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Stop Talking About Yourself on Your B2B Landing Pages

If your B2B landing pages aren’t converting, you’re likely focusing on the wrong thing: your solution. Specifically, while you’re busy explaining features and capabilities, prospects are asking themselves, “Do they understand my problem?” Instead, make your landing pages reflect your prospects’ world by calling out the pain they’re trying to

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Quarterly Content Audit: Turn Underperformers Into Wins

As we enter the final quarter of the year, the pressure to churn out new content can feel overwhelming. However, rather than starting from scratch, a content audit can reveal hidden opportunities in the material you’ve already published. If you’ve been consistently publishing content for six months to a year,

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Self-Service That Sells: Smart Moves for B2B Marketers

B2B buyers want control. They prefer to explore, compare and make purchase decisions on their own terms. That’s where self-service marketing comes in. It gives buyers the ability to access the information they need without waiting for a sales conversation. Many B2B buyers now complete most of their research before

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Escape the ‘Download and Die’ B2B Content Trap

If your content strategy begins and ends with a PDF, you’re living the B2B “download and die” nightmare. You know the routine. You pour time into an industry report, slap it into a PDF, and wait for downloads. A few come in, then your insights vanish into a folder, forgotten

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Get to Yes: Selling Your B2B Marketing Budget to Leadership

If you’re in B2B marketing, asking for a larger marketing budget can feel like a tough sell – especially when you’re wearing multiple hats and working with limited resources. The challenge isn’t just in asking for more money than the previous year. Rather, it’s in showing leadership that the investment

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Steal These Consumer Brand Tricks for Killer B2B Case Studies

B2B case studies don’t have to be dull. However, they’re often a snoozefest. The biggest problem? They have no emotional pull. Think facts, dry statistics and boring technical details. In other words, there’s no hook to draw readers in. They should take a cue from consumer brands. Consumer brands sell

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KPIs and ROI: A Marketer’s Guide to Measurement

B2B marketers are under increasing pressure to prove the value of every effort. What worked last year might not be enough now. That’s why key performance indicators (KPIs) and return on investment (ROI) have gone from nice-to-haves to must-haves. These tools help you show what’s working, justify your budget, and

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3 Costly Website Mistakes B2B Marketers Make (and Fast Fixes)

You’d think after all the time and budget that go into B2B websites, the messaging would be clear, compelling and customer-focused. But you’d be wrong. As someone who analyzes websites for work and entertainment (yes, really), I recently discovered a site that broke every rule of effective B2B communication. Sadly,

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Why Your B2B Content Hub Falls Short (and How to Fix It)

Coming Soon: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Revenue-Generating B2B Content Hub Here’s a hard truth: Many B2B content hubs aren’t pulling their weight. They’re cluttered. Unfocused. Built to check a box – not drive results. They’re filled with shallow content that fails to attract buyers and drive meaningful business

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Human Expertise in AI Content: Your Gold in the Digital Flood

The rise of AI-powered search and content generation has many B2B marketers wondering about the future. But in this evolving landscape, human expertise in AI content is emerging not as a relic, but as the very gold that will help you stand out. AI-powered search tools like Google’s AI Overview

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“B2B Content Hubs: The Complete Guide to Driving Revenue” is packed with smart strategies – and it comes with three bonus tools to power your next steps.