The Point

JANUARY 24, 2013

Key to designing an effective lead nurturing program is taking stock of your current lead management process. Giving sales a voice in the process will help ensure that, as an organization, they feel they have a stake in the new lead management program and won’t feel it’s being foisted upon them by marketing.

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LeadSloth

AUGUST 11, 2010

While doing research for my upcoming webinar on creating content that converts , I found many great articles on B2B Content Marketing. My focus is on B2B, rather than B2C. For example, the complex sale is usually unique to B2B selling, and that’s when you would map content to stages in the buying cycle.

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Webbiquity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Effective lead nurturing is crucial to successful b2b marketing. Lead nurturing can help you improve your lead conversions over time. ” “ Lead nurturing will generate an increase in sale opportunities up to 20%. ” “ Lead nurturing can help you build a trusted relationship with your economic buyer.”

Lead Nurturing 100

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PureB2B

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Understandably, B2B marketers are hard-pressed to recalibrate their lead generation strategies in this ever-shifting landscape. The explosion of content addressing consumer concerns at every step of the buyer’s journey has developed increasingly educated consumers. Create Quality Content More Frequently.

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Lead Generation Marketing AI Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 94

markempa

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Tweet As the holiday season quickly approaches an end, and marketers prepare to make 2014 their best year yet, we pulled together the top blog posts on the B2B Lead Roundtable Blog to share the most popular topics, chosen by marketers just like you. Use social media to generate leads and connect with prospects.

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Lead Ranking B2B Marketing Lead Scoring Lead Gen 120

Velocity Partners

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When I recently stumbled upon John Miller’s insights on his new B2B Growth Playbook, I found myself nodding in agreement. If you haven’t come across it yet, it’s an insightful framework that challenges the outdated strategies we B2B marketers have relied on to spur growth over the last decade.

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Paid Content Paid Search Agency Lead Ranking Planning 78

Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

The request for better quality is made and sales wants to work with fewer and better leads that they can close. My advice is to B2B Marketers is to follow this natural ebb and flow. Marketing automation might be used to help setup triggers and automated touch points. Bottom line is that marketing needs to be flexible.

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Zoominfo

MAY 19, 2017

Sales and marketing alignment can help your company become 67% better at closing deals ( source ). Aligning both departments can help generate 209% more revenue from marketing ( source ). Companies with strong sales and marketing alignment achieve a 20% annual growth rate ( source ). 60-70% of B2B content created is never used.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Our findings closely corresponded with what the market is seeing: 96% of B2B sales teams have shifted (in full or in part) to remote selling. “I In fact, only 30% of B2B buyers prefer in-person interactions when evaluating new vendors (that number drops to 16% for renewals). Which content pieces has the lead engaged with? ?

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Valasys

JUNE 26, 2019

On 25th of June 2019, NetLine Corporation, known for operating the largest B2B content syndication & lead generation network & for its largest depository of insights related to content consumption, launched Audience Explorer. The Mechanics of Audience Explorer.

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Ambal's Amusings

MAY 27, 2010

Is less better than more when it comes to content? Instead of bombarding prospects with "too much content" should companies carefully chose 1 or 2 pieces of important content that will educate prospects? What kind of content is most useful in each phase of the B2B marketing cycle? Ardath Albee.

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Anything Goes Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

When it comes to B2B marketing, there are not a lot of great books out there. For the most part, the books that do exist focus on the novice marketer or focus on high level approaches. Matt Heinz has brought us probably the most practical book out there for the more advanced B2B marketer - the modern marketer.

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ANNUITAS

JUNE 10, 2020

The activities that comprise Demand Marketing are inherently inter-disciplinary – encompassing elements of people, process, content, technology and data. Strategic Demand Marketing thus seeks to operationalize engagement, nurture and conversion of customers through this buying journey. How is Demand Marketing evolving?

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Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. Here are a few of the metrics every B2B business should be looking out for. Marketing qualified leads.

Lead Ranking 59

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 59

Avitage

OCTOBER 10, 2013

I often hear clients talk about engagement as: touches, email opens, click-thrus, event visits, content views or even downloads. As B2B marketers, we have to be careful not to get too caught up in mechanics and focused just on “hard” outcomes we can measure and report.

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Eloqua Webinar Metrics Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 120

Avitage

OCTOBER 10, 2013

I often hear clients talk about engagement as: touches, email opens, click-thrus, event visits, content views or even downloads. As B2B marketers, we have to be careful not to get too caught up in mechanics and focused just on “hard” outcomes we can measure and report.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Webinar Metrics Lead Ranking Lead Scoring 120

NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 24, 2011

Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. Most importantly, a sound lead nurturing marketing program has proven to increase revenues for firms. Marketing Sherpa.

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The Point

MARCH 3, 2010

In a recent article (member access only), Marketing Sherpa offers up some intriguing research into how prospective tech buyers view email offer content, and how those views can differ dramatically from common assumptions held by marketers. It’s the working assumption of B2B marketers that prospects don’t want to be sold to.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Best of all, it can be implemented by any marketing organization as long as the effort, determination, and consistency is there. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? A common misconception about B2B demand generation is that it’s the same as lead generation for a particular product or service.

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DealSignal

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Best of all, it can be implemented by any marketing organization as long as the effort, determination, and consistency is there. What Is Demand Generation Marketing? A common misconception about B2B demand generation is that it’s the same as lead generation for a particular product or service.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 52

Industrial Marketing Today

MARCH 16, 2012

I talk about how the job of inbound marketing does not end with lead generation but extends into setting the table for sales so they can be more productive. See my article, “Inbound Marketing Must Set the Table for Industrial Sales.”. Read my post, SAL is the Glue that Binds Sales and Marketing in Lead Generation.

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Lead Management Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Leads 60

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

by Dayna Rothman IDC recently released their 2012 CMO Advisory Service Best Practices Series: Realizing the Vision of the 21st Century Lead Management. Here are some questions that IDC sought to answer with their survey: How do leading companies staff and organize teams for effective lead management?

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The Point

AUGUST 22, 2014

That might suggest that the adoption rate for marketing automation is lagging, but revenues for the leading companies are climbing at a torrid 50-60 percent per year. Even then, however, the vast majority of B2B marketers have yet to take the plunge. That interview is now available as a free podcast. .

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Schubert B2B

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s a great feeling when you first sign up for a marketing automation platform. Finally, you have access to the data you need to improve engagement and move the needle with your B2B digital marketing efforts. Here are a few of the metrics every B2B business should be looking out for. Marketing qualified leads.

Lead Ranking 48

Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring 48

The Point

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Most B2B companies will readily acknowledge how much the Web has transformed the way they market their product or service, most visibly in the form of vehicles like search, content marketing, social media, and lead management. Plus, B2B buyers have become expert buyers. Fast forward to today.

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Biznology

JANUARY 6, 2016

With a tip of the hat to Barbara Walters , I’d like to introduce ten fascinating people who have brought new ideas and admirable energy to the B2B marketing world this year. This round-up represents only a small sample of the fresh thinking that drives the upward march of B2B “modern marketing.” We are lucky to have them.

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B2B Marketing PointClear Work Management B2B 48

thePoint

MAY 26, 2018

With that said, unless you happen to be superhuman, you are dealing with these truths: Being a one-person department doesn’t allow you to short-change the full requirements of full-service marketing making major sacrifices in results (so you don’t want that!). A Marketing Playbook for Success. Ready to Go!

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 10, 2023

In our Behind the Buzzwords content series, ANNUITAS breaks down the complex jargon you see trending in go-to-market thought-leadership and helps you cut through the noise to contextualize it for your organization. Sometimes, they make sense. As Gartner explores below, an actual journey that customers take is often extremely complex.

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Ideal Customer Profiles Top of Funnel B2B Thought Leadership Lead Ranking 130

BOP Design

JANUARY 4, 2019

B2B companies are in the midst of 2019 business planning—examining the past year and planning for the year ahead. If revenue is the vibrant plant flourishing, leads are the seeds nourished to grow. If revenue is the vibrant plant flourishing, leads are the seeds nourished to grow. Tips for Nurturing B2B Marketing Leads.

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ClickZ

JANUARY 22, 2020

Marketers need to choose the right marketing automation tool that fits the size and spread of their brand. The current marketing landscape can often defined as an unpredictable sector, where the customer is ever evolving. In this article, we have focused on the top 10 tools that marketers should definitely know about.

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Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Marketing AI Enterprise Management 144

Zoominfo

JULY 2, 2020

These tools not only perform day-to-day marketing functions like email, social media, and website updates but they also provide valuable insights into the types of campaigns and content that resonate with their audience. How Does Marketing Automation Work? We now know what marketing automation is, but how does it work?

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markempa

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Tweet I just got back from this year’s round of MarketingSherpa B2B Summits in Boston and San Francisco, where I provided one-on-one coaching to attendees, marketers from Fortune 500 organizations, leading private companies, and emerging businesses. Read more here: Why a Value Proposition Makes Marketing Good.

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Ideal Customer Profiles B2B Marketing Work Management Top of Funnel 120

The Point

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

.” Here’s a short list of what else marketing automation can do that your ESP likely can’t: • Responding immediately and automatically to sales-ready behaviors (like visiting certain high-value pages on your Website). Ensuring that inbound sales leads are all followed up with promptly and personally, independent of sales bandwidth.

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Online Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2009

B2B marketers looking for ways to turn their Web sites into demand generation tools have some new solutions to consider. Yesterday, Demandbase announced a new software suite to help marketers harvest passive traffic visiting Web sites. 9) Collaboration — capabilities like wikis, sales-contributed content, voting and tagging.

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markempa

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Tweet The ultimate goal of B2B marketing and lead generation is to help the sales team sell. Marketers spend a lot of time and effort creating inbound leads but struggle getting those leads to convert into customers after they hand them off to sales. Serve them. The biggest reason?

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NuSpark Consulting

JUNE 24, 2011

Lead Nurturing is the process of communicating to a lead on an ongoing basis in order to educate, inform, continue to qualify and build a relationship until the lead is sales-ready. Most importantly, a sound lead nurturing marketing program has proven to increase revenues for firms. Marketing Sherpa.

Lead Nurturing 100

Lead Nurturing Statistics Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking 100

Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We surveyed respondents this year in a special survey and asked them about their Marketing Analytics priorities. There were really no surprises: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), or the ability to track and report the success of digital content/programs was the top-rated priority.

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