LinkedIn: the numbers that talk to companies in B2B

Figures and statistics that speak volumes about the importance of this B2B marketing platform. The graph below was produced by the SocialPilot team and divided into five categories: Demographic - The type of people who use Linkedin, e.g. gender, age, income, etc...Usage - How people access and use Linkedin.Engagement - The kind of…. Read More...

New CMI study: too much TOFU in B2B?

A few weeks ago, I got my hands on the 2020 version of B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America , a comprehensive study of a field of activity that, as you know, is of particular interest to me. Not tofu but rather, content marketing. :-) Published annually by the Content Marketing Institute and Marketing…. Read More...

Content Marketing: Success rests above all on relevance

Just a short blog inspired by Lynda St-Arneault's LinkedIn status on marketing content strategies. She writes, among other things, that being successful in content marketing, does not depend only on the budget that one invests in its production or by increasing its quantity. As the content supply far exceeds demand (Situation described by…. Read More...

Hype Cycle Marketing: Having the means for its own ambitions

Recently, the technology watchdog firm, Gartner, published its famous "Hype Cycle" on marketing-related technologies or, if you prefer, "martech". In case you didn’t know, every year, the US firm publishes its Hypes Cycles for everything related to technology. Five Cycles Marketing, human resources, finance, communications, etc., everything is scrutinized or in this case,…. Read More...

Promoting your B2B content on social networks: get your $$$ ready

Back to the future in this short post... Almost five years ago, we wrote the eBook on the content crisis, where we wanted to generate awareness about the growing «infobesity» in marketing, especially due to the growing popularity of B2B content marketing. Recently, we came across a post written by Sarah Taylor from…. Read More...

Marketing Influencers: Our 2019 Top 30

We’re returning to a familiar theme just as Spring arrives: our top 30 marketing influencers for 2019. When we did that in March last year, the blogpost was very successful and didn't go unnoticed on social networks. With great enthusiasm, we’ve scouted blogs on B2C and B2B marketing sites. These influencers are taking…. Read More...

2019 Trends: Content is King, Influencers are Adapting, and AI is Busy Analyzing…

Content marketing and artificial intelligence are the main B2B marketing trends in 2019. And this is no surprise. We covered these topics in November and December 2018 (screenshot below), and most marketing gurus are saying the same thing. For instance, this study conducted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Marketing Research…. Read More...

Studies show Content Marketing leads the trend in digital marketing strategies

A few weeks ago, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), in collaboration with MarketingProfs, published their annual study on content marketing for B2B companies. In our opinion, this is the most important study on the subject and it provides, year after year, a wealth of information and statistics on the form of marketing that has become the most important in…. Read More...