ANNUITAS

AUGUST 28, 2012

Fifteen years ago I worked for a B2B marketing agency that had an outbound call center focused on lead generation. We were quite successful in developing these programs for our clients and the leads were graded based on the answer to the BANT questions. That was then, this is now. Implicit is far Better.

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 28, 2012

Fifteen years ago I worked for a B2B marketing agency that had an outbound call center focused on lead generation. We were quite successful in developing these programs for our clients and the leads were graded based on the answer to the BANT questions. That was then, this is now. Implicit is far Better.

Lead Qualification 100

Lead Qualification Sales Qualified Leads Lead Ranking Leads 100

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This year’s MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2016 is a whirl-wind of data, inspiration, marketing advice, how-to’s and more than a little fun. Often B2B marketers think they can’t use comedy in their content, but follow the rule of three and you can. How to know what you B2B Buyer is Really Thinking. Can you write your customers mind?

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ANNUITAS

JULY 2, 2020

In an industry heavily reliant on relationships, the reality is that the B2B banking customer’s buying process is typically long, and rarely linear. Not only are bankers limited by the lack of opportunity to build new relationships, but the B2B banking buyer’s decision-making process is changing.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This year’s MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2016 is a whirl-wind of data, inspiration, marketing advice, how-to’s and more than a little fun. Often B2B marketers think they can’t use comedy in their content, but follow the rule of three and you can. How to know what you B2B Buyer is Really Thinking. Can you write your customers mind?

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Marketing Budget B2B Urgency Marketing Work Management 100

ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

This year’s MarketingProfs B2B Forum 2016 is a whirl-wind of data, inspiration, marketing advice, how-to’s and more than a little fun. Often B2B marketers think they can’t use comedy in their content, but follow the rule of three and you can. How to know what you B2B Buyer is Really Thinking. Can you write your customers mind?

Marketing Budget 100

Marketing Budget B2B Urgency Marketing Work Management 100

ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I’ve read a few articles about social media and B2B Marketing lately that have blown my mind. However, I read an article recently that got me thinking as it raised some interesting points about social and B2B. In answer to the age-old question of which platform is the best one for B2B marketing? And this is not a listicle.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 7, 2016

Every B2B marketer walks a lead qualification tightrope, and to fall to either side imperils the reputation and success of their entire department. On one side lies the Void of Over-Qualification, where marketing sets interest thresholds too high and leads never qualify. Many marketers have lead quotas they need to hit.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 10, 2014

About two years ago I wrote a blog post on Why BANT No longer applies for B2B Lead Qualification. Given the environment in which we live as B2B Marketers, BANT (Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe) is not a trustworthy indicator of the qualification status of the leads. BANT is not Aligned to a Buying Process. “I

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

From time to time on the ANNUITAS blog we have the opportunity to sit down with those in the B2B Marketing and Sales industry and get their take on the market and trends that are happening in the space. We recently were able to sit down with Tanner Mezel of DSG Consulting and get his insights into the world of B2B Marketing and Sales.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs published their 7 th B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America study. According to CEB , in a typical B2B buying cycle there are on average 6.8 According to the study the following are true: 29% of a B2B marketing budget is spent on content marketing.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs published their 7 th B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America study. According to CEB , in a typical B2B buying cycle there are on average 6.8 According to the study the following are true: 29% of a B2B marketing budget is spent on content marketing.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This year Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs published their 7 th B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends – North America study. According to CEB , in a typical B2B buying cycle there are on average 6.8 According to the study the following are true: 29% of a B2B marketing budget is spent on content marketing.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 7, 2013

According to Wikipedia, the definition of lead scoring is, “A methodology used to rank prospects against a scale that represents the perceived value. Blog B2B Marketing demand process Lead scoring marketing automation'

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Wordstream’s annual Google Ads benchmarks study for 2023 reported that average paid search conversion rates went down 10% and cost per lead increased 20%, year-over-year. 2 – This also speaks to the need to get more serious about offline engagement channels – perhaps leading to a unique ‘arbitrage moment’ for field marketing in 2024.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The stats, guides and tips to effective lead nurturing abound in the B2B marketplace and yet with all of this information, still only a fraction of B2B companies are using or effective in the use of lead nurturing according to MarketingSherpa. Clearly, not best practice. 4 The impact?

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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). Increased opportunity/lead cost efficiency.

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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. Or, in the case of most B2B enterprises, try 15 or more campaigns a year as 55.8% of companies polled in the 2016 ANNUITAS B2B Demand Generation Survey.

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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. Or, in the case of most B2B enterprises, try 15 or more campaigns a year as 55.8% of companies polled in the 2016 ANNUITAS B2B Demand Generation Survey.

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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. Or, in the case of most B2B enterprises, try 15 or more campaigns a year as 55.8% of companies polled in the 2016 ANNUITAS B2B Demand Generation Survey.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 8, 2012

According to a 2011 study by MarketingSherpa , 74% of B2B marketers stated that their biggest challenge was generating high quality leads. The next biggest challenge was a distant second: 49% cited “generating a high volume of leads”. However, lead generation is irrelevant in today’s b2b marketing climate.

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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

MAY 7, 2015

The report was based on data survey from 372 sales 75% of which were B2B sales people. Numerous studies have shown that today’s B2B buying process is somewhere between 50-70% complete before a buyer initiates contact with a vendor or sales rep from the vendor. modern buying process. In many organizations, this is still the case.

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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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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In working with many clients and speaking with marketing decision makers, here are some of the most important areas I believe CMOs need to show stronger leadership in: Leading Change in Their Organizations. CMOs need to lead their teams and ensure they are appropriating the right amount of budget to skills development and education.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

From time to time on the ANNUITAS blog we have the opportunity to sit down with those in the B2B Marketing and Sales industry and get their take on the market and trends that are happening in the space. We recently were able to sit down with Tanner Mezel of DSG Consulting and get his insights into the world of B2B Marketing and Sales.

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ANNUITAS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

From time to time on the ANNUITAS blog we have the opportunity to sit down with those in the B2B Marketing and Sales industry and get their take on the market and trends that are happening in the space. We recently were able to sit down with Tanner Mezel of DSG Consulting and get his insights into the world of B2B Marketing and Sales.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 13, 2015

Unlike many surveys that are conducted each year, this survey focused solely on the Demand Generation practices at B2B enterprise companies ($250m+ in Annual Revenue). According to last year’s results, B2B enterprise organizations reported the following: Overall only 2.8% effectiveness at achieving their Demand Generation goals.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I’ve read a few articles about social media and B2B Marketing lately that have blown my mind. However, I read an article recently that got me thinking as it raised some interesting points about social and B2B. In answer to the age-old question of which platform is the best one for B2B marketing? And this is not a listicle.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 27, 2014

Do you know what a salesperson looks at first when they look at a batch of leads that has been delivered to them from marketing? When added together, these factors should add up to a minimum requirement for that lead to be passed over to sales. That’s the first thing they look at … the company a lead is coming from.

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ANNUITAS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I was fortunate enough to catch up with James Farmer , Founder and Publisher of B2B Marketing , a B2B-focused media company with a bold and outstanding mission to “actively empower marketers and leaders to drive serious business growth.” Q: Can you please share a little bit about B2B Marketing? It is not small.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After implementing a transformation program, ANNUITAS’ clients see a 4–10x improvement in lead-to-revenue conversion. Forrester/SiriusDecisions has noted the typical lead-to-revenue conversion rate ranges from 0.375% to 0.6%, depending on the type of market.

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 31, 2013

The B2B buyer’s journey has changed. It’s in the creation and distribution of this buyer-centric content that B2B marketers have the opportunity to influence the purchase decisions of their target buyers. Content then fuels lead nurturing. And as we all know, people buy from people they trust. .

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ANNUITAS

JANUARY 6, 2015

As we start 2015, the one thing that B2B marketers can be assured of is that our market and the approach our buyers take to purchase will continue to change and become all the more sophisticated. In the ANNUITAS B2B Enterprise Demand Generation study, more than 60% of respondents stated that they ran over 15+ campaigns on an annual basis.

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ANNUITAS

JULY 14, 2015

According to the latest B2B Buyer research published by DemandGen Report, the world of B2B marketing is continuing the get more complex and our buyers more sophisticated. 52% of B2B buyers stated they viewed 2-4 pieces of content before making a decision and 28% stated they viewed 5-7 pieces of content. What about the buyer?

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ANNUITAS

DECEMBER 8, 2015

As I look back at 2015 and to 2016 I think about many of the things that we as B2B marketers still need to do in order to keep pace with our sophisticated B2B buyers. While there is indeed quite a lot to be done, B2B marketing professionals need to understand the opportunity for us to truly change our profession.

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ANNUITAS

MAY 21, 2013

Blog B2B Marketing Buyer''s Journey demand process Lead-to-Revenue Process' One of the reasons that buyer dissatisfaction is on the rise is the way that organizations approach the discipline of Demand Generation.

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