lee Odden — 5 Hours of Content Marketing [Video Archive] — SEMrush
- LinkedIn (client) — LinkedIn has a new CEO. Here are 30 power players and rising stars helping him lead the company — Business Insider
- Lee Odden — The Keys to Successful B2B Influencer Programs [Register For Free Webinar Replay] — MarketingProfs
- Lee Odden — Working Like a Blog: Why B2B blogging needs to be about more than just writing — MD Consulting
- Lee Odden — Why Your Blog Gets No Traffic — SME Pals
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