SpotMe Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Selecting the right in-person event platform to manage your onsite events is critical to their success. Especially because 95% of marketers believe that in-person events help achieve business goals (American-based event technology company). What Is An In-Person Event Platform? American event technology company).

Marketing Automation Services 52

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management 52

sagefrog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In Sagefrog’s 2024 B2B Marketing Mix Report , we found that B2B marketers’ top objectives for the year ahead are brand awareness, lead generation, client retention, and sales support. Explore nine essential B2B marketing strategies that can help companies succeed in all of these areas in 2024.

Ideal Customer Profiles 52

Ideal Customer Profiles Paid Content Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 52

Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. My personal thoughts and experiences as an industrial marketer and consultant. Engineers and technical buyers are empowered by ready access to information and prefer to do their own extensive research before engaging with suppliers.

Tactics 75

Tactics B2B Marketing Webinar Metrics Marketing Strategy 75

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important. B2B sales and marketing leaders spend considerable time coming to an agreement on how much to value passive and active engagement. B2B Lead Generation Sources.

Sales Management 240

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 240

Launch Marketing

JUNE 22, 2022

Social media platforms have made their way onto the B2B scene and are proving to be a widely used marketing channel. Recent reports show that 96% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn for content marketing and 82% use Twitter. Social media is significantly valuable for B2B marketing. Leverage your Brand.

Social Media 118

Social Media Media B2B Thought Leadership Trade Show 118

Hinge Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Marketers know that they have to tolerate this dilemma because content development is proven to generate awareness, thought leadership , leads, engagement, and sales opportunities. In fact, our own research shows in Figure 1. Download Research as Content: A Guide for B2B Marketers. Why Research?

Top of Funnel 128

Top of Funnel Product B2B Thought Leadership B2B 128

Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Sales leadership in your organization is then able to determine your Total Addressable Market (TAM). Funnel measurement: This involves ensuring that metrics align with expected results while working with sales leadership to escalate issues with follow up, lead response time, and pipeline health. .

Demand Generation Agencies 225

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 225

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important. B2B sales and marketing leaders spend considerable time coming to an agreement on how much to value passive and active engagement. B2B Lead Generation Sources Leads don’t just magically appear in a company’s CRM (though, that would be nice!).

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Exo B2B

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It requires deep thought, meticulous analysis and the ability to project your business into the future. In the world of B2B marketing, every decision must be carefully calculated. Here’s an overview of the key stages we focus on: 1- B2B strategic marketing analysis Before you can chart a course, you need to know where you are.

Planning 59

Planning Paid Content Allocation B2B Marketing 59

DiscoverOrg

MARCH 25, 2019

But as B2B marketers and salespeople, it makes our job harder. This evolution means that accurate location data is more critical than ever for B2B marketing – particularly in these circumstances: Direct mail for marketing campaigns. Location-based event marketing. Location-based event marketing. Navigating GDPR.

Outreach 136

Outreach Planning Multi-Channel Sales Qualified Leads 136

KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

UGC may conjure up visions of social media sweepstakes or photo contests, and while that may work for your industry, many B2B marketers find that their brand’s messaging isn’t a good fit for a light-hearted contest. Luckily, there are at least five other ways that brands can use user-generated content in B2B marketing.

User-Generated Content 123

User-Generated Content Organization Generation B2B Thought Leadership 123

Brandpoint

MAY 28, 2020

If you’re in charge of marketing for a manufacturer , you’ve likely had to shift your entire strategy to work around store closings, trade show interruptions and other effects caused by the COVID crisis. The fixed-cost tactics work to promote your high-quality, gated content through a closed network of industry-specific B2B websites.

Contingency Planning 98

Contingency Planning Webinar Metrics Tips Cost per Lead 98

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sales leadership in your organization is then able to determine your Total Addressable Market (TAM). Funnel measurement: This involves ensuring that metrics align with expected results while working with sales leadership to escalate issues with follow up, lead response time, and pipeline health.

Demand Generation Agencies 130

Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Top of Funnel Demand 130

Sharpspring

APRIL 29, 2020

This is especially important for Business to Business (B2B) organizations. LinkedIn is more of a thought leadership platform. This is a great opportunity for B2B organizations because by providing high-quality content about your organization or sharing industry knowledge, you are demonstrating thought leadership.

Linkedin 86

Linkedin Distribution Practices Webcast 86

Heinz Marketing

JULY 26, 2022

The B2B landscape is changing at a rapid rate, and buyers are also changing the way they buy. That being said, partner marketing programs can be an effective tool for B2B organizations as well. Reach out to an industry thought leader, blogger, or influencer. Cross-promote different resources and events.

Advertising Agencies 90

Advertising Agencies Planning Co-Registration Bundling 90

Content4Demand

MAY 21, 2020

Written by Marjorie Romeyn-Sanabria & Michael Rodriguez Republished with permission from Demand Gen Report With in-person engagement on hold this spring and possibly into summer, B2B marketers continue to pivot their strategies to make up for lost leads, maintain relationships with clients and attract new business.

Marketing Budget 98

Marketing Budget Sales Management Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel 98

Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each year in our research, we find that a cohesive, documented strategy is one thing that separates successful vs. unsuccessful content marketers. In the 2018 B2B research , 62% of the most successful content marketers have a documented strategy vs. 16% of the least successful. Let me explain. PR vs. demand generation ).

Marketing Strategy 111

Marketing Strategy Marketing & Strategy Enterprise Management Planning 111

Schubert B2B

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Your company made the leap to partner with a B2B agency to lead your marketing efforts and to give your personnel more time to do what they do the best—research, develop, manufacture and provide the highest quality products in your industry. Here are three ways to get the most out of the relationship with your B2B agency: 1.

Advertising Agencies 81

Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency Ad Agencies B2B Thought Leadership 81

Biznology

JULY 23, 2014

Plenty of agencies, research firms, and other marketers are focused on SMB, and willing to share their insights. These buyers trust their peers more than any other information source, across the spectrum from awareness, to researching product details, to the buying decision. Thought leadership. Encouraging, isn’t it?

SMB 80

SMB Peer-to-peer B to B Paid Search Agency 80

Integrated B2B

JUNE 16, 2020

If you’re in B2B marketing, you’ll naturally understand the importance of creating great content. This is part two of a three-part blog series relating to using LinkedIn in your B2B marketing. Think about LinkedIn as more of a thought leadership platform. Here are some best practices for sharing content on LinkedIn.

Linkedin 52

Linkedin Practices Best Practices B2B Thought Leadership 52

Chris Koch

AUGUST 5, 2011

We don’t see the value of it for B2B and we want it off the table. Seemed a bit harsh, but I had to admit that I had been harboring my own doubts about the value of Facebook for B2B for a long time. I’m not saying that B2B companies shouldn’t be on Facebook. What is B2B marketing all about? Contests/giveaways/games.

Facebook 100

Facebook B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership B2B 100

Bluetext

APRIL 22, 2020

The COVID-19 Pandemic has expanded the “stay at home” audience for B2B businesses. . If your business is B2B, you should be aware of these audience changes and adapt your marketing tactics to keep up with the current trends. For B2B businesses, digital media channels are seeing a serious uptick in volume and inventory.

B2B Marketing 28

B2B Marketing B2B Thought Leadership Paid Search Agency B2B 28

markempa

JUNE 13, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Generation Leads 120

Hubspot

JANUARY 7, 2018

But on a higher level, core industry trends and patterns were presented today at the 2018 Tech Trends to Watch session, given by the Consumer Technology Association's (CTA) senior manager of market research Lesley Rohrbaugh, as well as senior director of market research Steve Koenig. 2018 Tech Trends to Watch. Artificial Intelligence.

Marketing AI 0

Marketing AI Trends B2B Thought Leadership Forecasting 0

The Effective Marketer

OCTOBER 14, 2010

According to their post: “Last week in San Francisco, 211 business-to-business marketers spent two days sharing insights, case studies and advice on social media marketing, lead generation, Sales and Marketing alignment, and other hot-button issues on the West Coast swing of MarketingSherpa’s seventh annual B2B Marketing Summit.&#

Planning 100

Planning Work Management B2B Marketing Marketing Management 100

The Effective Marketer

AUGUST 30, 2010

Online success comes from thinking like a journalist and a thought leader”. That reminds me of what I see when I visit most B2B companies’ websites. In the B2B marketing space this is notorious. Go to a trade show and the situation gets really bad. We have all been there. What is that acronym you keep using?

Work Management 100

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services Planning 100

Chris Koch

JANUARY 15, 2010

But a quick read of our magazine showed that we didn’t write about products. We wrote about the typical concerns of a C-level executive, such as strategy, leadership, organizational design, and change management. Marketers and salespeople didn’t have to do much coaxing to get CIOs to buy, so why get complicated? The content engine.

Social Media 100

Social Media Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 100

markempa

AUGUST 17, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. What can you send via email?

Lead Nurturing 120

Lead Nurturing Lead Generation Tactics Lead Scoring 120

NuSpark Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Thought I’d give it a shot as well, running through a master list of “resolutions” as preparation for improving your inbound marketing and lead generation strategies for 2012 and beyond. What keywords do they use to research your solutions? Everybody does list-format blog posts this time of year.

Lead Generation 100

Lead Generation Budget Programs Sales Qualified Leads Paid Search Agency 100

The Effective Marketer

MAY 9, 2011

Add a few other roles such as events coordinator and more recently email marketing specialist and maybe even something related to social media and you have the hierarchical organization of 90% of marketing departments today. link] 2 days ago Virtual Events win marketers over low costs, but are attendees really paying attention?

Planning 100

Planning Marketing Budget Creation Work Management Marketing Management 100

markempa

APRIL 19, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Generation B2B Thought Leadership Leads 120

markempa

JUNE 29, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Work Management Generation Telemarketing 120

markempa

JUNE 15, 2005

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. Call for speakers: MarketingSherpa’s B2B Marketing Summit 5 dials to tune in your lead generation process Recent Comments Copyright This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Lead Generation 120

Lead Generation Webinar Metrics Generation B2B Thought Leadership 120

Chris Koch

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Despite all the breathless hype about social media these days, what I hear most from B2B marketers is frustration. This is why every B2B marketing leader needs a social media participation strategy even if he or she does not intend to actively market through social media. And there’s good reason to be terrified.

Social Media 100

Social Media Allocation Media Marketing & Strategy 100

Chris Koch

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Despite all the breathless hype about social media these days, what I hear most from B2B marketers is frustration. This is why every B2B marketing leader needs a social media participation strategy even if he or she does not intend to actively market through social media. And there’s good reason to be terrified.

Social Media 100

Social Media Allocation Media Marketing & Strategy 100

Chris Koch

JANUARY 29, 2010

The price is the forms we make people fill out to download white papers or sign up for events. For example, there is no way that the typical Webinar is worth as much as an in-depth research report, yet we make buyers give us the same amount of information for both—we charge them the same price. That has to change. Account history.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring B2B Thought Leadership Mobile Advertising 100

Chris Koch

JANUARY 29, 2010

The price is the forms we make people fill out to download white papers or sign up for events. For example, there is no way that the typical Webinar is worth as much as an in-depth research report, yet we make buyers give us the same amount of information for both—we charge them the same price. That has to change. Account history.

Lead Ranking 100

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring B2B Thought Leadership Mobile Advertising 100