Sean Parnell
How Content Marketing Can Drive Double-Digit Sales Growth
With signs pointing up for the U.S. economy, despite inflation and supply chain challenges, manufacturers, software developers, service providers, and nonprofits have a unique opportunity to grow their share of the market.
But it won’t happen for everyone. As with luck, economic tailwinds favor the prepared. That’s why it’s critical to establish an effective content marketing strategy.
Door knocking, cold calling, and tradeshows might have been effective in the past but that’s no longer the case for most businesses – even if you can find enough salespeople to do it.
Today’s markets demand educational, online content – with information that helps educate prospects who are increasingly researching solutions before ever speaking to you.
... Continue Reading >>How to Boost WordPress Productivity & Security
Considering the presence of GoDaddy, Network Solutions, HostGator, your cousin’s IT company, and even onsite servers, there’s no lack of hosting options for your website. So how do you know if you’ve got the right one and what should you even look for?
Many organizations choose a web hosting service by perusing a list of functions instead of thinking about an overall digital marketing strategy. The right hosting service can save you time, money, boost your productivity, secure your website.
If that sounds like more than you can ask of a web host, it isn’t.
One of the best website solutions our clients have taken advantage of in recent years is WP Engine,
... Continue Reading >>ZoomInfo: Build Your Prospect Database & Supercharge Your Outbound Marketing
Finding the right businesses to target in your outbound campaigns is tedious and time consuming, and the results can be underwhelming.
We often see clients attempting to gather their own contact lists via LinkedIn, or through other online list building tools. Some even – shudder – purchase pre-built lists because it’s an easy way to gather a large quantity of contacts. The lists from these activities can contain inaccurate data, leading to high bounce rates that hurt your sending reputation with your email provider. Not to mention that these contacts aren’t always the right fit for your business.
So, how do you find the right people to reach out to? How do you know who the decision makers are?
... Continue Reading >>How to Get the Most out of Google Ads for the Least Amount of Spend
While getting results from pay-per-click (PPC) advertising on Google Ads can seem expensive, complicated and mysterious, it can have a significant impact on lead generation and increasing client acquisition with a clear strategy and experienced execution.
With a platform that processes over 8.5 billion searches a day, Google Ads can provides serious reach. According to Google’s annual economic Impact report, companies that advertise on Google Ads generate $2 for every $1 spent, on average.
What Google doesn’t tell you, however, is that it’s easy to spend a lot of money for little or no result if your campaigns are managed by someone without extensive experience, a bit of Google savvy in avoiding common traps,
... Continue Reading >>6 Criteria for Identifying the Best Fit Web CMS
Are you looking to develop a new website but aren’t sure what to build it on?
How confident are you that you’re on the best fit website content management system (CMS) for you organization? Thinking about migrating?
Whether you’re looking to migrate your website or develop a new one, here’s a quick guide for helping you identify what to look for in a new web CMS.
Create & Edit Content in Seconds (All Users)
Your CMS should enable you to creating and edit content without having to be a website developer and/or know HTML. For this to be possible, you need a user-friendly interface, starting with an ability to quickly select a theme or use a template that matches your brand so you can instantly start creating content without a developer.
... Continue Reading >>How Do Custom B2B Marketing Programs Work?
Business owners and marketing executives of business-to-business (B2B) companies face a major challenge: to dramatically increase lead generation and sales without having the right mix of marketing skills on their team.
They turn to marketing agencies for help, but spend a lot of money without getting results.
Custom and comprehensive marketing programs produce results by increasing demand generation for B2B clients because they take a holistic approach to all 4 Ps of marketing – product, placement (channels), pricing, and promotion.
Unlike what is very common in B2B marketing, where companies move from promotion to promotion without an overall strategy, it’s important to avoid “hit-and-run” marketing. Piecemeal marketing generates piecemeal results,
... Continue Reading >>Custom B2B Marketing Programs vs. The Traditional Marketing Agency Approach
Generate Breakthrough B2B Marketing Results with a Customized & Holistic Program
If your B2B marketing efforts generate more costs than leads, you’re not alone. Too many B2B owners, marketing directors and sales executives fall victim to a marketing strategy that isn’t crafted around the different needs of B2B enterprises. They spend a lot of money for generic programs or splashy products, and end up frustrated when the efforts don’t generate qualified leads or profitable growth.
That is why we offer clients a custom and holistic B2B-focused marketing program designed to produce measurable results and profitable growth, with strategies built around the needs and goals of your business.
Causes of Ineffective Marketing
Failure can take a variety of paths:
- Buying the empty promises of marketing agencies that lack expertise and experience around the unique requirements of B2B marketing efforts
- Buying shiny objects like marketing automation and other software that require a lot of time,
4 Simple Ways to Improve Marketing for Nonprofits
The right combination of digital marketing and outreach can attract donors and expand the impact of your organization. Here are four simple ways to do so:
- Audit Your Website
A website audit provides key insights into what is and isn’t working for you, including efficacy of your messaging, search engine optimization, site speed and other Google core web vitals, mobile/desktop usability, and more.
- Calculate Your Return on Mission (ROM)
Return on investment (ROI) is one thing but ROM is essential for calculating and communicating the impact you have, especially to attract more donors and grants. Quantifying ROM and connecting the dots between what people donate and the ROM it can generated can strengthen your messaging and increase fundraising.
... Continue Reading >>Marketing Agency vs. In-House Hiring: What Works Best?
With 25 years in B2B marketing—from market research to product management to agency consulting—I have found that marketing firms have a 3x faster and bigger impact than a full-time hire, often at a lower cost – if you find the right agency, and these two approaches are not mutually exclusive.
Effective Demand Generation Requires a Multitude of Skillsets
Marketing agencies use a team of specialists vs. expecting one person to be able to do it all. Maximizing demand and lead generation today requires a multitude of skill sets – here are the top 16:
... Continue Reading >>HubSpot Marketing Hub Starter vs. Professional: Which Is Better for Your Business?
The marketing automation and CRM software market is becoming more saturated each year – market research firm Prescient & Strategic Intelligence estimates a 13.1% compound annual growth rate of the industry by 2030.
Whether or not your company already uses a marketing automation platform, the message is clear: many businesses are discovering the benefits of marketing automation to tie together all of their marketing efforts in one place. But with all the big-name systems to choose from, where do you start, and how much do you invest?
This leads to another question: what do you need? Let’s explore these options within the HubSpot Marketing Hub. While we do not work solely with HubSpot (looking at you,
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