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Masters of Marketing 2023: It’s Time to Stop Thinking B2B and B2C Marketing are Different 

Brunner

Tony Ezell strode to the ANA conference stage and posed a provocative question for marketers: “Are B2C and B2B marketing and brand evolution really any different?” Ezell shared the successes BD has had due to its more unified B2B/B2C approach and an integrated brand architecture strategy.

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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Yet their research also showed that few CEOs recognize the potential for marketing as a growth accelerator. The first is to define what you need from marketing.

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The Marketing Impact of Content Strategy: A Data-Driven Roadmap to Engage Your Audiences

Brunner

At Brunner, we think of content strategy as the foundational guide for creating, distributing, and managing strategic content to meet specific business and marketing goals. How can content strategy affect our daily lives as marketers? Delaney Held is lead, content marketing at Brunner. What is content strategy? She holds a B.A.

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How Influencer Marketing Can Drive Business Impact for B2B Brands

Brunner

When you think of influencer marketing, you probably picture trendy teens on social media showing off their latest fashion finds, beauty products, or tech gadgets. But the power of influencer partnerships isn’t just for B2C companies looking to connect with customers. How Can B2B Brands Benefit from Influencers?

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Why should your company be a Business to Experience company?

mjvinnovation

These companies caused an unprecedented movement in the banking sector by elevating the consumer to the role of protagonist in the process of developing new digital products and services. For B2E, it is through experiences that companies will be able to retain customer loyalty and turn brand discourse into action. How does B2E work?

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AI Meets Design Thinking: Crafting a People-Centric Business Future

Tullio Siragusa

We transitioned from B2B or B2C to P2P. We witnessed a business paradigm shift from B2B and B2C to P2P — people to people. The Empathetic AI Where traditional market research methods might skim the surface, AI dives deep. For instance, consider a solar power company venturing into a new geographic market.

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To reach young adults, companies like The Home Depot Rental are finding success on TikTok

Brunner

In particular, the company wanted to connect with Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, who are first- or second-time homeowners and have renovations or ongoing projects to complete. . TikTok puts video storytelling at everyone’s fingertips — including companies that are competing for share of voice on overcrowded platforms. .

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