markempa

AUGUST 25, 2014

Tweet Our sister publication, MarketingSherpa, publishes three weekly newsletter case studies, and in the B2B beat in particular, those weekly articles routinely feature a story covering marketers tackling lead generation for the complex sale. Case Study #1 – Local B2B Marketing: 150% boost in lead generation.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 21, 2019

Scott Brinker’s marketing technology supergrapic has grown from just 150 tools in 2011 to almost 7,000 today. Your customers and sales prospects do want content, but will only take the time to read it if helps them in some way, whether they learn something new or gain a new perspective on an already established topic.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Tweet If you attended our most recent B2B Lead Roundtable Webinar, Six Funnel Focal Points to Finish 2011 Strong – Part I , you found out that even though the end of the year is less than 125 days away, there’s plenty of time to drive more opportunity through your sales funnel and to the bottom line.

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Everything Technology Marketing

JANUARY 1, 2011

It is January and time again for the obligatory 2011 predictions. Many marketing experts have strong opinions on what they think will happen in 2011. I asked you to rank the marketing areas you think will become more important in 2011. Marketing will be expected to show how it impacts new revenue generation.

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Industrial Marketing Today

OCTOBER 25, 2011

B2B and industrial marketers are usually tasked with two main responsibilities: Fill the top of the sales funnel (ToFU) with high quality leads. Maximize the middle of the funnel (MoFU) for converting more leads into sales opportunities. See my earlier post, “Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales.”.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Some people say I’m an expert in B2B lead generation because I wrote a book on it, but you know what? This past year has been especially illuminating thanks to the brilliance of smart marketers who are expanding and perfecting the lead-generation concepts I wrote about years ago. And much of this is happening in real time.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 19, 2010

  My recent post entitled Seven Buyer and Sales Trends to Watch in 2011 is one of those instances for me personally.    By the time they get to sales folks, whether it is in person or on the phone, they already are armed with enough information to help make a decision.  Image via Wikipedia.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 19, 2023

; and a couple of oddball guest posts that generated a surprising degree of interest. This post explains how to integrate ChatGPT with your CRM software, expanding your use of AI tools for marketing and sales. #9: Here’s a 10 step process to create a social media marketing plan that will produce measurable results. #8:

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markempa

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

They were a test of the schools evacuation plan — a calm, orderly process to follow should an emergency strike. ? Most lead-generation marketers are not in crisis, but many could use an orderly process to help combat challenges. Try new channels, track existing processes, and answer to everyone from the sales team to executives.

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markempa

JANUARY 24, 2011

We had no more announced the subject of our last B2B Lead Generation Roundtable Webinar – 2011 Lead Generation Trends and Challenges , presented by our own selling expert and Director of Best Practices, Dave Green – when Eloqua posted this blog about the “next frontier of competitive advantage.”. What a synchronicity.

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markempa

JANUARY 24, 2011

We had no more announced the subject of our last B2B Lead Generation Roundtable Webinar – 2011 Lead Generation Trends and Challenges , presented by our own selling expert and Director of Best Practices, Dave Green – when Eloqua posted this blog about the “next frontier of competitive advantage.”. What a synchronicity.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 1, 2010

MarketingSherpa recently released its 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. As MarketingSherpa notes, “Year after year, the greatest challenge that B2B organizations face is generating high-quality leads.&#. Tactics like telemarketing, PR and PPC advertising fell predominantly into the “somewhat effective&# camp. .&#

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ANNUITAS

MAY 8, 2012

According to a 2011 study by MarketingSherpa , 74% of B2B marketers stated that their biggest challenge was generating high quality leads. The next biggest challenge was a distant second: 49% cited “generating a high volume of leads”. However, lead generation is irrelevant in today’s b2b marketing climate.

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Tony Zambito

DECEMBER 5, 2010

  Sales departments in B2B organizations are facing their most severe test in decades as the post-recession impact continues to reverberate throughout the economy.  Several trends that point to transformation are: Trend 1: A shift from sales relationship to sales experience.

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Martech

MARCH 11, 2024

However, much of this martech stack is designed to convert prospects into leads and track them through the marketing funnel. This article explores how conventional martech infrastructure alienates most potential buyers and suggests steps to adapt tools and strategies for better long-term brand affinity and demand generation.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Tweet Your success hinges on what you accomplish in the time you have, and that is never more true than these last few months of the year as we all race to meet projections, quotas and sales goals. Generate timely feedback from sales on every lead you give them – and why that’s absolutely critical to success.

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Rev

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Scott , the VP of Platform Ecosystems at Hubspot and the editor of chiefmartec.com, has been categorizing marketing technology since 2011. I talk to people like David Lewis who brings considerable perspective to B2B martech used for demand generation and lead management. The demand funnel. The Enduring Demand Funnel.

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ViewPoint

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. percent were quality.

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Smashmouth Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. And I agree with Craig Rosenberg at Focus, that “every organization should make the effort to depict its revenue funnel on one page. To our customers there is no funnel.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As I discussed earlier this year in my BLOG “ Executive Insights: World-Class Demand Generation and Corporate Social Responsibility Converge at Televerde ”, I was very fortunate to work with some tremendous partners during my nearly 19 year tenure with SAP Global Marketing. Why do you feel these qualities are at the core of modern marketing?

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Tomorrow People

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Want to outflank your competition, generate leads and sales and grow your online reputation? Friday, 18th November 2011. Speed up the buying process and win more business. How to Get Married to New Prospects in 90 Days with Inbound Marketing. How to Get Married to New Prospects in 90 Days with Inbound Marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 19, 2022

Choosing the right stack of MarTech solutions can be a difficult task for B2B marketers, especially for those working in cybersecurity, who may have a more complicated sales cycle, changing regulations, and other obstacles. Justina Logozzo, Senior Marketing Manager, Website at Alation. LinkedIn, Twitter. LinkedIn , Twitter.

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The Point

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Tony Karrer and Tom Pick, founders of the popular B2B Marketing site B2B Marketing Zone just released a compelling report on B2B Blogging Trends in 2011. 2011 may be the year when B2B companies finally realize blogs are more than just a PR vehicle for propagating so-called thought leadership.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

I was reading with interest recently the results of a study from sales organization Miller Heiman called Sales Strategies for Thriving in a Post-Recession Economy, a 2011 Best Practices Study. The focus of the study was to determine what activities and approaches separated Word Class sales organizations versus the rest.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2018

If you’re reading this post, you already know it’s important to keep a finger on the pulse of marketing for new, innovative tactics. One such tactic? Proven to increase brand awareness and drive lead generation, influencer marketing is a vital marketing tactic for many B2C brands. Increase sales and customer retention.

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B2B Digital Marketer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Sales is a systematic process, and it doesn’t matter from company to company. The company is different and the product offering is different, but the process of growing sales is the same. If you are in B2B sales , you know you have to generate revenue. You have to create relationships.

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Webbiquity

MAY 5, 2020

B2B marketing teams have become highly proficient at producing content, whether for lead generation, brand awareness, or sales acceleration. But sometimes that content misses the mark, and isn’t used by the sales team. With a background in business and medical technology sales, Orrin Broberg understood the challenge well.

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NuSpark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

I was reading with interest recently the results of a study from sales organization Miller Heiman called Sales Strategies for Thriving in a Post-Recession Economy, a 2011 Best Practices Study. The focus of the study was to determine what activities and approaches separated Word Class sales organizations versus the rest.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Skip to content Home About Michael Brenner Appearances B2B Marketing Insider Michael Brenner's Blog on B2B Marketing Content Marketing Demand Generation Mobile Sales Alignment Search Marketing Social Media Strategy December 21, 2010 4 Subscribe Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011? Whoa – quite a mouthful!

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ViewPoint

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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NuSpark Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So I was reading with some interest the 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report from Marketing Sherpa because I always like to see B2B marketers’ top challenges in their businesses, which not surprisingly, is generating quality leads. 78% of their biggest challenge is generating quality leads. Generate Leads: 46%. . Of course! .

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

In this article I will argue for the importance of and the 5 steps to create marketing ROI through demand generation. Online lead generation is one of the best ways to identify customers early in the journey and produce a solid and predictable return on investment. Marketing needs to be the engine to identify qualified leads for sales.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. How to implement lead generation programs on a small business budget?

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 28, 2011

According to recent research from eConsultancy, “Paid search consumes the largest portion of online lead generation budgets, accounting for 28% of spending (in 2010), up from 22% in 2009.&# How can you optimize campaigns using search funnels? Spotlight on AdWords Search Funnels – Part 1 by Google Conversion Room Blog.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In 2007, at the start of the mobile era, we generated 0.5 By 2011 at the start of the cloud era this had increased 4x to 2 ZB. The rate at which we generate data is increasing exponentially with 90% of existing data created in the past two years.” ZB of data worldwide. People have access to more data than ever. The Market.

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markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2010

When I asked members of the B2B Lead Generation Roundtable on LinkedIn how companies can improve alignment between sales and marketing, our discussion board was inundated with keen insight and brutal honesty. For sales and marketing teams to truly align, they need a mandate from the executive team.”.

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