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Event Marketing Leads Plummet Due To Coronavirus Cancelations

Smashmouth Marketing

Amid the day to day progression of the coronavirus, companies are seeing one of their major lead generation programs dry up – event marketing. One of the most respected VCs out there, Sequoia, just released a memo to its portfolio companies comparing this year’s impact on business to be similar to 2008. Virtual Events.

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B2B Demand Generation Predictions for 2021

The Point

“I predict we’ll start seeing more credit ratings and payment scores appended to B2B marketing data. These will become incorporated into lead and account scoring, perhaps as criteria for what can become an MQL. Leads will need to pass “credit worthiness” before a closed/won is accepted. – Ben, Creative Director. “I

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Need to Convert Traffic Into More Leads? Experts Bust Common CRO Myths [Live Hangout]

Hubspot

Many marketers have to find out the hard way that more website traffic doesn't always translate to more leads. Unless your site is optimized to drive visitors to take action and engage, you can attract thousands of visitors and never see one of them convert into a lead. That's where conversion rate optimization comes in.

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B2B Marketing Evolution: Strategies for the Modern Market

B2B Digital Marketer

An overview of what modern marketing entails, highlighting the evolving dynamics in the marketing landscape since the pivotal year of 2008 with the advent of smartphones, ubiquitous internet, and social media. Use the scarcity principle wisely; it can motivate action but also lead to hasty decisions.

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Have We Really Improved Marketing Productivity?

B2B Marketing Directions

Efficiency is usually measured by the percentage of potential buyers or leads who are "converting" from one lead stage to the next. The 2008 conversion rates largely reflect marketing productivity before many of the marketing innovations mentioned above had become widely adopted.

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Hard Data to Justify Your Marketing Automation Investment

Customer Experience Matrix

The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9% The Heart of Growing Conversion Rates," 2008): Best in Class Average % higher Inquires to Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) nearly 10% 3.9%

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SEM Mystery: The Case of the Missing Leads

Webbiquity

Originally published on the WebMarketCentral blog in December 2008. Door-busting CTRs, conversion rates as respectable as that lady always sitting in the front row at church, nice ROI. Sure, the CTRs were decent, but the conversion rate was uglier than the business end of a sharpee. “Care for a drink? .

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