A recent report by the Content Marketing Institute and Adobe found that successful marketers are using webinars to deliver thought leadership content and 50% of marketers report plans to incorporate more webinars into their content marketing mix.
Learning something new, whether it’s a new skill or new software, can be overwhelming and intimidating. Just the idea of hauling yourself up and over the learning curve is exhausting, and a primary driver of procrastination. Presenters new to webinar delivery are no exception as they face a transition period becoming comfortable with their new virtual presentation environment.
While a webinar program manager is often head down working hard in the nitty gritty details of webinar production, the most successful webinar managers habitually choose to take time to focus on the bigger picture. Here are six habits that make webinar marketers successful.
When thinking of moving an activity that is traditionally done in a physical setting to a virtual format – such as new-hire onboarding or training, there is sometimes a perception that the activity will be significantly less effective, or can not easily be replicated when brought online. And this is for good reason – a critical best practice we have observed in keeping an audience engaged, is to get them to participate.
Wayne Turmel, author of 6 Weeks to a Great Webinar, led a great discussion on when and how to use webinars throughout the buyer’s journey to accelerate buyers up the lead ladder on a recent Adobe Connect webinar. Here are a few key takeaways:
Hot off the press is our new ebook ‘The Content Marketer’s Guide to Webinars’ available for free through Adobe. This ebook is a comprehensive collection of webinar best practices and how-to’s. If you are starting a webinar program or improving/expanding your existing program, this guide is a must read.
While some marketers insist that webinars belong in only one stage of the customer buying journey, this belief is quickly becoming outdated. As my team at Adobe discovered in a recent study conducted with the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), more and more marketers are gaining value from webinars produced at several stages of the buying cycle – especially stages higher in the funnel.
The way people consume content has changed dramatically in the course of the last few years. DVRs have taught us that we can expect to watch content when we want it, at the pace we want. Mobile devices have taught us that we can watch content in smaller, bite sized pieces, wherever we are located. Social networks have exponentially increased the number of individuals across which we can share information and recommendations. Yet, most of the corporate eLearning world remains in an environment where training is delivered top-down, in a we tell you what, when, and where to learn” type of fashion, chained to rigid Learning Management System software.
A new study and report released today finds that successful marketers are using webinars for thought leadership and 50% of marketers report plans to incorporate more webinars into their content marketing mix. When the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) came out with the 2014 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends research report, it reported that webinars were ranked as the 3rd most effective content marketing tactic (tied with videos) and 62% of marketers were using webinars (up from 59% in 2013)
Do this. Don’t do that. Yep, this is another list of dos and don’ts to add to your life. Following the below best practices will elevate your webinar registration and attendance conversion rates – helping to preserve your promotion and campaign investments.