B2B Marketing Directions

JANUARY 14, 2023

In the September 2022 edition of The CMO Survey , respondents reported spending 8.9% (mean) of their marketing budget on analytics, a decade-long all-time high. Three for the price of two' offers and extended-payment layaway plans became widespread because they worked - not because marketers had run scientific studies."

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B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In fact, multiple studies dating back to the early years of the last century have repeatedly shown that companies that maintain their spending on marketing and advertising during an economic downturn outperform those that slash their marketing and advertising budgets. This step is essential for two reasons.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 21, 2010

How does one generate high quality, educated leads, not just site visitors on a marketing budget that is less than 1% of the projected revenue? In short, they are doing things that help them get found online. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div. of Tiecas, Inc.

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Conversica

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This means that we might see 2024 budgets get more healthy in anticipation of a recovery. There’s been lots of news about layoffs or minimally reduced 2023 budgets. This is a strategy many businesses take, hoping to maintain stock prices by adjusting costs in anticipation of lower revenues. Wishing you a happy New Year!

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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 29, 2011

Client counts are reported only for 2008 through mid 2011. Eloqua doesn’t offer an explanation, but my guess is heavy competition forced them to reduce prices during this period. Operating expenses grew sharply through 2008, nearly outpacing revenue. I expected it to grow as Eloqua sold into larger accounts.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

It hit the market with flashy TV commercials and a "fresh face" in 2008, but since then has faced numerous operating losses resulting in budget cuts that caused a blow to its research and development. It's been a long time since HTC was considered a leader in the world of mobile devices. Aha -- note that last part about AR.

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Bannerflow

APRIL 6, 2023

For example, the 2008 recession shook various economies to their core causing a 13% decline in the entire U.S. According to a recent report from the International Business Barometer , more than half of all businesses are bracing themselves for the next recession by preparing to slash their marketing budgets over the next year.

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 19, 2009

It also determines that the price of an inbound generated lead is 3x less than the price of an outbound generated lead, $84 versus $220. I accept that, and I truly believe there is a place for inbound marketing in all of our marketing budgets. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. Outbound: Telemarketing,Email, Events).

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Smashmouth Marketing

MARCH 4, 2009

It also determines that the price of an inbound generated lead is 3x less than the price of an outbound generated lead, $84 versus $220. I accept that, and I truly believe there is a place for inbound marketing in all of our marketing budgets. Inbound: SEO, SEM, Blogs. Outbound: Telemarketing, Email, Events).

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Valasys

JULY 31, 2020

NewsCred has retained its software platform offering end-to-end campaign management, budgeting and resource management, tools for content creation, robust publishing integrations, and powerful performance and content analytics, while its content marketing services have been acquired by Industry Drive.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

But there are plenty of other options, particularly for marketers with limited budgets. Here are some alternatives that will come in at or below Marketo’s published starting price of $2,400 per month (or $1,500 for their “Lite” version). (To Pardot : another pretty powerful product; see my blog review from December 2008.

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Digital B2B Marketing

APRIL 20, 2011

As the economy turns sour, and IT budgets remain flat or get reduced, doing more with the infrastructure you have has never been more important. The economy was turning sour in 2008 and 2009, it is 2011 now and most economists are talking about growth. IDC: Improving the Business Value of WAN Optimization.

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The Effective Marketer

JANUARY 11, 2010

This question on a recent LinkedIn discussion thread for the Technology Marketing Community reminded me of when, a couple years ago, I delivered a presentation at the 2008 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Summit. Reply B2B Marketing Summit Shows Old Problems Persist « The Effective Marketer says: October 14, 2010 at 9:12 am [.]

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The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

MarketingSherpa is known for quality content and I have attended a couple conferences ( I was a speaker at the Email Marketing Summit 2008) and have always thought that the best you get from attending an event like this is more in the form of networking than in content itself. United States License. United States License.

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SpotMe Blog

JUNE 13, 2023

Things like target audience, messaging, venue selection, and budget are all part of the planning process. Pricing and Value While budget is always a consideration, don’t choose a pharmaceutical meeting planning company based solely on the lowest bid. How willing were they to make changes or deal with unexpected issues?

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ClearVoice

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It’s the same situation in B2B, except the price of failure is even higher because purchases are more significant. Marketing teams are even more constrained by time and budgets. We have exclusively been teamlancers at Convince & Convert since the day we started in July of 2008. Start there.

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Outgrow

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

So sometime in 2008, when the recession hit, we decided to expand our services. I had up to 30 employees, more than 30 employees I would say around 2008, which was our best year. So you can get reviews, or whatever you’re offering, offer it for a discount, for half price, for really cheap. Just try to get any job you can.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 20, 2010

This Marketing Data and Research Presentation includes data on: Lead Generation Blogging and Social Media Marketing Budgets Twitter and Facebook 50+ pages of marketing charts and graphs from original research Download the report from here. Achinta offers his industrial clients marketing for engineers by an engineer. All Rights Reserved.

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The Effective Marketer

MAY 10, 2010

In 2008, revenues were up to $16.6 The article is great because it gives you an insider’s view of how the famous Aflac duck came to being and the challenges Aflac’s CEO had to overcome to get it adopted. The first Aflac duck debuted in 2000. The company reported $9.7 United States License. United States License.

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Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 5, 2010

Score this lead according to your preset BANT (Budget, Authority, Need, and Timing) criteria to determine if they are “sales-ready.” Provide him/her with case studies and client testimonials to lower their risks and fears of selecting you. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. of Tiecas, Inc. Resources

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 22, 2010

This white paper aims to change that perception of them. webinars website design White Paper Marketing whitepapers YouTube Marketing Matters Marketing Matters is our monthly e-newsletter on best practices in industrial and B2B marketing. Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Site designed by AMAInteractive a div.

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Industrial Marketing Today

APRIL 26, 2010

More and more B2B marketers are shifting their marketing budget out of expensive pay per click (PPC) advertising and traditional media and into content creation, optimization and social media. Cold calling is replaced by useful content and tools that help people find them and contact them for more information. All Rights Reserved.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

A recent research report on content marketing highlighted why marketing via feature / function / price is extinct, and why connecting personally with skeptical and frugal buyers is more important than ever. o Smaller companies are spending more on their content marketing as a percentage of budget than larger companies.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 9, 2013

To create something so powerful, it would survive budget cuts. The smoking rate drop is unprecedented since SC has the cheapest cigarette prices in the nation. And the budget did get hit by a bus. The RAGE movement has earned a WOMMIE Award, a National ADDY and a 2008 gold EFFIE Award.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 29, 2010

The apparent disconnect is even more telling as seen by these key findings from the study: The two traditional interruptive marketing tactics, advertising (25%) and direct (20%) are still receiving the biggest share of the budgets, indicating that marketing budgets are misaligned with the CMO’s priorities. All Rights Reserved.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 9, 2012

Tracing the percentage of those expecting improvements for the coming year in the global economy, local economy, their industry and for their individual company, Executives reported a significant drop in positive outlook, returning to pessimistic levels similar to those of 2008 and the beginning of the Great Recession.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Search Engine Performance Report: ROI up 13% in Q4 07, 97% of Additional Spend Goes to Google by Efficient Frontier It's hardly a shock that Google dominates search marketing budgets, but it is somewhat surprising, as this post reports, that the 800-pound gorilla continues to grow at the expense of competitors with higher ROI increases.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 29, 2009

Generating sales leads - the right kind of leads, at the right price -means more than one-off tactics. Getting the most from your demandgeneration budget requires planning, testing, and a strategic approachto creative, offer and media. © 2008 Connect Direct Inc. | 650-306-9060 | privacy policy.

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Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

You don’t have that kind of a marketing budget; smaller as it may be in these tough times, yet a lot is expected of you or your marketing team. What does it really mean to an industrial marketer, especially if you work for or are a small to mid-size manufacturer or engineering company? Copyright © 2010 Tiecas, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 3, 2010

What happens if you have neither the budget nor the resources for sophisticated metrics? His take is that customer engagement is qualitative which he calls a “heart&# metric and that we are trying to quantify it with “head&# data. In other words, think long and hard before jumping into the deep end of customer engagement.

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Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 3, 2010

The ones that I hear most often are: The budget is already very tight and we don’t have any money to hire an outside copywriter. It does make sense for the meat of the matter to come from the inside, especially when the budgets are tight. It is not that clients or internal stakeholders don’t care about their website content.

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Optinmonster

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In this article, we share 10 PPC best practices to keep you ahead of the changes and get the most out of your marketing budget. Related Content: Google Display Retargeting Ads: A Budget-Friendly AdWords Option. They let searchers see products and pricing for similar products from a variety of shops. Controlling budgets and cost.

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Content Standard

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

” With ROI and budget approvals guiding the decisions, priorities, and sleep schedules of today’s content marketers, it’s no surprise that perfectionism has snuck into the culture and mindset of the teams executing them. “You can always improve, and if that scares you, you should get a new job.” Start Somewhere.

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Content Standard

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

” With ROI and budget approvals guiding the decisions, priorities, and sleep schedules of today’s content marketers, it’s no surprise that perfectionism has snuck into the culture and mindset of the teams executing them. “You can always improve, and if that scares you, you should get a new job.” Start Somewhere.

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Martech

MARCH 10, 2023

The 2008 billboards from Barack Obama in Need for Speed: Carbon are a great example of this ad format’s simple yet powerful use. How to buy in-game advertising Getting started with in-game advertising will ultimately depend on the types of games you want to appear in and your budget.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Blogging is important because, up until 2008, more people still used offline (e.g. Online tipped over the 50% point in late 2008 and has grown every year since. Business blogs should, of course, focus on driving either sales (for ecommerce and low-end SaaS companies) or leads (for higher-priced, complex products).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

October 04, 2008 in Blogging , knowledge sharing , learning , professional development | Permalink. |. October 02, 2008 in Learning Trends , Management , Organizations , social networking , Web 2.0 | Permalink. |. October 02, 2008 in learning | Permalink. |. September 30, 2008 | Permalink. |. through the lens of Web 1.0,

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