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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The Forward Observer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Overdeliver: Build a Business for a Lifetime Playing the Long Game in Direct Response Marketing by Brian Kurtz About the Book Brian Kurtz is the bridge connecting the bedrock fundamentals of direct response marketing to today’s state-of-the-art strategies, tactics, and channels. It’s the only thing.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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Webbiquity

JULY 1, 2013

Whether you work in the b2b world, in non-profit marketing or with a brick-and-mortar retailer, you know that having the right online presence can bring even more customers to your organization. While you may have a website and a Facebook page, there is much more to maintaining a successful online marketing presence.

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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. Let’s grow in 2013. Take the steps to improve your successes. .

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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

JULY 16, 2013

And here at the B2B Marketing Insider site, I try to do the same. I look to figure out what articles drove the highest level of reach to the business and marketing audience. And please let me know what topics you would be interested in me covering for the rest of 2013? The Most Important Marketing Metrics. I know I am!

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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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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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ViewPoint

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. “Of We create a marketing plan every year.” Do you create a marketing plan that drives sales based on the sales forecast? Lead Generation Based on Forecast?

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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. But what’s the best way to optimize your lead gen efforts?

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Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

It’s clear that 2015 has been the breakout year for predictive analytics in marketing, with at least $242 million in new funding, compared with $366 million in all prior years combined. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised that predictive marketing vendors seem to have anticipated this. They are, after all, experts at seeing the future.

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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. We decided that we could use content to start qualifying these leads,” Shelby explained. Move from generic to relevant messaging.

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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. It was totally the Wild West; anybody could submit any kind of lead they wanted for anything,” Debbie explained.

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markempa

JUNE 23, 2014

Tweet Marketing automation can help you manage lead nurturing efforts in a complex marketplace. As I mentioned at the start of this post, automation can help you manage lead nurturing, but you can’t automate trust. Lead Generation: 2 simple tactics to determine cost per lead [More from the blogs].

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SmartBug Media

MARCH 11, 2021

In the inbound marketing world, you likely understand the importance of a landing page to help convert visitors into leads. However, many have forgotten this basic sales and marketing tactic in their inbound strategies. Instead, they create a great landing page followed by a simple message thanking the lead for their submission.

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markempa

JUNE 16, 2014

Tweet Getting to the heart of lead cost is not easy. 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. Move toward thinking of lead cost in aggregate.

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Webbiquity

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Content marketing is a hot topic, primarily in the B2B world but increasingly in consumer marketing as well. And as noted here yesterday , 93% of B2B marketers are now using content marketing, with more than half calling it their biggest priority this year. Content Marketing Strategy Guides. by GO Marketing.

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markempa

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But, in reality, any marketing process can be optimized. Including lead generation. EST – “ Planning for 2013: How to best utilize top lead gen tactics in the New Year ” – David Kirkpatrick, Senior Reporter, MECLABS, and I will review the basics of the lead generation funnel. Step #2: Review new leads.

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markempa

APRIL 6, 2015

Tweet Ask most executives and marketers what salespeople need to sell in this economy, and they will say one thing: more leads. That’s why many marketing and lead generation programs tend to focus on quantity. However, according to MarketingSherpa’s data , generating “high-quality leads” is the B2B marketer’s No.

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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. But if you publish a blog without the right system in place to capture and score leads, then your efforts won’t lead to ROI.

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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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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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Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 14, 2014

Few people would suggest you learn salesmanship from the play Glengarry Glen Ross ,* but its central message rings true: good leads are the lifeblood of a sales organization.** Some vendors only rank leads while others build multiple models for different purposes. • This correlates to some degree with market presence.

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markempa

DECEMBER 16, 2013

People look to me as an expert at lead generation because I wrote a book and speak about it. I probably am more acutely aware of this because I work for MECLABS, an organization that is laser-focused on learning and teaching others – including many global organizations – about how to continuously improve marketing. Related Resources.

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Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Forbes LinkedIn hits 1 billion members, adds AI features for job seekers Microsoft-owned LinkedIn (client) has topped the 1 billion member mark, lifting the professional social media platform to a spot among the leading social media networks, LinkedIn recently announced, while also rolling out an array of new AI-infused features for job seekers.

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HG Data

JULY 12, 2023

How commercetools utilized HG Insights’ Technology Intelligence to prioritize accounts, supercharge marketing and optimize territory planning Since 2013, commercetools has enabled some of the world’s most recognizable brands to adapt and lead evolutions in digital commerce by providing the tools needed to achieve agility and the ability (..)

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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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Optinmonster

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Syed was convinced that there was a market for a particular kind of marketing technology: exit-intent popups. He had seen the power of well-timed popups on his popular blog, WPBeginner , and he wondered if that could be turned into a solution for other smart marketers and business owners to use. Zealous for performance.

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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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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. The end result was a sales team overwhelmed with unqualified leads, 65% of which were tossed out.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 6, 2014

Author: David Cheng As part of our open beta launch this December, ShareBloc ran a contest to find the Top Content Marketing Posts of 2013. More than 640 voters selected their favorite posts from eight key areas in sales and marketing,and four posts about marketing automation made it into the top 50. Here they are: 1.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 6, 2014

Author: David Cheng As part of our open beta launch this December, ShareBloc ran a contest to find the Top Content Marketing Posts of 2013. More than 640 voters selected their favorite posts from eight key areas in sales and marketing,and four posts about marketing automation made it into the top 50. Here they are: 1.

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