markempa

JANUARY 12, 2015

Tweet It’s a new year, and you’re likely kicking off marketing and lead generation programs to drive more new leads for 2015. Most new leads go nowhere. It’s not about more leads; it’s about doing better with the ones you already have. Create a marketing funnel, not just a sales funnel.

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markempa

DECEMBER 29, 2014

However, it is also a time to reflect on all we have learned that can help us improve the blank slate that is 2015. 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. You can utilize this information to better inform your 2015 strategy.

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Only B2B

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For example, despite the economic obstacles that some Asian and African countries face, one thing is certain: you can create leads in the same manner you would in the West as long as your target market has access to the internet and a device (computer or smartphone). Is The United States Ahead Of The Game In Terms Of Lead Generation?

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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. It creates sales-ready leads and nurtures the leads that aren’t sales-ready. 1 challenge.

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markempa

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Tweet Generating leads organically can ease the qualifying process, throwing “bad” leads out that are simply not worth pursuing. Growing a list organically also allows marketers to know more about a prospect right from the get-go, passing more qualified leads on to Sales.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 13, 2015

If you don’t know your buyers inside and out, there is little guarantee that your demand generation programs will work in the way you expected. Finally be sure to look at your own internal marketing and sales processes, and make sure they’re aligned as well.

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G2M Solutions

JULY 20, 2020

She hails from San Francisco, CA and moved to Boston, MA to work for HubSpot in 2015. She currently works as the Manager for HubSpot Academy Education dedicated to leading the inspiring and passionate Inbound Professors. She was a previous Inbound Professor focused on email marketing , GDPR, and contact management.

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The Point

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Sirius Decisions wrote an insightful article last week about the acquisition by Marketo of Insightera (a Web personalization platform), and included was the following projection: “By 2015, we expect to see 71 percent of b-to-b organizations’ new inquiries coming via the corporate Web site.”. Virtually none. I doubt it. What do you think?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 14, 2015

We recently partnered on a Webinar called “The State of Lead Gen in 2015: 4 Secrets to Boost Your Results” The recorded video of the webinar is right here , and the slides are embedded. I’ll summarize the key points below. Experiment with form type – slide 32 2.

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Lead nurturing is a vital part of B2B marketing because it‘s a key strategy in driving prospective customers towards a purchase decision. While they might not be customers from the get-go, prospects turn into warm leads faster if you invest the time and effort to communicate regularly after their first contact.

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markempa

JANUARY 19, 2015

Tweet For the new year, I’m sharing 15 ideas on how to make your lead management more effective. This post isn’t just about generating more leads; it’s about generating better and higher quality of leads. These 15 tips (across all three blog posts) will help make your lead management more effective.

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markempa

APRIL 13, 2015

Tweet The management of sales leads is critical to generating marketing ROI. Sadly, sales leads often land on the scrap heap because marketers throw leads over the wall and then expect salespeople to catch them. I was recently asked by someone how to utilize lead distribution to gain the best results.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 29, 2015

2015 has been another amazing year for KoMarketing. A photo posted by KoMarketing (@komarketing) on Dec 7, 2015 at 10:25am PST. Three years ago our leadership team made it a point to treat our online marketing experience as a priority in organizational strategy and business development. TOP 10 KOMARKETING BLOG POSTS OF 2015.

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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. Email Summit 2015 [Have insights to share like Keith did? Apply to be an Email Summit 2015 speaker.].

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Vidyard

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Marketers know all too well about the pressure to drive higher engagement, demand, and leads, but lately more leads are simply not enough. Marketers are tasked with getting higher quality leads, higher conversion rates throughout the entire funnel, and driving greater demand. Well, your leads want more video!

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NetLine

JULY 2, 2020

Leading with Empathy. It is, in fact, how we will highlight the ways in which B2B content can continue to generate leads for your business. Delivering Immediate Valu e is the Key to B2B Lead Gen Success. For content-centric lead-generation, the companies that highlight as much value as quickly as possible wins.

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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. I wrote last month about Everstring ’s expansion to the world of intent data and account based marketing. Mintigo ’s news came today.

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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. “I

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

It’s a treasure trove for brands to engage users and drive leads. In this blog, I’ll give you an actionable guide to drive leads from Instagram. And even better: I’ll show you the super simple strategy that a real brand uses to drive leads from Instagram on autopilot. A Step by Step Strategy to Drive Leads from Instagram.

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Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2023

Conversely, marketers are most likely to see cuts in the ecommerce/retail & fashion, manufacturing, government, logistics, and science/technology & space sectors. 3) Marketing has more responsibility for revenue. But the #2 goal for all marketers (#3 for B2B) in this survey was “increase sales.”

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Kaon

JUNE 5, 2015

2015 in San Diego on June 8-11 to see the hottest interactive tools used by leading network, telecom, and storage companies to differentiate their products and engage prospects! 2015 , interactive marketing , Kaon 3D Product App , Kaon Interactive , SanDiego. Stop by these booths at CiscoLive!

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The Point

MAY 16, 2015

Amongst the usual parade of waterfalls, models, and frameworks (all SiriusDecisions’ stock in trade) were some consistent themes highlighting the direction that B2B demand generation – or demand creation, as our hosts would have it – is evolving in 2015: 1. Demand Generation Marketers Need to Think Sales Enablement.

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LeanData

MAY 21, 2021

Salesforce lead-to-account matching is an important consideration in better aligning Sales with Marketing and increasing the efficiency and productivity of go-to-market (GTM) teams. Additionally, it’s an absolutely essential component in any effective account-based marketing (ABM) workflow.

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SmartBug Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The digital era has changed the way we do business, and it’s important for marketers to keep up with the demands of their prospects by building a well-oiled lead generation machine. How to Generate Leads With Your Digital Marketing. Use Content Marketing to Establish Thought Leadership.

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Because a component of your B2B marketing strategy certainly needs to focus on leveraging the experience gained executing tactics and campaigns that worked well. In an effort to shed light on how marketers tackled challenges and made strides in 2015, we spoke to a group of industry leaders across the B2B marketing space.

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ViewPoint

JULY 7, 2015

Marketing Automation makes it easier than ever to deliver more poor-quality leads to sales. A key to this trend is lead scoring. According to SiriusDecisions’ Research Brief 1 , the problem with lead scoring at many organizations is as follows: Lead scoring models are based on assumptions or inadequate sales input.

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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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Unbounce

AUGUST 13, 2019

For SaaS marketers, volume is the name of the game. You need to be constantly feeding more leads into the top of the funnel—leads that your team can nurture, demo, and convert. We marketers know that acquisition is a whole lot easier when you create compelling content that gets people interested in your product.

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ViewPoint

APRIL 1, 2015

Saturn will backpedal to Scorpio again from June 14 until September 17 in 2015, but after that he''ll be in Sagittarius until December 19, 2017. Here’s how I, Danmac the Magnificent, read the stars for your sign in 2015: Taurus (April 21 - May 21): You are working close to full-time trying to beat your quota in the first half of the year.

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B2B Marketing Traction

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

A recent study showed that Inbound Marketing generates 54% more leads than outbound marketing campaigns. Sure, more leads sound great, but how do you make sure they are qualified? The findings included the following: 78% of CMOs believe custom content is important for future marketing.

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Square 2 Marketing

AUGUST 26, 2021

Unfortunately, this content marketing strategy is from 2015, not 2021, and it definitely won’t work in 2022 and beyond. The new content marketing strategy for every business is already out there for everyone to see, and you’re probably using it without even knowing. Here’s the bad news. You’re blogging twice a week.

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Belkins

JULY 16, 2020

Leads, leads, leads…it seems that there is no end to searching and gleaning high-value lead data that keeps your business afloat. In B2B sales, leads are like fuel. If you’re running a business, you must calculate how many leads you need at the current stage of your growth. Is there a formula?

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ViewPoint

JULY 14, 2015

This is the final installment of a three-part series in response to the following question: As we enter the second half of 2015, have companies made the adjustments necessary to utilize lead scoring or is the status quo killing results? Because we care about quality leads. Lead scoring models are: Based on assumptions.

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ViewPoint

JUNE 16, 2015

What’s a good lead rate? How much should a lead cost? The lead rate for high quality, enterprise opportunity leads has been roughly flat.) That said, for several years the elephant in the room has been inbound marketing and inbound marketing lead rates. Just google them.)

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 22, 2016

This is the third in a series of three blogs about what experts feel companies did well in 2015 and what they would do better in 2016. The panelists include: Ardath Albee – Marketing Interactions. Matt Heinz – Heinz Marketing. What B2B Companies Did Well in 2015? Miles Austin – Fill the Funnel, Inc.

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The Point

JANUARY 29, 2015

Recently I sat down with Amanda Nelson, Director of Marketing at RingLead , a leading provider of cloud-based data solutions that make it easy to analyze, remove, merge and prevent duplicates in Salesforce. We discussed what’s new, what’s working, and what’s on the horizon in B2B Demand Generation. 2015 is no exception.

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 27, 2015

This year in particular has been big for the social media giant, as it continues to expand its paid marketing offerings. Whether it’s improved tools for advertisers or new ways to find and engage users, Facebook hasn’t stopped for a second in 2015. The process could be lengthy, ultimately leading to user abandonment.

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