Calvyn Lee Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

One of our first B2B (Business to Business) clients typified some of the key challenges B2B marketers face. In fact, we even helped them coin a new term for their sector, putting them in a market of one. We were able to accomplish all of this through content marketing. It makes them fall in love with your brand.

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Rock Content

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Content marketing has become one of the most prominent techniques used by brands to attract, educate, and convert an audience. While content marketing is a powerful and proven technique alone, you can combine content marketing and digital branding to achieve greater results.

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Rock Content

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

A Content Marketing strategy seeks consistent results and leads that are aligned with the business differentials, right? Therefore, the correct choice of branded keywords will make all the difference in more advanced stages of your sales funnel. What are branded keywords? How important are branded keywords?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Know them all.

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Businesses Grow

MARCH 10, 2025

There’s a whole world of marketing disruption and opportunity to talk about, so let’s put GPT on pause for a moment and consider the State of the Nation and the 10 biggest marketing challenges. I get a broad, global perspective of marketing issues from the very largest companies to solopreneurs and startups.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

What makes this series compelling is the interviews with the toy developers, engineers, marketers, and executives of each brand. For a toy or pop culture enthusiast, this peek behind the curtain reveals how these iconic brands not only developed the toys but how they marketed to children. jkkalinowski Click To Tweet.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. In this post I will explain the 4 most common mistakes marketers make. Sounds easy right?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

AUGUST 4, 2016

Author: Pawan Deshpande Content marketers have a big challenge: continuously filling their content pipeline with fresh, insightful, and relevant information. Whether or not that’s your brand depends on the quality of your content. Whether or not that’s your brand depends on the quality of your content.

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Rock Content

MAY 14, 2023

Plagiarism in Content Marketing Plagiarism is a bad look any way you slice it and can add up to consequences for anyone involved in it. But content marketers need to be especially careful. The following are some ways any form of plagiarism can hurt a brand or a content agency.

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Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 12, 2019

There are even industry-specific quotes — the marketing industry is no exception. Why use marketing quotes? The following marketing quotes are universal — meaning, no matter the type of marketing you do or the type of business you work for, they’re here to help guide you and your team towards success. Let’s dive in.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lucky for you, we’re here to help you cut through the vanity-metric hype to find those beefy, meaty metrics that help you prove the true value of your social media marketing. #1 Vanity metrics in social media marketing In social media marketing, vanity metrics include follower count, likes, and comments. Clear data.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 6, 2020

Don’t forget to block out some time for one or two of the many marketing conferences that are scheduled for next year. There are literally dozens of marketing conferences coming up over the next 12 months in the US alone, not to mention the rest of the world (you can see my 2019 list to see how the selection compares with last year’s.).

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Hootsuite

JANUARY 10, 2024

And while some people are worried that the robots are here to take our jobs, we’re convinced they’re here to help us do our jobs better —especially when it comes to AI marketing tools. If you are a small team or solopreneur wanting to scale your reach and analytics capability, AI marketing tools can be a game-changer.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This is where a digital marketing agency steps in. Many B2B businesses opt for hiring outside help instead of in-house marketing because it’s easier to maintain a proactive approach. However, choosing a digital marketing agency isn’t a decision to take lightly—especially in a saturated market.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?

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Hubspot Marketing

JANUARY 7, 2024

Marketing seems simple, but it gets more complex as you break it down. If you don't already know about marketing careers, scanning jobs online could convince you that this isn't your dream job. But marketing is fun. Marketing a company is essentially grabbing a bullhorn and saying, "Hey! Let’s get started.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2017

If you work in a big, established company, a presentation on being a marketer on a small team, especially a small team in a startup, may not seem to apply to you. For most of his 15-plus years in marketing, Vishal has been his organization’s only resource for marketing, communications, and media relations.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

So here is my list of B2B Marketing Insider predictions for 2011. Customer satisfaction, loyalty and retention re-emerge as key metrics B2B marketers will use to measure the performance of their holistic marketing programs. Too many marketers and business executives still question the value of social media (mostly in private).

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. and “ what can we achieve ?”

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’ve already published my B2B Marketing predictions for 2011 and while I think I captured a good mix of new and traditional issues, I realized that one thing was missing: a common theme. And so this led me to the conclusion that the broader future of B2B Marketing is Social! This got me to thinking.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 17, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy August 17, 2010 Subscribe What Is Marketing Acceleration?

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Hubspot Marketing

JUNE 6, 2023

It's not solely the product that motivates people to come back to a brand, but rather the way they experience it. This is where experiential marketing comes in. In this post, we'll be taking a deep dive into what experiential marketing is and share 14 of the coolest campaigns that break down how this strategy effectively works.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? To introduce myself.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing. It used to be so easy.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. Using social media as a direct response vehicle - The reason for much of the success from B2C marketers is that the majority of their products are impulse purchases (i.e.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

So marketing sends more. So marketing tightens the quality standards and sends fewer but higher quality leads. My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Maybe this works for your company as long as the number of marketing touches does not annoy the prospect to the point that they want to walk away.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

I’ve talked before about why I believe that marketing has a marketing problem. Most people think marketing is just ads. Marketing isn’t sales. Marketing is simply a way of helping these customers and businesses find each other and build a mutually beneficial relationship. People hate ads. Who wants to be sold to?

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Hubspot Marketing

APRIL 28, 2020

Content managers have a hand in content strategy, creation, and distribution of marketing communications for a company. They're organized, well-versed in fostering a brand voice, and often know their way around a blog post. What are content managers, and what do they do? Content managers are creative.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy November 24, 2010 Subscribe A B2B Marketing Manifesto? required) to prove it.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy May 4, 2010 7 Subscribe Why am I in Marketing? To introduce myself.

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Pam Didner

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The biggest benefit of digital marketing is that everything is trackable. The biggest downfall of digital marketing is that everything is trackable. In essence, digital marketing is a lot of work, as is demand generation and working with sales. As a marketer, the way to support your sales team depends heavily on your job scope.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 10, 2010

In many ways, Social Media is simply another proof point of the power of customer-driven, inbound marketing. Push vs. Pull The battle has raged within B2B Marketing departments since the dawn of the web: push vs. pull, traditional direct marketing vs. newer inbound techniques like search. Who doesn’t accept this as fact?

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Martech

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Digital asset management platforms, often called DAMs, are marketing software that store, organize and make useful an organization’s entire library of digital assets. Marketing agencies might leverage DAM technology to help their customers maintain consistency across in-house content and creative developed by partners.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. Related Posts: Why am I in Marketing? This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 24, 2010

While marketers have embraced these chats as a way of connecting with fellow marketers and sharing ideas, companies/brands have been relatively non-existent in these conversations. This may be an untapped opportunity for brands to truly connect and build trust with their audiences. What do you think?

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