SmartBug Media

JULY 14, 2021

Paid media is a great way to supplement your inbound marketing efforts. Whether you’re in the beginning phases of your strategy or you’ve been executing a plan for some time, paid media can help you generate qualified leads quickly for your organization. What's the point of having a paid media budget?

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Velocity Partners

JUNE 7, 2024

Content as community: How content marketing is changing in the new B2B GTM This is one of a series of blogs about the changing B2B go-to-market. A few years ago, just after B2B content marketing morphed into, well, just B2B marketing , I got together with the senior team here.

Communities 93

Communities Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Marketing Analytics Tools 93

Televerde

APRIL 30, 2024

Having a solid contact acquisition strategy is the best way to streamline and standardize your prospect data so it can support your sales process effectively. By securing the right data, companies can tailor their strategies to meet the unique needs of each prospect and thus enhance the effectiveness of their outreach.

Acquisitions 52

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The Point

APRIL 16, 2019

Thanks to Spear Digital Media Director Tim DiSabatino for authoring this week’s post. Because costs per click in B2B search campaigns can often be extremely high when companies compete the for same keywords, Search Engine Marketing (SEM) for B2B advertisers offers its own very unique challenges.

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Cost per Acquisition Paid Search Agency Campaigns Cost Per Click 235

Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2022

If you’re in marketing, you might think of search engine advertising platforms as your “frenemy.” You’re kind of like friends because they distribute your ads, and kind of like enemies because you’re both self-interested. “The more profitable experience for search engines is more people clicking on ads. .

Budget Programs 130

Budget Programs Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Work Management 130

SalesIntel

AUGUST 14, 2023

As marketing leaders, we often find ourselves navigating the challenging landscape of justifying ad spending to our CFOs. The age-old debate of whether marketing efforts genuinely contribute to the bottom line can leave us feeling like we speak a different language. But fear not, my fellow marketers!

Paid Content 40

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Thinkers360

MAY 19, 2024

Here’s the Thinkers360 annual leaderboard for our top 50 thought leading companies on artificial intelligence for 2024. Help us grow the Thinkers360 community by participating and sharing your own content and experience today! Congratulations to all our artificial intelligence thought leaders, analysts and influencers who participated!

Marketing AI 145

Marketing AI Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Enterprise Management 145

Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2023

, 2023 looks like a tough year for marketing budgets. However, the outlook varies considerably by industry and company size. Overall, 58% of marketers project flat or reduced budgets for 2023, up from just 26% in 2022. Midsized companies (those with 500 to 5,000 employees) are most likely to cut spending.

Marketing Budget 280

Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Top of Funnel Marketing Strategy 280

SmartBug Media

APRIL 11, 2022

Paid media’s reputation as an effective channel to generate quality leads has ebbed and flowed over time and per industry. However, like inbound marketing, paid media certainly has a place in your overall marketing strategy. Establishing Foundations for a Multi-Channel Marketing Strategy.

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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking MQL Ideal Customer Profiles 98

KoMarketing Associates

JUNE 26, 2018

Branded keywords represent search queries that include the organization’s brand name or various product and brand-related information. How often do you review brand-based keyword search performance? How often do you review brand-based keyword search performance? They may not all be favorable for your organization either.

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Brandpoint

JULY 14, 2023

Social media has transformed the way businesses engage with their target audience, and manufacturing companies are no exception. However, for manufacturing companies, quantifying the return on investment (ROI) of social media efforts can be complex. What is Social Media ROI? Focus on what you want to achieve.

Social Media 62

Social Media ROI Multi-Touch Attribution Paid Search Agency 62

SmartBug Media

MARCH 18, 2024

Customer acquisition is critical to the success of your business. A customer acquisition platform can make or break your business, so it’s important to find the ideal channels that work for your company. What Is Customer Acquisition Cost? What Is Customer Acquisition Cost? I know—no pressure, right?

Acquisitions 59

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Walker Sands

JANUARY 12, 2023

5000 list of fastest-growing companies every year for the past decade. And the ongoing innovation that continues to take place across the agency ensures we stay at the forefront of B2B marketing trends. Walker Sands has constantly evolved during my 15 years at the agency, which is part of the reason we’ve landed on the Inc.

Demand Generation Agencies 98

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 98

ClearVoice

JANUARY 26, 2024

At ClearVoice, we understand that not all people are content people. Heck, not all marketing people are content people. Marketing is the tip of the spear for driving growth and new customer acquisition. They want to discover solutions and make purchase decisions without being marketed or advertised.

Paid Content 92

Paid Content Top of Funnel Work Management Marketing Management 92

Martech

JUNE 12, 2024

Many marketing teams neglect the opportunity to engage and upsell customers using proven, data-driven prospecting techniques. Customer marketing and prospecting are not the same. Some content created for prospecting can also be relevant and helpful for customers. Are they looking for customer service or content?

Lead Scoring 93

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Paid Search Agency Work Management 93

Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) serve as metrics that measure team-wide performance — and are great for digital marketing teams. In fact, 65% of B2B marketers use KPIs to measure their content performance. If you’re not entirely sure what’s working and what’s not for your marketing team, add KPIs into your strategies.

Lead Ranking 207

Lead Ranking Paid Content Marketing Qualified Leads Cost per Acquisition 207

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 24, 2019

But with more people fleeing traditional TV and radio for ad-free streaming services like Netflix and Spotify Premium, advertising on those once-powerful mediums has lost much of its luster. Today, there’s another place your company can go to reach the masses. Social media. Organic vs. paid social: Which reigns supreme?

Social Media 134

Social Media Advertisements Advertising Marketing Automation Services 134

Sprout Social

JULY 25, 2023

Brands need the context social media metrics provide to meet today’s dynamic consumer space and take their business to the next level. That’s why leaders from more than 700 companies surveyed in the 2023 State of Social Media Report revealed that 85% of their business decisions were strongly informed by social data and insights.

Marketing Analytics Tools 135

Marketing Analytics Tools Social Media Top of Funnel Analytics 135

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In what is believed to be the most expensive acquisition of a private boot-strapped company, Intuit has confirmed that it will acquire Mailchimp for $12 billion. Last year, it launched Smart Platform, making AI-driven next-best-action and product recommendations available to its SMB market. billion in new debt. Why we care.

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ClickZ

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

30-second summary: Companies will increasingly adopt and expand their use of AI, raising the competitive bar for learning. And the benefits will generate a “data flywheel” effect—companies that learn faster will have better offerings, attracting more customers and more data, further increasing their ability to learn.

Acquisitions 99

Acquisitions Marketing AI Ideal Customer Profiles Cross-Selling 99

ClickZ

MARCH 16, 2023

Bad news pings incessantly on our phones: the job of the media cycle is to put people in a ‘fight or flight’ mode to gain their attention. Focus on significant, simple market shifts The amount of “risk capital being invested is dramatically down , following record highs, grounding all strategies for growth.

Paid Content 131

Paid Content Brand Identity Branding Paid Search Agency 131

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Acquiring both customers and partners is vital to any company’s success, but many pursue the two groups differently. While customer acquisition usually commands extensive strategy, partners and affiliates are often brought on passively. Proactive affiliate recruiting strategies rely on standard customer acquisition tactics.

Paid Content 132

Paid Content Advertising Agencies Acquisitions Paid Search Agency 132

Liveintent

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Consider adding these four ideas to your New Year’s resolutions: 1. The advertising world has been buzzing all year with hot takes on how publishers and marketers alike will persist in a cookie-challenged ecosystem and what alternatives are out there to fill the void in the proverbial cookie jar.

Media 125

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QuanticMind

JUNE 30, 2023

What’s new in the realms of paid search and social media? This month, Robert Kurtz, Basis’ Group VP of Search Media Solutions, and Colleen Fielder, Group VP of Social Media Solutions, compiled all the latest news, trends, and resources for easy access. Reddit maaaay be in for a fight.

Paid Search Agency 52

Paid Search Agency Demand Generation Agencies API Advertising Agencies 52

Martech

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Search Engine Optimization remains the stalwart mainstay of digital marketing, with search driving around 50% of website traffic on average, according to an analysis of SimilarWeb data by Growth Badger. Link analysis and acquisition. Most enterprise SEO platforms provide link analysis (i.e.,

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Enterprise Management Marketing Management Search Marketing Lead Ranking 137

ClearVoice

JANUARY 5, 2024

Allocating resources and setting a budget that reflects your content marketing goals is like having a GPS for your content strategy — it keeps everything on track. The question is, how do you budget for success and allocate resources to align with your content marketing goals? Content creation.

Allocation 52

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Directive Agency

APRIL 15, 2022

Too often, companies can get stuck in a sort of tunnel vision, focusing only on one digital marketing solution for their business, either SEO or PPC. This article will highlight each digital marketing component providing the unique benefits while also including the drawbacks of having tunnel vision in each. What is SEO?

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Work Management SEO Paid Search Agency 52

The Lead Agency

MAY 12, 2019

Paid search advertising isn’t used as often in B2B marketing as it is in B2C. Running a successful B2B paid search advertising campaign in niche B2B target markets can be extremely difficult. For B2B companies, however, the lifetime value of a customer is often between $20,000 and $200,000.

Paid Search Agency 63

Paid Search Agency Cost per Acquisition Campaigns B2B 63

Sprout Social

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As the digital market space rapidly evolves, customers are seeking authenticity and human connection from brands like never before. To meet this rising demand, your marketing team needs to be agile, think out of the box and keep up with deadlines—all while operating within limited budgets and constrained team bandwidths.

Marketing AI 123

Marketing AI Paid Content Work Management Marketing Strategy 123

Martech

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Performance marketing is a crucial tool for growing brands, but over-reliance can backfire as competition intensifies. To build a sustainable business, companies should evolve their strategy by leveraging user data to refine positioning and extend their brand identity across channels.

Marketing Attribution 106

Marketing Attribution Ideal Customer Profiles Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 106

ClearVoice

MARCH 31, 2021

Some things never change, but social media is not one of them. We’re here to help you stay current with all of the latest social media news updates from new features, product releases, and occasional platform glitches. Need to get connected with all the latest updates in social media? Social media updates for Clubhouse.

Social Media 132

Social Media Paid Content Media Advertising Agencies 132

Huptech Web

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Table Of Contents Introduction Why do Top Brands Consider Statistics to be an Important Aspect? It enables companies to comprehend thе consеquеncеs or advantages of decisions. Data еnablеs companies to analyze the impact of their efforts on customer satisfaction, identifying areas for improvement. of the clicks, versus 19.3%

Paid Content 52

Paid Content Statistics Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies 52

SmartBug Media

AUGUST 18, 2020

Over the course of my career in marketing, I’ve worked with a wide range of customers in various industries. One of my former roles was that of marketing director for a finance company that provided outsourced CFO and finance services to startups, primarily in the SaaS realm. Customer Acquisition Drives Growth.

Acquisitions 98

Acquisitions Allocation Paid Social Agency Paid Search Agency 98

FunnelEnvy

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Online advertising is no exception. The cracks in this ecosystem have turned into gaping holes, and those holes are why your paid ads aren’t scaling. 84% of B2B marketers use paid distribution channels (read: Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, etc.), What do Paid Ads Actually Contribute?

Paid Search Agency 88

Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising Ads 88

PureB2B

MAY 30, 2022

Judging by the number of people who use the terms interchangeably in conversation, many folks are still confused by the terms ‘marketing’ and ‘advertising.’ Some seem to think advertising refers to anything that helps promote their business. What is B2B Marketing? What is B2B Advertising? What Differentiates Them?

Advertisements 62

Advertisements Advertising B2B Marketing Work Management 62

Content Standard

JULY 31, 2015

Fifty-eight percent of retailers are increasing their spending on social media ads this year, just behind the rate seen for paid search spending. Those spending trends highlight a closing value gap between social media advertising and paid search, according to the National Retail Federation.

Paid Search Agency 40

Paid Search Agency Social Media Spending Advertisements 40

Sharpspring

AUGUST 17, 2021

Paid advertising is often one of the most expensive aspects of your marketing budget. While retargeting campaigns generally have a better ROI, your strategy still suffers if you leave it up to the algorithms — which don’t always serve your ads to the right people. The True Costs of Paid Advertising.

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Marketing Budget Cost per Acquisition Cost Per Click Cost Per Thousand 88