SnapApp

JULY 26, 2018

Today we’re going to explore what it takes to be a modern demand gen marketer in this crazy new marketing world. So You Want To Be A Demand Gen Marketer? Demand generation marketers have become a hot commodity as companies are all striving to generate qualified leads at scale.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Influencer marketing has become a really big deal in a relatively short time. According to Google Trends, average monthly searches related to influencer marketing have increased 6X since early 2016. As an industry, influencer marketing has grown by nearly a factor of 10 in that time, from $1.7 billion in 2016 to $16.4

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ANNUITAS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Frustrations with Demand Generation. As the Fournaise Marketing Group put it, “…they think Marketers have continuously failed to unquestionably and consistently prove in the boardroom that their marketing strategies, activities and campaigns generated actual business growth (customer demand) for the organizations.”.

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ANNUITAS

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. While the data on average tenure for CMOs changes each year, the consistent trend is that – among the C-suite – CMOs typically have some of the shortest tenure, well shorter than CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.

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Top Rank Marketing

JANUARY 5, 2024

[Survey] 90 percent of B2B marketers have said that their roles have become increasingly complex, while 62 percent of marketing leaders have indicated a change from sales-owned to marketing-owned customer relationships — two of numerous findings of interest to B2B marketers contained in newly-published survey data.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 13, 2020

Too often, we stay there in our little marketing silos, doing what we’re told. Never thinking about the CEO that needs hard numbers to justify her marketing spend to the company’s investors. Quantifying – or even thinking about quantifying our results – is a challenge for too many of us in marketing!

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The Lead Agency

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The financial services sector is incredibly competitive, so when it comes to differentiating your business and attracting valuable prospects, marketing is crucial. “ 71% of financial services organisations plan to increase their digital marketing spend in the year to come.” So, what does this mean for your business?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The trend of healthy funding has likely continued since April. Meanwhile, many companies have committed to hiring more people of color, a trend that has been heightened by racial unrest seen in the U.S. Clearly, investors continued to respond to the innovation displayed by startups despite the difficulties of 2020.

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Martech Advisor

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With greater technological advances, marketing professionals and organizations need to stay ahead of their competitors. Elizabeth Gallagher, CRO of Lineate, hones in on the 2020 MarTech trends companies and marketers should act on now. Learn More: The One Two Punch: How Direct Mail Marketing Complements Digital Outreach.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 19, 2010

At the time, I was leading a large online demand generation program and had some thoughts about the state of the marketing and sales funnel. Now there were a few main points I tried to get across in my submission: The division between a marketing and sales funnel is a myth. Marketers sell stuff and sales people market stuff.

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Binary Demand

JUNE 22, 2023

The quick answer is that businesses gain valuable insights into their target audience, industry trends, and market dynamics by gathering, analyzing, and utilizing data. Furthermore, it enables businesses to optimize their marketing spending and increase their ROI, making it a critical component of B2B prospecting.

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Navigate the Channel

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You can land the whale by simply staying on your toes in terms of industry trends. Instead of responding to hot RFPs for companies that are high in demand, you can do business with a strategic partner who will provide you profits far down the line. FAQs What is the key to landing big projects and increasing profits in B2B marketing?

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KoMarketing Associates

DECEMBER 5, 2017

This requires us to put time into a comprehensive closed-loop reporting strategy but really allows us to optimize the marketing budgets. The shakeout of how this looks for each client varies but there are some trends that I foresee for 2018. Katie Martell , On-Demand Marketer.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 10, 2020

We have come a long way from the “one-size-fits-all” and “spray-and-pray” marketing tactics of the past. Modern marketing demands that we thoroughly understand our audience and use targeting and segmentation for optimal demand generation. The concept of one-to-one or one-to-few marketing is hardly new.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Further digitization of the buyer’s journey, along with the pandemic’s impact on field sales and marketing tactics, has only accelerated this trend. For instance, in the fintech example, why would you willingly waste marketing spend on retargeting the perfect and not-so-perfect prospects? In an ideal world, you wouldn’t.

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Martech

DECEMBER 29, 2023

They appreciate, and increasingly demand the conveniences of online. However, spikes in revenue from scheduled consumer purchases or brands’ massive marketing spend are a short-term solution to a larger problem. Cyber bust Cyber Week marketing is largely interruptive. Get MarTech!

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illumin

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Advertising agencies commonly use a demand-side platform (DSP) to manage programmatic media buying. Media planners work closely with marketing teams to develop a comprehensive plan that aligns with the brand’s goals and objectives. Programmatic advertising has revolutionized the media buying process.

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Zoominfo

MAY 9, 2021

Further digitization of the buyer’s journey, along with the pandemic’s impact on field sales and marketing tactics, has only accelerated this trend. For instance, in the fintech example, why would you willingly waste marketing spend on retargeting the perfect and not-so-perfect prospects? In an ideal world, you wouldn’t.

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Zoominfo Ideal Customer Profiles High Quality Lead Marketing & Strategy 130

Content Standard

JUNE 12, 2017

When it comes to budget conversations, the essential question to answer is: “Was this spending justified?” ” The two primary ways to address this are to demonstrate the value of your team’s work through ROI, and to put budgetary demands into the context of ongoing marketing spending trends.

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B2B Marketing Directions

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

This research has been conducted semi-annually since 2008, and it consistently provides a wealth of valuable information about marketing trends, spending and practices.) During the early part of the pandemic, public health measures caused consumer demand for many services (travel, dining out, etc.) to decline sharply.

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Content Standard

DECEMBER 10, 2020

As physical marketing spend shifts to digital channels, brands are looking to sales enablement and demand generation. Consider shipping, which was suddenly upended by increased demand, illness-related employee shortages, product out-of-stocks, and much more.

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 26, 2021

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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Martech

MAY 21, 2024

That is a trend that continues to rise over recent years and should cause marketers to reconsider their remarketing ads strategies to consider more investments in owned channels. In fact, studies from nearly every major publisher repeatedly show consumers want content and offers from brands via email far more than any ad unit.

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Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

At a minimum, we must be proactive in using data to understand markets, customers, accounts and market trends. Data cannot be used simply to justify or defend marketing spend. The most in-demand marketing skills in a B2B buyer-driven world.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The trend of healthy funding has likely continued since April. Meanwhile, many companies have committed to hiring more people of color, a trend that has been heightened by racial unrest seen in the U.S. These and other customer-themed duties are growing increasingly important in corporate America as buyers demand smoother interactions.

Enterprise Management 130

Enterprise Management Work Management Paid Search Agency Zoominfo 130

Sprout Social

JUNE 26, 2023

This means, when they process customer experience data they can dig into audience demographics, interests, trending topics and other factors to provide increasingly accurate insights over time. These are critical for anticipating market trends and informing decisions around inventory control, marketing spend and other investments.

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Martech

APRIL 26, 2024

Virtual production assistants: Handling various aspects of production logistics, from scheduling to budget management. In crafting a branding strategy for the digital age, we’re building a dynamic storytelling engine that incorporates emerging technologies in AI, setting trends and shaping the future of content creation.

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Marketing AI Storytelling Content Budget Programs 106

SocialPilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Data Analytics Data analytics is the most promising use case of AI in marketing. Marketing is a data-driven activity, and AI makes it easy to analyze large sets of data to identify trends , behaviors, and patterns to make informed decisions. Content Generation Content generation: the most common use case of AI in marketing.

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B2B Marketing Analytics

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Among the most interesting trends shaping the modern marketing function is the rise of a new breed of the CMOs called the “Revenue CMO”. Revenue CMOs are growth marketers who are going beyond the traditional marketing execution role. We have been using demand waterfall performance to help answer this question.

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ViewPoint

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Unfortunately, as a result of this thinking, marketing spends a ton of money generating leads for sales that are never followed-up. Here are 5 things CEOs need to consider in order to fix what is broken: What is the CEO’s role as it relates to marketing and sales? What should I know about Account-Based Marketing?

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Binary Demand

JUNE 19, 2023

The quick answer is that businesses gain valuable insights into their target audience, industry trends, and market dynamics by gathering, analyzing, and utilizing data. Furthermore, it enables businesses to optimize their marketing spending and increase their ROI, making it a critical component of B2B prospecting.

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Contently

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Many companies diversify their structure by creating content teams under a demand generation function of marketing as well. When you think of content marketing, you probably think of multi-media influence across mediums. Stay informed on the latest content trends, industry insights, and news.

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Navigate the Channel

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Predictive analytics often relies on human interaction to help query data, identify trends and test assumptions, though it can also use machine learning in certain circumstances,” according to Tableau from Salesforce. In marketing, this means using data to predict consumer behavior, preferences and trends.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 21, 2014

Marketers spend their livelihoods building complex user acquisition and engagement engines to do just this. There’s one marketing concept, however, that sets the tone for all of this marketing activity -- and it’s called demand generation. What is demand generation? Read on to find out.

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Only B2B

APRIL 29, 2020

Demand for oil has evaporated as lockdowns across the world have kept people inside. Shops and car dealerships have all allegedly reported a fall in demand. B2B Marketing in the Time of COVID-19. B2B markets and telemarketing has also collapsed by great numbers in these unprecedented times. Petroleum Industry.

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The Point

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Research firm Software Advice have released their 2014 B2B Demand Generation Benchmark Report , a handy reference for anyone planning 2015 marketing spend. The ultimate measure of effectiveness is ROI, that is: if I spend a dollar on demand generation, which channel is going to generate the highest return on that investment?

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Martech Advisor

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

With the onslaught of options for digital marketing tactics and tools to enhance brand presence online, it’s become increasingly important for brands to understand their audience's preferences and internet patterns. Learn More: How Marketers Can Build and Grow an SEO-friendly YouTube Channel. Keep up with a Changing Industry.

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