Hubspot

APRIL 8, 2013

But you can teach a good, old-school agency how to adapt to changes in the marketplace, and transform themselves into a sleek, high-performance inbound marketing machine. And, luckily for you, we asked a half dozen of the top execs at some of these game-changing agencies to tell us how they did it. We’ve seen it done time and again.

Demand Generation Agencies 28

Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Ad Agencies 28

Ambal's Amusings

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I have invited our Panel of B2B Marketing Experts to reflect on 2009 and answer the following question: What was your aha moment in 2009 ? B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. Several tools for prospect intelligence: Lead scoring provides real-time insights. Read on to get their insights. MarketingSherpa.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership 100

B2B Marketing Directions

AUGUST 1, 2021

As I wrote in my last post , surveys and survey reports have become important marketing tools for many kinds of B2B companies, including those that offer various kinds of marketing-related technologies and services. So, many B2B marketers are now both producers and consumers of survey-based content.

Customer Surveys 52

Customer Surveys Correlation Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 52

Onalytica B2B

JANUARY 8, 2019

Key Topics: B2B Marketing, Demand Generation, and Marketing Technology. My very first professional job was an inside sales rep for a PC-based software company that sold developer tools in the early 90’s. Brian Hansford – VP of Marketing Performance at Heinz Marketing. Location: Redmond, WA USA.

Marketing Budget 108

Marketing Budget Budget Programs Demand Generation Agencies Work Management 108

Webbiquity

AUGUST 29, 2011

Content management systems are valuable tools for small businesses that 1) don’t want to make a big investment in IT infrastructure, 2) don’t have web development (HTML, CSS etc.) Low-cost, fee-based tools are generally more user-friendly, provide more features, and most importantly come bundled with support.

CMS Development 100

CMS Development Small Business Marketing Work Management Marketing Automation Services 100

Mereo

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This pattern is similar to what we saw in the 2008 / 2009 recession. These three functions are, by their very nature, dependent upon each other for success: Sales needs strong marketing cover, thought leadership and demand generation programs to support early-stage engagements and strong client relations.

Terms and Conditions 45

Terms and Conditions B2B Thought Leadership Marketing Management Peer-to-peer 45

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 30, 2009

Yesterday’s post described one strategy to sell marketing automation to small businesses: provide a specific, turnkey service that requires virtually no skill or effort from the user. But I don’t think that can scale: companies require many different services and will not want to buy and run each one separately.

Small Business Marketing 120

Small Business Marketing Bundling Work Management Paid Search Agency 120

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

October 2009. A B2B social media success story - grow - Practical Marketing Solutions , October 18, 2009. Top 10 Lessons Small Businesses Can Takeaway from Smart Content Marketers - Content Marketing Today , October 23, 2009. Best of 2009 (So Far): AdWords Tips and Tactics, Part 1 - WebMarketCentral , October 7, 2009.

Social Media 40

Social Media Demand Generation Agencies B2B Marketing Social Marketing 40

markempa

MAY 13, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation ROI Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Directions

OCTOBER 9, 2016

They have become popular marketing tools for companies that provide marketing-related services and/or technologies. The PA report was prepared by a well-known research firm, and the primary focus of the PA survey was to show the impact of predictive analytics on the B2B demand generation process.

Research 40

Research Correlation Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation 40

markempa

APRIL 19, 2007

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership Leads 120

Industrial Marketing Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Solution: Make more efficient use of tools like webinars and online meetings to bring together stakeholders who may be spread out all over the world. I service industrial companies, as you do. I had a conference call this morning explaining how the new functions ‘could’ be used by our newest mfg agency client.

Social Media 60

Social Media Social Marketing Media Planning 60

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

2009 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners. About 43 percent of respondents say that their company has no strategy in place for incorporating social media into demand generation. 32 percent use social media as an outbound marketing channel for demand generation. FOLIO: Update Webinar, content & service feature updates.

B to B 40

B to B Paid Content Social Media CMS Development 40

Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 2, 2010

They are combining video, audio and sophisticated tracking tools to deliver email campaigns with highly customized messages that engage prospects in their preferred format and measure interactions beyond just open and click-thru rates and well into website behavior. According to SirrusDecisions research, the B2B buyer receives 20.3

Email Marketing 60

Email Marketing Planning Web 2.0 BtoB 60

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This breadth isn’t accompanied by tremendous depth: SalesFusion’s campaign management and built-in CRM tools are a bit limited. The latter is an unusual feature for Software-as-a-Service systems like SalesFusion, since most vendors are concerned that ad hoc queries could harm system performance.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

JULY 9, 2009

7 Tips on how B2B marketers can leverage social media - B2B Lead Generation Blog , June 29, 2009. Socialize B2B Customer Advocacy - Marketing Interactions , June 25, 2009. Socialize B2B Customer Advocacy - Marketing Interactions , June 25, 2009. Content Marketing Today , June 26, 2009. B2B Marketing Hot List.

Social Media 40

Social Media Twitter Social Marketing B2B Marketing 40

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 9, 2010

That is unfortunate because Marketing Automation software is a very useful tool and in my opinion, a necessity these days. Let’s get one thing straight from the get go, if you are in a declining market with low demand for your products and services, no amount of automation will help you generate new leads.

Marketing Automation Services 60

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Marketing Automation 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JULY 6, 2010

I have come across two tools for helping you dig deeper and create marketing content that focuses on benefits over features. The first tool is the Product Analysis Worksheet from the book Personal Selling: An Interactive Approach by Ronald Marks, Ph.D., Features: attributes that products or services have.

Features 60

Features Web 2.0 Planning Work Management 60

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Reviewing the prior survey's results published in April 2009 , I expected that the economy -- and burgeoning interest in social media -- would accelerate the shift toward digital channels throughout 2009 to an unprecedented degree. 2) Email, search marketing, and inside sales worked best for awareness and demand generation.

Marketing Budget 40

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Budget Programs Trends 40

markempa

AUGUST 16, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. So “get hip” and read this article.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation B2B Thought Leadership Generation Leads 120

Industrial Marketing Today

JUNE 8, 2010

You are well aware of the fact that the Internet has completely and permanently changed the way industrial buyers purchase technical products and services. If you feel stuck for ideas, you can type in the URL of your closest competitor’s website into the research tool, select website content and let Google do the work for you.

Buying Cycle 60

Buying Cycle Buy Work Management Marketing Management 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 14, 2010

Parametric part number search – in addition to the standard word search tool on your website, build a parametric search application. Valve sizing programs – these are great and easy to use tools for any manufacturer of valves for chemical, hydrocarbon and industrial process, power, water and wastewater industries.

Webinar Metrics 60

Webinar Metrics Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy Product 60

Industrial Marketing Today

MAY 3, 2010

How do you turn your business blog into a powerful sales tool? Are you pre-selling a product or service? Write about what matters to your readers: You are passionate about your company and want to write everything about its products and services. I’ve listed six business blogging tips here to get you started.

Business Blogging 60

Business Blogging Web 2.0 Long Tail Marketing Business 60

Industrial Marketing Today

JANUARY 26, 2010

Follow these essential rules of a website redesign and you’ll truly create a powerful sales and marketing tool. As the founder of Tiecas, I have been helping manufacturers and engineering services companies boost their sales with better do-it-yourself (DiY) marketing for over 20 years.

Rules 60

Rules Marketing Websites Web 2.0 Buying Cycle 60

Ambal's Amusings

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Brian Carroll's book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009. She provides quality content and newsletter services for global executive coaches at ContentforCoachesandConsultants. She is co-founder of The Blog Squad , providing blog services and consulting. MarketingSherpa.

ROI 100

ROI B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Planning 100

Industrial Marketing Today

AUGUST 20, 2010

You need to move beyond the free Google Custom Search tool for websites. For example, segment your products and services by application and/or industry. Anything you can do to help them find the right information quicker will score big with engineers. Having a search function on your website is no longer an option, it is a requirement.

Web 2.0 60

Web 2.0 Planning Buying Cycle Lead Scoring 60

Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Unlike B2C, B2B customers generally have a significant Lifetime Value beyond the initial purchase. Think repeat purchases, service, parts, etc over the average lifespan of B2B customers. Project the future income stream (and costs) for new customers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Just the facts.Enjoy!

ROMI 40

ROMI Ad Building Marketing Automation Services Privacy Policies 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

markempa

APRIL 6, 2006

Critical Success Factor #9 Effectiveness 8 Critical Success Factors for Lead Generation 2.0 Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation Leads Lead 120

Ambal's Amusings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We asked our panel of B2B marketing experts "How can B2B marketers measure return on investment (leads generated, market awareness etc) for the money/effort spent on creating and marketing content? Share one example of ROI tool/strategy that has worked either for you or your client." B2B Lead Generation Benchmark Study 2009.

ROI 100

ROI Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 100

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Posted by Tom Pisello at 10:33 AM Email This BlogThis!

Work Management 40

Work Management Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management ROI 40

Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. As part of a broader lead generation, on-demand platform, Demandbase offers a free, downloadable Web application built on Adobe AIR (one of 3 investors in an $8M round they also announced.)

Enterprise Management 40

Enterprise Management Work Management DemandBase Marketing Management 40

Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2009

Summary: Entiera is a sophisticated consumer marketing automation system, offered as a service and at a lower price than conventional competitors. I’m highlighting this because most of my recent posts have been about B2B marketing automation (demand generation) systems, and the two types of systems are quite different.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 120

Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 22, 2009

So click here to find out whether they changed my mind… Read more… Stan Woods | June 16th, 2009 | one comment The Content Marketing Workbook It’s here. Read more… Doug Kessler | June 11th, 2009 | 3 comments Choose your patients carefully The most respected surgeons in the world have the best survival rates.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies Advertising Agencies B2B Marketing 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Marketers are scrambling to address the power shift and overcome lead generation and conversion issues by delivering more content and tools over more channels to actively engage ever more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyers. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

SnapApp

APRIL 25, 2018

Today, B2B buyers want the kind of buying experience they have with consumer products and services, and the B2B space has to adapt. Potential customers want tools that will seamlessly fit into their workflow with little setup time, and they want to find that information without a salesperson guiding the process. Jordie Black.

B2B Marketing 91

B2B Marketing Work Management Enterprise Management Marketing Management 91

SnapApp

APRIL 25, 2018

Today, B2B buyers want the kind of buying experience they have with consumer products and services, and the B2B space has to adapt. Potential customers want tools that will seamlessly fit into their workflow with little setup time, and they want to find that information without a salesperson guiding the process. Jordie Black.

B2B Marketing 91

B2B Marketing Work Management Enterprise Management Marketing Management 91