Marketing is sometimes perceived as deceitful or manipulative, with a goal to make us buying things that we don’t really need or at unfairly high prices. It may also be viewed in an oversimplified manner, as “common sense” and “creative thinking”, limited to promotional activities and advertisement. On this site I will focus on positive aspects of marketing - changing the world for the better, establishing new trends, providing great customer service, engaging and creating shared value, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. I will also tell you how successful marketing strategies are rooted in understanding human psychology.
Content marketing is becoming more important to B2B businesses. Who is succeeding and why?
70% of content marketers are creating more content than they did a year ago (source: Content Marketing Institute) 35% say they have a documented content strategy (source: Content Marketing Institute) 21% say they are successful at tracking ROI (source: Ad Age)
Here are 15 B2B case studies. They show how content marketing drives ROI with B2B businesses who:
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A new world requires new stories, but people will only listen to them when they themselves are included in the storyline. This requires a ‘gear-shift’ in conversations about radical action.
What is the biggest mistake B2B marketers make with content? It's all about us (the brand). One of the most common and significant mistakes B2B marketers
Visual Storytelling is important for Entrepreneurs. Here's a cheat sheet on Pixar's 22 Rules for phenomenal story telling in a Slideshare and as an Infographic.
Live storytelling is changing our definition of who and what is "creative." It's no longer the rarefied skill of a few people. Everyone can be creative nowad...
Instead of resisting creative limitations, what if we found ways to embrace them? At our second Firestarters event in New York City, luminaries from inside and outside the ad world shared how they reframe constraints.
At our core, marketers are storytellers. We love to tell stories that evoke emotion and pull at heartstrings. As I have shared my vision of the next era of marketing, I’ve talked about how marketing is changing. But, in this post let’s start with how it’s not changing when it comes to building a brand. Then, we can turn to how we, as marketers, will need to change to build our brands in the next era of marketing.
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