Ardath Albee

CEO, Marketing Interactions, Inc. |

Ardath Albee is CEO and B2B Marketing Strategist for her firm Marketing Interactions. She is an expert at creating contagious content and e-marketing strategies that engage prospects-from initial attention until they're sales ready. She has a unique ability to develop content strategies that work hand-in-glove with overall corporate and product positioning to deliver hard hitting e-marketing programs and tools that compel customers to buy. Ardath is the author of the popular book, eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale, recently released by McGraw-Hill.

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309 articles by Ardath Albee

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The Power of the B2B Buyer's Perspective
Nov. 28, 2014
The B2B Funnel is More Like a Pinball Machine
Oct. 26, 2014
Design B2B Marketing Content in Pursuit of Inquiry
Oct. 23, 2014
Why B2B Marketers Need a Ping-Pong Plan
March 5, 2014
Is Your B2B Content Tipping the Effort Scale?
Jan. 6, 2014
Viral Is Not the Game Point in Complex B2B Sales
Dec. 7, 2013
3 Critical Tips for B2B Buyer Personas
Aug. 2, 2012
Debunking B2B Marketing Buzzword "Engagement"
July 31, 2012
5 Points from the 2012 Buyersphere Report
July 19, 2012
Put Cost Effectiveness in Content Marketing
July 2, 2012
Content Curation Sneaks Up on Marketers
June 29, 2012
The Ripple Effect of Shiny-Object Syndrome
June 8, 2012
Robotic Email Campaigns Miss the Point
May 17, 2012
Can B2B Marketers Become Content Whisperers?
May 14, 2012
Designing Calls to Action for B2B Marketing Content
April 27, 2012
Content Marketing: Theory vs. Practice
April 22, 2012
Marketing Beyond the Chit Chat in Social Media
April 19, 2012
Changing the Conversation with Content
April 6, 2012
B2B Marketers Need Every-Click Attribution
March 23, 2012
Lost the Key to Your B2B Database?
March 14, 2012
Convince Execs to Convert to Content Marketing
March 13, 2012
B2B Marketing: Evolving or Stuck in the Mud?
March 9, 2012
What Purpose Do Your Buyer Personas Serve?
March 7, 2012
Why B2B Marketers Must Address Status Quo
Feb. 1, 2012
Are Shorter Sales Cycles a Wake-up Call for Marketers?
Jan. 25, 2012
6 Tips for B2B Vendors Becoming Publishers
Jan. 23, 2012
Why B2B Content Marketing Themes Fail
Dec. 27, 2011
Is Gaming Your Customers Okay?
Dec. 19, 2011
Redefining 'Gratification' for B2B Marketers
Nov. 26, 2011
Frequency: All the Time vs. at the Right Time
Nov. 14, 2011
The Secret to a Longer Life for Marketing Content
Nov. 3, 2011
The What Ifs? that Can Derail a Deal
Nov. 1, 2011
Deliver a Psychic Pizza with B2B Marketing
Oct. 24, 2011
Are B2B Salespeople Thought Leaders?
Oct. 19, 2011
Content Marketing Needs More Than Content
Oct. 11, 2011
Prime Your B2B Marketing Mind
Sept. 27, 2011
Balancing the Demand Equation
Sept. 20, 2011
What's Your Website Content Really Saying?
Aug. 25, 2011
Is Your B2B Lead Database Like Your Attic?
July 28, 2011
Treat Your Content with More Respect
July 21, 2011
Revenue Generation is Not a Trend
June 23, 2011
Create Content with Context
June 5, 2011
Stories are the Key to Buyer Engagement
May 27, 2011
Marketing and Sales - Two islands, no bridge?
May 17, 2011
The Contagious Content Challenge (Part 3)
May 7, 2011
The Job of a Lead Nurturing Email
April 28, 2011
4 Areas of Challenge in B2B Marketing
April 25, 2011
Is Meaning Getting Lost in Your Content?
April 22, 2011
One Content Asset Can't Do Everything
April 18, 2011
Scenarios Add Value to Marketing Content
April 15, 2011
Hello Mr. Customer; It's Me...Your Vendor
April 10, 2011
Go Beyond the Marketing Motions
April 6, 2011
Working with Marketing Content Writers
April 4, 2011
When Best Practices May Not Be Best
April 1, 2011
Writing Content is Not a Job for Sissies
March 30, 2011
26 Ways to Screw Up Your Content
March 27, 2011
Does Your Marketing Content Match Your Goals?
March 17, 2011
Do you know what tech buyers want?
March 12, 2011
The Biggest Question When Using B2B Social Media
Feb. 28, 2011
Stop the PR Madness
Feb. 11, 2011
Use Marketing Content as A Pipe Cleaner
Feb. 6, 2011
Make 3rd Party Content an Opportunity Not a Necessity
Jan. 26, 2011
The Power of Monotony in Content Marketing
Jan. 19, 2011
Measure the Value Prospects Assign to Your Marketing Content
Jan. 13, 2011
These B2B Leads Suck! Really?
Jan. 11, 2011
Where to Start Your Lead Nurturing Program
Jan. 8, 2011
Signs of Sybil in B2B Content Marketing
Jan. 4, 2011
Where Sales Can Lead Marketing Off Course
Jan. 3, 2011
Don't Put Your B2B Email In a Box
Dec. 29, 2010
Is What You Don't Know Tanking Your B2B Content Marketing Efforts?
Dec. 23, 2010
Is Marketing a Numbers Game?
Dec. 18, 2010
Sales Support as B2B Marketing Leadership
Dec. 13, 2010
Are You Letting the Competition Drive Your Marketing?
Dec. 8, 2010
Writing is a Critical B2B Marketing Skill
Dec. 6, 2010
B2B Lead Nurturing and Social Media
Dec. 2, 2010
The Left Brain Model for B2B Demand Gen
Nov. 30, 2010
Buyers Set the Pace for B2B eMarketing
Nov. 17, 2010
Is Internal Marketing in Your B2B Go-to-Market Strategy?
Nov. 15, 2010
How to Keep Marketing Vs. Sales Alive and Thriving
Nov. 11, 2010
Does Sales Care About Alignment with Marketing?
Nov. 9, 2010
Multiple-Personality Disorder in B2B Marketing Content
Nov. 8, 2010
Cold Calling with Content
Nov. 3, 2010
Marketo Revenue Cycle Analytics Power Strategy
Oct. 29, 2010
Sending an Email Is NOT Nurturing
Oct. 26, 2010
What Does Your Funnel Look Like?
Oct. 21, 2010
When B2B Buyer's Needs Don't Create Demand
Oct. 15, 2010
How do you define a High Quality Lead?
Oct. 1, 2010
The New B2B Marketing Manifesto
Sept. 24, 2010
When Thought Leadership Isn't
Sept. 20, 2010
Embrace Articles for B2B Content Marketing
Sept. 13, 2010
Give Marketing Content a Job Description
Sept. 3, 2010
Tech Buyers Find Salespeople Lacking
Aug. 30, 2010
Juan Eloqua's Grande Guide to Lead Scoring
Aug. 25, 2010
Marketing Automation Needs a Relationship
Aug. 4, 2010
Manticore Technology VII Enhancements Boost Marketing Performance Management
July 28, 2010
The Fallacy of No Competition
July 26, 2010
How to Get UnLinked on LinkedIn
July 23, 2010
Is Sales Stepping on Your Marketing Dialogue?
July 22, 2010
Do You Plan For The Content Experience?
July 12, 2010
Using Editorial Calendars in B2B Content Marketing
July 1, 2010
Can Sales Finish Marketing's Sentence?
June 25, 2010
In B2B Marketing the Sum is Greater than the Parts
June 15, 2010
Use Online Collaboration Effectively for Sales Meetings
June 13, 2010
Staying Top of Mind is Not the Goal for Email Marketing
June 6, 2010
Takeaways from The Great Content Marketing Experiment
May 23, 2010
B2B Marketers Need Big-Picture Thinking
May 21, 2010
Use Story Elements in B2B Marketing Content
May 12, 2010
3 Problems with Product-Focused B2B Websites
May 10, 2010
Survey Highlights Contradictions for B2B Marketers
May 5, 2010
The Fallacy of Control for B2B Marketers
May 2, 2010
The Flip Side of B2B Marketing Ideas
April 27, 2010
7 "Rs" for B2B Marketing Content Planning
April 24, 2010
B2B Buyers' Use of Social Media - BUYERsphere Report
April 20, 2010
Twitter Should Not Be Confused with Speed Dating for Prospects
April 11, 2010
No B2B Messaging Should Be Overlooked
April 9, 2010
How to Use Cliffhangers in B2B Marketing Content
April 8, 2010
The Difference Between Features and Value
April 5, 2010
Why Opt Out is Not a B2B Marketing Strategy
April 1, 2010
Help B2B Buyers Find Their Place in The Story
March 29, 2010
Why a Blog Improves Social Media for B2B
March 25, 2010
It Takes More than Traffic to Generate B2B Leads
March 22, 2010
Does Curated Content Drive Vendor Preference?
March 19, 2010
Social Relevance Plays a Role In Vendor Selection
March 17, 2010
Social Media is Content at the Speed of Change
March 11, 2010
Does Your Content Marketing Make You Different?
March 4, 2010
6 Ways B2B Marketers Can "Listen" Effectively
March 1, 2010
B2B Marketers Need to Look Beyond Decision Makers
Feb. 26, 2010
Content Marketing is for Customers Too!
Feb. 24, 2010
Issues with Corp-sourcing Marketing Content
Feb. 14, 2010
Is Your Marketing Content Wardrobe Complete?
Feb. 6, 2010
What's the Cost When Sales Tries to Do it All?
Feb. 4, 2010
Prospect Intelligence is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Feb. 1, 2010
Find Out What Buyers Want
Jan. 21, 2010
No Differentiation in Corporate Messaging
Jan. 8, 2010
Advanced Lead Nurturing Tactics - Webinar
Jan. 7, 2010
Get the Guide: Design Nurturing Programs to Drive Sales
Jan. 4, 2010
Email is Still the Sharing Superstar
Dec. 28, 2009
Is Your B2B Marketing Content Reader Friendly?
Dec. 15, 2009
Whose Reputation is Your Marketing Content Building?
Dec. 7, 2009
Marketing Content Should Educate Both of You
Dec. 4, 2009
27 Benefits from B2B Lead Nurturing
Nov. 30, 2009
Do Your Marketing Emails LIE?
Nov. 26, 2009
eBook: Tune Up Your Customer Focus
Nov. 11, 2009
CSO Insights Sales Performance Optimization Survey
Nov. 5, 2009
What Nuances Differentiate Your Company?
Nov. 1, 2009
Create content to engage early-stage leads
Oct. 21, 2009
Inbound and Outbound: The Marketing Power Couple
Oct. 3, 2009
Why can't selling be more like buying?
Sept. 30, 2009
Lead Nurturing is NOT About Campaigns
Sept. 27, 2009
Spam is not Marketing Content
Sept. 15, 2009
Sales 2.0 Conference: Creating a More Productive Sales Pipeline
Sept. 13, 2009
The Truth About Trust in Business
Sept. 8, 2009
How do your prospects know?
Sept. 4, 2009
Are Marketer's Priorities Skewed?
Sept. 1, 2009
What will your customers do?
Aug. 22, 2009
Responding to B2B Prospect Behavior
Aug. 20, 2009
When Does Content Count Most?
Aug. 19, 2009
B2B Marketing is NOT a Speed Sport
Aug. 15, 2009
Why Buyers Need Educational Content
Aug. 11, 2009
B2B Website: a Marketing Tool or a Sales Tool?
Aug. 9, 2009
Professional Services Marketing Hot of the Presses
Aug. 3, 2009
Beauty or the Beast: Which is your B2B Newsletter?
July 30, 2009
Handicapping Your B2B Target Market
July 17, 2009
Many B2B Websites Still Suck Wind
July 13, 2009
B2B Marketing Content Turn Offs
July 9, 2009
B2B Prospects in Funnels more than Pipelines
July 6, 2009
B2B Marketing Zone Launches
July 3, 2009
Plan B2B Content for the Takeaway
July 2, 2009
Kitchen-Sink Content is a Recipe for Failure
June 29, 2009
Socialize B2B Customer Advocacy
June 28, 2009
Tech Buyers Use Collateral for Purchase Decisions
June 25, 2009
Social Media should be like Smile & Move
June 19, 2009
Accountability is not Effectiveness...Or is it?
June 16, 2009
E-Book: Sales Management 2.0 by CSO Insights
June 12, 2009
Narrow is the New Wide for B2B Marketing Content
June 3, 2009
Forgettable Follow-up on B2B Content Offers
June 1, 2009
Why B2B Salespeople Say they Win Software Sales
May 21, 2009
How much revenue is sitting idle in your pipeline?
May 14, 2009
CMOs lack credibility with CEOs
May 12, 2009
Are Your Prospects Getting Whiplash?
May 4, 2009
Don't speak AT me, speak WITH me
April 30, 2009
How to Find New Customers - Combo Pack
April 28, 2009
Roper Study Shows People Engage with Custom Content
April 22, 2009
Sales Stimulus Package for B2B Marketers too!
April 15, 2009
SMBs get C- grade for marketing and innovation
April 13, 2009
Customer Nurturing for Up and Cross Sell
April 10, 2009
Reclaiming Leads from Sales
April 9, 2009
Virtual Events plus Twitter ROCK!
April 6, 2009
Stimulate Prospect Interactions
March 27, 2009
Define Your Target Market
March 24, 2009
Industrial Strength Prospect Intelligence
March 20, 2009
The 60 second marketing website challenge
March 19, 2009
Marketing Mismatch on Data Needs
March 14, 2009
Marketing Metrics: The Hard and The Soft
March 13, 2009
Marketers Cannot Control the Message
March 9, 2009
Genius.com Helps Marketing and Sales Create Dynamic Engagement
March 2, 2009
Nurturing Programs for Webinars
Feb. 27, 2009
Linear vs. Holistic B2B Marketing Stories
Feb. 25, 2009
Promote Nurturing with Signature Lines
Feb. 20, 2009
How human is your b2b company online?
Feb. 18, 2009
Podcasts for Sales Enablement
Feb. 17, 2009
Has your prospect's worldview changed?
Feb. 13, 2009
It takes more than a white paper...
Feb. 10, 2009
Conversion Metrics Aren't the Whole Meal
Feb. 7, 2009
The Gooey Center of Marketing
Feb. 3, 2009
Do prospects respond to the bucket approach?
Jan. 16, 2009
The Marketing Content Factory
Jan. 13, 2009
How effectively are you using B2B data?
Jan. 7, 2009
Lift Revenues 70% By Cleaning Up Dirty B2B Data
Jan. 3, 2009
Marketing Vision 2009 expanded - Part 4: Storytelling
Dec. 22, 2008
Marketing and the Decision Maker(s)
Dec. 17, 2008
Marketing Vision for 2009
Dec. 14, 2008
Lead Nurturing Belongs in Your Recession Strategy
Dec. 9, 2008
Recession Marketing: Use the marketing data you have now
Dec. 4, 2008
Survey Shows Online Customer Engagement is Essential
Dec. 1, 2008
What are you doing with user-participation content?
Nov. 26, 2008
Proof Online Marketing Content Builds Engagement
Nov. 25, 2008
Status Quo is a Buying Stage
Nov. 21, 2008
What happened to the sales funnel?
Nov. 15, 2008
Marketing choices run amuck
Nov. 13, 2008
A lead is a terrible thing to waste
Nov. 6, 2008
Does Prospect Segmentation Work?
Nov. 5, 2008
What to do when eMarketing engagement levels drop
Nov. 1, 2008
How Sales Can Improve Marketing Intelligence
Oct. 30, 2008
Are you treating your "friends" like prospects?
Oct. 28, 2008
Formatting Choices for Marketing Content
Oct. 23, 2008
Put that STAKE in the ground
Oct. 17, 2008
Take the Customer Engagement Survey
Oct. 9, 2008
Proof Customer Experience Impacts Your Business
Oct. 8, 2008
eBook Download: Amplify Buyer Attention
Oct. 6, 2008
Build Relationships ONE Step at a Time
Oct. 2, 2008
Improve content by talking about what you sell
Sept. 29, 2008
Sales SheBang: What to Say When They Just Don't Get It
Sept. 26, 2008
The Expansion of Seasoned Interest
Sept. 24, 2008
Search Determines Context and Credibility
Sept. 20, 2008
Interpretation vs. Perspective to Marketing Communications
Sept. 18, 2008
B2B Websites Need to Focus on the Long Term
Sept. 16, 2008
Who do your prospects trust?
Sept. 14, 2008
How to LOSE more than the deal
Sept. 12, 2008
Triggering Event Assumptions - Risky or Relevant?
Sept. 9, 2008
Email marketing tips...brief, bold and germane
Sept. 3, 2008
Content Design for Nurturing Insights
Aug. 20, 2008
Inactive Leads - Keep or Purge?
Aug. 15, 2008
Marketing Behaviors that Build Trust
Aug. 11, 2008
The beauty of a niche
July 31, 2008
Sales Success Stories are Tools
July 18, 2008
Is Your Email Purposeful?
July 16, 2008
The One-Off Marketing Plan
July 14, 2008
Is Your Corporate Blog Boring?
July 5, 2008
Execute Your Online Marketing Strategy
June 23, 2008
Learn about leads by the content they read
June 20, 2008
The State of Dissatisfaction in Execution
June 18, 2008
Virtual Events - As good as being there?
June 16, 2008
Plug Your Marketing Leaks
June 11, 2008
Demand Facilitation - The New Take on Lead Gen?
June 4, 2008
Sway - Street Musician or Concert Violinist?
June 3, 2008
The jargonization of "hyper"
May 30, 2008
Measure Topic Density to Get Closer to Buyers
May 27, 2008
Is Sales Irrelevant?
May 15, 2008
Getting Marketing and Sales to Align
May 14, 2008
New eBook: Why Marketing Stories Have Catch
May 5, 2008
The Opt In is NOT The End of it
May 1, 2008
Autotarget - a "persona" based segmentation tool
April 30, 2008
Why do you lose the sale?
April 29, 2008
What happens when marketing and sales don't talk
April 28, 2008
Buyer Synopsis as Guide to Lead Scoring
April 25, 2008
The New Rules of Custom Publishing
April 22, 2008
Analyzing Website Visitor Thought Processes
April 17, 2008
B2B Custom Content Use and Effectiveness
April 16, 2008
Take a Walk in Your Customer's Shoes
April 15, 2008
Create Opportunities on LinkedIn
April 14, 2008
Scoring Online Content Engagement
April 10, 2008
Does marketing have a checklist or a strategy?
April 8, 2008
How deliberate are you about business?
April 3, 2008
Vendor and Channel Alignment Rates an F
April 1, 2008
What does a lead's score really mean?
March 27, 2008
What's the shelf life of content?
March 25, 2008
Is the Language Marketing Uses Non-functional?
March 21, 2008
Create a Content Strategy for Lead Momentum
March 19, 2008
Simplicity - What a concept!
March 18, 2008
The Marketing-to-CIO Wish List
March 14, 2008
Who has marketing conversations?
March 12, 2008
Women: A Market to Reckon With
March 11, 2008
Viral Campaign Pay-off
March 6, 2008
Case Studies vs Customer Stories
March 5, 2008
Niche Messaging
March 4, 2008
Sales Interruptus
Feb. 29, 2008
Tune Content for Buyer Stages
Feb. 18, 2008
Marketing communications people "hear"
Feb. 17, 2008
Emulating #1 is a faulty strategy
Feb. 15, 2008
Connect with the "multi-minding" woman
Feb. 11, 2008
Joe Pulizzi Talks about Junta42 and Content Marketing
Feb. 8, 2008
Marketing Data - How Clean is Yours?
Feb. 6, 2008
Marketing Storytelling through Actions
Feb. 5, 2008
Lead Scoring Conundrum
Jan. 31, 2008
Lack of Measurement Means Ineffective Marketing
Jan. 27, 2008
Is Trigger Content in Your Strategy?
Jan. 25, 2008
Junta42 Announces Top Marketing Blogs
Jan. 23, 2008
The Power of Personalization Study
Jan. 22, 2008
Catch Me, If You Can - free eBook!
Jan. 21, 2008
Value is Perception
Jan. 19, 2008
Web Metrics vs. Lead Metrics
Jan. 19, 2008
Is information truly valuable or merely useful?
Dec. 27, 2007
Microsites for Responsive Marketing
Dec. 19, 2007
Map Needs to Problems for Relevant Marketing
Dec. 18, 2007
Give Your Expert Opinion on Customer Retention
Dec. 14, 2007
Are Your "Sizzling Hot" Leads a Bit Chilly?
Dec. 13, 2007
What tone is your marketing?
Dec. 11, 2007
Surviving in the "Value Age?"
Dec. 6, 2007

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