KoMarketing Associates

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As marketers start to develop marketing automation integration strategies, they are doing so with specific objectives in mind, according to a new report. About 53% want to improve marketing and sales alignment, while 49% want to improve quality lead generation. Achieving Sales and Marketing Alignment.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Marketing automation platforms are often at the center of the marketing organization, but with capabilities that go beyond your average email platform often come steeper prices and a sharper learning curve. Have we outgrown our current marketing system? What kind of marketing automation platform do we need?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

Sales Management 240

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For each category I’ll highlight a few platforms/tools, the pros and cons of each, benchmarks and additional resources. Welcome to the seventh installment of The B2B Marketer’s Quick Start Guide. Today’s post is about Marketing Automation. Marketing automation platforms are a foundational element of the martech stack.

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Marketing Automation Services Marketing Automation Automation Work Management 122

Heinz Marketing

JULY 2, 2019

Marketers crave access to revenue-level insights so they can make better business decisions. And in order for today’s marketers to be successful full-funnel strategists, marketing automation platforms (MAPs) need to provide more. In 2019, this also remains true, and marketing accountability has only increased.

Marketing Automation Services 57

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Report Advertising Benchmark Lead Ranking 57

InsightSquared

JULY 1, 2019

Marketers crave access to revenue-level insights so they can make better business decisions. And in order for today’s marketers to be successful full-funnel strategists, marketing automation platforms (MAPs) need to provide more. True, and marketing accountability has only increased. Remains true.

Marketing Automation Services 53

Marketing Automation Services Advertising Benchmark Marketing Report Lead Ranking 53

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? What does a “good lead” look like anyway? Get answers to these questions about lead gen — and so much more! What Is Lead Generation? While the B2B landscape may always be changing, lead generation will always be important.

Sales Management 177

Sales Management Lead Generation Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 177

Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2016

Marketing automation software tools can be very helpful in making lead nurturing and sales acceleration efforts more effective—even if the category is badly misnamed. Marketing can’t be automated.) Here are 14 of the best marketing automation tools based on their popularity with reviewers.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management Marketing Automation Marketing Management 100

Metadata

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This B2B Paid Social Benchmark Report will give any B2B company the data, insights, and social media strategies to level up their social media ads. How to look at the data LinkedIn vs. Facebook for B2B marketing What are the best CTAs? How to set your own benchmarks. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

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Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency Advertising Benchmark CPL 78

Savanta

MAY 5, 2015

Predictions that 2015 is the year of marketing automation seem to be spot on. The latest Benchmarking Report from B2B Marketing reveals that the vast majority of B2B marketers have either adopted an automation solution (43%) or plan to in the next 12 months (45%). Marketing automation is tough to implement.

Marketing Automation 120

Marketing Automation Automation Planning Work Management 120

Only B2B

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, staying ahead of the curve is not just a goal; it’s a necessity. The landscape of the lead generation is undergoing a significant transformation. According to recent studies, 85% of B2B marketers believe that improving the quality of leads is a top priority.

Lead Qualification 62

Lead Qualification Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Ideal Customer Profiles 62

Customer Experience Matrix

APRIL 15, 2012

One of the things I’m enjoying about my new role as head of analytics at Left Brain DGA is being closer to hands-on marketing than I was as a consultant. This leads to different questions than I used to get, including the ever-popular “what’s a reasonable response rate for our emails?” I found five relevant studies dating back to 2009.

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Advertising Benchmark Eloqua B2B Click Rate 120

The Point

APRIL 8, 2015

Spear Marketing Group has published an informative report detailing results of a survey designed to gauge the maturity of marketing automation deployments within the B2B community. In some notable areas, the average marketing automation user appears to be achieving real business value.

Lead Scoring 100

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Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Automation can help you send marketing emails at a rapid pace, reacting to customer behavior and converting warm leads. Read this primer to know what email automation is, examples of brands with great email marketing automation strategies, and ideas to get started. What Is Email Automation?

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Advertising Benchmark Automation Email Marketing Marketing Automation Services 53

BenchmarkONE

JULY 15, 2020

Louis, MO – July 6, 2020 – Benchmark Email, a leading software as a service provider of sales and marketing solutions, today announces the launch of the BenchmarkONE K12 Edition. In February of this year, Benchmark Email acquired MarketVolt, a St. Louis-based email marketing platform.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Author: Anastasia Pavlova Whether you’re a small to medium-sized business or a larger enterprise organization, marketing automation is your company’s best bet for staying competitive in this digital age. 53% of the B2B organizations and 43% of B2C and combination B2B/B2C organizations have adopted marketing automation systems.–

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 24, 2022

Growing small- or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — those with a 1% increase in revenue or more in a six month period — are 59% more likely to use marketing automation. Growing SMBs are also 23% more likely to use email marketing software. Is most of your traffic going from the homepage to your lead form, then exiting?

Small Business Marketing 98

Small Business Marketing Marketing Automation Services Budget Programs Lead Scoring 98

Benchmark Email

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Guiding your leads through the buyer’s journey necessitates high-quality content that’s driven to take them to the next step. It’s why having a marketing automation tool (and using it correctly) is so crucial.

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Top of Funnel Content Advertising Benchmark Marketing Automation Services 98

markempa

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Tweet If Sales and Marketing were a manufacturing operation starting with raw materials — leads — and ending up with 5% to 20% in deliverable product — won sales — it would soon be shut down to determine what is wrong. However, companies continue to spend untold dollars on lead generation efforts ultimately doomed to fail.

Sales Management 120

Sales Management Lead Management Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads 120

Martech Advisor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Consumer engagement with email campaigns is increasing because of shifting marketing strategies influenced by privacy regulations, according to Acoustic's Marketing Benchmark Report. Also Read: The One Two Punch: How Direct Mail Marketing Complements Digital Outreach. Email isn't dead. Email is far from dead.

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Advertising Benchmark Mobile Marketing Email Marketing Trends 84

Metadata

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This B2B Paid Social Benchmark Report will give any B2B company the data, insights, and social media strategies to level up their social media ads. How to look at the data LinkedIn vs. Facebook for B2B marketing What are the best CTAs? How to set your own benchmarks. So, what’s working in social advertising for B2B marketers?

Cost per Lead 52

Cost per Lead Paid Social Agency Advertising Benchmark CPL 52

The Point

JANUARY 27, 2016

Demand Gen Report just published “ Top B2B Marketers Measure Lead Nurturing Effectiveness to Boost Performance ,” a special report in which they address the whys, whats, and how tos of measuring lead nurturing’s true impact. That, ultimately, is what lead nurturing is designed to do – move leads towards opportunity and close.

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Lead Nurturing Lead Ranking Marketing Qualified Leads Sales Qualified Leads 100

SugarCRM

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Demand Gen Report, a lead publication for B2B marketing professionals, recently released a special report on strategies for improving lead scoring. Automation and Predictive Analytics Fuel B2B Lead Scoring Success reveals how marketing automation helps to maximize the overall effectiveness of lead scoring.

Lead Scoring 50

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Services Marketing Report 50

Martech

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Today, marketing automation platform Klaviyo launched Klaviyo AI, a new suite of AI-powered tools and features. The big question for any AI updates is how the new tools will lead to conversions and other business goals. Why we care.

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SMS Marketing Automation Services Forecasting User-Generated Content 109

Only B2B

MARCH 13, 2024

Many B2B marketers struggle to connect their content strategy to concrete results. It can be hard to know if your content is generating leads or boosting brand awareness. Monitor lead generation forms completed by visitors arriving from syndicated content. Understand the costs involved. Track key metrics for success.

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ROI Marketing Budget Creation B2B Thought Leadership B2B 71

Binary Demand

MAY 4, 2023

[ps2id id=’overview’ target=”/]B2B lead generation is tricky but not impossible today! Marketers use PPC ads, social media, email marketing, and other methods to deliver many leads to their sales team. However, the actual task begins when you have to turn those leads into paying customers.

Lead Ranking 52

Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Lead Scoring Paid Content 52

Engagio

JUNE 14, 2017

I think most successful organizations, especially if they have a large target market, are most successful when they balance inbound lead generation and really targeted ABM strategies. Q: How do you benchmark and measure success for ABM? That is a much more nuanced set of measurements than the traditional lead funnel.

Account Based Marketing 96

Account Based Marketing ABM Advertising Benchmark Ideal Customer Profiles 96

Televerde

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

So, you’ve decided to take part in the renaissance and implement marketing automation technology into your organization. As I’m sure you’ve heard, organizations all over the world are finding massive success automating and streamlining their marketing tasks and workflows. Have a clear marketing strategy.

Marketing Automation Services 40

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Inbox Insight

MARCH 22, 2023

Whitepaper lead generation is a key part of every successful demand generation strategy, and while it’s been well-documented that engaging content plays a key role in lead generation, there are so many different options available, it can be hard for marketers to know where to start. But what exactly is a whitepaper?

Lead Scoring 52

Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads Generation 52

LeadSloth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Marketing Automation is on its way to the peak of the hype cycle. However, there are a couple of B2B Marketing experts who understand how to avoid inflated expectations. Together with Craig Rosenberg (aka The Funnelholic) of Tippit she presented a webinar called The 9 Metrics Every Marketer Must Track. Key Metrics.

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 100

Valasys

JULY 17, 2020

The proven way to advance the inquiries of your business customers through the online creation of content and campaigns is called inbound lead generation. According to HubSpot, 63% of marketers identify driving traffic and lead generation to be prime challenges. This ultimately leads to optimized sales conversions.

Lead Generation 97

Lead Generation Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 97

Martech

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Define how marketing supports the company’s goals Clearly define how your marketing efforts can help move the company’s big rocks in the next year or two. Which key goals will your marketing efforts affect? Are you looking to increase sales leads, make customers more valuable over time or break into new areas?

Marketing Automation Services 100

Marketing Automation Services Work Management Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 100

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. Budget issues: Amid uncertainty, driven by the Fed’s rate hikes, CFOs began slashing marketing and sales budgets in late Q3 of 2022.

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Marketing Analytics Tools Paid Search Agency Planning Budget Programs 130

Martech

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Virtually all marketing activities have gone digital in recent years. Technological upgrades, such as marketing automation, have improved campaign efficiency and effectiveness. Yet many marketers find the increasing complexity offputting. Growth through marketing automation and integration.

Marketing Automation Services 127

Marketing Automation Services Marketing Management Automation Account Based Marketing 127

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 26, 2020

According to the article B2B Budget Benchmarks: how much should you be spending on average 9-10% of the company’s annual revenue is allocated towards marketing efforts. Benchmarks. At a minimum, I recommend monitoring lead>opportunity and opportunity>close won rate. Forecasting Sales Leads.

Forecasting 135

Forecasting Cost per Lead Top of Funnel Paid Search Agency 135

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

You download that white paper, and because it’s gated, you’re required to fill out a lead capture form – your name, email address, Company, title, location, phone number, name of first born…Worse, you know you’re immediately going to get that lame phone call or email follow-up: “I see you downloaded our white paper, want to talk?”.

Peer-to-peer 126

Peer-to-peer Advertising Benchmark Marketing Automation Services Paper 126

Customer Experience Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Summary: So you want some hard numbers to prove the value of marketing automation? A client asked yesterday if I had some benchmark information to justify the cost of her marketing automation project. Aberdeen Group has published many studies related to marketing automation. Here's a bunch.

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Marketing Automation Services Lead Ranking Marketing Automation Marketing Qualified Leads 120