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B2B Content Marketing Tip: Know What Your B2B Audience Needs

May 08,2023 | BY: Kristin Jones

When Semrush asked thousands of marketing leaders what factors lead to success in content marketing, the most commonly chosen answer was this: researching our audience. In fact, nearly half of marketing leaders cited researching their audience as the greatest factor in success.

That response edged out search engine optimization, publishing more content, and even improving the quality of content. 

Why?

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Topics: Personas, Audits, Content Marketing

Quick Tip: Take a Fresh Look at Your Personas

August 16,2022 | BY: Kristin Jones

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

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Topics: Personas

Why B2B Marketers Lean on LinkedIn

January 17,2022 | BY: Scott Muff

Almost all B2B marketers (97 percent) use LinkedIn. When you see the statistics pulled together by SalesIntel, there really is no question why they do.

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Topics: Social Media, Personas, Content Strategy

How To Map Your Content To Match Buyer Personas (free template)

April 06,2021 | BY: Scott Muff

Each piece of content you create for your marketing strategy should have a specific audience in mind: a buyer persona (or multiple personas).

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Topics: Personas, Content Creation, Templates

Take The Mystery Out Of Buyer Personas

February 24,2021 | BY: Scott Muff

Before you create a single piece of marketing content—whether that’s dashing off a social media post, creating a video, writing an email or designing a report of original research—you need to know one thing: Who are you trying to reach?

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Topics: Personas

Don’t Let These Mistakes Sink Your Inbound Marketing Campaign

February 03,2021 | BY: Scott Muff

In the game of Battleship, the largest ship on the board is the aircraft carrier, and taking it out requires five direct hits. But some of the smaller ships can only sustain a couple of hits before they no longer stay afloat.

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Topics: Lead Nurturing, Inbound Marketing, Content, Personas, Sales-Marketing Alignment

Are Your Facebook Ads Hitting The Mark?

April 01,2020 | BY: Scott Muff

Although we at JONES are huge proponents of organic content on social media (download this case study to learn why), there are definitely times when advertising is a necessary complement to your regular schedule of high quality posts, videos, and links.

And while Facebook ads may seem inexpensive, it is essential to target them for your specific audience, rather than wasting money on ads that are primarily reaching people in the wrong geography, demographic group or interests.

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Topics: Social Media, Personas

2020 Predictions: The Marketing Skillsets, Challenges and Priorities CMOS Are Watching

January 22,2020 | BY: Kristin Jones

 

When Pan Communications asked CMO and top marketing experts from around the country and globe what they see as the most important skillsets, challenges, and budget priorities for this year, some pointed to new advancements such as AI and martech, and how to manage all of the data that goes along with those developments, but many others circled back to the very basics: great writing skills, storytelling, and great content that connects with others.

The infographic below includes a ton of great information to think about, but I want to touch on a few of the key skillsets and challenges these top marketing experts are watching for 2020.

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Topics: Content, Personas, Strategy

The Foundation Of Successful Inbound Marketing (infographic)

December 27,2019 | BY: Kristin Jones

Building a successful inbound marketing program is much like building a house: If you don’t have a detailed blueprint and a solid foundation, no matter how every other detail of the structure is, the house will be a maintenance nightmare and fail to live up to expectations.

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Topics: Branding, Inbound Marketing, Personas, Strategy, Infographics

Segment Content & Offers Based on Personas and the Buying Cycle

October 03,2019 | BY: Kristin Jones

Very few things in life, despite their labeling are truly “one size fits all.” More often, attempts to make one thing fit all possible users, the end result is more of a “one size almost fits most, but isn’t really a good fit for anyone.”

When it comes to inbound marketing content and offers, that same rule of thumb applies. If you try to create just one piece of content or one offer, and expect it to appeal to all of your customer personas, regardless of what stage of the buying cycle the individual is in, chances are the content or offer will fall flat for just about everyone.

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Topics: Sales Funnel, Personas, Segmentation

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