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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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For example, an $82 CPC could be great for a company that only targets CEOs of maritime engineering companies with a $100k ACV product, but horrible for a company selling task management software to developers for $12/month. You’ll optimize to this metric if you’re running a brand campaign, while you’ll optimize to CPL for lead gen.

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B2B Paid Social Benchmarks: What We Learned From $15M in Spend on Facebook and LinkedIn

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For example, an $82 CPC could be great for a company that only targets CEOs of maritime engineering companies with a $100k ACV product, but horrible for a company selling task management software to developers for $12/month. You’ll optimize to this metric if you’re running a brand campaign, while you’ll optimize to CPL for lead gen.

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The Best Offer Types for Facebook and LinkedIn Campaigns

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LinkedIn’s edge in CPC and CPL supports that as well. What did $42M in spend on Facebook and LinkedIn tell us about successful paid social ads? A lot—but mainly, it showed us the four elements of paid social ads —the ad format, channel, audience and offer type—must work in harmony to drive leads, pipeline and ROI.

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How much does acquiring a customer cost?

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Similar companies in the same vertical probably have similar CPAs to act as benchmarks, O’Connor continued. Cost-per-acquisition (CPA) is how brands measure the efficiency with which they acquire new customers. CPA “is not a standalone metric,” said Michael Brenner, CEO at Marketing Insider Group. Two are productive, three are not.

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5 Top Methods to Decrease B2B Cost per Lead

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Marketers are constantly challenged to drive qualified leads into the sales funnel and ensure that the cost per lead (CPL) is optimized. Of course, the lower the CPL, the better. One way for marketers to offset this challenge is to implement an inbound marketing strategy to reduce their B2B CPL. Avoid this dangerous practice.

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5 Top Methods to Decrease B2B Cost per Lead

PureB2B

Marketers are constantly challenged to drive qualified leads into the sales funnel and ensure that the cost per lead (CPL) is optimized. Of course, the lower the CPL, the better. One way for marketers to offset this challenge is to implement an inbound marketing strategy to reduce their B2B CPL. Avoid this dangerous practice.

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41 Execs Discuss Key B2B Marketing Metrics to Watch in 2018

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Marketers are now so inundated with possibilities, it’s hard to know which metrics to report and act on. . . 4: Cost-Per-Lead (CPL). . CPL thresholds will vary quite a bit based on the product and industry. The goal is to generate a campaign that has a low CPL, and high MQL-SQL conversion rate. . 5: Opportunities. .