Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

B2B marketing has become overly focused on measurement and attribution, appearing and claiming to be more science than art. Investors, boards and leadership expect marketing growth to be measurable, predictable and projectable. But the truth is that marketing is not a hard science.

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Lead Gen Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies B2B Marketing 135

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions.

Ideal Customer Profiles 130

Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking Lead Generation Sales Management 130

Webbiquity

JUNE 28, 2022

Marketing business to business (B2B) products and services differs from business to consumer (B2C) practices in at least a half-dozen ways. What Makes a Great B2B Case Study? Approximately 33% of B2B brands allocate 5% of their budget to marketing. Guest post by Eleanor Hecks. Highlight Your Specialty.

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The Marketing Blender

JULY 19, 2022

How To Build A B2B Marketing Funnel. When you’re in the business of marketing B2B products or services, it’s crucial to create a B2B marketing funnel that will guide potential customers through the buying process. What Is a B2B Marketing Funnel?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In the world of B2B, things change quickly. So something that worked a year ago (*cough* your current sales process *cough*), probably isn’t as effective presently. Sales process optimization isn’t a one and done activity. Even the most evergreen processes need some upkeep once in a while.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles Process Optimization 130

Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2023

2023 looks like a tough year for marketing budgets. Overall, 58% of marketers project flat or reduced budgets for 2023, up from just 26% in 2022. But very small companies (11-50 workers) were actually most likely to increase marketing budgets this year. 1) B2B marketers are faring (a little) better than B2C.

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Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 282

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Are you thinking about increasing sales with a webinar? Start with your webinar funnel. What Is a Webinar Funnel? A webinar funnel works a lot like a sales funnel or marketing funnel. How Do I Create a Sales Webinar? Tap into B2B social media to get more people to your webinar.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Advertising Funnels Landing Pages 208

Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Too often, companies focus SEO efforts on driving traffic with top-of-the-funnel content and keywords. While this approach can generate traffic, it often fails to convert them into leads and sales. In B2B, the opportunity is in optimizing for bottom-of-the-funnel queries and conversions.

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Top of Funnel SEO B2B Paid Search Agency 107

Biznology

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Always on the lookout for new ways to identify prospects and generate leads in business markets? This year I’ve come across a handful of services and tools that demonstrate and welcome creativity and innovative by using digital marketing. Then it takes over the LinkedIn accounts of the client’s sales reps.

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Marketing Prospects B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel 189

Binary Demand

MARCH 1, 2024

Among the latest innovations, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands out, causing quite a stir in B2B demand generation companies. Its potential for storytelling and marketing is undeniable, making AI in B2B marketing and sales a transformative force, reshaping interactions with brands, information, and services.

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Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services 97

SalesIntel

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So, what is the first thing that occurs to you when you start brainstorming about your B2B sales strategy? What are the latest challenges in B2B sales strategies ? The latest B2B sales challenges include: Difficulty in reaching decision makers and engaging with them effectively. Target Audience? Investment?

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Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Marketing & Strategy 95

FunnelEnvy

MAY 27, 2024

Evaluating your SaaS marketing conversion rate can feel like peering into a black box. You may be considering a funnel audit, but how do you know when the cost of a funnel audit is justified? What are the warning signs of problems in your funnel? Is the flow of qualified leads into your funnel slowing down?

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Top of Funnel Cost Advertising Funnels Lead Ranking 62

Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2019

B2B lead generation tools help marketers more effectively develop new prospective sales opportunities. Here’s why and how, as a marketer, you may want to integrate new lead generation tools and processes into your B2B lead generation strategy and campaigns. Guest post by Robert Jordan.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Generation Top of Funnel Lead Scoring 207

Martech

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

“Misalignment between marketing and sales teams is a trillion-dollar problem for B2B revenue teams,” said Julianne Thompson, director of sales development at revenue acceleration platform Drift, in a recent webinar. Marketing and sales now share the same goals. Create shared goals. “We

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Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel Work Management 125

Martech

MARCH 27, 2024

In B2B marketing, the traditional approach of casting a wide net is increasingly being challenged by a more targeted and personalized strategy: account-based marketing (ABM). This method focuses on identifying and engaging with specific high-value accounts, treating each as its own distinct market.

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Oktopost

APRIL 9, 2024

B2B Demand generation is changing. Novel formats, channels, and technologies like TikTok and ChatGPT are now driving forces behind buyer interest, opening up new ways for B2B brands to raise awareness about their products. At any given time, most of your best prospects aren’t in the market to buy what you’re selling.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand B2B Marketing 62

Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Businesses have a wealth of options for promoting their solutions to boost sales. Content marketing directly improves sales in many ways, and typically costs much less and has higher returns than ads. B2B buyers are changing; they seek out more informational and educational content to solve problems.

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Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Work Management 358

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel.

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Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Oktopost

MARCH 4, 2024

In this highly competitive and saturated market, SaaS companies must continuously meet their KPIs, drive customers down the B2B funnel, and ensure they stand out from their competition. 60% of B2B SaaS companies reported their biggest marketing problem is a lack of time and resources. What is B2B SaaS Marketing?

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Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Marketing & Strategy 62

Martech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Staying ahead of the curve is imperative for long-term success in B2B. As we wrap up 2023 and look ahead to 2024, now is the time to evaluate our marketing strategies to ensure we are fully prepared for what’s to come. This article discusses six pivotal areas B2B marketers should focus on to kick off 2024 proactively.

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B2B Marketing Trends B2B Planning 100

Lead Forensics

MAY 14, 2024

They have become masters at using marketing automation and their digital strategies continue to grow in sophistication. Amazon continues to be a leading light in this field, showing how marketing automation can help turn a company into a slick selling machine. They can work just as effectively for B2B businesses.

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Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel B2B Sales Marketing Automation 52

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

JANUARY 22, 2020

The middle of the demand generation funnel receives way less attention than it deserves. At the top of the funnel, marketing increases traffic and fills the database with new leads through paid ads, social media, search, referral programs, and a variety of other channels. What exactly is the middle of the funnel?

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. Plus, marketing was getting some extra respect in board meetings. Drive more.

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Marketing AI Lead Ranking Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing 108

Top Rank Marketing

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

B2B Video Is Bringing in Customers [Report] 91 percent of B2B marketers have said that their organization has used video in marketing efforts, with 90 percent noting that video has helped increase traffic, while 71 percent of B2B brands have used videos created especially for social media, with 70 percent having utilized explainer videos — three of (..)

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Binary Demand

JUNE 7, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]In the ever-evolving world of B2B marketing, harnessing the power of automation is paramount. Let’s start with a glimpse of what B2B marketing automation is, then explore its working, importance, distinction from CRM, and other insights.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Enterprise Management Work Management 98

Only B2B

MARCH 27, 2024

B2B marketers spend countless hours crafting campaigns, social media posts, and targeted ads, all in the name of capturing potential customers. Do all those website visitors and content downloads translate into sales conversations? Imagine your sales funnel as a pyramid.

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 71

Martech

MAY 5, 2023

Marketers know this as “the sales funnel”. The advent of AI and the avalanche of data has distorted the shape of the funnel. If it is not shaped like a funnel any more, then what is it? Think about a spider web Ryan Brock, chief solution officer at marketing strategy platform DemandJump, no longer sees a funnel.

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Top of Funnel Marketing AI Digital Marketing Funnels Buyer Intent 101

Binary Demand

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[ps2id id=’Introduction’ target=”/]Based on a recent HubSpot report, 35% of surveyed marketers prioritized B2B demand generation activities in 2022, indicating a noticeable shift from tactical demand generation to a more strategic approach in the current and future of B2B demand generation marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Account Based Marketing 116

SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. Some of them are free while others are paid – but all bring in enormous value to the sales process. Investing in a random sales tool is a waste of time, money and effort. What are Sales Tools?

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Marketing Automation Services B2B Sales Enterprise Management Work Management 97

SendinBlue

APRIL 19, 2021

Successful B2B marketing automation requires thought and preparation but once up and running, can do serious heavy lifting for your sales funnel. Now you might be wondering how exactly one should use marketing automation for B2B. What’s the difference between B2B vs B2C marketing automation?

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Marketing Automation Services Top of Funnel Marketing Automation B2B Sales 95

Martech

JANUARY 4, 2023

B2B marketing is as direct and personalized as it gets. You’ve also got to know their company’s processes, organization and purchasing cycles. Here’s our list of the top B2B marketers to follow. Great tagline: “Because no one goes to school for B2B Marketing.”) Company: Heinz Marketing.

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Marketing Analytics Tools B2B Marketing Enterprise Management B2B 117

ClearVoice

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Account-based marketing (ABM) and strategic content creation and distribution mesh perfectly. B2B companies have greatly succeeded in enhancing the effectiveness of their ABM campaigns through careful content planning, creation, and distribution. It is the polar opposite of running generic, one-size-fits-all marketing campaigns.

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The Lead Agency

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic that has dominated our lives for the last 18 months has changed how we live both professionally and personally, and the B2B landscape is no different. To succeed with marketing campaigns in 2022, businesses will have to continue to adapt their strategies to suit buyer trends. – B2B Decision Maker Pulse.

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Paid Content Trends B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency 118

Top Rank Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2023

Sales growth is down for B2B products. Ad spending is up. The going is getting tough, so marketers are getting going. Here’s an overview of recent data highlighting the timely challenges being faced by the B2B marketing industry today, and how leaders are taking action to overcome them.

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B2B Marketing Paid Search Agency Terms and Conditions Advertising Agencies 95

SmarkLabs

JUNE 13, 2022

Feeling bamboozled by marketing tactics, channels, and buzzwords? There’s a lot to navigate when searching for the best marketing practices for your emerging company. Knowing when and how to get a realistic and effective marketing strategy off the ground may even seem daunting. Start-Up Marketing Fundamentals.

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Paid Search Agency Paid Content Ideal Customer Profiles Sales Management 97

Top Rank Marketing

MARCH 25, 2024

TopRank Marketing has worked with clients in both the B2B and B2C realms over the last two decades. In that time, we have definitely witnessed the much-discussed convergence of these two previously diametric categories; the so-called consumerization of B2B. Address the full funnel with your SEO content.

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Top of Funnel SEO Long Tail Marketing B2B 111

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

This is why it’s imperative for B2B tech marketers to shift their focus from buying journey funnels to full-on customer lifecycle management. However, customer acquisition is where most marketing strategies stop. The traditional funnel is focused on net-new customer acquisition as the means to drive growth.

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