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OCTOBER 11, 2022

A new report: “ What’s Working in Email Marketing: The Power of Aligning Strategies, Data & Content ” details the strategies, technologies, and best practices that today’s email marketers are adopting in an era of data privacy, remote work, and demanding, digitally-savvy buyers. Then it was “mobile-first.”

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Marketing Report Email Marketing Co-Registration Privacy 246

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JULY 27, 2021

The two are not mutually exclusive, and successful ABM marketers learn how to leverage both in creating an account list with the best chance of success. A big thank you to Tom Meriam, Spear’s VP Business Development and resident ABM expert, for allowing me to brazenly steal his recent LinkedIn post for this article.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

One of the biggest clients of my 15+ year agency career was won as a direct result of a question to which I responded on LinkedIn , the popular business networking site. LinkedIn now boasts more than 60 million registered users , but far fewer than that number are active members in group discussions and in LinkedIn’s “Answers” section.

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Linkedin Peer-to-peer Tips Advertising Agencies 100

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Trust me: not all marketing campaigns perform at the level showcased on LinkedIn. Not all companies are tracking marketing-attributed revenue down to the penny. Not all organizations have reaped torrents of revenue through a seamless migration to ABM.

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Class Marketing Attribution Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 243

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MARCH 24, 2021

A recent report by LinkedIn and research agency System1 found that the bulk of B2B advertising is ineffective. I’ve written elsewhere in this space about the sorry state of B2B creative in general, so the headline came as no surprise.

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Advertising Agencies Advertisements Advertising Paid Search Agency 312

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

In a recent LinkedIn poll , almost half of the respondents (46%) indicated they’d rather force prospects to enter business emails on forms, even if it resulted in higher abandonment rates. Should you allow prospects to enter a personal email address when they fill out lead gen forms? B2B marketers seem divided on the question.

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Lead Gen Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Sales Qualified Leads 297

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MAY 28, 2020

The current crisis reinforces why most B2B companies are best suited for a hybrid demand generation model that combines both ABM and more traditional, funnel-based tactics. ABM was born of a time when (in hindsight) we marketers had it good.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Ideal Customer Profiles Lead Ranking 162

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

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. The demand for better attribution will also pressure the big ad platforms – Google, Bing, Facebook, LinkedIn – to create more robust reporting options.

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Demand Ideal Customer Profiles Demand Generation Agencies Account Based Marketing 222

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APRIL 22, 2020

I posted recently on LinkedIn that, in the current climate, leads from content syndication and other CPL programs may be an ideal replacement for lost trade shows and other events, and indeed can be an effective way to stay engaged in the marketplace at a time when many buyers are laying low. Photo by Tyler Franta on Unsplash.

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Lead Scoring Lead Ranking CPL Cost per Lead 162

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JANUARY 19, 2021

2020 was a year of change for marketers worldwide, much of it not for the best of reasons. We asked our colleagues at Spear Marketing Group to identify their best demand generation predictions for 2021 and the trends they believe are most likely to have staying power. “I

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Demand Lead Ranking 147

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JULY 30, 2020

Every blog post should have a prominent link to subscribe via email and/or social media channels (ex: LinkedIn). Most will link from search or social media.). Market subscriptions aggressively , and not just on the home page. 5 Easy Ways to Have Your Corporate Blog Drive Measurable Demand Click To Tweet.

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Demand Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Marketing Budget 221

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In fact, he went as far as to classify anything else (a simple LinkedIn campaign, for example) as merely a “shotgun” approach. Furthermore, even the best third-party intent data only ever delivers a subset of the total number of hot leads out there. Do You Want Intent Data with That? Click To Tweet.

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Intent Data Demand Generation Agencies Intent Paid Social Agency 149

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JANUARY 17, 2019

I’ve written previously in this space about how automated lead nurturing works best, not as a dumping ground for unqualified leads, but as something that works in parallel with sales development to increase lead conversions and maximize SDR productivity.

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Sales Qualified Leads Tips Lead Nurturing Multi-Channel 168

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JANUARY 24, 2017

LinkedIn Ads – Place sponsored updates on LinkedIn using a custom image with an emphasis on speaking slots, demos, networking events, and specific, compelling reasons to drop by the booth. Brain Teasers – you know those “98% of people get this wrong” brain teasers on LinkedIn that generate thousands of comments?

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Trade Show Traffic Demand Creativity 100

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JULY 30, 2019

A recent video making the rounds on LinkedIn asked: “ Is Demand Generation Losing its Effectiveness ?” (The answer provided was: yes.). If “demand generation” means no more than a LinkedIn ad and a handful of leads purchased through content syndication , then yes: demand generation will continue to disappoint.

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Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Account Based Marketing ABM 140

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MARCH 7, 2019

More broadly, however, it’s online media that are being implemented alongside email, particularly channels like LinkedIn, Facebook, Google and programmatic platforms like ListenLoop through which companies can target online ads to members of a specific email list. These have particular application in lead nurturing and customer marketing.

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Deliverability Account Based Marketing ABM Demand Generation Agencies 150

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

There’s a fascinating article over at LinkedIn: “ You Are What You Signal ,” in which the authors discuss the concept of “signaling theory” in advertising, best summarized in simple terms as the way in which ads “signal” a consumer into trusting a particular brand.

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Advertising Agencies Advertisements Advertising Paid Search Agency 113

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APRIL 19, 2017

The best demand generation campaigns start with content that your prospects want. Even the best data, and sparkling creative, can’t save you or your campaign if your content and offer isn’t up to scratch. Sounds obvious, but the best content provides information of value, information that the reader doesn’t already have.

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Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Demand Generation Paper 214

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JUNE 26, 2013

Anecdotally, our experience is that the difference in lead quality between Webinar registrants who show up on the day, and those who don’t, can be minimal at best. These are guidelines, so by all means experiment to find the precise timing and intervals that work best for your audience.

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Webinar Metrics B2B Thought Leadership Lead Nurturing Telemarketing 100

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JULY 20, 2018

A client asks: “Can I use the landing page from an email campaign for online ads, say: search or LinkedIn, if it’s promoting the same asset?”. Someone responding to a Google text ad, or a LinkedIn sponsored post may be only curious, or intrigued by your offer, but likely isn’t “sold” yet. My response: In short: no.

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Landing Pages Paid Search Agency Ads Cost Per Click 113

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A few weeks ago I gave an informational interview to a local university student looking for advice on the best way to jump start his marketing career. The best marketers I know also know how to sell. If marketing software is a merit badge, be an eagle scout. Career Advice for a Young Marketer via @spearmktg. Click To Tweet.

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Demand Generation Agencies Paid Search Agency Advertising Agencies Work Management 165

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

On LinkedIn recently, one sales executive opined that anecdotal evidence (i.e. But what if the insight gained from these technologies is unwelcome news, namely that people are downloading, but not actually consuming, marketing content?

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Paper Demand Generation Agencies Lead Scoring Lead Ranking 193

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JUNE 8, 2016

Paid Social Media – all three leading B2B social media channels (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) offer variations on “custom audience” programs that enable you to upload lists of customers, prospects, or target accounts and deliver ads exclusively to that audience, or so-called “lookalike” prospects that meet the same criteria.

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Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Leads Account Based Marketing Marketing Qualified Leads 100

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JANUARY 13, 2017

However, by limiting paid search (SEM) campaigns (and social ads like LinkedIn also) to prospects who are ready to look at a product, marketers do themselves and their companies a disservice. Most likely they’re simply looking to solve a problem. an “early stage” campaign focused on pain points, problems, and opportunities.

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SEM Paid Search Agency Marketing & Strategy Sales Qualified Leads 100

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Enter the good people at Metadata.io , who analyzed nearly $15 million in customer ad spend on LinkedIn and Facebook to generate a compelling benchmark report covering everything from click-through rate (CTR) to cost per lead (CPL). It shows the most common calls to action (CTAs) used in LinkedIn ads designed for lead generation. .

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Linkedin Cost per Lead Paid Search Agency Ads 130

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Even the best, most creative, most tightly orchestrated outbound campaign succeeds on an accident of timing. Think Google AdWords, paid social advertising on LinkedIn and Facebook, Content Syndication , account-targeted display ads. By employing this air cover, if you’ll forgive the military metaphor, you accomplish two things: 1.

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Account Based Marketing Demand Generation Agencies ABM Paid Social Agency 127

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MAY 3, 2016

The report covers a wide range of trends and topics, but focuses on the best practices most common amongst “high-performing” marketing teams. In other words, if you’re extremely satisfied with your marketing outcomes, independent of what those outcomes are or the metrics employed, you’re labeled one of the best.

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Marketing Report Planning PPC Lead Ranking 100

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MARCH 25, 2016

Use LinkedIn Sponsored Updates and LinkedIn Text Ads to target specific demographics in advance of the Webinar. Finally, schedule a series of tweets starting 2 weeks prior to the event. Vary the copy, and include images where possible, such as speaker photos.

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Webinar Metrics SEM Marketo Marketing Automation Services 100

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APRIL 26, 2017

For a more detailed recounting of those early events, read this great article on LinkedIn by Sandra Freeman.). That’s going to require more than just implementation and configuration, but counsel, best practices, and hands-on assistance with strategy (How do I select target accounts? What plays should I run?)

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Marketo Account Based Marketing Advertising Agencies Paid Search Agency 154

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

If you’re not generating leads – as in: a lot of leads – from your company’s blog, you’re missing out on what is perhaps not only your best opportunity to convert organic Web traffic into actionable, measurable sales inquiries, but also the best way to actually show real ROI from your social media investment.

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Business Blogging Lead Scoring Lead Ranking Generation 100

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

– Paid social advertising on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, via “custom audiences”. . – Programmatic display advertising, to reach ideal contacts at targeted accounts via ad networks, perhaps with account- or industry-specific ad creative. – Paid search advertising on Google via the new “customer match” program.

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Account Based Marketing ABM Paid Search Agency Marketing & Strategy 100

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Bebo , LinkedIn and Delicious all performed well. * Test multiple icons ( Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn ) vs. All-in-one icons ( AddThis ). And keep testing until you find what works best for your specific audience. Some of the key takeaways from the report: * sharing links in emails generate clicks for an average of 6.8

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Landing Pages Demand Generation Lead Nurturing Click Rate 100

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JUNE 20, 2011

Best Practices – strategies, tips and techniques for improving results, ROI, efficiency, productivity, value, etc. question you’ve heard from a customer or potential customer, or a question you see online (good online sources for questions are LinkedIn , Focus.com , and Quora.) What’s different now compared to 1 year ago?

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DECEMBER 6, 2010

Eloqua’s “Juan Eloqua” Campaign: Email Creative at Its Best. How to Answer a Question: 5 Tips for Making the Most of LinkedIn. 21 Tips & Other Impressions from the Marketo User Summit. Help Our Client Choose a Logo (Poll). Getting the Most from Salesforce.com: A Conversation with David Taber.

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Lead Gen Webinar Metrics Salesforce.com Eloqua 100

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APRIL 23, 2020

Like surveys, podcasts are ideal fodder for social media (especially LinkedIn), lead nurturing , and demand gen. Are your email designs consistent with current best practices as well as brand guidelines? How much does your current resource library reflect your newest and best content? Update your resource center. Talk to sales.

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Budget Management Spending Work Management Marketing Management 263

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Use LinkedIn to identify clients/past employers directly. If I were hiring an agency, I’d review that list and either a) find a company where I already know people on the marketing team, or b) choose a company in a similar category and search on LinkedIn to find possible connections. – What are the 3 things your agency does best?

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JANUARY 30, 2018

In a recent article on LinkedIn that I highly recommend for any tech entrepreneur, Jason Seeba and Ashu Garg spell out the key priorities, milestones, and pitfalls for early-stage companies seeking to acquire customers. Their article inspired me to reflect on some of the start-ups that our agency has worked with over the years.

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