Top Rank Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In an age where the allure of artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the attention of so many of us in the B2B marketing industry, the essence of authentic human connection in storytelling is more important than ever. “81% of marketers think content writers jobs are at risk because of AI.

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Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Content Marketing B2B 105

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

The world has been stirred up by a global pandemic, most of us are still working from home, and digital marketing strategies have become a critical part of every company’s survival. When it comes down to it, one of the most important things marketing organizations are tasked with is generating marketing qualified leads (MQLs).

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Lead Generation Lead Ranking Paid Content Lead Scoring 264

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

But the long-running effects of digital disruption, coupled with the sudden shock of COVID-driven remote work, have changed the game. Because awareness has already been established, lead generation strategies typically are activated in the second stage of the sales funnel — interest. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

ANNUITAS

MAY 28, 2020

A few weeks ago, my colleague Scott Parent wrote about the immediate impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having on marketing. It’s one of our highest performing blog posts, and for good reason – this is completely uncharted territory. But he didn’t just present these ideas in a blog post. So, where you use webinars is key.

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Top of Funnel Demand Webinar Metrics Paid Search Agency 147

Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI.

Email Marketing 264

Email Marketing Enterprise Management CTR Webinar Metrics 264

Scoop.it

JULY 5, 2022

As the world of content marketing becomes ever more competitive, the types of posts you publish can significantly impact both your rankings and your conversion rates. . Here’s how to create reader-focused blog posts that will help you achieve your content marketing goals. Know Your Audience.

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Rules Top of Funnel Content Marketing Tips 102

ANNUITAS

MARCH 19, 2020

Business leaders and marketing and sales teams are struggling now, more than ever, to not only drive new demand, but to replace the loss of existing demand in the marketplace. Whether it’s trade shows, local events or more intimate sales dinners, in-person interactions are a much relied-upon component of every company’s demand marketing mix.

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Top of Funnel Planning Demand Elasticity 232

Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you haven’t come across it yet, it’s an insightful framework that challenges the outdated strategies we B2B marketers have relied on to spur growth over the last decade. Coincidentally, we recently explored this very topic in this blog post. The exact shape of this new digital marketing era is yet to be defined.

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 79

illumin

JANUARY 12, 2024

There are many different ways that marketers can build their ad strategies on Meta and their social media marketing does not have to be an island. Meta can and should be a part of a marketer’s programmatic approach. Facebook Ads Manager acts as its own DSP, letting marketers buy programmatic ad space on Facebook.

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Paid Search Agency Ads Marketing & Strategy Funnel Advertising 105

Webbiquity

MARCH 17, 2017

What is a Sales Funnel? Sales funnels are everywhere. Prospective purchasers don’t see the funnel, but rather an interactive brand, an awesome product, or the long awaited solution they need. This is the power of a sales funnel that’s ultimately designed to get sales. It does much of the work for the marketer.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Digital Marketing Funnels Landing Pages 243

Tiecas

APRIL 23, 2024

However, this sales-driven environment presents unique challenges for industrial and manufacturing marketers. Low search volumes: Relevant industry keywords may have less search traffic compared to broader consumer markets. For more on these challenges, see my earlier blog post, “Industrial Lead Generation for Sales – It’s Complicated!”

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Lead Ranking Lead Generation Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 52

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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Work Management Marketing Management Budget Programs Demand Generation 130

Vidyard

DECEMBER 3, 2014

KITCHENER, Ontario – December 3, 2014 – Vidyard , a global leader in video marketing and sales enablement solutions, today launched its integration with the Act-On marketing automation platform. It’s about giving our customers access to the right data to make smarter marketing decisions.”

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Marketing Automation Services Act-On Marketing Automation Demand Generation Agencies 50

Tony Zambito

OCTOBER 1, 2018

When I first pioneered the concept of buyer insights research and developing buyer personas seventeen plus years ago, the “sales funnel” was something you could count on not changing that drastically over a few years. In an era of new subscription and customer success models caused by digital disruption, this concept is even more timely.

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Buyer Personas Lead Ranking Digital Marketing Funnels Urgency Marketing 174

BuzzSumo

MAY 9, 2019

Blog engagement is a fickle metric. Sometimes it’s hard to quantify why it happens for some types of blog posts but not others – especially if your posts and articles are pretty consistent, quality-wise. It sings to this tune: Using the BuzzSumo Content Analysis Report to Research the Best Types of Blog Posts.

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Thought Leadership Case Studies Case Study Top of Funnel 111

ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

According to Drift , “between 2019 and 2020, using a Conversational Marketing solution to schedule a meeting, purchase an item, or add yourself to a mailing list more than doubled.”. There are great chat best practices to follow that have been well documented by many, such as this best practice blog by Drift. Read this page ).

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Demand Enterprise Management Marketing & Strategy Marketing Strategy 130

SmartBug Media

AUGUST 27, 2021

There are three distinct types of media that make up any digital marketing mix: earned, owned, and paid media. Inbound marketing traditionally couples the latter two; it’s a method to draw in your audience with stellar website content, blog articles, premium content, and social media engagement.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Inbound Marketing Lead Ranking 105

Valasys

DECEMBER 18, 2019

B2B marketing is a monolithic & ever-transcending field & thriving in a knowledge-based economy takes a lot of effort – particularly in terms of delivering the value with the help of content. Content Marketing Institute : Next-up on the list of the best digital marketing blogs is the Content Marketing Institute.

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B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency B2B Best Practices 59

Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 22, 2020

Understanding the needs of your customers is a vital element in the definition of the content marketing. Those insights lead to one of the biggest trends in Content Marketing: we need to develop content for the every stage of the buyer journey. And influencing buyer decisionsis what marketing is all about! Quick Takeaways.

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Top of Funnel Buyer's Journey Trends Lead Scoring 288

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 21, 2019

And, for many of our clients, whose buying cycles can reach up to 18 months, high volume keywords tend to drive top of the funnel traffic, which take time to convert. Of course, I could create an entire book on why a multi-channel keyword strategy is necessary but that’s not what this blog post is about. Utilize Your Paid Data.

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Top of Funnel Tactics SEO Long Tail Marketing 141

Unbounce

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Yep, this is a line commonly heard in many businesses , especially small businesses where the number of marketing team members can generally be counted on one hand—or even just one finger. We reached out to a one-person marketing machine, Raise Craze ’s Claire Seymour, to find out just how she gets it all done. Heartwarming, right?

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Paid Content Marketing AI Landing Pages Personalization 143

ANNUITAS

AUGUST 19, 2022

My most recent blog posts have proposed a new approach for B2B go-to-market teams — a Converged Growth organizational model. This new organizational model represents a complete rethink of traditional B2B sales, marketing and customer service roles, with blended teams, organized around stewardship of customer journey phases.

Lead Ranking 130

Lead Ranking Paid Search Agency SIC Research 130

Only B2B

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Conventional lead generation tactics for B2B marketers will not work in 2022. Simply because the pandemic’s previous two years have altered how purchasers act and make purchases. If you look at the most recent B2B market trends, you can notice how much has changed in such a short time. As an example—.

Lead Generation 118

Lead Generation Marketing Budget Generation Webinar Metrics 118

Content Standard

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter , Content & Context, to receive future insights and updates on the content marketing world from Skyword CEO, Andrew C. Let’s talk about the convergence of content marketing and the customer experience (CX). That changed with the pandemic. So what role does content play in all this?

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Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Paid Search Agency Digital Marketing Funnels 131

Martech

JANUARY 11, 2022

“Buyer intent signals are a collection of indicators that tells me whether the account that I am targeting is relevant to my brand or relevant to one of my offerings,” said Hussam AlMukhtar, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing for B2B intelligence platform ZoomInfo, at our recent MarTech conference. Source: Hussam AlMukhtar. “94%

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Buying Cycle Intent Buy Intent Signal 108

Choozle

MARCH 29, 2022

Catering your messages and tactics to align and guide your potential customers through the decision-making funnel will yield long-term results, as each stage demands its own tactics and goals to ensure it fuels user action. The 411 of the Consideration Stage. And remember, this stage is not where sales are made. Tactics to Consider(ation).

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Paid Content Advertising Agencies 74

Lake One

MAY 12, 2022

Welcome to the first two stages of the inbound marketing funnel – you’re not alone in this journey. Marketing gurus in this digital era use various strategies to capture their target audience’s attention. Discover more about the inbound marketing and the funnel experience below.

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Inbound Marketing Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Planning 83

FunnelEnvy

MARCH 18, 2024

Studies prove that B2B prospects now prefer a digital buying journey over sales calls. Understanding your target audience is more important than ever for lead generation and improving the ROI of marketing and sales. Craft Targeted Messaging Imagine sending generic email marketing blasts that land flat with your audience.

Buyer Personas 57

Buyer Personas Marketing AI Ideal Customer Profiles Webinar Metrics 57

Launch Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Marketing is complicated. As the new year looms, planning your marketing budget and activities is top of mind for B2B marketers and leaders. When looking at your long-term marketing strategies and long-term marketing goals for the year ahead, there are probably many questions your organization will be looking to answer.

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Organization B2B Marketing Planning Marketing Budget 133

ANNUITAS

MARCH 8, 2022

And while a majority of companies see the value of chat ( a recent report by Drift found that 74% of its survey respondents were planning to add a chat solution to their marketing strategy) unfortunately, most companies aren’t maximizing their investment. Is the tool helping to nurture meaningful digital relationships?

Marketing Automation Services 130

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Tools Top of Funnel 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. What makes the difference between a high-performing sales funnel and one that isn’t ready for the needs of a modern B2B sales motion? Free Trial A Sales Funnel Has Four Stages: 1.

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Sales Management Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads Work Management 130

Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Businesses use content marketing strategies to generate brand awareness, educate prospects and customers and establish credibility. Providing the content customers need when they’re ready for it ultimately leads to better outcomes for marketers. How important is personalization in content marketing? Additional reading.

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Digital Asset Management Paid Content Work Management Marketing Management 132

Webbiquity

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Here are four areas where your business can benefit from using personalization in your digital marketing. Personalization in Email Marketing. For more guidance on effective email marketing and personalization, check out these email marketing tools and other posts here on email marketing best practices.

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Paid Content Personalization Lead Ranking Marketing Analytics Tools 252

Marketri

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Before you commit a budget to marketing, you want assurance those dollars will drive the results you’re looking for. As our clients will attest, strategic marketing can drive revenue growth and generate a high ROI. That’s where it helps to have insights from veteran B2B marketers. It sounds like the most basic of questions.

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Top of Funnel ROI Advertising Channels Lead Scoring 62

Valasys

MAY 7, 2020

Many of us have heard the hoax “Guest Blogging is dead” so many times. Guest blogging is amongst the most important go-to tools in digital marketing and has numerous benefits to complement your SEO endeavors.

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High Quality Lead Link Building Ad Building Lead Scoring 72

Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2019

In today’s digital age, there is a lot of emphasis on generating leads through blogs, emails, social media, Google AdWords, etc. However, as any seasoned marketer can tell you that while rewarding, social media lead generation isn’t an exact science. Who knows, maybe they’re in the market for a new product or service.

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High Quality Lead Leads Lead Marketing Qualified Leads 178

Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. While it might seem basic and a little bit boring, email is actually the most advanced medium of communication between marketers and their ideal customers. You’ll get high ROI According to Campaign Monitor , email marketing generates $38 for every $1 spent, which computes to a 3,700% ROI.

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Email Marketing Enterprise Management CTR Webinar Metrics 130