Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 9, 2023

As content marketers, we are always on the hunt for interesting data to grab reader attention and support our claims. The journalistic protocol is to cite an original, authoritative source that is transparent about its methodology (like the description on page 41 in CMI’s annual B2C Content Marketing Report.)

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Valasys

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It enables businesses to track user behavior, measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, and make data-driven decisions. From tracking website traffic and engagement to analyzing e-commerce transactions and customer journeys, Google Analytics remains an indispensable tool for marketers, website owners, and data analysts.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Twice over the past two years I blogged about the dangers of using cost per lead as a metric to measure marketing. As a foundation, I published three blogs in 2012 in which I outlined three critical elements that impact B2B lead generation costs in the complex sale: 1. Send them 1,000 leads generated at a cost of $23.15

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markempa

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

SiriusDecisions made a brilliant contribution to B2B marketing several years ago when they created their Demand Waterfall. It seems like everyone I talk to who works in the technology industry, which is an early adopter of marketing innovations, uses the Demand Waterfall framework. What Does “Marketing-Qualified Lead” Mean to You?

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markempa

JUNE 24, 2012

Frankly, you could rightfully draw the same conclusion if you extended that analogy to marketers. Unbelievably, most are still sending only raw leads to Sales, and they aren’t making an effort to bring those leads to a place where they’re ready for Sales to bite into. 59% still don’t have lead nurturing programs.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 4, 2012

They stem from discussions I’ve had with marketers over the past year. Although there are five, I’m hoping that each B2B marketer should resolve to focus on at least one for 2012. If this is still the marketing and sales approach for your organization, you should resolve to stop it in 2012. They’re right.

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NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 13, 2012

If you were in marketing, you had media kits and circulations statements. Then Compuserve and Prodigy … You also had Thomas Register and mailing lists to find leads…. Then Compuserve and Prodigy … You also had Thomas Register and mailing lists to find leads…. In the old days, we had a phone. And a fax machine. Paid Search.

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markempa

AUGUST 26, 2012

This is apparently not enough to make marketers and sales professionals embrace change and develop a formal lead generation strategy, considering that 75% of marketers still don’t have a formal lead generation process or guidelines according to MarketingSherpa’s 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report.

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PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Leadiro Earns Lead Intelligence “High Performer” Recognition in Fall 2018 G2 Crowd Awards. G2 Crowd users recently recognized Leadiro as one of the top lead intelligence platforms for fall 2018. Leadiro is a lead generation platform and account-based marketing tool geared toward B2B marketers, sales professionals, and recruiters.

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NuSpark Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

If you’re a content marketer, then you know the challenges you face. A sound content marketing plan is critical to the success of your lead generation efforts. Lack of internal process and plan to implement a content marketing strategy. Get Sales and Marketing together and look at your pipeline. And More.

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markempa

APRIL 15, 2012

Tweet Confession: I wish I could flash this across every marketer’s computer screen the moment it powered up: A universal lead definition (ULD) clarifies what a lead is to everyone in your organization. Spells out the responsibilities and accountabilities of Sales and Marketing. Are these truly leads?

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Everything Technology Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2012

It is time again for our annual B2B Marketing "predictions". As every year, I asked the 25,000 marketing professionals in the B2B Technology Marketing Community on LinkedIn about their B2B marketing priorities for 2012. 2 – Content marketing Content marketing went mainstream in 2011.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Tweet If Sales and Marketing were a manufacturing operation starting with raw materials — leads — and ending up with 5% to 20% in deliverable product — won sales — it would soon be shut down to determine what is wrong. However, companies continue to spend untold dollars on lead generation efforts ultimately doomed to fail.

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markempa

APRIL 1, 2012

Tweet In my most recent research project, the MarketingSherpa 2012 Executive Guide to Marketing Personnel , we identified key behavioral and motivational differences between marketing specialists. Much of what we learned applies beyond HR and can improve your lead nurturing and sales efforts. a little. ? at times. ?

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 13, 2011

One of the reasons I was thrilled to be asked to join the Focus B2B Marketing Year In Review round table was that it would allow me an opportunity to discuss my annual predictions for the coming year. First, I did some research and identified some of the top 2012 marketing predictions posts, listed below.

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LeanData

MARCH 14, 2023

A common refrain is being heard from revenue teams across the B2B space — Where have all the inbound leads gone? Inbound is usually the first of go-to-market (GTM) motions for a company, and it starts with a website. Lately, however, the inbound sales pipeline has shrunk for a great many sales and marketing organizations.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

by Dayna Rothman The Lenskold Group and The Pedowitz Group recently released their 2012 Lead Generation Marketing Effectiveness Study. The study draws on 373 B2B marketers to discuss the practice of lead generation , marketing automation, ROI, and how they are all interrelated. So where do marketers stand?

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markempa

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Tweet I am especially looking forward to the next B2B Lead Roundtable webinar. You should be, too, if you’re eager to find out how you r peers are responding to today’s marketplace, and how this represents an unprecedented opportunity to drive the highest performance from your marketing efforts. We weren’t surprised by their responses.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

in 2012, it had to start fresh – the company had no reputation to fall back on. Jenifer Lambert, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, TERRA, decided to use this opportunity to launch her sales efforts into the 21 st century. After analyzing the Portland marketplace, the team determined: The size of their target market.

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NuSpark Consulting

APRIL 26, 2012

Content drives leads into the funnel; content nurtures leads into sales opportunities. Marketing and Sales alignment is essential to a well-oiled lead funnel. I understand the importance of a sound media, social media, conversion and content strategy that generates quality leads until they are sales-accepted.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2011

by Maria Pergolino Search engine optimization (SEO) is a main focus now of many advertising and marketing campaigns for businesses. After all, most leads these days tend to be generated online. Online content marketing makes up most of the advertising budgets of some organizations.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 29, 2020

In 2012, a global giant that at its height owned 90 percent of film sales and 85 percent of camera sales in the US filed for Chapter 11 protection from bankruptcy. It didn’t just dominate the market. published in The Guardian in 2012. And, they should make decisions that serve their customers. What Kodak Did Wrong.

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Martech

JANUARY 25, 2024

A serious, cautionary, non-marketing fact to keep in mind when you use AI: There are many things artificial intelligence shouldn’t be used for, most notably facial recognition. Case in point: In 2012, Rite-Aid began using a recognition system to identify people likely to shoplift or engage in other criminal behavior. Get MarTech!

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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. Battle a harsh market flooded with skeptical buyers. Email marketing.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 2, 2013

With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. The first step to improving digital marketing results is to understand the emerging trends and best practices. What do buyers really want from social media marketers?

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markempa

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Tweet Warning: If you watch only the first few minutes of this webinar, you might get discouraged about the state of marketing today. However, if you watch the webinar through the end, you’re going to be excited about marketing’s potential for driving more revenue than ever before. 61 percent send leads directly to sales. •

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Advertising Benchmark Webinar Metrics Marketing Report Top of Funnel 120

ANNUITAS

JULY 10, 2014

About two years ago I wrote a blog post on Why BANT No longer applies for B2B Lead Qualification. Given the environment in which we live as B2B Marketers, BANT (Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe) is not a trustworthy indicator of the qualification status of the leads. BANT is not Aligned to a Buying Process. “I

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Invigorate your strategy with insights from marketers at TikTok, Glossier, Zillow, lululemon, and more Convince & Convert started the Social Pros Podcast back in 2012 as a way to get to know the “real people doing real things” in social media. Creators are leading the way now. to get through. How do they do this?

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The stats, guides and tips to effective lead nurturing abound in the B2B marketplace and yet with all of this information, still only a fraction of B2B companies are using or effective in the use of lead nurturing according to MarketingSherpa. This is why fewer than 4% of marketing generated leads are ever converted into sales.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Tweet According to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report , 24% of marketers ask a timeline-to-purchase question on their lead capture forms. Q: Please select the most important fields that you need to collect from your leads on the lead generation form. A = Authority.

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markempa

AUGUST 5, 2013

Tweet Content marketing is one of the most effective and widely used lead generation tactics, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report. Developing a content marketing strategy remains a big undertaking. Others include: Managing processes that best serve customers.

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ViewPoint

AUGUST 30, 2012

Brian Carroll is Executive Director of Revenue Optimization for MECLABS and spoke midday here in Orlando on Day Two of the MarketingSherpa 2012 B2B Summit. Some key takeaways all organizations should think about are: 64% of leads generated go directly to field sales without filtering or prequalification. In one case $4.9

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ViewPoint

JULY 31, 2012

Generating sales leads that are actually followed up by sales is a basic business process that is broken in most companies. The reason is that marketing and sales are part of a Granfalloon. ” The functions Mr. Rackham spoke about are marketing and sales. What constitutes a good lead?

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Martech

MARCH 1, 2023

Beyond buzzwords, these marketing strategies aim to deliver a better customer experience — and drive greater business results. Defining multichannel, omnichannel and omnipresent marketing Let’s define each strategy to establish a shared context for the rest of the article. Multichannel. Omnichannel. Omnipresent.

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ViewPoint

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of interviewing nineteen influential B2B sales and marketing leaders to discuss their views in areas like traditional and new media strategies, current and future trends, B2B lead generation, and sales lead management.

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 15, 2013

Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2018

These business leaders had legitimate concerns about the performance of their Demand Generation efforts, which often manifested in a number of ways: sales leaders needing to add headcount to “fill in the gaps” around lead generation shortcomings, or a distrust driven by a disconnect between marketing and sales when it comes to performance reporting.

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