Brandpoint

MAY 18, 2020

In today’s digitally focused business environment, it’s more important than ever for sales and marketing departments to work together to create content and collateral that’s effective in driving sales. That collaboration is crucial because the content itself is so crucial.

Top of Funnel 149

Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency Planning Work Management 149

Marketing Insider Group

MAY 27, 2023

And no surprise, he and his co-host, Chris Penn, are still churning out some great content. ” She talks about the process of trimming content for her book, insights on empathy in interviews and marketing, and even her conversation with David Lee Roth. Marketing podcasts (and coffee) are hot!

Lead Ranking 185

Lead Ranking Planning Paid Search Agency B2B Thought Leadership 185

Martech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The offering seeks to automate the B2B lead generation and qualification process and push the outcomes directly into the systems used by sales representatives. “We have to create segments manually, we have to supply content for our sellers manually, depending on the technology we often have to route leads manually,” said Skinner.

Work Management 128

Work Management Marketing Management Salesforce.com Sales Qualified Leads 128

ViewPoint

APRIL 2, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. The B2B Marketing Advantage of LinkedIn. For B2B Marketing, Email Should be Personalized and Targeted.

B2B Marketing 120

B2B Marketing Linkedin PointClear Marketing Automation Services 120

The Point

JUNE 18, 2013

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Daniel Chalef, CEO of KnowledgeTree , developers of an intriguing new solution, built for both Salesforce.com and mobile (iOS), that enables sales teams to instantly find, surface, and present the ideal content in any selling situation. Or, they’ll waste time looking for content.

Salesforce.com 100

Salesforce.com Work Management Marketing Management Content 100

ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

This was my fourth Dreamforce, and I’d like to offer some observations from the perspective of someone who lives in the B2B marketing & sales space. Observation 1: Salesforce.com is not going to acquire a Marketing Automation Vendor anytime soon. Observation 3: B2B Marketing Continues to Mature.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Salesforce.com Marketing Management B2B Thought Leadership 100

Tomorrow People

APRIL 12, 2013

For some time now, B2B marketers have doggedly measured the number of their Twitter followers or Facebook ‘likes’. But as more B2B companies adopt social media marketing programs, the importance of measuring ROI is taking over, says Liad Guez from Oktopost. Leads are the essence of most B2B marketing campaigns. Lead Capture.

Social Media 120

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Top of Funnel 120

Tomorrow People

APRIL 12, 2013

For some time now, B2B marketers have doggedly measured the number of their Twitter followers or Facebook ‘likes’. But as more B2B companies adopt social media marketing programs, the importance of measuring ROI is taking over, says Liad Guez from Oktopost. Leads are the essence of most B2B marketing campaigns. Lead Capture.

Social Media 120

Social Media Social Marketing B2B Marketing Top of Funnel 120

Marketing Insider Group

MARCH 3, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Savvy B2B Marketing Blog … Why is content marketing so important? I started my career in B2B sales and quickly grew frustrated with the content being produced by my marketing colleagues. Thus, content marketing is a critical component of any successful B2B Marketing strategy.

CMS Development 100

CMS Development Top of Funnel B2B Marketing Content Marketing 100

Biznology

JANUARY 23, 2013

Let’s look at what’s new in B2B lists these days. A new direction in B2B lists. The B2B list industry has changed considerably in the last decade, with the proliferation of social networks. LevelEleven provides a cloud-based platform where sales managers can create fresh and compelling sales contests within Salesforce.com.

Acquisitions 80

Acquisitions B2B Marketing Salesforce.com Work Management 80

ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Also, as we close in on Spring event season, there’s a list of some of the best B2B marketing events to look for in 2015. When I ran the Salesforce.com User Group in San Francisco, for example, I loved to hear how the non-profit organizations were creating innovative solutions on very tight budgets. 1) If you go, be present.

B2B Thought Leadership 100

B2B Thought Leadership B2B Thought Leadership Salesforce.com 100

Digital B2B Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2012

In their report, DemandGen also includes a number of recommendations to improve B2B email list purchases: Work with multiple data or list sources. Establish a series of welcome emails with your best content. However, list purchases are a reality in B2B sales and marketing and an area marketers need to understand before wading in.

Buy 100

Buy Email Marketing B2B Marketing Jigsaw 100

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

According to the report, “four out of five B2B marketers who implemented an ABM strategy said that they are still not seeing its effectiveness,” to which LaBarre comments that “… growing interest in ABM isn’t necessarily translating to successful implementation.” So what do those top 4% of Account-Based Marketers have in common?

Account Based Marketing 168

Account Based Marketing Marketing Management Planning ABM 168

Customer Experience Matrix

JANUARY 20, 2016

InsightBASE monitors intent signals – in the form of visits to Web pages with relevant content – and notifies clients when there is surge in activity for companies on a target list. InsightBASE has standard integrations with Marketo , Oracle Eloqua , and Salesforce.com.

Intent Data 120

Intent Data Intent Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services 120

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 27, 2014

The one objective distinction is that FlipTop is publicly listed on the Salesforce.com App Exchange, meaning it has passed the Salesforce.com security reviews. There are existing connectors for Salesforce.com, Marketo , and Eloqua and it’s fairly easy to connect with others. So what makes Fliptop different from its competitors?

Lead Ranking 120

Lead Ranking Lead Scoring Marketing Automation Services Reachforce 120

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I hugely enjoyed yesterday’s Boston session of the Silverpop -sponsored B2B Marketing University. Joe Moloney gave a more detailed answer about limits in Salesforce.com in particular, including lack of CAN-SPAM compliance and limits on mass emails. Is Salesforce.com a threat to vendors of marketing automation solutions?

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation 120

The Point

DECEMBER 6, 2010

26 Must-Have Negative Keywords for B2B PPC Campaigns. Salesforce.com Webinar Invitation Gets It Right. Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber. Comments after the fold. 7 Mistakes To Avoid In Your Next Webinar Invitation. The First (Almost) Clickable Direct Mail. If not, you still have work to do.

Lead Gen 100

Lead Gen Webinar Metrics Salesforce.com Eloqua 100

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This is more a return than a departure: although I’ve written mostly about B2B systems for the past few years, my earlier work was largely in consumer marketing. Here are some observations - consumer marketers have to build databases; B2B marketers don’t. B2B systems are cheaper.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 120

Customer Experience Matrix

AUGUST 23, 2012

Our scoring reflects their need for special features for automated content selection, project management, complex lead scores, and tight control over the rights granted to individual users. Both are general purpose marketing automation systems that serve large numbers of B2C as well as B2B clients.

Eloqua 120

Eloqua Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Enterprise Management 120

markempa

DECEMBER 12, 2016

I’ve compiled a list of the 10 most popular and shared posts on the B2B Lead Blog, chosen by marketers, just like you, to help you get ready to have a great 2017. The Biggest Contributor to B2B Revenue. Read The Biggest Contributor to B2B Revenue. Do you know what CEOs want most from B2B marketers? Just to name a few.

Account Based Marketing 84

Account Based Marketing Marketing Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 84

Customer Experience Matrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

That could serve as a pretty complete summary of the state of the art for B2B marketing today, especially if you consider “content marketing” as implicitly included. Outside the DMP itself, DemandBase can store content and decision rules to guide bidding and select which ad is displayed to each account.

DemandBase 120

DemandBase Advertising Agencies Marketing Automation Services Paid Search Agency 120

Customer Experience Matrix

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It has a pretty low profile in the B2B marketing automation world, partly because it serves a mix of B2C and B2B clients but mostly because it started as a marketing operations management system. I still doubt Salesforce.com will get the message any time soon, but maybe they'll start to reconsider.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Management Vendors 120

KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 2, 2018

As marketers look ahead to the future, new research suggests that they are turning to content planning to measure the ROI of their efforts. The “2018 State of Email Workflows” report from Litmus found that 55 percent of marketers now use a content calendar year-round – but is this trend bound to continue?

Planning 152

Planning Email Marketing Campaigns Paid Search Agency 152

B2B Marketing Directions

MARCH 1, 2015

Salesforce.com recently published the results of its 2015 State of Marketing survey. The Salesforce.com survey included a nice balance of B2B and B2C participants. Fifty-six percent of the respondents were from B2C companies, and 44% were affiliated with B2B enterprises.

B2B Marketing 40

B2B Marketing Salesforce.com Planning B2B 40

Customer Experience Matrix

DECEMBER 13, 2012

It’s more than three years since my original post about SiteCore’s plans to transform itself from a Web content management system to a platform for cross-channel customer experience management. The difference is architecture: the decision managers place decision logic at the center and see customer data and content as peripheral.

Enterprise Management 120

Enterprise Management Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Automation Services 120

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

When confronted with the details – database management, customer account segmentation, and content creation – many companies balk and decide that perhaps ABM isn’t the right road after all. It’s about getting the right content, with the right message, to the person in the right role at the right account at the right time.

Account Based Marketing 218

Account Based Marketing Segmentation Ideal Customer Profiles Work Management 218

The Point

APRIL 18, 2011

Good video content engages customers and prospects like no white paper or webinar can. And integrating video content into a campaign microsite or lead nurturing program is an effective way to add spark and visual interest and drive response. So why don’t more B2B companies use video? So why don’t more B2B companies use video?

Cost 100

Cost Video Marketing Effectiveness Microsite 100

Valasys

MAY 22, 2019

B2B companies thrive on the idea of tapping into several niches so as to discover their potential customers, evaluating their potential as leads for their product or services & finally guiding them through their sales funnel to convert to sales. According to a study by Salesforce.com, CRM can improve customer retention by up to 27%.

B2B Sales 53

B2B Sales Top of Funnel CRM Work Management 53

Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Who are the top B2B Marketing influencers on twitter? To answer this question, I looked at a variety of factors including twitter followers, profiles that included “B2B marketing,” the focus of their tweets including the hashtag # B2BMarketing , as well as a variety of social scoring tools using the keyword. New York, NY.

Twitter 100

Twitter Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency B2B Marketing 100

Customer Experience Matrix

JUNE 4, 2013

I''ve been in meetings all day and just emerged to hear that Salesforce.com purchased ExactTarget. Frankly, of the two, entry into B2C marketing seems more important because it''s such a large business and Salesforce.com needs to know where its next several billion dollars in revenue will come from. - Adobe , where art thou? (I

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Marketing Automation Automation 120

ANNUITAS

MARCH 18, 2014

All of the usual suspects were in the room – head of marketing, head of sales, marketing automation power users, demand generation leads, content marketer … but also present were the head of their CRM install and the lead project manager of their website and web analytics team — both IT roles in this particular company.

Process 100

Process Planning Marketing Automation Services Demand Generation 100

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

According to the report, “four out of five B2B marketers who implemented an ABM strategy said that they are still not seeing its effectiveness,” to which LaBarre comments that “… growing interest in ABM isn’t necessarily translating to successful implementation.” So what do those top 4% of Account-Based Marketers have in common?

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Marketing Management Planning ABM 100

LeadSloth

AUGUST 27, 2009

There has been quite a bit of change in B2B marketing over the past couple of years. Prospects now have instant access to much more information, so marketing’s involvement reaches much further down the sales cycle: they need to nurture prospects with relevant content until they are sales-ready. Enter Silverpop. Enter Silverpop.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services B2B Marketing Salesforce.com B2B 100

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The system already provided dynamic email content, although users have to write the selection rules in a scripting language – something many marketers will find intimidating. Web behavior tracking, lead scoring, and social discovery (searching for and importing public data on LinkedIn ) are also available.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 120

Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Recent research shows that 63% of B2B companies that are growing faster than their competitors use marketing automation. Now owned by and tightly integrated with Salesforce.com, Pardot should at least be on the consideration list of marketing automation tools for any SMB already using Salesforce. 1) Marketo. Pricing: contact vendor.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 100

The Mx Group

OCTOBER 18, 2017

From predictive tools to social listening, to intent monitoring, to marketing automation and more, ABM takes advantage of the latest B2B marketing strategies and technologies. That makes me wonder: Are CRM platforms, like the Salesforce.com, set up to handle ABM? What IS account-based marketing? They can be, but not “out of the box.”

Account Based Marketing 72

Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Automation Services Salesforce.com 72

Customer Experience Matrix

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

When this blog last left Geoff Rego in 2010 , he had just sold the assets of pioneering B2B marketing automation vendor Market2Lead to Oracle. The new product is Hushly , which addresses the reluctance of prospects to provide their email address even in return for valuable content.

Marketing Automation Services 120

Marketing Automation Services Market2Lead Salesforce.com Privacy 120