If you can’t measure marketing ROI, find the right alternative

By Eric Wittlake, {grow} Contributing Columnist We’ve all seen it. We’ve probably all done it. Maybe as recently as today (gulp). “…and our click rate is 30% above the benchmark!” Click rate? No one cares!! Yet this isn’t uncommon. We are still reporting back to the business we are charged to support using metrics that […]

Stop Nurturing Me

Today’s marketing “nurturing” is broken. This is what it should mean to you.

Do People Trump Content in Marketing?

The world is digital. We find, research, and buy online. But when it comes to big decisions, we still lean on real people, even if that leaning is often digital content in marketing

Three Tips for Improving Twitter Ad Campaigns

By Eric Wittlake, {grow} Contributing Columnist You could say I’ve become mildly addicted to Twitter ads recently. Without the benefits of business information, like LinkedIn, or granular interest information, like Facebook, Twitter ad campaigns are a unique challenge for B2B marketers, and that makes a successful program that much more rewarding. Over the last 12 […]

The Chasm of Expectations Between B2B Marketers and Buyers

By Eric Wittlake, {grow} Contributing Columnist If marketing cannot reach potential buyers, if it cannot engage them, if it cannot capture and hold their attention, even briefly, marketing will disappear. It will be like the tree that falls in a deserted forest. Of course, this would never happen… or would it? I recently attended LinkedIn’s […]