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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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Your B2B Marketing Budget Playbook for 2021 Success [Research]

Marketing Insider Group

Neglecting customer retention to focus on lead generation. B2B organizations are breaking unhealthy habits and updating their approach as they adapt to shifting buyer expectations and behavior. The digital marketing landscape looks totally different than it did in 2008 during the last crash. Ignorance to buyers’ evolving needs.

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Part 1: Audit Your B2B CRM for a New Lead on Sales

Launch Marketing

CRMs are no longer just a list of contacts but instead have become an essential business tool to improve process, strategy, analytics and lead strength. Without your leads, prospects and customers, you are left with only a product and a plan. Only 56% of B2B organizations verify leads before they’re passed to sales.

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How To Increase Your Value To Buyers And Create Unshakable Loyalty

Tony Zambito

We saw with 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the numerous natural disasters of hurricanes and floods neighbors helping neighbors. While the world of B2B can be perceived as lacking in warmth and perhaps even superficial at times, there are tremendous opportunities to create bonds of loyalty between two B2B organizations.

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How to Sell in a Recession: 3 Tips Based on Experience

Zoominfo

Your warm leads leave for “safer” industries or join the ranks of the recently laid-off. I spoke with Lou Wolf, VP of sales at ZoomInfo, to learn how he survived the recession that followed the dot-com crash of 2001 and the financial crisis of 2008. triggered the world financial crisis of 2008. Budgets are reduced or eliminated.

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SmartBug Media Is Now HubSpot Platform Enablement Accredited

SmartBug Media

As a leading provider of digital marketing solutions, SmartBug Media has done it again! We are thrilled to announce that we have earned HubSpot Platform Enablement accreditation —making us one of the few organizations around the globe to hold this recognition. This level of service ensures that HubSpot is used to its full potential.

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How purposeful branding is driving millennials and social entrepreneurship

Biznology

The world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or since the 2008 recession. Consumer product companies seem to leading this trend. This segment has recognized that the same jobs lost in the 2008 recession will never come back. A key driver for this trend is the emerging values of millennials and purposeful branding.