Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 4, 2021

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. Growth marketing strategies are not cookie cutter. Commit to Content Marketing.

Growth Marketing 358

Growth Marketing Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Marketing Automation Services 358

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

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).

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Inbound Marketing Top of Funnel 71

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.

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Paid Search Agency Ads Work Management Landing Pages 62

EveryoneSocial

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

There are a million ways you can go about saving money on paid advertising, but I want to focus on the most impactful strategies. I’ve been a paid search specialist for more than six years, and – using the tactics I’ll discuss in this blog — I’ve helped accounts improve their campaign cost per conversion by as much as 50%!

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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?

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Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Services 97

KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In my last blog we discussed the detailed ways B2B marketers can reach their target audience through paid advertising on LinkedIn. While there are several ad formats to choose from on LinkedIn, lead generation campaigns are one of the best ways to ensure conversions through LinkedIn advertising.

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Linkedin Sales Qualified Leads B2B Thought Leadership Lead Scoring 221

Unbounce

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You and a couple of friends have an idea for a product that fits a clear gap in the market. Procurify’s marketing team was under more pressure than ever to keep their growth going—even accelerate it. We also spoke with Jendi, Procurify’s Marketing Web Designer, over the phone. They did a bang-up job, too.

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Landing Pages Account Based Marketing ABM Lead Scoring 136

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

Rev

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

That’s where marketing qualified leads, or MQLs, come into play. You’ll also learn how MQLs compare to sales qualified leads, (SQLs) and how they work together in the sales funnel. What is a marketing qualified lead (MQL)? MQLs are leads your marketing team has identified as having the potential to become customers.

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Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads High Quality Lead 78

Martech

DECEMBER 15, 2022

That’s why many teams implement an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy. In doing so, marketers need to deliver the experiences and content that are appropriate depending on how advanced the prospect is in the buyer’s journey. Then, line these strategies up with actual companies in your target market or region.

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Top of Funnel Account Based Marketing Peer-to-peer Marketing & Strategy 100

Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The fundamental core of successful content marketing programs is, well, creating great content. Even great content, however, needs a push. Paid distribution a great way for brands to quickly grow their audiences and jumpstart engagement with their content. It is advertising for the modern internet.

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Metadata

MAY 13, 2021

Like the rest of the marketing world, we had to make significant budget cuts when the pandemic hit last year. We discovered LinkedIn Conversation Ads , a new ad type that’s generated more revenue for us than we could have ever imagined. Our monthly advertising budget was cut by 60% so we only had $17,000 to play with each month.

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Linkedin Paid Search Agency Conversion Ads 95

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?

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Marketing Analytics Tools Marketing Report Paid Search Agency Google 52

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

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

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.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

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.

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Work Management Paid Content B2B Marketing Trends 62

MKT1

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you don’t adopt AI as a marketer, you won’t be efficient or effective enough to compete—we’ve all heard this many, many times at this point. Kathleen and I are marketers and investors. Improve marketing operations and processes : Use AI to streamline your team and free up time to work on meatier projects.

Sales Management 52

Sales Management Paid Content Marketing Analytics Tools Tools 52

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?

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Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Top of Funnel Campaigns 81

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.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Funnels B2B Marketing Ad Building 98

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.

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Top of Funnel Paid Content Webinar Metrics Optimization 59

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?

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

Martech

APRIL 26, 2022

You’ve heard about the results companies are getting with account-based marketing (ABM) and you want to know what it will take to make it work for you. Like any digital marketing campaign, the cost of running ABM campaigns consists of multiple components with multiple line items within each component.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Paid Content Cost 96

Directive Agency

AUGUST 3, 2020

While a majority of B2C companies are crushing the social media marketing game, many B2B organizations are lagging behind. It’s going to take a lot more than a stellar Facebook ad to turn a prospective buyer into a paying customer. Facebook advertising for B2B brands. Focus on the funnel. The problem?

Top of Funnel 64

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Facebook Ads 64

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.

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Planning Paid Search Agency Marketing Analytics Tools Advertising Agencies 75

SalesIntel

MARCH 14, 2023

Businesses pay large amounts of money to fill their sales funnel; however, most of these leads are unqualified. Segmenting your audience makes it much easier to create relevant content that is used to convert prospects into leads and customers. As the old marketing saying goes, “if you target everyone, you target no one.”

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Account Based Marketing Work Management Marketing Management High Quality Lead 98

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

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.

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Lead Generation Tactics Work Management Generation 96

KoMarketing Associates

MAY 21, 2019

After all, the traffic you get from organic search can be much less targeted than the traffic you get from paid campaigns. 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. Utilize Your Paid Data.

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Top of Funnel Tactics SEO Long Tail Marketing 141

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?

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Top of Funnel Examples Funnel Advertising Content 95

NetLine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Buyer-level intent data, specifically, is sourced from dozens of intent signals that are gathered from multiple touch points throughout the customer journey, from the content prospects consume to the conferences they attend. This data enables sales teams to focus marketing spend on prospects who are actively ready to buy.

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Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profiles 64

Pam Didner

JULY 5, 2020

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Account-based marketing (ABM) has become a buzzword in recent years. However, there is confusion among marketers concerning what it means and how to do it effectively. What is account-based marketing? Why is it important for sales and marketing? What are some examples of account-based marketing?

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Account Based Marketing Sales Management Paid Content ABM 86

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 52

Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency Advertising Benchmark CPL 52

6sense

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Account-based marketing has become the most sought-after marketing strategy for B2B organizations striving to win new businesses and retain current customers. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are powerful metrics that enable B2B sellers to track the progress of their marketing campaigns more efficiently. 1: Influenced Pipeline.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Advertisements Advertising 62

Contently

JUNE 29, 2017

Welcome to a special Fourth of July edition of Ask a Content Strategist, where I finally answer the question: What’s the ROI of wearing an American Flag romper all weekend in the Hamptons? So, how do you—or others—use article content to influence leads in the B2B process? I’ve lightly edited our exchange.

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Top of Funnel Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Multi-Touch Attribution 164

Metadata

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

According to Kim Roman , Senior Director of Global Campaigns and Programs at Okta, “Content is king, data is queen, and revenue is the royal family. Introducing your company to revenue marketing. What’s revenue marketing? Revenue marketing is so much more than that. What’s your system of record? Where’s your focus?

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Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads MQL Paid Search Agency 52