Fact: Many B2B content efforts—despite generating an avalanche of words and ideas—do little to move the conversation forward. In fact, most B2B creative is "ineffective,” according to recent findings from the LinkedIn B2B Institute and market research agency System1--quite a sobering stat. So what’s wrong with this picture and what... read more →
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