Launch Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

When you think of “B2B” marketing, you think of “Business to Business,” not “Business to Customer.” But this failure to focus on the customer experience or customer marketing is a crucial mistake that many B2B companies make. One of the main objectives of customer marketing is to build and solidify trust.

Top of Funnel 118

Top of Funnel Tactics B2B Marketing Work Management 118

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Are you feeling pressure on your marketing budget? If you think you can’t stretch your dollars to meet all your marketing needs, you may actually need better allocation, not more money. The objective of marketing is to attract, engage, convert, and retain customers. Marketing Budgets Shifting and Changing.

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Marketing Budget Paid Content Budget Programs Marketing Budget Creation 286

Blue Flame Thinking

MARCH 28, 2024

A strategic marketing plan is like a funnel. Marketing is designed to increase awareness of what you offer and lead your audiences to a conversion—whether that is a purchase, meeting, or other connection. Use a marketing funnel strategy. Three key phases of the marketing funnel drive this action.

Marketing Funnels 65

Marketing Funnels Top of Funnel Paid Content Paid Search Agency 65

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2021

Being creative and cost-effective is essential. When it comes to developing growth marketing strategies, you don’t have every resource at your disposal. The best growth strategies involve organic SEO, content marketing, organic social media, and email marketing. Commit to Content Marketing.

Growth Marketing 357

Growth Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Marketing Automation Services 357

Contently

MAY 26, 2020

When I was making the transition from journalism to marketing, my first big epiphany came from a caveman cartoon. You make content, people click on it, and then—BOOM—they immediately buy something or fill out a demo request form. After all, if our search ads work that way, shouldn’t content work that way too?

Top of Funnel 218

Top of Funnel Content Marketing Marketing Analytics Tools Lead Ranking 218

Golden Spiral

MARCH 24, 2022

Is the issue with B2B ad conversions an industry-wide phenomenon or do some companies not produce ad content that works? I once read a stat that said: “You’re more likely to get bitten by a shark than click on a display ad.”. Researched content for a blog article? So then why did display ads account for 85% of U.S.

Paid Search Agency 62

Paid Search Agency Ads Work Management Landing Pages 62

Only B2B

APRIL 24, 2024

Among marketers, few topics spark as much debate as the comparison between demand generation and inbound marketing. Conversely, inbound marketing predominantly relies on passive techniques to draw in potential leads. Here are some metrics to consider: High-intent Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs).

Demand Generation Agencies 71

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 71

Binary Demand

MARCH 1, 2024

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. The world of B2B marketing automation is on the brink of a full-fledged AI-driven revolution. But what is the path to reeling in those big fish?

Ideal Customer Profiles 97

Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services 97

Contently

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Content marketing ain’t easy… but isn’t that why it’s so valuable? Organizations are taking a more proactive approach to content these days as it relates to audience engagement, lead funnel growth, prospect nurturing, customer loyalty, and strong brand affinity. Are you meeting their needs?

Lead Ranking 189

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Leads 189

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

Sprout Social

APRIL 25, 2024

There are social media templates available for virtually any task you can think of—from content production to reporting to team onboarding. Consider this: When you spend an hour formatting a spreadsheet, you’re losing an hour that you could have spent on your social media marketing strategy.

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Social Media Template Work Management Marketing Management 106

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

Metadata

AUGUST 23, 2022

It’s not exactly news that LinkedIn advertising can be expensive. Google that phrase, and you’ll see articles like “Why are LinkedIn ads so dang expensive?” and “LinkedIn is the most expensive digital advertising platform.”. Our customers’ LinkedIn ad experiments prove that out. Note: This data includes Conversation ads.

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Cost Per Click CPC CTR Conversion Rate 52

KoMarketing Associates

JANUARY 29, 2019

More times than not, when a client comes to us looking for help with their B2B content marketing strategy , we notice the strategy itself is either very new, or it exists with a lack of focus (both SEO and target audiences). Here are five quick tips to take your B2B content marketing strategy beyond the educational phase: 1.

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Top of Funnel Paid Content Education B2B 124

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. While the two terms are somewhat synonymous, demand generation strategies span the entire funnel. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

Convince & Convert

MARCH 19, 2018

As organic reach dwindles, social media ads are becoming more and more appealing to marketers. In fact, social advertising budgets doubled from $16 billion in 2014 to $31 billion in 2016. Here, I’ll distill these lessons and apply them to social ads. Two-Cent Video Ads. Hyper-Focused Audience Targeting.

Paid Content 151

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Ads 151

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Every marketing team should have specific KPIs that align with their department’s goals and the organization’s goals at large.

Lead Ranking 130

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Webinar Metrics 130

Metadata

AUGUST 14, 2023

If I wrote a book about the life of a performance marketer, I’d call it, Metrics, Madness, & Mayhem. The pressure of performance marketing is VERY real, especially in a down economy. I’m looking at you, native ad channels. Performance marketers need help. Metadata structures paid campaigns differently.

Budget Programs 52

Budget Programs Paid Search Agency Optimization Ads 52

SmartBug Media

JANUARY 8, 2019

Paid search gives advertisers the unique ability to send a large amount of qualified traffic to their web properties with just the flip of a switch. Perhaps you would like to drive more software demos for your sales team? Another thing you will want to consider is where this targeted action sits in your funnel.

Paid Content 53

Paid Content Paid Search Agency Top of Funnel Funnel Advertising 53

Directive Agency

JULY 23, 2020

For many business-to-business (B2B) software organizations, paid advertising is essential to generating leads and driving revenue. Through paid channels, marketers are able to segment and target audiences more precisely, leading to higher conversion rates and ultimately, more sales. What is B2B advertising?

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Funnel Advertising Top of Funnel Enterprise Management Advertisements 59

Martech

OCTOBER 19, 2023

While businesses value the synergy between marketing, sales and product teams in theory, they often struggle to create a cohesive atmosphere and deliver seamless customer experiences in practice. Yet, nine in 10 also say they are misaligned across strategy, process, content and culture. New revenue. Customer acquisition cost (САС).

Top of Funnel 130

Top of Funnel Planning Product Ad Frequency 130

Walker Sands

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) introduced several big changes for B2B marketers who recently had to switch over to the analytics tool from Universal Analytics (UA) , including how GA4 tracks conversions, the shift to events instead of goals, and the implementation of predictive metrics and audiences. How is your team adapting to these changes?

Marketing Analytics Tools 52

Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing Report Paid Search Agency Google 52

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omnichannel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Get a Demo Demand Generation vs Lead Generation: What’s the Difference? What is Demand Generation? You aren’t the only one to think so.

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

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. That’s why it’s so important to have a well-defined digital marketing funnel in place.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels B2B Marketing Ad Building 98

Outgrow

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

20 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies for the Growth Hacking Funnel. Or as he explained, “growth, not with traditional advertising but rather with programming smarts on a shoestring budget". Lo and behold, came growth hacking strategies that EVERY marketer started talking about. Growth Hacking Funnel.

Top of Funnel 72

Top of Funnel Paid Content Webinar Metrics Guerilla Marketing 72

Metadata

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For demand marketers focused on driving sales and business growth, revenue is the ultimate KPI. And targeting your audience with paid social media campaigns is one of the best ways to do that. How to look at the data LinkedIn vs. Facebook for B2B marketing What are the best CTAs? How long should your ad text be?

Cost per Lead 78

Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency Advertising Benchmark CPL 78

Bannerflow

MAY 12, 2023

Google Optimize, a powerful tool for website optimization and A/B testing, has long been a go-to solution for advertisers seeking to enhance their online marketing strategies. This news has left many advertisers pondering the implications and seeking alternatives as this was the only big advertising platform to offer a free plan.

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Advertising Agencies A/B testing Advertisements Advertising 52

Directive Agency

AUGUST 3, 2020

While a majority of B2C companies are crushing the social media marketing game, many B2B organizations are lagging behind. Even with Facebook’s growing popularity, many B2B brands still struggle to nail down an effective strategy. Facebook advertising for B2B brands. Focus on the funnel. The problem?

Top of Funnel 64

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Facebook Ads 64

Parse.ly

JULY 29, 2021

Table of Contents. Understand content marketing for top of the funnel. Incorporate multiple channels in marketing funnel stages. Build successful marketing funnel stages. When we talk about The Content Marketer’s Funnel , lead generation gets a lot of attention.

Top of Funnel 59

Top of Funnel Paid Content Webinar Metrics Optimization 59

MKT1

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Educating the rest of your company on marketing is often the hardest part of doing marketing. Marketing’s actual job is to understand an audience and communicate to that audience in a value-add way. Yet, when it comes to doing this internally, marketers often fall short–very, very short. Nor should you.

Planning 75

Planning Paid Search Agency Marketing Analytics Tools Advertising Agencies 75

BenchmarkONE

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A marketing funnel is a visual representation of your customer’s journey from the moment they come in contact with your brand till they become a paying customer. Other marketers also refer to marketing funnels as purchase, conversion, and lead funnels, among others. Why Do You Need A Marketing Funnel?

Top of Funnel 74

Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels Marketing Automation Services High Quality Lead 74

The Lead Agency

APRIL 14, 2024

Tired of trend lists that don’t apply to the unique challenges of B2B marketing? B2B marketing can be complicated; buyer journeys are messy. You’re researching, comparing, and have just now landed on the relevant, tangible information that will actually help you get better B2B marketing results.

Work Management 62

Work Management Paid Content B2B Marketing Trends 62

Velocity Partners

JULY 5, 2023

” “HUNDREDS of people clicked on our ad! Why is no-one signing up for a demo?” “We Clients come to our door with problems like this all the time — the high of an influx of leads from the latest marketing campaign, quickly replaced by frustration and disappointment when none of them want to talk to sales. So, what’s going wrong?

Sales Qualified Leads 81

Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Campaigns 81

Lake One

JULY 27, 2023

Most companies measure the success of their marketing efforts by how prospects move through the funnel. HubSpot’s Customer Journey Analytics at a glance Launched at HubSpot’s Inbound22 conference, Customer Journey Analytics is available to Marketing Hub Enterprise users. Want to go deeper?

Hubspot 80

Hubspot Paid Content Analytics Top of Funnel 80

ClearVoice

JULY 22, 2022

The copy is insightful and compelling, and you’ve made great use of visual content. Every piece of content should have a call to action (“CTA” in marketing speak). This is Digital Marketing 101 stuff. We should never let a piece of quality content run into a dead-end. What makes a good call to action in marketing?

Top of Funnel 95

Top of Funnel Examples Funnel Advertising Content 95

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 30, 2022

As marketers, our goal is to attract people to our brand. Leads can be generated when a consumer downloads a piece of content, signs up for a free trial, or creates an account for a free product, for example. They come from organic channels, such as Google search, and paid channels, such as advertising campaigns.

Lead Generation 96

Lead Generation Tactics Work Management Generation 96

SalesIntel

MARCH 14, 2023

Businesses pay large amounts of money to fill their sales funnel; however, most of these leads are unqualified. Even when they are qualified, if you can’t properly segment your audience on firmographic and technographic references, the effectiveness of your outreach will suffer. This translates to more effective lead generation.

Account Based Marketing 98

Account Based Marketing Work Management Marketing Management High Quality Lead 98