Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

If you want to produce business leads, LinkedIn is a must in your social media marketing strategy. You have to know how to generate leads and work them. AICPA uses its LinkedIn group to share educational and marketing tools with CPA members. LinkedIn rules in lead generation. Image credit: C_osett on Flickr. Make a List.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Planning season is well underway and I think it is never to early to look at the B2B Marketing 2012 year in review and start to make some predictions for Marketing and Social Businesses in 2013. So here I will lay out my perspective – a narrative really – of what happened in 2012 in B2B Marketing.

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KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 6, 2013

In another week one of the best conferences for search engine marketing professionals and internet marketers overall, SMX Advanced , kicks off in Seattle. In addition to SMX Advanced, here is a look at the marketing conferences KoMarketing Associates has on the radar as we plan for the rest of 2013.

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Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I’ve just finished the latest update of our B2B Marketing Automation Vendor Selection Tool (VEST), available on the raabguide.com Web site. The VEST is our evaluation of industry vendors, aimed primarily at companies choosing a marketing automation system. I’ll get to the 2013 estimate in a bit. Anyway, back to the estimates.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Marketing Management Forecasting 120

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 16, 2013

This year, as I got to thinking about the ways in which we’ll make our B2B content marketing collateral stand apart from the crowd and ultimately drive results for our clients, I turned to the 2013 Academy Award nominations. B2B content generation can sometimes feel like a test of endurance as well. The value of telling a story.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Content marketing has become ubiquitous, with 93% of B2B marketers now using it. And it continues to expand: 82% of marketers plan to increase their budgets for content marketing in 2014. In addition, nearly half of marketers say they are unable to measure the value of their content marketing efforts.

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Everything Technology Marketing

JULY 6, 2013

Check out our latest B2B Content Marketing Report 2013 and find out what is going on in the world of content marketing. The popularity of white papers as a content marketing format is declining relative to interactive, easily digestible formats such as video. Marketing automation is on the rise.

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Trends B2B Thought Leadership Content Marketing Thought Leadership 100

NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 30, 2012

It’s that time of year; a time to reflect, assess, and think about what can be optimized for inbound marketing in 2013. . Internet marketers are under more pressure than ever to deliver high quality leads to the sales folks. Video Marketing. Video is a proven marketing tactic that increases engagement and conversions.

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Paid Content Marketing Analytics Tools Planning B2B Marketing 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 4, 2012

In my Marketing Prediction post from last year, I did not break any new ground when I predicted that 2012 would be all about social, content and mobile. I predicted more CMOs would move to change the marketing mindset from one of promoting products to one of creating valuable customer-focused content.

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Social Marketing Paid Search Agency Content Marketing B2B Thought Leadership 100

Martech

MARCH 25, 2024

Lately, I’ve been feeling as if I’m living in 2013 again. No, I’m stuck in 2013 because many of the small, mid-market and enterprise marketers I’ve been speaking with over the past month are fretting over Gmail’s Primary tab, which was the big burning issue that year. That’s it.

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ViewPoint

JULY 25, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. 6 Marketing Trends to Watch in 2013: New Research. Via OpenView Labs. Via Funnelholic.

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Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 29, 2021

You’ve decided to open up new markets for your products, but you have a major challenge: how to build brand awareness among your new target customers. When you leverage content marketing to expand your business into new territory, you’ll be a step ahead of your competitors. Create content targeted to your new market segments.

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Planning Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Content Marketing 363

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2013

You may have heard me talk about how Slideshare is one of the greatest opportunities in content marketing. With more than 50 Million visitors per month and more than 100 million pageviews, slideshare is one of the top websites in the world and should be a key focus of any B2B content marketing program.

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Best Practices Work Management Click Fraud Marketing Management 100

Influitive

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This article originally appeared in the Demand Gen Report’s 2021 State of Growth Marketing Report. — Growth Hacking (aka Growth Marketing) was coined in 2010 by Sean Ellis and further popularized in Andrew Chen’s 2013 blog post: Growth Hacker is the New VP Marketing.

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Growth Marketing Demand Marketing Marketing Report 130

ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We create a marketing plan every year.” Do you create a marketing plan that drives sales based on the sales forecast? Is your lead generation plan based on the forecast by product? Lead Generation Based on Forecast? For every lead generation tactic, you should have the cost divided by the inquiries or the qualified leads.

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Lead Generation Planning Sales Qualified Leads Generation 120

Biznology

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I hereby take up that tradition, offering up four random prognostications for where B2B digital marketing is headed in 2013. My topics include Facebook, content marketing, personal branding, and data hygiene—certainly an eclectic mix. B2B marketers were early to the content marketing game. I stand corrected.

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B2B Marketing Data Hygiene Planning Paid Search Agency 80

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. Related Resources: Lead Gen Summit 2013: Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, San Francisco.

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Marketing Budget Lead Gen Paid Search Agency Marketing Management 120

markempa

JUNE 9, 2014

Tweet Content marketing can be an effective tactic for lead generation as customers look to your brand as an authority in the marketplace delivering relevant information that is useful to their needs. B2B Content Marketing: Find the bigger story [More from the blogs]. Develop a highly focused, targeted strategy.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Leads Lead Gen Lead Ranking 120

SendX

MAY 30, 2019

You don’t need existing email lists to launch blockbuster email campaigns that generate word of mouth. Not even their marketing leads! Whether you have a list or not, you’ll discover exactly how to use email to drive word of mouth marketing success for your brand leveraging email. And all 12 were their employees.

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Word of Mouth Email Campaigns Campaigns Generation 158

Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ad Market Posts Third Consecutive Gain In September, Albeit Marginally September marked the third consecutive month that the U.S. advertising market recorded a rise in year-over-year ad spending, with a scant 0.1 What Makes B2B Tech Buyers Distrust Brands? Social Media Today U.S.

Trust Marketing 109

Trust Marketing B2B Marketing Linkedin Advertising Agencies 109

Biznology

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Two new reports on the state of social media and the internet from Nielsen and Mary Meeker should be required reading for digital marketers. As you plan your digital media marketing strategy for 2013, you might want to consider some of these usage statistics. But even if it does slow, the potential for marketing product is high.

Planning 80

Planning Social Media Marketing Plans Advertising Agencies 80

Contently

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Five years ago, if you asked Jason Miller to pick lead generation or brand awareness as the most important part of B2B marketing, he would’ve chosen lead generation without hesitating. Answer pressing questions about lead generation tools, resources, and best practices. But since then, things have changed.

Marketing Qualified Leads 66

Marketing Qualified Leads Webinar Metrics Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 66

markempa

APRIL 7, 2014

It’s also no surprise to me that marketers continue to discover new opportunities to increase conversion through their testing of copy. In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, we’ll take a look at how a one small tweak to the copy on a lead generation page increased conversion and what we can learn from the results.

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Lead Generation Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Generation 120

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 25, 2013

Last October, KoMarketing Associates announced the launch of research consultancy Software Advice’s B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Survey. In a poll of 155 primarily C-level marketing experts, social media received the largest percentage of votes for demand generation channels that marketers will spend more on in 2013.

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Demand Generation Advertising Benchmark Customer Surveys Demand 120

markempa

JUNE 30, 2014

Tweet For her first week on the job, Debbie Pryer, Program Manager, Siemens Healthcare, arrived ready to accept an intimidating challenge: Bring Marketing and Sales together for one common cause – generating quality leads. One of Debbie’s key goals was to re-establish a long-broken trust between Sales and Marketing.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Process Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 120

Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Few marketers would use the term “child’s play” to describe traditional marketing techniques. But with Generation Z — consumers born after 1990 — making up 25.9 But with Generation Z — consumers born after 1990 — making up 25.9 Meeting Generation Z With Video. Plan your marketing budget around YouTube.

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Youtube Generation Tips Long Tail Marketing 156

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2014

Acquiring links in the new year requires a more marketing-centric approach, centered around building connections with individuals and organizations associated with an organization’s strategic marketing efforts. As such, it’s important for B2B marketers to get the best return possible for their event marketing investments.

Link Building 120

Link Building Tactics Ad Building B2B 120

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 2, 2014

Acquiring links in the new year requires a more marketing-centric approach, centered around building connections with individuals and organizations associated with an organization’s strategic marketing efforts. As such, it’s important for B2B marketers to get the best return possible for their event marketing investments.

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Link Building Tactics Ad Building B2B 120

ANNUITAS

JANUARY 6, 2015

As we start 2015, the one thing that B2B marketers can be assured of is that our market and the approach our buyers take to purchase will continue to change and become all the more sophisticated. Not all Demand Generation content is created as equal. The best news? This approach leads to higher conversion rates.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing Marketing Automation Services 100

markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Read on to find out what B2B Lead Roundtable Blog posts were shared the most as well as the three topics B2B marketers valued most in 2014. Topic #1 — Lead generation is king. Lead generation was a huge topic for 2014 and for good reason. Develop a strategic lead generation portfolio. Put you customer first.

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Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Lead Generation 120

markempa

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Tweet Lead generation is somewhat like a tightrope act. Generate too many leads, and the rope between Sales and Marketing breaks. If you don’t generate enough leads that turn into sales, your ROI plummets. This interaction was a great opportunity to capitalize on generating prospects interested in Siemens products.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Generation Lead Ranking Leads 120

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

A new report called The Reinvention of B2B Marketing , from eConsultancy shows there is still quite a disparity between B2B marketing and sales organizations. As many as 37% of purchases in 2013 involved four to seven people. This should be the most pressing question in any organization.

Demand Generation 100

Demand Generation Demand Generation Planning 100

ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Blog Ardath Albee B2B Marketing Carlos Hidalgo content marketing Content marketing world Demand Generation Joe Chernov Joe Pulizzi Mid-funnel content Robert Rose' If your metrics for success are based on volume (clicks, downloads, views, likes, etc.) then you might not be serving your pipeline and revenue goals.

Top of Funnel 100

Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B 100

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 29, 2020

During an unpredictable and chaotic event like the Covid-19 outbreak, many adjustments need to be made in the world of marketing. Way back in 2012 and 2013, I interviewed some marketing influencers and leaders in the field to understand what they thought the Future of Marketing would look like. But enough about me!

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CMO Work Management Paid Search Agency Planning 335

Lead Liaison

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Lead Liaison, LLC Celebrates a Decade of Innovation in Sales and Marketing Lead Liaison, LLC proudly commemorates its 10-year anniversary, reflecting on a remarkable journey that has established the company as a global leader in sales enablement, marketing automation, and event management solutions.

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Lead Liaison Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Automation Services 62

markempa

JUNE 16, 2014

In today’s B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I wanted to explore cost per lead by sharing a few tips and insights from the panel of industry experts that spoke on the subject at MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013. Lead Generation Checklist – Part 4: Clear and Universal Lead Definition [More from the blogs]. Not so much.

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Cost per Lead Lead Generation Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 120

Convince & Convert

JUNE 5, 2013

They are the expandable tweets that typically are used to hold photos or Vine videos, like this one from Lowe’s ( read more about Lowe’s excellent new Youtility marketing program ): Put that old rake head to good use by turning it into a tool hanger. Lowe’s (@Lowes) May 30, 2013. LowesFixInSix #Vine vine.co/v/bYwJZ7JrrEK.

Lead Generation 140

Lead Generation Twitter Email Marketing Generation 140