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Gold Medal Marketing: 5 Lessons B2B Marketers Can Learn From the Winter Olympics
What can the inspiring athletes of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and their compelling stories teach us about crafting the very best in B2B marketing? B2B marketers can elevate their 2022 marketing efforts by taking a close look at some of the powerful characteristics currently on display in Beijing, whether it’s the endurance of Nordic skiers, the swiftness of speed skaters, the strength of downhill skiers, the all-around fitness of hockey players, or the transformative grace of figure skaters. Let’s strap on our B2B marketing skis, don our digital thinking caps, and glide along the pristine snow as we take […]
Why Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Matter More than Ever for B2B Marketing
The team at TopRank Marketing asked me to write a blog post on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in B2B Marketing. Every introduction I wrote rang hollow. I talked about how representation matters, including a post with an adorable kid overjoyed at seeing himself onscreen in Encanto. I tried starting with a statistic about brand values. I tried starting with a question: What is a cis straight white guy doing writing a post about diversity, equity and inclusion? The idea was to follow up that rhetorical question with a post that would justify its own existence. But it turns out that […]
New Google Search Updates & How B2B Marketers Can Use Them To Elevate Efforts
In 2022 Google has made changes that affect what B2B marketers are able to accomplish with its search and advertising offerings, but how can these sometimes subtle changes be utilized to elevate marketing efforts in the year ahead? Google’s recent search updates — and its plans for the year ahead — offer B2B marketers new opportunities and challenges. Here’s a look at five changes, and how they can help improve your B2B marketing efforts in 2022. 1 — Google & The Cyclical Nature of Content Delivery Evolution Gary Illyes, webmaster trends analyst at Google, recently joined fellow Google associates John […]
B2B Marketers on the Move: 2022 Brings New Opportunities
The B2B marketing landscape consists of swift changes, with growth often happening at a speedy pace that can sometimes be difficult to fully appreciate. For over 20 years TopRank Marketing has been honored to help some of the world’s top B2B marketers and brands elevate and go beyond merely being competitive, to standing out from the crowd with a variety of creative and award-winning successes. In this spirit we regularly like to take a moment to congratulate and honor business marketers, thought leaders, industry influencers and our own team members who have recently advanced in their careers. When B2B marketers […]
Why There’s a Need for Creative Storytelling in B2B Tech and How Influencer Marketing Can Accelerate Results
Today’s B2B marketers have more challenges than ever, making it hard to cut through the noise and deliver results for their companies. In all of their efforts they must maintain a focus on connecting with new audiences, expanding their reach, and building relationships founded on a sense of mutual trust. Here are a few examples of some of the biggest challenges today’s B2B marketers are facing: Finding ways to boost marketing efficiency: Marketers are often expected to achieve greater results with fewer resources, so finding ways to maximize efficiency is critical to achieve success within budgetary parameters. Increasing marketing impact: […]
Happy Holidays & 2022 Wishes from the Team at TopRank Marketing
Positivity may not be what first comes to mind when B2B marketers the world over describe 2022, yet during this holiday season it’s the positive energy, outlook, and attitudes from our team, clients, associates, family and friends that spring forth. Overcoming the world’s continuing shared challenges with positivity has brought us closer together in new ways, even as most of us collaborate in creative remote and hybrid ways, and as we enter the holiday season all of us at TopRank Marketing bring you special wishes for health and happiness. We wish you and your family a joy-filled holiday season filled […]
25 Women of Color Who Rocked B2B Marketing in 2021
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Broadcast Your B2B Marketing with a Brand Voice that Rings True
Last month, the sports world mourned the loss of John Madden, an iconic broadcaster who – for many of us – became the voice of NFL football. Overshadowing his illustrious career as a head coach, which included a Super Bowl victory, Madden is best known as a legendary color commentator – likely the most recognizable and beloved in the history of football, if not all of professional sports. What is it about Madden that made his voice and narration so resonant with fans? If you read through some of the various tributes to emerge since his passing, a few recurring […]
5 Micro-Scale B2B Influencer Marketing Moves That Can Make A Monumental Impact
Can seemingly minute marketing maneuvers combine to make a truly monumental impact? When you’re talking about the power of influence in B2B marketing, even some of the tiniest digital interactions can — when done smartly — lead to the loftiest of business successes. These tiny digital touches can create enduring relationships, amplify talent, feed the increasing need for unique B2B content experiences, and even supercharge our connections with more compelling stories. Just as a single small stone joins others to form huge mountains including K2 and Mount Everest, sometimes it’s the smallest moves marketers make that end up on the […]
Three of the Biggest Opportunities to Elevate B2B Marketing in 2022
Even if 2020 and 2021 didn’t throw buckets of uncertainty, accelerated digital transformation and massively shifting buyer behaviors and expectations on marketers in the business to business world, B2B marketing is not without challenges. From “boring to boring” to woefully behind B2C, there’s more than enough opportunity for us in the B2B marketing world to raise the bar. For example, 90% of B2B companies feel their customers completely believe in and rely upon their commitments, but in the professional services industry only 67% believe that. It’s even lower in the financial services industry at 57%. Forrester I think you’ll agree […]