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How to Use Marketing Budget KPIs for Decision-Making

SmartBug Media

How much are you spending for each new lead, opportunity, and customer? Here are the formulas you should be using to measure your efficiency by channel: Cost per lead (CPL) = Marketing spend by channel ÷ New leads generated by channel. As a marketer, we only have so many dollars to spend and hours in a day.

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A Not-So-Boring Guide on B2B Demand Generation

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Webinars, live streams, giveaways, trade shows, and virtual events — these are all events that offer you amazing outreach opportunities. If you want to boost demand and bring in more B2B buyers, it’s all about data, analytics, and metrics like key performance indicators (KPIs). Cost per lead (CPL).

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Your guide to building a marketing budget template

The Marketing Blender

If you’re trying to reach professionals for a software service, you’ll want to focus on direct outreach, trade shows, and LinkedIn. What is your desired cost per lead and cost per true conversion? Keep Learning: Your simple guide to B2B marketing analytics. What are your revenue goals?

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The Ultimate Resource for 2013 Inbound Marketing Stats and Charts [SlideShare]

Hubspot

48) SEO is the top channel for sales conversions, with 15% of marketers reporting it produces above average conversion rates in 2013. 49) SEO is one of the top lead generation sources, with 25% of marketers finding it produces a below average cost per lead this year. Cost per Lead.

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The Demand Generation Strategy Guide

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Cost per Acquisition – This metric can be calculated by adding together all marketing expenses and then dividing by the number of customers acquired within the same period. Cost per Lead – This metric can be calculated by dividing the cost of advertising by conversion.

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10 Analytics Red Flags All Marketers Should Look Out For

Hubspot

While every company is different and every campaign as well, there are some tried and true analytics that every Marketer should be looking at. 4) Website Content & Blog Posts That Generate Leads: This is a great analytics report, and one that comes for free with HubSpot. First, calculate the monthly cost of marketing.

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How to Improve Your B2B Lead Quality

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Don't settle for generic and broad criteria like "Our best leads are usually B2B SaaS companies". Uses Salesforce and Adobe Analytics. Getting granular with your definition for a qualified lead is going to put your whole team on the same page. Make it more clear, for example: B2B SaaS. 10-50 employees. 1M-5M annual turnover.