by Lucy Allen | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
There has never been a more exciting time to be in content marketing. For starters, content is playing an increasingly dominant role in the B2B buying process. Per Gartner, only 17% of the buying process is spent meeting with suppliers – which means that 83% is...
by Morgan McLintic | Jan 26, 2023 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
So many podcasts, so little time, even at 1.5x. Which one should you listen to next? Time to change up that feed for 2023. We asked the team here at Firebrand what they are listening to and why. Modern Startup Marketing with Anna FurmanovWhy – you had us at...
by Morgan McLintic | Dec 16, 2022 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
It’s planning season, whether your year-end is based on the calendar or offset for a Feb 1 start like many startups. Budget-wise, we’re seeing some caution or minor trimming, but general confidence about 2023. The difference is mainly predicated on the need to raise...
by Lucy Allen | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
According to Gartner, 75% of B2B buyers consult three or more pieces of customer advocacy content before making a purchasing decision. To most marketers, those three pieces of content may as well be three Olympic gold medals: the hard-won, highly-celebrated outcome...
by Maura Lafferty | Nov 15, 2022 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
Search engines and the web are the most convenient and common starting point for journalists reporting on your company’s business trends in 2022. According to the MuckRack State of Journalism for 2022, 57% of journalists get their news from online newspapers or...
by Morgan McLintic | Aug 23, 2022 | Blog, Content, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Gated vs ungated content is a surprisingly fiery debate. The ungated camp argues that ungated content casts a wider net, and offers the opportunity for wider distribution, creating more purchase opportunities. Some developers even feel content-gating is too...