Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. We were doing it all back then, with very little playbook guidance: Lead magnets.

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The Lead Agency

MARCH 17, 2024

But what comes first is the lead. Website lead capture forms are one of the most critical touchpoints in the B2B landscape. They are the front lines of engagement, meticulously designed to convert casual browsers into leads. Combining B2B and B2C statistics, the average conversion rate from web forms is 1.7%.

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Martech

JANUARY 29, 2024

Lead generation for B2B has undergone quite a transformation. But have we deviated too far from sustainable lead generation practices and become too reliant on pay-to-play databases to fuel outbound initiatives? As I often say, a true lead demonstrates intent to discover or purchase your product — yes, it’s that simple.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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Albacross

OCTOBER 16, 2018

You’re probably familiar with the concept of lead generation, but what is lead capture ? Lead capture simply refers to the act of capturing leads. If you’re looking at this term in the context of a CRM system, it could also allude to the process of saving lead information in your system.

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FunnelEnvy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is one of the top goals for B2B marketers. Like a rising tide, when CRO goes up, it can influence other metrics and lead to higher revenue per visitor and more customers. There is so much data to track in digital marketing, especially now with the release of a new AI tool almost weekly.

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Martech

JANUARY 9, 2023

What factors are driving marketing automation platform use, and what capabilities do MAPs provide for B2B marketers? Our new report, “ B2B Marketing Automation Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide ” is now available for free download. Marketers double down by replacing MAPs.

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KoMarketing Associates

APRIL 7, 2021

2020 was a tough year for B2B marketers – and everyone else. A few B2B marketing strategies did particularly well in 2020, and demand generation was one of them. For the marketers who were able to pivot quickly, many B2B demand generation best practices helped to ease the pain of 2020.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 14, 2020

Here are just some of the ways B2B sales will change as a result of this pandemic. Buyers demands are changing their needs from B2B businesses. B2B companies now believe that digital channels are twice as important as they were before. Companies have shifted most of their marketing efforts to digital selling.

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Lead Liaison

JULY 17, 2019

Trade show exhibitors often hesitate when integrating an independent lead capture solution with show-appointed lead retrieval. By connecting with the show’s lead retrieval provider, you will get the contact information that the show collects upon registration (name, email, company, job title).

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 1, 2019

B2B lead generation tools help marketers more effectively develop new prospective sales opportunities. They can help generate a bigger and better lead pipeline across any business and industry. It saves time while helping to generate new leads through the use of templates and tools for follow-up and outreach.

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Lead Liaison

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Did you know that 73 percent of B2B leads aren’t ready to make a purchase? They’re still gathering information, and while they will eventually pull the trigger, it probably won’t happen at the exact time of event lead capture. Nursing Leads with Marketing Automation. When you gather leads with GoCapture!™

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markempa

JUNE 11, 2012

McGlaughlin revealed how one company clarified the value proposition of a landing page for a 201% increase in captured leads. Here are the details of that case study: The Background: The company in the case study was a B2B company (anonymized for its protection) selling data and mailing lists to other businesses.

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Tiecas

MARCH 21, 2024

B2B industrial marketing presents unique challenges compared to other forms of B2B marketing. If you’re a marketer at a manufacturer, distributor, or engineering company, you know this firsthand. My personal thoughts and experiences as an industrial marketer and consultant. Need proof?

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Only B2B

JULY 7, 2023

In the digital age, a well- curated B2B email list is an important asset for businesses to connect with implicit clients, nurture leads, and drive conversions. What is a B2B Email List? Optimize your website for lead capture: Place prominent and strategically positioned opt-in forms on your website to capture leads.

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As a demand generation marketer focused on quality leads, creating a solid lead generation strategy should be at the top of your “to-do” list. However, there’s a chance that your lead generation plan needs to pivot or evolve over time with your targeted buyer persona. Generating Leads for Your Business.

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PureB2B

JULY 6, 2022

A common challenge in the B2B demand generation world centers around the balance of automation and reporting software. Both of which are tools used in conjunction with your marketing campaigns, meaning your day is mostly full of software management instead of strategic planning. Why Marketing Automation? Acquiring Data.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Enter conversational marketing — the new paradigm to tackling your business deals and converting prospects in minutes. What is conversational marketing? Conversational marketing is the strategy of leveraging 1:1 engagement between you and your customer in the form of real-time conversations. Problem #2: Pushy marketing.

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PureB2B

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As a demand generation marketer focused on quality leads, creating a solid lead generation strategy should be at the top of your “to-do” list. However, there’s a chance that your lead generation plan needs to pivot or evolve over time with your targeted buyer persona. Generating Leads for Your Business.

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Inbox Insight

MARCH 7, 2023

While organizations focus largely on sales formulas, the revenue engine is heavily reliant on the success of the demand generation program which sits firmly within Marketing. What does Marketing bring to the table? Are B2B marketers doomed to fail if they don’t acknowledge the role of demand generation in achieving sales acceleration?

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Albacross

OCTOBER 16, 2018

You’re probably familiar with the concept of lead generation , but what is lead capture ? Lead capture simply refers to the act of capturing leads. If you’re looking at this term in the context of a CRM system , it could also allude to the process of saving lead information in your system.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 6, 2023

To skyrocket the numbers, sales reps make use of various sales tools available in the market. We have listed the 10 best sales tools you must be acquainted with to boost your B2B sales. Examples of popular sales tools include CRM software, marketing automation software, and sales forecasting tools.

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SalesIntel

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Welcome to a journey that unveils the transformative force within B2B lead management – the omnipotent power of lead enrichment. This blog embarks into the realm of lead enrichment, unraveling the secrets that propel businesses toward immediate discovery and qualification of their potential prospects.

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Onalytica B2B

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

There’s no denying that the attributes of a B2B buyer differ greatly from a B2C consumer’s. B2B buyer journeys are much longer and more complex with a higher average purchase price, compared to buyer journeys in B2C which tend to be much shorter, more impulsive and lower value purchases. Employee Advocacy in B2B.

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markempa

JUNE 23, 2014

Tweet Marketing automation can help you manage lead nurturing efforts in a complex marketplace. As I mentioned at the start of this post, automation can help you manage lead nurturing, but you can’t automate trust. Lead Generation: 2 simple tactics to determine cost per lead [More from the blogs].

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies. InsideView.

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markempa

DECEMBER 19, 2016

“With the rise of content marketing, a lot of businesses get stuck in the eBook rut,” saysLinda West ( @ misslindawest ), Director of Digital Marketing at Act-On Software , a rapidly growing company that makes a marketing automation Software as a Service (SaaS). A Shift in Customer Behavior in Content Marketing.

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NuSpark Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

A B2B Video Marketing Strategy Overview. That brings us to a discussion of video marketing for B2B. Depending on what you read, most research shows that white papers are still the most authoritative content asset, but video marketing continues to grow. The statistics are evident; B2B usage is on the rise.

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The Lead Agency

JANUARY 18, 2023

As the new year kicks off and teams return to work, marketing events calendars are filling up quickly. If you are a B2B marketer, you know January is a big month full of planning events, from client events to virtual and in-person events. However, this can make it difficult for your company to stand out in a sea of competition.

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Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 9, 2023

Chances are your B2B buyers already know what they need, so what matters as you incorporate eCommerce is how you automate your B2B eCommerce site to serve your buyers—and potential buyers—specifically. B2B customers now demand the same functionality and experience, built over different stages of the customer journey, as B2C customers.

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KoMarketing Associates

JULY 2, 2019

Measuring ROI from paid marketing for B2B is a critical problem a lot of marketers are trying to tackle. B2B marketing is not transactional, and that’s easy to forget. That lead to lots of top-of-funnel effort: views, impressions, clicks, etc. Track Every Dollar.

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SnapApp

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Marketing teams face a perpetual challenge: create content that captures new leads within a manageable budget. The interactive structure offers a palatable experience for leads, without requiring that they wade through long-form copy. In fact, 95% of B2B buyers prefer shorter content forms. Personalization is Key.

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Martech

APRIL 22, 2024

See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. I am the first generative AI chatbot for marketing technology professionals. Prompt: I want to have an email program that generates leads for telecommunications. Use lead scoring to identify and prioritize high-quality leads for sales follow-up.

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PureB2B

JUNE 20, 2022

If you’re struggling with B2B lead generation, you’re not alone. Most marketers can sympathize; 61% consider generating leads to be their biggest challenge. So, what can marketers do to generate some additional fodder for a pipeline that’s constantly hungry for leads? A/B test key campaigns.

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But that doesn’t mean you should ignore the B2B email marketing opportunity and (properly) engage your clients and prospects with holiday greetings. . Nearly two-thirds of all buyers are more likely to open and read marketing emails during the holidays. Why use B2B email marketing this holiday season? Plan ahead.

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Inbox Insight

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In the realm of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), two terms frequently arise that B2B marketers often struggle to comprehend – demand generation and lead generation. While these two concepts may seem interchangeable, they in fact serve unique roles in any B2B marketing strategy.

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DealSignal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

However, DealSignal stands out as the preferred choice for sales and marketing professionals seeking extensive data coverage, unmatched accuracy, precise targeting filters, and strong integration capabilities. While LeadIQ has gained attention for its EU B2B data, it’s crucial to look at the bigger picture.

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