ANNUITAS

APRIL 23, 2014

There are a few B2B surveys and benchmarking studies that I refer to again and again … DemandGen Report’s Buyer Behavior Survey and Content Preferences Survey and the Content Marketing Institute’s Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends to name a few. Author: Jason Stewart @jstewart_1 VP Demand Generation, ANNUITAS.

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The Mx Group

JULY 25, 2018

B2B marketers are experiencing more pressure than ever to increase the quantity and quality of leads, outsmart the competition, and prove ROI in the process. If it’s demand generation vs. lead generation, which helps the most? Lead generation is the harvesting of that demand.

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The Point

JULY 1, 2019

For the last decade or more, it’s been an accepted principle – almost a key tenet – of B2B demand generation that business buyers don’t want to talk to a sales rep until the last possible moment. It’s why, for example, we marketers have assumed control for more and more of the lead funnel. Sales Alerts.

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Ledger Bennett

MARCH 11, 2019

TAKE THE DEMAND GENERATION MATURITY INDEX SURVEY NOW In fact, I can’t even count the number of times a CMO has pressured timescales. Greg Dorban Demand Generation Maturity. In order to guide conversations and manage expectations, we developed the Demand Generation Maturity Index. Organization.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 6, 2014

We definitely see similar trends in Demand Generation as it encompasses several of these digital skills (e.g. analytics, social, content marketing) as part of a strong Demand Generation Strategy. These winning companies continuously invest in their team’s skills (e.g., This contributes to overall job satisfaction.

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LeadSloth

JUNE 7, 2010

This week there are a couple of interesting Lead Management events, so I thought I’d share them with you in a short blog post: Hubspot Show & Tell , new features including lead management, June 8th (tomorrow). Genius Demand Gen Academy , series of 12 webinars, starting June 9th. More info & registration ».

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Biznology

AUGUST 8, 2019

I was teaching B2B digital marketing to master’s degree students at San Andres University in Buenos Aires again this summer. So, I decided to look into what’s going on in B2B marketing in Argentina. Ruth: How do B2B marketers in Argentina approach new customer prospecting these days? Frias , who filled me in. Martin: No.

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The Point

AUGUST 25, 2020

Not every Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy starts from the same place. For others, it’s identifying a target account list. Just us every journey starts with the first step, however, it’s generally a good idea in ABM planning to first conduct an honest assessment of where you are, what you need, and who does what.

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Rev

OCTOBER 13, 2018

A Useful Perspective on the B2B Marketing Stack. I talk to people like David Lewis who brings considerable perspective to B2B martech used for demand generation and lead management. In the book, David covered five areas of demand generation and lead management: Buyer personas.

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The Point

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Specifically, the question is: How much of our total demand generation budget should we spend on generating net new leads, and how much should we spend on converting the leads we have? The fact that B2B marketers are even asking this question shows how far demand generation thinking has progressed.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 26, 2011

Lead management continues to be a hot topic in the world of B2B marketing as we turn the corner and head into the second half of 2010. As a leader in lead management process development, our firm has seen a lot of confusion in the market about what constitutes lead management. So what are these myths?

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The Mx Group

MAY 19, 2017

CHICAGO (May 19, 2017) — The Mx Group, a B2B marketing agency in Chicago, has been named one of 2017’s Best Places to Work in Illinois for the fourth consecutive year. Qualification for this prestigious list is heavily based on employee feedback. B2B agency by B2B Marketing, and a top 50 B2B agency by Ad Age and Chief Marketer.

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Customer Experience Matrix

JULY 28, 2010

Summary: Manticore Technology released some modest enhancements to its demand generation platform today. The company takes a conservative approach to marketing automation, stressing the importance of process over flashy software. Manticore wants clients to understand that demand generation is a business process.

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The Point

JANUARY 17, 2019

Some years ago, our firm conducted a lead management audit for a technology client who was struggling to convert raw, inbound inquiries into sales qualified leads. During the audit, it became quickly apparent that one of the major issues was at the very front end of the lead qualification process.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 3, 2009

Build a campaign as a list of stages Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 Build linear campaigns outside of a larger campaign structure. The flow of leads among these independent campaigns may be managed either through explicit routing (i.e.,

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PureB2B

JUNE 12, 2016

“Demand generation is the process of creating and/or boosting awareness of a particular company or product with the intention of increasing leads. Lead generation is the process of collecting actual leads directly from consumers or client prospects and using those leads to boost revenue.”.

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Oktopost

MARCH 10, 2021

However, without a part-art, part-science approach to demand generation, you’re not likely to achieve it. We’re tackling this and more with one of B2B marketing’s rising stars. She specializes in acquisition tactics, full-funnel nurturing, lead qualification, and lead management.

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LeadSloth

APRIL 29, 2009

In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. In alphabetical order: ActiveConversion B2B Marketing Blog. Genius.com B2B Marketing for Faster Sales Blog. Marketo Modern B2B Marketing Blog.

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Customer Experience Matrix

MARCH 5, 2009

I spent a good part of yesterday talking with demand generation vendors about the usability scores I've been publishing all week. Eloqua Manticore Technology Market2Lead Marketbright Marketo Neolane Silverpop Engage B2B complex 11 8.5 Every company has a specific set of needs that are addressed by a specific set of features.

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markempa

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Millions of companies crowd the B2B universe, vying for the same share of business. As new companies join the space, existing companies will find it increasingly difficult to generate new leads. We’ll go out on a limb and say that, as a marketing practice, lead generation will never go extinct.

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markempa

APRIL 18, 2007

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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The Point

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If your organization is generating plenty of leads but those initial inquiries aren’t converting to sales qualified leads, meetings, or pipeline, a myriad of things could be at fault: 1) sales follow-up may be sub-standard in either cadence, frequency, or message. 2) lead nurturing. Account-Based Marketing (ABM).

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The Point

JUNE 23, 2020

B2B marketing has seen a dramatic change in the last decade, driven by radical advances in marketing technology and the emergence of new channels. One fixture of B2B marketing for more than a decade is the lead funnel, brought to prominence by the analysts at SiriusDecisions (now part of Forrester.) Cold-calling is dead.

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LeadSloth

MARCH 16, 2009

From Web Analytics to Demand Generation. ActiveConversion first became known for its sales-focused Web Analytics, such as identifying companies that visit your website (similar to Leadlander ). ActiveConversion provides reports on anonymous website visitors: they show the company name and activity.

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The Point

MARCH 22, 2019

Lead scoring – as a fundamental part of a company’s lead management strategy – has officially fallen out of fashion. The second reason has to do with the trend towards Account-Based Marketing (ABM). 3 Key Reasons Not to Give Up on Lead Scoring Click To Tweet. So, is lead scoring a dying art?

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The Mx Group

JULY 3, 2018

CHICAGO (July 3, 2018) — For the third year in a row, The Mx Group, a full-service B2B marketing agency, has been named one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For ®. Both new and veteran employees of The Mx Group believe the company has earned its newest workplace honor. Demand gen and lead management.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 10, 2014

The continued rise in revenue is indicative of the increased sophistication of the B2B market and the need for marketers to be more strategic in driving demand for their organizations. At a high level, B2B marketers need to be looking to develop content that Engages, Nurtures and Converts a buyer. Workshops will do it.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 26, 2016

Much is written about how the role of the B2B marketers changed over the years due to the shift in the buying process. And while this is true, and has been mentioned more than several times here on the ANNUITAS blog, I see very little being written or spoken about the role of B2B sales and how their roles have changed.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 10, 2020

Here is a modern, functional definition for Demand Marketing: Demand Marketing is the discipline through which companies 1) orchestrate customer engagement and 2) provide lift to pipelines. The first was direct sales enablement – a supporting role – and it was not necessarily called Demand Marketing.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By now, we’ve all heard the analogy “you wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date” when discussing the ways we engage buyers in B2B marketing and sales. So how does this ineffective dating mentality map to methods too commonly used in demand generation? Let’s take a step back. The Serialist-.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By now, we’ve all heard the analogy “you wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date” when discussing the ways we engage buyers in B2B marketing and sales. So how does this ineffective dating mentality map to methods too commonly used in demand generation? Let’s take a step back. The Serialist-.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By now, we’ve all heard the analogy “you wouldn’t ask someone to marry you on the first date” when discussing the ways we engage buyers in B2B marketing and sales. So how does this ineffective dating mentality map to methods too commonly used in demand generation? Let’s take a step back. The Serialist-.

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markempa

APRIL 5, 2006

B2B Lead Generation Blog About Free Resources Get FREE Updates Instantly Get A FREE Chapter from my book. FREE E-Book 8 Critical success factors for lead generation Just tell us where to send your FREE updates Subscribe in a reader Podcast Feed Subscribe via iTunes Recognition Thanks for Reading!

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In one of my meetings these past few weeks I was thinking of an analogy where I could break down the lead management process into much simpler terms so everyone could understand their roles - this is where football comes in. Think of the defense as anyone or anything that is hampering the lead management process.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 4, 2020

There has been an ongoing debate in B2B marketing circles: Is the Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL) an antiquated, vanity metric? You can file this argument under similarly counterproductive debates, such as: Inbound vs Outbound and Demand Generation vs Account-based Marketing. How do you define a lead?

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Inbox Insight

APRIL 22, 2024

Understanding the significance of lead generation in B2B Lead generation is the backbone of any successful marketing strategy. For B2B marketers at enterprise companies, understanding the significance of lead generation is essential in today’s market.

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