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content marketing
This chapter will give you an understanding of:
° digital marketing evolution
¢ B2B digital marketing channels
how media has changed
« digital and sales
« digital and marketing
the digital marketing evolution
Even in the past five years B2B marketing has undergone some dramatic
ars have seen the rise of content marketing, an increase in
shifts. Recent ye:
in marketing
content formats, the use of digital in marketing, the increase
technologies and the changing behaviours of customers in how they use
digital and online information.
Within B2B marketing there are two distinct for
transactional and relationship (or enterprise as it is somet
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this is very like consumer marketing and is
o small business customers. The customer
asier to measure as
ms of digital marketing:
times called); see
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business purchases of product;
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buying process and behaviours across the j
eal all of it occurs online. Relationship
ss requiring sales relationships to mar
between offline and online or at least an ap
s of the decision journey are not all digital.
shan cents are becoming more selective, more sem
in ow they want to be engaged by potenti? suppliers.
in some areas has become overused OF applied inapproP"
journey are &
digital marketing is built on a
et and sell; this requires inte-
preciation that some
sanding and vocal
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channel mix: digital channels
online vs offline
to customers perceiving it as a nuisance and subsequently requesting e-mails
from vendors to be stopped. Because of digital marketing and technologies,
business customers expect more from an organization; they expect to be
engaged in a timelier fashion per their needs,
Changing B2B digital marketing channels
Digital channels are the channels used to reach customers via online; over
recent years their breadth an
d versatility have increased. For companies still
making the shift, this will feel like a maze and somewhat impossible to
navigate.
eting channels are sometimes called vehicles; the main ones
engine optimization), online PR, social media, e-mail, video,
eed iarersing, website marketing and mobile. Their applica-
and mix will depend on the cust i i ;
‘omers, their buy ndor’s
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Digital mark,
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webinars, digitalDigital and content Marketing QUOD
priving forces
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tion’? We know from previous chapters that customers’ ee
a ave
ea immpact: The eee main driving forces that have influenced the
i igi i ‘ usa
ital marketing and digital applications are: accessibility, Be
of dig! i) .
. ity of information,
i availabilit;
and yersatil y
accessibility
In the past 10 years mobile devices have changed. As recently as 2003