The Point

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The rate of change in B2B marketing and marketing technology continues to accelerate, and 2020 promises to be no different. I asked the best subject matter experts I know, my colleagues at Spear Marketing Group , what trends they think will highlight the next 12 months in B2B demand generation.

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Marketing Insider Group

APRIL 21, 2014

Demand Generation is one of the most critical components of B2B Marketing. And yet, demand generation skills are rare in B2B Marketers. Marketing must be more than trade shows, logo colors and full-page ads. Marketing must drive sales for the business.

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The Point

MARCH 23, 2023

One way to increase marketing ROI in a “do more with less” economy is to integrate Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) into demand gen strategy and planning. Increasingly, however, it’s being leveraged as an effective, affordable way to maximize campaign performance across a range of different demand generation channels.

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Directive Agency

MARCH 25, 2020

The top SaaS companies are all leaders in demand generation. Consistent brand activation is necessary when your target buyer isn’t ready to purchase. If you are unable to manage your demand generation campaigns effectively, you may be wasting money and missing growth opportunities. Activation. Discoverability.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In 2015, JW Player piloted a small-scale, in-house SEM program on Google AdWords to gauge the potential efficacy of using search advertising to drive qualified leads for its enterprise video platform. JW Player contacted Spear Marketing Group , a leading B2B demand generation agency , for help.

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DealSignal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Recent Google and Yahoo spam ban demand the immediate attention of marketers and sales professionals. Table of Contents [Open] [Close] Overview of Google and Yahoo Spam Ban Google’s Enhanced Email Guidelines Who will this affect? The rationale behind these changes is multifaceted.

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Inbox Insight

MAY 31, 2019

Drive repeatable success, whatever your account based marketing approach with this step-by-step process guide…. Target Account List (TAL) creation. The success of your Account based marketing strategy depends on the quality of your research. Reading time: 4 minutes. Then test, test, test.

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Directive Agency

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As a marketer at a B2B company, you’re always on the lookout for ways to drive more revenue and build a healthier lead generation pipeline. Depending on the demand for your product, Google ads are an excellent option. Specifically, accounts spending under $5,000 a month to millions.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2019

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. Every week on Thursday we feature a new B2B sales, marketing or business leader here answering our own version of “ How I Work ” questions. This week, we’re excited to feature Julian Lina , Head of Demand Generation and Sales Development at Fond. Conceptually, I’m not a fan.

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NuSpark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2012

B2B lead generation and lead management is a complicated process that can’t be detailed all in one book. It’s easier said than done which is why firms like mine exist, to implement proper lead generation tactics that build revenue. Books are listed by funnel category. Content Marketing.

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Spiralytics

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These factors heavily affect demand generation and sales. A well-optimized e-commerce site, on the other hand, will usually rank better for more products because Google can easily crawl and index them. This leads to greater demand generation and ultimately, results in greater sales and profit.

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The Point

OCTOBER 29, 2021

If you ask most B2B marketers how they use chat platforms like Drift , the immediate answer would most likely be: converting Web visitors. However, chat is also a powerful tool that can integrate into virtually any type of B2B demand generation program, campaign or initiative. Lead Nurturing. Lead Nurturing.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

MAY 29, 2019

Our previous blog post looked at how important strategic content is for your demand generation campaign. Every successful demand gen campaign starts with a final goal in mind. But a lot of marketers don’t think about distribution until the very end. Many digital marketing channels, one message.

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 1, 2018

Display advertisements can be extremely effective at generating awareness, informing customers and potential customers of key changes and value propositions, and creating a huge digital footprint across many different websites that cover a vast array of topics and categories. Google Display Network Pitfalls.

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Huptech Web

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and LinkedIn Ads: What’s The Difference? What Are Google Ads? Advantages & Strengths of Google Ads. We all know how important it is for businesses to work out their marketing strategies to grow their business online. Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and LinkedIn Ads: What’s The Difference?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Before I lose those of you who are not football fans, I want you to reread the entire opening paragraph with a revised first sentence: “They say the toughest position in a high growth company is the demand generation quarterback.”. Okay, I guess we don’t have to truly adapt to the weather as marketers, but geography plays a factor!

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The Point

JUNE 24, 2022

The TrustRadius report focuses primarily on how technology vendors should adapt their selling process to these new buying habits, but it’s also worth considering some of the key findings and their implication for the demand marketer. Key Finding 1: Buyers have all but replaced vendor-provided content.

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Metadata

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Audience targeting has advanced by leaps and bounds. Mobile optimization allows marketers to reach people on the go, and interactive ad formats allow them to captivate people in today’s fast-moving world. The top row of this graphic represents the old-school B2B marketing strategy: Generate as many leads as possible.

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B2B Marketing Exchange

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

You’ve probably already seen some emails, LinkedIn posts and updates about our biggest event of the year: The B2B Marketing Exchange (#B2BMX) in Scottsdale, Ariz. We’ve been diligently seeking out authentic B2B practitioners to share their stories and best practices on our stage in a way that ignites excitement in the audience.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2019

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. Every week on Thursday we feature a new B2B sales, marketing or business leader here answering our own version of “ How I Work ” questions. This week, we’re excited to feature Julian Lina , Head of Demand Generation and Sales Development at Fond. Conceptually, I’m not a fan.

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The Point

MARCH 7, 2019

Recently I was interviewed by the folks at Demand Gen Report as part of an article on current trends in email marketing , an article that you can read online here. With permission, a more complete version of the interview follows: (DGR) What trends are you currently seeing in B2B email marketing today? (HS) Direct mail?

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KoMarketing Associates

MARCH 5, 2019

Whenever you read a marketing piece or go to a conference, you will hear that the B2B buyer journey is getting longer and more complex. In this post, I’ll summarize best practices that you should always keep in mind when creating successful multi-channel B2B ad campaigns. Develop Relationships by Lead Nurturing.

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Oktopost

AUGUST 10, 2022

Want to hear more from renowned B2B marketing leaders? Marketing comes down to people, math, and a whole lot of processes. But with so many processes in place to measure, have we, as marketers, lost the ability to humanize the customer experience? Listen to the podcast: Or catch us on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube.

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The Point

AUGUST 27, 2019

In a remarkably short time, LinkedIn has grown to become a major player in B2B advertising (at about 20% of total industry spend, according to industry watchers ), quickly rivaling search advertising on Google. is its ability to target specific audience demographics: job title, industry, etc. Non-Content Offers. Non-Content Offers.

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Metadata

JANUARY 25, 2023

In: demand-generation. For many years, a focus on lead generation has led to seller-centric strategies and “a shitstorm of gated content.” Kaylee is the VP of Revenue at Refine Labs, and former Director of Demand Generation at Chili Piper. What is demand generation? Out: gated content.

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SmarkLabs

JUNE 13, 2022

Feeling bamboozled by marketing tactics, channels, and buzzwords? There’s a lot to navigate when searching for the best marketing practices for your emerging company. Knowing when and how to get a realistic and effective marketing strategy off the ground may even seem daunting. Start-Up Marketing Fundamentals.

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KoMarketing Associates

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

SaaS marketing is fierce. Companies in this vertical routinely spend 30-50% of their revenue on Sales and Marketing, making them capable of a quality and a quantity of marketing campaigns most other industries never see. SaaS marketers also tend to be intensely data-driven. But best practices are a smart starting place.

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SWZD

AUGUST 10, 2017

As a B2B marketer focused on demand generation with a wide range of projects and responsibilities, are you maximizing all of the quality data sources you have on hand to hit your goals? Most of us use Google Analytics, but you would be surprised at how many B2B demand generation marketers do not use it to its potential. (Or

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The ABM Agency

APRIL 21, 2023

Reading Time: 13 minutes Winning strategies for account-based marketing (ABM) are essential for any director of marketing or CMO at a large B2B SaaS organization. Next, you’ll learn how to develop a target account list that aligns with your objectives. Segment Your Target Account List D.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

B2B lead generation, often shortened to lead gen, is the lifeblood of a healthy business. A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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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. Get more sales and marketing best practices for small businesses.

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Kabbage

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

For marketers, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that blogs are the second most used tactic for content marketing (behind social media content). Source : B2B Content Marketing – 2017 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends Report. That’s exactly why we share a list of the top marketing blogs each year.

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The Point

JANUARY 24, 2017

Even in this digital age, trade shows are still a core part of many B2B marketers’ 2017 demand generation plans. Generating maximum return from that investment, however, requires careful planning, and close attention to both pre-show and post-show communications strategy.

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QuanticMind

JUNE 30, 2023

Reddit Launches New Keyword Targeting and Product Ad Options [:02] Reddit has introduced new ad options, including Contextual Keyword Targeting, which allows advertisers to associate specific keywords with their brand and reach users engaged in relevant discussions, which expands an advertiser’s reach beyond specific communities.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Learn what sales prospecting is, and how business development professionals can go to market using outreach strategies that deliver business results. If you don’t understand your target audience—their interests, pain points, and buying triggers—how are you supposed to sell to them? What is Sales Prospecting? Who are they?

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Done right, Account-based Marketing (ABM) has the potential to generate demand, and then some. The best ABM campaigns will combine both inbound marketing strategies and outbound-driven marketing methods and should work seamlessly alongside any demand generation processes already in operation.

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accelerate agency

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Done right, Account-based Marketing (ABM) has the potential to generate demand, and then some. The best ABM campaigns will combine both inbound marketing strategies and outbound-driven marketing methods and should work seamlessly alongside any demand generation processes already in operation.

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